The Book of the Law Study Group 2.78

Grigori said:

There are movies about kabbalists? Seriously?

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Oh yeah! I reccomend Pi to all you guys ... and the making of (the directors rave, should be an extra on the DVD) - the heart on the train station steps - classic movie making 'fun' !

ravenest said:

- the heart on the train station steps -

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It was a brain.

Here's my take on this part of the verse.

They shall worship thy name (Beast), foursquare(6), mystic(6), wonderful(6), the number of the man

Foursquare seems a bit odd at first, but it does tie in with the whole theme of "Lift up thyself".

Foursquare - Firm, steady, solid, strong, unswerving, forthright.

Grigori said:

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

Other threads in this study group

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Dwtw

If the name is meant to be 666 - To Mega Therion, it relates to the first two adjectives, and possibly the third, thus:

666 = sum of all the cells on a 6 x 6 magic square; thus "foursquare"
666 = the sum of all the numbers from 1-36, (as on the magic square), thus the "mystic number" of 36 in qabalistic parlance.
111 = the sum of the numbers in any row, column or diagonal of the 6 x 6 magic square
- this may relate to the Hebrew word Peh-Lamed-Alef (the letter Alef spelled in full, in reverse), which means "wonder" and totals 111

Perhaps 666 is "wonder-full" because it is 6 x the value of any row of the magic square?

Recall that "My prophet is a fool with his one, one, one. Are not they the Ox and none by the Book?"
The Ox might well be Taurus, whose letter is Vav, with a value of 6. 111 x 6 = 666


Litlluw
RLG

Nice, RLG.

A quick observation.

4 x 36 = 144 (again!)

4 x 111 = 444 - I'm sure there's a Horus connection to this number.

Of course! Ra-Hoor-Khu. RA HUUR KU = 444

Not exactly on topic, but.....

Today marks the 63rd anniversary of the death of Aleister Crowley.

The Beast is dead. Long live the Beast.

Aeon418 said:

40. My adepts stand upright; their head above the heavens, their feet below the hells.

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This reminds me of ATU XV, but with

thy stature shall surpass the stars

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even more of ATU XX - The Aeon. Thus we have a reference to both parts of your name in this verse, 418 and Aeon.

Aeon418 said:

Note that the word "Chosen" appears five times in AL chapter I - Hermit, and five times more in chapter II - Lover. But not at all in chapter III - M of E.

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hmm, interesting, thank you.

It should also be noted that we are on page 22 of this chapter, the page number almost falling into 418.

Sum up those numbers and you have - which is somewhat supported by the overall page number 44 -
440
MT - Whole; irreproachable; perfect; wholeness; sincerity; perfection
TM - Dead