777 And Other Qabalistic Writings Of Aleister Crowley, Including Gemetria & Sepher Sephiroth

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An Essay in Number," also included, provides invaluable insights into key numbers as well as techniques and safeguards for practical magical work. The tables were constantly revised in Crowley's lifetime but it was not until 1955 that they were published (" Revised Prolegomena Symbolica ad Systemam. The horizontal columns have many categories pertinent to religion, mythology and magick given in some 32-parts each. This is a true classic, a definitive reference volume, the correspondence tables are comprehensive and it's also fascinating - Crowley could make even a dry reference book an interesting read.

From the 11th path onward some of these numbers have been exemplified by appearing to the left or right in the margin for easy reference, paths 11, 23, 31, 32-bis and 31-bis are leftwards and denote the five astrological elements; paths 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 are rightwards and denote the 12 astrological signs, the rest are astrological planets. where it was originally titled The Temple of Solomon the King continued being the fifth in that series.

The difference is that it wasn't meant to end there, yet there are authors making their own washed-down versions without half of the organization and explanations this one has (for example, Eileen Holland's Grimoire of Magical Correspondences), and not bringing anyting new to the table. I picked them for both feeling like the best options, but also for their associations, and because of the significance of their total (572) and how it relates to the whole.

The Hebrew alphabet, the tarot cards and the astrological glyphs total 22-each and are given to the paths as a map of the magician's universe. Crowley additionally played chess, painted, experimented with drugs, criticized society and practiced astrology, hedonism, bisexuality. This could be very useful if one were creating a work of fiction - characters and plots pour out of these pages.

Book 1 discusses Gematria, a powerful tool for analyzing language and harnessing it for Magickal ritual. He is the author several books including The Book of the Law, 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings, and The Book of Thoth.