The Book of the Law Study Group 2.55

cardlady22

I don't have commentaries, etc but this general topic is something I'm always browsing books & the web for! Order and value ~ is this talking about numerological values, correspondences to other systems? Does Crowley set up just the flat 26, or does he differentiate between upper and lowercase letters?
 

Grigori

cardlady22 said:
I don't have commentaries, etc but this general topic is something I'm always browsing books & the web for! Order and value ~ is this talking about numerological values, correspondences to other systems? Does Crowley set up just the flat 26, or does he differentiate between upper and lowercase letters?
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I'm interested in this too CL, I wonder if this ever got done in any meaningful way by Crowley.
 

Αρσιησισ

In his comment to Liber Trigrammaton Crowley endeavored to draw connections between the trigrams & the english alphabet.

I don't have a link to the comment but here is one to Trigrammaton itself.

http://hermetic.com/crowley/libers/Liber27.pdf

If it looks as though anyone might be interested I'll try & find time to post the correlations later tonight.

729
 

Grigori

Αρσιησισ said:
In his comment to Liber Trigrammaton Crowley endeavored to draw connections between the trigrams & the english alphabet.

I don't have a link to the comment but here is one to Trigrammaton itself.

http://hermetic.com/crowley/libers/Liber27.pdf

If it looks as though anyone might be interested I'll try & find time to post the correlations later tonight.

729
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Thanks Αρσιησισ, that would be interesting. I've never really looked into the I-Ching, but really should! Not sure about correlations with the English alphabet though, 64 and 26 doesn't seem to line up easily.
 

Αρσιησισ

There are 64 hexagrams in the I Ching & only 8 trigrams, but Liber Trigrammaton isn't based based on the trigrams of the I Ching, rather is it based on the permutations of Tao, Yin, & Yang. In Trigrammaton there are 27 of them: 26 for the letters of the English alphabet, & 1 for the "stops" (Liber Legis, II:54) or 'spaces'.

I'll post those correlations first thing in the a.m.!

729
 

Αρσιησισ

(all of these trigrams are constructed traditionally, from the bottom up)

Tao, Tao, Tao = I
Yang, Tao, Tao = L
Yin, Tao, Tao = C
Tao, Yang, Tao = H
Tao, Yin, Tao = X
Tao, Tao, Yang = T
Tao, Tao, Yin = Y
Yang, Yang, Tao = P
Yin, Yang, Tao = A
Yang, Yin, Tao = J
Yin, Yin, Tao = W
Yang, Tao, Yang = O
Yin, Tao, Yang = G
Yang, Tao, Yin = Z
Yin, Tao, Yin = B
Tao, Yang, Yang = F
Tao, Yin, Yang = S
Tao, Yang, Yin = M
Tao, Yin, Yin = N
Yang, Yang, Yang = E
Yin, Yang, Yang = R
Yang, Yin, Yang = Q
Yang, Yang, Yin = V
Yin, Yin, Yang = K
Yin, Yang, Yin = D
Yang, Yin, Yin = U
Yin, Yin, Yin = ( )

729
 

Grigori

Αρσιησισ said:
There are 64 hexagrams in the I Ching & only 8 trigrams, but Liber Trigrammaton isn't based based on the trigrams of the I Ching, rather is it based on the permutations of Tao, Yin, & Yang. In Trigrammaton there are 27 of them: 26 for the letters of the English alphabet, & 1 for the "stops" (Liber Legis, II:54) or 'spaces'.
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Thanks for all these details Αρσιησισ. I'm a bit lost on the maths still though, I'm not understanding why 27 trigrams, and how these are different than the trigrams of the I Ching.

Obviously its something simple, but I'm too simple to spot it :laugh:
 

Αρσιησισ

You're welcome!

The trigrams of the I Ching are based on the permutations of Yin with Yang, whereas Liber Trigrammaton is based on the permutations of Tao with Yin & Yang. ;)

729
 

Grigori

Ah thanks, that was the obvious bit I was missing :|

I-Ching trigrams are sets of 3 made up with 2 variables, so we get 8 possibilities.
Liber Trigrammaton are sets of 3 made up with 3 variables, so we get 27 possibilities.

Is there some precedence for the trigrams composed of Tao, Yin and Yang, or are these Crowley's invention?
 
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