Aeon418
This isn't an Aeon of Osiris Hierophant, so maybe it's a benediction of the sexual nature.Abrac said:
Gonna learn Thoth if it kills me - Majors
Aeon418
You can go 3-D with just 4 points.cardlady22 said:
Abrac
Gematria
Nicky, I feel the same way about Gematria, and Kabbalah as well. I know that will probably get me tarred and feathered here, but I find them both utterly useless. There, I said it!
Edit: I don't really have anything against either one if a person finds them useful, but as I see it they are more of a secret code as anything, used by those who understand it. They communicate something else which can usually be arrived at by other means. To me it's a lot less confusing to just do an end run around them.
Nicky, I feel the same way about Gematria, and Kabbalah as well. I know that will probably get me tarred and feathered here, but I find them both utterly useless. There, I said it!
Edit: I don't really have anything against either one if a person finds them useful, but as I see it they are more of a secret code as anything, used by those who understand it. They communicate something else which can usually be arrived at by other means. To me it's a lot less confusing to just do an end run around them.
Abrac
Nine Nails
The nine nails may be suggestive of the ninth Tarot trump, The Hermit.
In his 'Remarks on the method of receiving Liber Legis' in Equinox of the Gods, Crowleys writes: "Now the other letter, Theta or Teth, has the value of Nine, which is that of AVB, the Secret Magick of Obeah, and of the Sephira Yesod, which is the seat in man of the sexual function by whose Magick he overcomes even Death."
In my view the snake is a reference to male sexuality and the dove female.
The nine nails may be suggestive of the ninth Tarot trump, The Hermit.
In his 'Remarks on the method of receiving Liber Legis' in Equinox of the Gods, Crowleys writes: "Now the other letter, Theta or Teth, has the value of Nine, which is that of AVB, the Secret Magick of Obeah, and of the Sephira Yesod, which is the seat in man of the sexual function by whose Magick he overcomes even Death."
In my view the snake is a reference to male sexuality and the dove female.
Aeon418
Almost but a little too narrow. Instead of gender, think direction.Abrac said:
Serpent - Kundalini - rising.
Dove - Shekhinah - descending.
Grigori
Aeon418 said:
And perhaps Dove = Netzach the ascending Fire sphere.
and Snake = Mercury the descending water sphere.
Both joined bythe path of Peh the Tower, which also shows the Dove and the Serpent.
nicky
Bees
Found this reference strolling around the net:
Bees were also called "hymenoptera," meaning "veiled-wing," after the hymen
or the veil that covered the inner sanctum of the Goddess temples, the veil
having been the physical counterpart in women's bodies. (Barbara Walker,
"The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets," p. 407.
Found this reference strolling around the net:
Bees were also called "hymenoptera," meaning "veiled-wing," after the hymen
or the veil that covered the inner sanctum of the Goddess temples, the veil
having been the physical counterpart in women's bodies. (Barbara Walker,
"The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets," p. 407.
Abrac
I found this old image that looks remarkably like our nailed snake. It has ties to alchemy, but its true origin is probably the Old Testament, Numbers 21:4-9. It was said to have healing properties and could even save a person from death. This sounds a lot like Crowley's words I quoted before: "Now the other letter, Theta or Teth, has the value of Nine, which is that of AVB, the Secret Magick of Obeah, and of the Sephira Yesod, which is the seat in man of the sexual function by whose Magick he overcomes even Death." I would bet the farm that Crowley, Harris or both drew inspiration from this image.
Serpent
Serpent
Aeon418
Nephesh - the animal soul. NPhSh - Nun Peh Shin. Try tracing in on the Tree of Life.similia said:
Risng Kundalini Serpent - Nun, Death, Scorpio.
Descending Spirit Dove - Shin , Aeon, Fire.
In each case it's the same Libido energy. It's just going in different directions.
Le Fanu
Nice thread, but all these names! Here is where I begin to get submerged and bow out...
Antimony? Kundalini? Shekhina? Peh? Gematria?The Aeon of Osiris? Obeah (with or without his Secret Magic)? The list is endless (I was following it all up to a certain point).
Everybody seems so familiar with all these names. Even with DuQuette and Snuffin which Im working through, I have no idea...
And here´s little old me thinking I could use the Thoth for daily draws and see what it has to say about my insignificant little daily routine...
How do I reconcile the Eternal Majesty and Magnificence of Thoth erudition, and use it to illuminate a life as insignificant as mine?
Antimony? Kundalini? Shekhina? Peh? Gematria?The Aeon of Osiris? Obeah (with or without his Secret Magic)? The list is endless (I was following it all up to a certain point).
Everybody seems so familiar with all these names. Even with DuQuette and Snuffin which Im working through, I have no idea...
And here´s little old me thinking I could use the Thoth for daily draws and see what it has to say about my insignificant little daily routine...
How do I reconcile the Eternal Majesty and Magnificence of Thoth erudition, and use it to illuminate a life as insignificant as mine?
