The Book of the Law Study Group 2.7
thorhammer
The "cube in the circle" bit reminds me of my foray into the significance of platonic solids.
\m/ Kat
\m/ Kat
Grigori
lots of shrugging today
The cube is Earth isn't it Kat? Earth within the circle... I wonder how that can be interpreted. We've look before at the idea of Hadit being the point within the Sphere, but cube within a circle seems very different to me. The point is dimensionless, within a 3D sphere. The cube however is 3D within a flat/2D circle.
I've never really grasped the idea of Hadit being the one who goes. I can relate this to the idea of Hadit being about motion, kind of reminds me of the idea of Geburah or the number 5 representing motion, which I guess is an appropriate relationship in some ways. But where he is going to and from.... *shrugs*
Co-incidentally I was reading The Equinox this morning, and found a reference to the 'axle of the wheel' in 'Crowley's Account of the A.A.'
Perhaps not really related at all, but the idea of levels seemed similar to me. We've been looking at Hadit, the spark within the Khabs, which in turn is within the Khu. Maybe there is some value in looking at the A.A. as the spark within the outer orders, R.R.et.A.C., G.D., O.T.O etc.. *shrugs*
thorhammer said:
The cube is Earth isn't it Kat? Earth within the circle... I wonder how that can be interpreted. We've look before at the idea of Hadit being the point within the Sphere, but cube within a circle seems very different to me. The point is dimensionless, within a 3D sphere. The cube however is 3D within a flat/2D circle.
I've never really grasped the idea of Hadit being the one who goes. I can relate this to the idea of Hadit being about motion, kind of reminds me of the idea of Geburah or the number 5 representing motion, which I guess is an appropriate relationship in some ways. But where he is going to and from.... *shrugs*
Co-incidentally I was reading The Equinox this morning, and found a reference to the 'axle of the wheel' in 'Crowley's Account of the A.A.'
Perhaps not really related at all, but the idea of levels seemed similar to me. We've been looking at Hadit, the spark within the Khabs, which in turn is within the Khu. Maybe there is some value in looking at the A.A. as the spark within the outer orders, R.R.et.A.C., G.D., O.T.O etc.. *shrugs*
thorhammer
The idea of Hadit as "the one who goes" is a frighteningly tenuous thing to me. He is motion but with no origin or destination, no point of reference, no direction or objective or memory. But is this only in a vacuum? What about in the context of Hadit-within-Nuit?
Yes, the cube is Earth, the most immovable of the platonic solids. The 3-dimensionality of the cube in relation to the 2-d of the circle could reflect, again, a perspective/point of view thing; the Hadit-self is the most important thing hence has more dimensions.
OR!
Maybe this inherent disjunction between the dimensionality that we keep coming up against reflects a fundamental difference between the realities of Hadit and Nuit. If one is multi-dimensional, the other cannot be.
\m/ Kat
Yes, the cube is Earth, the most immovable of the platonic solids. The 3-dimensionality of the cube in relation to the 2-d of the circle could reflect, again, a perspective/point of view thing; the Hadit-self is the most important thing hence has more dimensions.
OR!
Maybe this inherent disjunction between the dimensionality that we keep coming up against reflects a fundamental difference between the realities of Hadit and Nuit. If one is multi-dimensional, the other cannot be.
\m/ Kat
Grigori
thorhammer said:
Ooh I like that a lot
I decided to cheat and check out some commentaries, I like some of Eshelman's suggestions in particular.
James Eshelman said:
I particularly like the idea of the image being the Altar (Hadit) within the Magician Circle (Nuit).
Grigori
Still reading the first volume of the Equinox and found this in a poem by Crowley
Perhaps I have circles on the brain, but seems like the ring is equated to infinite galaxies which would be Nuit, and the cubic stone's Devil could be Hadit.
The Wizards Way said:
Perhaps I have circles on the brain, but seems like the ring is equated to infinite galaxies which would be Nuit, and the cubic stone's Devil could be Hadit.
thorhammer
Ooh, so have you got your Sepher Sephiroth on hand to look for the significance of 15?
I don't . . .
\m/ Kat
I don't . . .
\m/ Kat
Grigori
thorhammer said:
Nope sorry
though will look when able. But Hadit=Satan sometimes.... Perhaps its not the number that matters so much in this case.thorhammer
I found a digi copy on my work puter - two things stand out.
He who impels; to force.
To hide.
Geburah, Chokmah and Hod are all mentioned as well. Covering all bases, eh?
The impels/force thing seems to dovetail with "he who goes" somehow - does this job anyone else's mind?
Nu is the hiding of Hadit, we are told, so then the altar/cube/Devil within the circle is hiding.
\m/ Kat
He who impels; to force.
To hide.
Geburah, Chokmah and Hod are all mentioned as well. Covering all bases, eh?
The impels/force thing seems to dovetail with "he who goes" somehow - does this job anyone else's mind?
Nu is the hiding of Hadit, we are told, so then the altar/cube/Devil within the circle is hiding.
\m/ Kat
Lore347
15 is also the number of the God-Name Yah (Yod Heh). Yah is the God-Name of Chokmah, the Supernal Masculine. 15 is the Devil.
Hadit=Yah=Chokmah=Devil.
Hadit=Yah=Chokmah=Devil.
