The Book of the Law Study Group 2.6

Aiwass said:

6. I am the flame that burns in every heart of man, and in the core of every star. I am Life, and the giver of Life, yet therefore is the knowledge of me the knowledge of death.

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http://hermetic.com/crowley/index.html
http://lib.oto-usa.org/libri/liber0220.html

Other threads in this study group

Die daily.

Book of Thoth said:

Death is the apex of one curve of the snake of Life: behold all opposites as necessary complements, and rejoice.

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AW

This line reminds me again of a previous one from Chapter 1.

Be thou Hadit, my secret centre, my heart & my tongue!

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Again I'm reminded of the Chinese/Taoist concept of the Heart as the organ of Fire and Emperor of the other Organs, as well as the highest Spirit within. Also the fire of Yod, and subsequently the Hermit and the Knights of the tarot.

Also I'm reminded of the Egyptian idea of a dead person's heart being weighed against a feather in the afterlife. Not very Thelemic, but the combination of 'heart' with 'death' and I was reminded of that.

This also makes me think of Nuit-As-The-Veils and Hadit-As-Kether.
I am Life (Kether as the I AM)
And the Giver of Life (Chokmah as the Life Source)
Yet therefore is the Knowledge of me the Knowledge of Death (Binah as the Dark Sterile Mother)

Understand with Wisdom
And be Wise with Understanding.

Hadit evolves life out from Nuit through the Supernal Triad.