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An Essay upon the Relevance of Holy QabalahEspecially of the Symbols of & Tarot
-with a note upon the Uses of Gematria
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Part 0
The Holy Qabalah is probably one of the most commonly misunderstood concepts connected with
Occultism and Magick. The Tree of Life is a complex symbol which the beginner is not likely to
fathom easily nor quickly, and a bit of investigation into the subject soon leads to confusion. This often
tempts the student of Magick to abandon or ignore this arcanum altogether, often, to the detriment of
his Great Work.
The most common misconception of this subject seems to be that people mistake the symbols &
images of Qabalah to be the things that they represent. Another common mistake is to conceive of the
Tree of Life as something outside of the Aspirant. Rather than viewing the Tarot Atus as natural
phenomenon which have a complimentary counterpart in the consciousness of the individual, the
misconception is that these are symbols of mysterious forces beyond our material Universe,
unattainable in the real world, ruling it by some unfathomable pattern. Gematria is even less
understood and more often abused than almost any other occult practice.
In fact the Holy Qabalah is naught but a system of classification, which may lend itself to a mnemonic
method of grouping thoughts, feelings, memories and so on. Ultimately driven by Mans need to
classify everything, as is evidenced by the myriad modern sciences. This is stated in Genesis:
And out of the Ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air, and
brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living
creature, that was the name thereof.-Genesis 2:19
This then begs the question as to How was Adam (the Image of His Creator, ergo an Instrument of the
Divine Word) able to name every living creature, by what means was everything classified?
And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had
formed.And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and
good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil. Genesis 2:8&9
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When the Israelites made their Exodus out of gypt they undoubtedly took with them something of
the gyptian crafts of writing. This is evidenced in the evolution of the Semitic Group of scripts, to
which the Hebrew Alphabet belongs. The Hieroglyphic nature of the early Hebrew lent itself well to
an occult language, as had its precursor. There is almost no doubt that the Magick of the Qabalah is
derived, maybe even indirectly, from ancient gypt, but in the form that we have come to know it
there is little immediately obvious correspondence.
What we do have are the Masterworks of Qabalah, most especially Genesis and the Exodus, but also
the Zohar and the Sepher Yetzirah. Of particular note to magicians and Qaballists alike is the
Shemhamporesh, or Divided Name which is in the Exodus and is a foundation of the Hermetic method
of attainment. This word is the fullest expression of Tetragrammaton and would have been the work of
generations of work of the Hebrew Adepts that wrote this Book.
In any event it represents an attempt at expressing the Totality of Everything, and that as a multitude of
symbols in one. The Christian era borrowed from the Holy Qabalah (fishes, crosses, wine & bread etc.
etc. etc.) but essentially, as the central message of these faiths is denial, the Holy Qabalah was
forced to conceal its Truth. It went underground to survive as the Occult tradition of Western Europe,
England (to an extent) and the Americas. Of note is the Voodoo traditions of the Caribbean, which
mixes Catholicism, Satanism, traditional European Magick and African symbolism & Gods to achieve
its Great Work.
With the advent of the New Age the denial of the Truth of Holy Qabalah need no longer be denied.
Christ can take His Place upon with his mother and father, and the knowledge wrought by His
Sacrifice may be employed by Everyone.
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If the importance of Holy Qabalah is truly doubted, take note of the serious interest that Dr. Jung and
his School have taken in Astrology, Tarot, I Ching & etc. The Holy Qabalah is All of these and more
perhaps. The images of the great artists of the last century, the Expressionists, or perhaps more so, the
Surrealists, have expressed concepts very much akin to the symbols of Holy Qabalah, note especially
Miro and often even Picasso.
Though the intent of the originators of this Holy Qabalah was most probably to classify the contents of
their Universe, they actually, perhaps knowingly, classified their Instrument of Perception also, the
Perceived and the Perceiver are of the same pattern. This is evidenced in the Emerald Tablet of
Hermes Trimeigustus:
Tis true, without falsehood, and most real: that which is above is like that which is below, to
perpetuate the miracles of One thing. And as all things have been derived from one, by the thought of
one, so all things are born from this thing, by adaption. The Sun is its Father, the Moon is its Mother,
Wind has carried it in its belly, the Earth is its nurse. Here is the father of every perfection in the
world. His strength and power are absolute when changed into earth; thou wilt separate the earth
from fire, the subtle from the gross, gently and with care. It ascends from earth to heaven, and
descends again to earth to receive the power of the superior and the inferior things. By this means,
thou wilt have the glory of the world. And because of this, all obscurity will flee from thee. Within this
is the power, most powerful of all powers. For it will overcome all subtle things, and penetrate every
solid thing. Thus the world was created. From this will be, and will emerge, admirable adaptations of
which the means are here. And for this reason, I am called Hermes Trismegistus, having the three
parts of the philosophy of the world. What I have said of the Sun's operations is accomplished.
How else might we know that this is so? Except by a Schema which encompasses All. Such is Holy
Qabalah. As such even is but an expression of Holy Qabalah, but one of the fruits of the
.
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Part 1
The preceding is of little or no value in reality, being merely a possible rendition of the history and
evolution of the system, something which can never be proven (this is true of all history), but which,
nonetheless, comes to us in the modern day as a robust and complete (as far as we can at present
comprehend) schema.
The Modern Significance of the Holy Qabalah
The ancient Essenes that first elucidated the schema of Qabalah devised it as a symbol of the entirety
of Creation, as they knew it. From the Emerald Tablet we see that it was Known that thereby they had
created a map of the Instrument of Human Perception. In this form it is of more importance to the
Twenty First Century Magician.
Based upon the interactions between the concepts of the Ten Numbers of the Decimal System, and of
Elucidian Mathematics, the has come to be largely mistaken for the Holy Qabalah itself. This
familiar image is but the means used to express an idea of drawing to Holy Qabalah. Every other
symbol, or series of symbols, attached to Holy Qabalah are the same. Not the Qabalah itself, but
another attribution to the relationships expressed as the Holy Qabalah, usually expressed graphically as
a table or in the diagram of the Tree of Life. These devices are merely the means of communication
between adepts of this study, and not the Holy Qabalah itself.
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27. the barriers of the intellect against the emotions and visa versa28. the Unconsciousness' domination of the Will over the mind and its' predilections29. Dreams, Illusions, Hallucinations, material perception of the depth of the unconsciousness30. Waking consciousness, self awareness & self analysis, active thinking,the union of intellect & mind31. the sensible perception of one's motion, time, place, direction etc.32. the sensible perception of one's environment or Universe
The Importance of this schema then must be to symbolically represent All that might be perceived by
the human vehicle. Such as it is, this schema, Holy Qabalah, has existed since our conception of an
Universe, and of Man, and it will exist beyond Man to the end of an Universe. This is because it is the
expression of these beginnings & endings & thereat in between.
From this it will then become obvious that the challenge to the Qaballist of the Age of Horus is to find
a way to attribute his modern symbols of his Great Work to this eternal schema, so as to understand the
Holy Qabalah more completely thereby, as the Essenes must have had to find a means of attributing
their symbols to the system in the Age of Amoun-Ra-Osiris. Even a passing examination of gyptian
Mythology & Cosmology reveals that their Adepts were too engaged in this opus reticulatum.
The work of many Thousands of Years, perhaps, went into the classifications of . These
generations of the contemplations of trained & quietened minds has provided a highly refined
symbolic image, the validity of which Will be underscored by individual examination. How then could
anyone seriously consider abandoning or overlooking such a highly evolved system of expression of
the human experience of Its Life?
Part II
A Contemplation upon a Possible Qabalah of the English Alphabet,
Expressive of Mans Place in an Universe During the Age of Horus of the Two Horizons
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It must be here prefaced that this Qabalah is expressive of a particular Magnum Opus, and whilst it
may contain elements of a useful nature to many others, it remains nonetheless, biased entirely towards
One individual. Because this Frater has found an order & value of a particular nature, this Qabalah
needs must therefore reflect that idiosyncrasy. Another may replace the order & values given without
disturbing the integrity of the at all.
The Key Scale000 Not?00 No!0 Nu! The hiding of Hadit.
the Procession of the Equinoxes of the Gods 1 Had! The manifestation of Nuit2 Nuit, the Zodiac, ABRAHADABRA3 Hadit? Chaos.4 Amoun5 Horus6 Ra7 Hathoor8 Tahuti9 Isis/Osiris10 Hoor-Paar-Kraat11 0 A: 0 the Fool, Air12 1 B: I the Magus, Mercury13 3 C: II the High Priestess, Luna14 5 D: III the Empress, Venus15 7 F: XVII the Star, Aquarius16
9 G: V the Hierophant, Taurus17 11 H: VI the Lovers, Gemini
18 13 J: VII the Chariot, Cancer19 15 K: VIII Adjustment, Libra20 17 L: IX the Hermit, Virgo21 19 M: X the Wheel of Fortune, Jupiter22 21 N: XI Lust, Leo23 23 P: XII the Prophet, Water24 25 Q: XIII Death, Scorpio25 27 R: XIV Art, Sagittarius26 29 S: XV the Devil, Capricorn27 31 T: XVI the Tower, Mars28 33 V: IV the Emperor, Aries29 35 W: XVIII the Moon, Pisces30 37 X: XIX the Sun, Sol31 39 Y: XX the Aeon, Fire32 41 Z: XXI the Universe, Saturn(note: A= Air; E= Earth; I= Fire; O= Spirit & U= Water)
This arrangement has been suggested by the Book of the Law, and the full account of this event is
published as the Order & Value of the English Alphabet
(http://www.docstoc.com/profile/dgmattichak). How does this arrangement relate to the Qabalah
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already extant? The Lights show an arrangement of the Deities named in the Book of the Law that has
been suggested by the Stele of Ankhef-n-Khonsu:
The Stele of Revealing upon the
This arrangement, it will be noted, includes dual forms of Nu & Nuit and Had & Hadit. The inference
that I have drawn from these varied spellings of these Divine Names, is that the suffix IT implies a
force in motion, or a force that is apparent by its motion. The Names given in the Book of the Law
without this suffix therefore imply an undefined concept of Godhead, that is; without a point of
material reference, infinite. By the attributions of the letters in the Qabalah of the English Alphabet
being investigated here I is definitely fiery, being phallic shaped and the personal pronoun, a word of
self identification. T is attributed to Mars, the Path of the Exciting Intelligence, the Tarot Atu XVI
the House of God, which implies the defined material reference as being the House of Nuit or of Hadit
etc. et al. By comparative Hebrew Qabalah the symbolism & and & is very similar:
is & , the Secret Force of Animation and is & , the Secret Force of an Universe. is also
suggestive as & is the Hidden Force which rules or governs. Any of these Gematrias tend to
support the inference of restricted force or a force apparent by its motion.
This initial contemplation upon the Qabalah of the Book of the Law has then lead to the arrangement
of the Supernal Triad and the three veils of the Negative in the format given. The Names given for the
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Negative have been derived thus: Not is the meaning of, the question mark implies Not What?,
perhaps hinting at the latent yet unformed possibility of Positive manifestation. The answer is No!, the
limit of Not must be an affirmative negation, expressed in the exclamation point. This is symbolic of
the negation of the phallic Is of Had! The negation of the positive principal implies the existence of
IT, ergo Nu! The hiding of Hadit. Within the infinite, undefined Goddess of Heaven is the image of
the Mother of All Life, known only by the limitation which this Godhead individually expresses of the
essential IS of Had, hidden within the infinite forms potentially latent in Nu.
The next reference to infinity, or eternity, being Qaballistically defined here as the Procession of the
Equinoxes of the Gods is derived from the infinite symbolically portrayed in the (apparently) endless
cycle of the orbits of the Planets around Sol and of Sols infinite cycle of orbits around the galaxy etc.
etc. This picture may not be scientifically Eternity but for the purposes of this contemplation it is
certainly a good step towards a comprehension of the infinite as it may manifest itself to us.
Had! The manifestation of Nuit. Nu is housed in the essence of form, which is yet general and
undefined until it is motivated to a particular constitution by the manifest Godhead of Nuit in the form
of Divine Breath, or the Word, symbolised as ABRAHADABRA, which animates all living forms,
giving birth to them as one of the multifarious forms of Hadit.
? of the Abyss stands between the Ideal Triad and the Real Septenary of Lights, and is called Chaos.
The question mark is now a positive challenge to the Ideal, rather than an inquiry into its possibility.
Now ? asks How or Why???, inviting differentiation to enter into the Perfection of the Supernal
Trinity. The positive ? invokes Knowledge, , and implies that Chaos is Doubt, ergo Order is
Certainty.
Order, Form, structure, conception & et al. belay an hidden organisation, revealed somewhat by
modern physics, perhaps, though never in separation from motion. This organisation must be an
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opposite concept to Chaos, but also complimentary to Hadit. This eternal form of life is called Amen
by the Book of the Law, but in reality He is of course Amoun. Amoun whose Name means Concealed
One, appears in the Stele 666 as the Priest enlightened by the Godhead. Hadit further instructs us that
He is at the centre of even this Eternal God, and so the Qabalah makes Hadit to be in the Form of
Amoun, as perceived by the Priest, in the Sephiroth of Chesed.
The Divine Hawk at Geburah is the Twin God Hoor-Paar-Kraat/Ra-Hoor-Khuit, or Horus of the Two
Horizons, and being apparent by His Motion I have placed Him at 5. It is the latter form of Horus who
is dominant in the arrangement though, as it is Ra-Hoor-Khuit that sits upon the Throne of Ra, and it is
this form of the God that we are immediately cognisant. Thus Ra-Hoor-Khuit is the form of Sol in this
Aeon (as Osiris was before Him, whilst Typhon/Set/Saturn/Satan was attributed to Malkuth as is the
Silent Hoor-Paar-Kraat in this Aeon).
Ahathoor and Tahuti are attributed as traditionally, but in this arrangement they appear more as
complimentary aspects of Hoor-Paar-Kraat. This is true also of Isa/Asar, Isis and Osiris have ascended
into the Formative realm of myths, their Aeons being completed. Horus is thus made Lord of the Aeon,
and this is the basis of Hoor-Paar-Kraats attribution to the Sephiroth of the Kingdom.
Derived from the interactions of these ten Lights are the twenty-two Paths of the , the
attributes of which are well founded in traditional Qabalah. The contemplation of a new English
Qabalah in comparison should either prove enlightening or disprove the English Qabalah in
question. Thus the traditional attribution of the Path of the Scintillating Intelligence is symbolised by ,
the Word of Kether is as a whirling thunderbolt, from which springs all manifest multiplicity, imaged
by the meaning of Ox. The value of the Tarot Atu of this path is 0 the Fool, numerically this implies
that the issue from the One can only be Nothing (ie Nuits Word- vide supra) until there is Two.
Idiographically the Fool is the image of the departure from Unity, best communicated to the material
& multiple mind of man as Folly.
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, the House, and B are obviously identical in both arrangements, and even the sound of the letter in
English suggests the concept of the sphere of the Godhead of Kether , Being. The first departure
from an obvious association of Qabalahs of these Alphabets is C, which relates to the Path attributed
to .
Gimel means a Camel and it is attributed to Luna which is probably the original inspiration for the
shape of C. As the precursor to G in the Latin Alphabet it is more likely to have been the equivalent
Letter originally. The fact that D is obviously equivalent to also tends to support this idea.
For to become F requires more imagination, but as the source of the letter F is a late invention
based upon the letter E (traditionally transcribed for Heh), and the Effeminate associations of the
letter seem a good point to begin a contemplation upon this correspondence.
G was drawn from C to imply a guttural rather than a K sound, and as the silent portion of the
GN prefix, it is the initial letter of Gnanesh, the Hindi concept of this Path (see the Book of Thoth-
Aliester Crowley)
has really got no English equivalent, but the shape of H is suggestive of, being borrowed from the
Norse rune Hagel, meaning Hail (the concentric spheres of a hailstone are very similar to the true
conception of the Ten Sephiroth, and hail might be a symbol of their expression of themselves to us as
appearing from Heaven, as do oracles and Prophets- perhaps???)
J is suggestive of the symbol , and as has not got an English equivalent, being derived from
(Heh is a Window, Cheth is a Fence) and perhaps the consonant sounds of Cheth and Jay are not too
different for there to be a correspondence. J is from I, being an attempt at a consonant
pronunciation of the vowel sound. The name Jay for J has the Word concealed in it, so perhaps the
Tarot Atu VII the Chariot is an appropriate association.
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By the arrangement of this Qabalah K has become the eleventh letter, which previously had been .
This presents the first real difficulty in the contemplation. is Jupiter, is Libra, ruled by Venus.Is
this new arrangement possibly valid? The Tarot attribution of Libra is Atu VIII Justice, or Adjustment.
In the Aeon of Osiris, the Ox Goad was the instrument of Law over the Herd of the Lords children.
is God of Law, apprehended as the Ox and the Goad. The merciful justice of was Love, ,
and both Tetragrammaton and are of all ten Sephirah. In the Age of Horus, Justice is no longer
Mercy but recalibration, perhaps vengeance. Not an act of omnipotence, but of Power and that without
quarter. The only true equaliser of humanity is Fate, veiled True Will, the Hand of God. Kay implies
that this Fate is a veiled form of the Word ABRAHADABRA, ergo the equaliser of Humanity is our
individual portion of this Word.
The Goad of Mankind is no longer sublimation of the one to the many, but towards the discovery of
the True Individuality and so it seems apt that L moves to the Path of the Intelligence of Will, of .
As Yod is I or perhaps Y or J it is already attributed elsewhere in this arrangement. El is the
pronunciation of , and implies the Godhead hidden in natural law, Amoun, of Whom the Holy
Guardian Angel is a personification, the Hidden Higher Self, the essence of True Will, the Law of the
new Age.
. was Water and Atu XII the Hanged Man, an icon of the Aeon of Osiris As the concept of sacrifice of
the individual has been superceded by the development of the individual True Will at the expense of
the general Will (which is the True Will of the General in this new Aeon, and so there is No Conflict to
any individual development of True Will), and thereby the symbol of this path might be changed to be
the Prophet. M is attributed to the Path of the Intelligence of Conciliation, the material position of
the State in the Age of Horus (so far), and to Tarot Atu X the Wheel of Fortune, the Path of Initiation
is now the Path of the Wheel, the Magick circle, no longer the cross of martyrdom.
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N has also changed its place upon the Tree of Life, now placed upon the path attributed to , the
Serpent concealed in the Path of Nun has become openly symbolised in this arrangement. Teth has
other possible letters to compete for possession of the phonetic T of the English Alphabet, Tau being
most consistently obvious, therefore the new attribution.
was Mars and Atu XVI the House of God, with the meaning of Mouth. is the essence of Elucidean
geometry, and a cornerstone of Pythagorean mathematics. A symbol of rational thought upon which a
civilisation has been built. These concepts have largely been overthrown by Science in the new Aeon.
These concepts have given up their essential truths and passed into the realm of reasonable
compromise, a passable interpretation of the interaction of Intellect & Material Inertia. The human
image of compromise might then be the Prophet whos life is between the Divine & Material worlds.
Q is an excellent symbol of transformation, and therefore easily attributable to the Path of the
Imaginative Intelligence. The symbol of the Fish is no longer the image of the Aeons secret force (
means a Fish (and see the Paris Working- Aliester Crowley!)) but of the Son. Q is derived from O,
an Universal symbol of the united elements, or of Spirit. Q is therefore an image of the spirit
extended by the phallic cross-bar in Q. In addition Q cannot be legitimately used save in
conjunction with U the letter (by this cipher) of Water. Just as in nature no True Change is wrought
without a catalyst, and that of a complimentary nature.
R is P with a phallic extension, an excellent symbol of the issue of the application of reasonable
compromise (vide supra), extended. The Tarot attribution of Atu XIV Temperance or Art underscores
this concept.
S is solar, from Sigel, the Sun rune of the Norsemen. has no exact counterpart, but even so, the
eye has revealed itself, and it is the Eye of the Hawk, the Sun. Satan is material restriction to the
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progenerative power of Sol, nothing more than slavery to earthly existence, thus the Tarot attribution
of Atu XV the Devil.
T is the Path of the exciting Intelligence, being attributed to Atu XVI the Tower, which is superficial,
yet suggestive. was the limit of the Alphabet (and the Greek), but the Universe is greater for us
now, and so the greatest possible confinement of our elements is perceived as being the Abode of
Heaven, of which the known Universe is but an image, a House for the Gods and their children.
. has no exact correspondence in English, and both T and Z are already determined to Paths The
rearrangement of the Tarot Atus implied by the Book of the Law and this Qabalah give this Path of
the Natural Intelligence the attributions of Atu IV the Emperor and the letter V. No longer does the
Pope symbolised by , the Nail, govern worldly affairs, but now the Emperor, Ruler by Conquest, is the
personification of this consonant sound. It is notable that V is a similar shape to .
W is a letter made from VV or UU, as a printers convenience originally, but later adopted
generally. This dual watery nature is very similar to , a reflection of a reflection, elusive as fishes,
and a projection of the deepest unconscious.
X is definitely a phallic symbol, being complimentary and equal to O. From Gyfu, the rune for a
Gift, the Solar and identifying nature of the letter is easily discernable.
Y suggests the question Why?, the first step to knowledge and thence to action. The Holy Guardian
Angel is the Small God, so is now upon the Path of , the fire of the Father has replaced the
identification of the Trinity as outside oneself. The new trinity of Nuit-Hadit-Ra Hoor Khuit is
perceived as containing all expressions, even the individual, as it is the essential energy & path of Life.
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Z is Zee in the US and Zed in English, but either way the symbolism is suggestive. Originally
derived from S the Solar influence is expressed as completely encompassing, replacing the Tau
which extended the Universe as an Image of a Serpent, which was itself but an image of the Sun. Z is
thereby an excellent symbol of the ultimate extension of Sols creative energy, being graphically
complimentary to S but of essentially the same character, another manifestation of the Solar
influence radiating from Tiphareth, our Lord Ra Hoor Khuit.
Even though these correspondences may be made to fit into the schema of the Qabalah, they offer little
in the way of practical information just as a system. The ultimate aim of these practices is of course to
apply them to ones Great Work.
The progression of the Sephiroth is called the Flaming Sword, and the Paths which connect the Lights
in this order must thereby reflect something of the progression also. This sequence of Paths is ; ;
(Abyss); ; ; ; ; ; & . This sequence is also the Tarot Atus: 0 the Fool; III the Empress; (?); XI
Lust; VIII Adjustment; XIII Death; XVI the Tower; XIX the Sun; & XXI an Universe. The letters are
Ox, Door, Serpent, Ox Goad, Fish, Mouth, Head & the Cross. The material form passes through the
Door of Chaos, to be incarnate as a form of the Serpent. The Law of the material world in all of its
elusive forms and transformations, which are the issue of the Mouth of (the House of) God who is as
Sol and expressed in the Elements. The Tarot sequence might render; the impulse to create harmonised
and consecrated passes through ?/Chaos; to become animated life adjusted to its place in an Universe
wherein the rule of Change is by Death, which is but the destruction of one form for another which is
in turn resurrected by the Solar force of Identification to again be a part of the manifested Universe.
The progression from one light to another is expressive of the motion, incrementally, from the Ideal to
the Manifest, and each step is thereby expressed as a symbol. Concealed within these progressions is
often another or other Paths. Thus the progression from Kether to Chokmah is expressed as Aleph, the
Fool, Air, etc but the Progression from Chokmah to Binah is Daleth, the Empress, Venus, etc. and
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conceals the Path of Beth, the Magician, Mercury, etc. This might be interpreted then as the
Consecration of the Empress is wrought by the Magician & the Door of Daleth is to the House of
Beth.
The point of all of this elementary Qabalah is to point out the depth to which the Holy Qabalah has
been evolved in Hebrew, so that the depth of a true English Qabalah might have some basis for
comparison. The value of an English Qabalah must be that it is able to sustain this sort of development
also.
In fact all of the Paths of the Flaming Sword should be amply described by the letters attached to them
regardless of the Language, or the Qabalah of letters must needs be invalid. The coincidence that the
Paths connecting the Supernal Triad remain virtually intact and equivocate easily with the Hebrew
implies that there may be a useful arcanum in the English Qabalah that may be elucidated by some
small meditations. These elucidations though, must be of an individual character to comply with the
Word of the Aeon, whilst not to exclude any possible general relevance.
Connecting Kether and Chokmah is A, the indefinite article in English, and an apt extension of Had,
the indefinable point. The further extension into Binah invokes B and D. AB is from and AD
is to. Ab is from Kether, ad is to Binah.
Crossing the Abyss then implies G, which manifests in motion via the Path of N, which
combination has been dealt with already (vide supra). Form & Motion are the summit of learning upon
the earthly level. This knowledge is tempered by the J, the Chariot which bears the essential and
indefinable point in each individual manifestation issuing from the Graal, manifested in its incarnate
form. J is I expressed as a consonant, and graphically a feminine expression of a phallic symbol,
thus the Charioteer is male yet the central image of the Atu is the feminine Graal. To some extent this
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is a symbol of the Creative World, formerly perceived as the of Tetragrammaton, as truly being the
masculine extension of a feminine existence.
Continuing on to Tiphareth, the Path of the Faithful Intelligence is K and concealed therein are the
Paths of C and of L. Gods Hand, K, is apparent in the Balance of Nature, which conceals the
Unity of Kether via the Path of the Camel and has hidden in its outward expressions an inner form
which drives it (as a Goad?) to achieve its ultimate expression. The true apprehension of the Harmony
of an Universe is that which determines the balance between inner and outer forms.
The progression of the degeneration from the perfection of Tiphareth to Netzach is symbolised by Q
which also invokes M, the spiritual extension of Death issues from water (note also that Q is used
exclusively with U, the vowel attributed to water), this Water is itself manifest as the Wheel of Life.
The Mother of All is known as an Eternity of Cycle of Change.
The progression to the reaction of Hod traverses the Path of T, the Tower, and conceals the Paths of
S, the Devil and P the Hanged Man (or the Prophet- vide supra). T is the cross of the Elements,
the material form in its constituent portions. Concealed in this form are the Solar S, the material
perceptions, Baphomet, who transmits the Word of the Path to the Intellect.
Armed with this knowledge of his place, the individual can arise in Self Knowledge, the Gift of the
Gods, symbolised by X. This Self Knowledge has been wrought by Science (ie. The observation of
the Laws of an Universe) and by Art (ie. The manipulation of the artifice of an Universe), and liberates
the mind from the tyranny of its Unconscious Ruler by the agency of a Discipline. R is the phallic
extension of P, the sacrifice made by intellect in dealing with material inertia to its vision. V is the
original U (and a potent symbol of Victory?) bringing the undefined to a point, as the discipline
trains the elusive unconscious to obey the objectives of the mind & body.
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Finally the Path arrives at the Kingdom, via the Path of Z, the outward and complimentary
expression of the S (vide supra). Concealed therein are the Paths of W the Moon, and of Y the
Aeon. Beneath the surface of the manifested universe is an Image of an Image, but analysis of that
image is the first step towards perceiving the Unity inherent in the whole schema, the gateway from
the Kingdom unto the Crown.
From even these short sketches of some possible contemplations, it can be seen that a Qabalah of
correspondences between English letters and the Paths of the Serpent may be formed. This is no doubt
true of many English Qabalahs, each individual is after all constructing his own Qabalah as a
consequence of his personal Opus. The true test of any of these Qabalahs must be their robustness in
their application in attributing new information to ones established Qabalah. If the symbolism
generated by these correspondences is concomitant with ones previous work then their value is
proven. It is in the interpretation of Magickal Names and Words that the mettle of an English Qabalah
will most certainly be tested.
An instance perhaps when a magician wishing to work with IVPPITER for some particular purpose,
may find that is too severe or confined too much to the Format of Law, whereas may be too
inconstant and distracted by trivialities for his purpose. Being attracted to the Imperial nature of the
Roman Jove by the consonance with his operation, he would then test his Qabalah in making his
choice of the form of this Godhead to be employed. The Latin IVPPITER renders the Qabalah of: Fire,
Aries, Water (twice), Fire, Mars, Earth and Sagittarius. I is the father, Fire; V is the Emperor, the
dominating force of Jupiter expressed via Mars; P is the watery AL, T is the masculine principal in
its pure form, E is the domain of this Godhead and R is His method, that is, synthesis with Man is
the motive force of this Godhead. Even the Gematria of 137 is cognisant traditionally, as the value of
., the ultimate extension of Tetragrammaton
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Alternative investigations into the Names of Jupiter or of Jove may prove more fruitful again,
dependant entirely upon the nature of the operation at hand. The initial J implies that this Godhead
bears the Graal, and indeed Jupiter fathered Venus, the image of this very Chalice. Jove similarly
implies this force as the Dominating Ruler of the Earth.
Likewise, perhaps an Adept meets an Angelic figure upon a particular Astral Plane. The English
Qabalah should be able to deduce something of the nature of this being, and the image presented
should show some correspondence to the attributions of the letters of His Name. This is so for all
magick Words soever, and indeed a truly complete English addendum to the Holy Qabalah should be
adaptable to all magickal operations of any sort.
A very thorough test of any Qabalah (even the Hebrew) might be found in the Magick Squares of
Abramelin the Mage. These talismans are formed of Latin letters, laid off in squares of various sizes,
which the applications of correspond to dozens of classical magicks. Interpretation of these squares by
Qabalah has always been difficult due to the lack of a Latin Qabalah, until the present. Any English
Qabalah worth its salt would most certainly prove to be a useful tool in the interpretation of these most
magickal mandalas.
Choosing a square of a classical magickalpower to fly in the air and travel any whither in the form of
a crow (or raven):
H O L O P
O P O L O
L O B O L
O L O P O
P O L O H
This square of five by five (as Mars) has only five letters; the spiritual O, H, P, L and a central
B. Of these there are 12 x O, 6 x L, 4 x P, 2 x H & 1 x B. The sums of the lines is; HOLOP =
51, OPOLO = 40, LOBOL = 35 and the sum of the squares is 217, which is the number of ; the
Air, ergo the sum of the square implies that Element.
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H is Gemini, an Air sign, which sign particularly implies birds, especially for their calls, and most
especially birds which make speech like sounds. L is the Hermit, Virgo, the pure consciousness of
Form and P is the sacrifice of one form for another, upon the spiritual plane of the O. In the second
line, this sacrifice is intensified and leads towards the central B, the operation of the Magus, his
Word, which is extended outward, in reverse to the concentration of the magick force in the central
letter, described above.
Although inconclusive without experiment, the results of this short contemplation are encouraging, and
perhaps allow for the introduction of new symbols to the traditional Qabalah. The potential for
expansion upon the basic framework of the English Qabalah seems fairly sound, and this should be
true of any of these schema at all.
Part III
As stated earlier in this essay, the English Qabalah of this exposition has been chosen upon the basis of
familiarity; for which bias the author most humbly apologises, but begs the excuse that the object of
this epistle has been supported thereby.
The practical applications of an English Qabalah may be extremely useful to the Great Work of any
magician, allowing a broader source of symbols than was previously the case. In fact, the completed
Qabalah of ones Great Work is the most significant symbol of oneself that might be made, and as
such it is perhaps the most essential glyph of the Path yet devised.
The value of this schema as a pattern of attainment is already amply proven (vide the Golden Dawn
and any number of the works of Aliester Crowley, especially his Confessions) and so any cipher which
attributes the English Language to this schema is certain to be an assistance in ones progression from
Malkuth towards the Crown.
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Addendum:
-a note upon the application of Gematria
The portion of the Qabalah which assigns symbolic values to the letters of an Alphabet gives rise to the
study of the relationships between numbers and words, commonly considered to be the science of
Gematria. Often these studies are mistaken for the Qabalah, when in reality they are not, nor are they
the study of Gematria, only a portion of it.
Strictly speaking, Gematria is the study of the quality of numbers, most especially the ten integral
digits of the decimal system (although this traditional restriction may be superceded in the new age?).
The object of pure Gematria is to relate, and to reduce, every numerical expression to One (or
NoThing?). The practical operations of this magick art are of the nature of a Mantra, or perhaps a
Mandala (or even a Mundra, if one counts upon ones fingers!). The mathematickal progressions,
repeated many thousands of times tends the mind continually thereby to seek out Unity. The basis of
the concept is identical with the practice of counting rosaries etc
Giving values to letters and words, by some arbitrary yet consistent system, is merely a means of
introducing another symbol base to these mathematickal meditations, allowing the extension of these
contemplations into significant Words and Names which are impacting upon ones Great Work in
some manner. The essence of success in this practice is in the consistency of the system and the
methods by which it is employed.
Forming only one-third of the literal (ergo: of the Paths) Qabalah, Gematric methods must not be
confused with those of Notariqon or even of Temurah, although the relevant Gematria of a working
will most certainly be reflected in these latter two. Even in operations of purest Gematria, though, one
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must endeavor to not become too abstract in ones correspondences (this is perhaps the greatest
difficulty with this Art, which deals totally with abstractions).
In practice, Gematria rarely becomes very much more obtuse than two or three connections of
correspondence. For instance; = 26, this is 13 x 2. The Gematrician now has several points of
reference for this number 26. Knowing that = 13, the association between Jehovah and Unity
extended as the Breath or the Name, may be considered. The reference to the prime 13 also suggests
the hidden qualities of Kether in the expression. Perhaps even the individual digits 1, 3 & 2 may have
some significant influence in an Adepts particular Gematric meditation. The object of these
mathematickal jugglings is to begin to invoke the elements of a particular sphere that one is intending
to employ in ones Great Work. Thus, to employ the sphere of Chesed, the short rune above is a
beginning of a larger meditation (vide Sepher Sephiroth: 65 etc) leading to a comprehension of the
God of Law. To employ this method to invoke Luna, for instance, one merely needs to find the
correspondences and the Gematria of 9, and so forth.
In this way, Gematria may become a solid support to an otherwise well founded Qabalah of ones
entire Life & Light, and then will it become Truly One of the Pillars of the Temple of the Wise.
There are of course, many Gematrias, even in Hebrew. Each system has its individual merits, and
within its framework, each system is exactly as invalid as the next. The Qabalah of the Bible,
especially of the Old Testament, has a very particular format, and a misinterpretation by an erroneous
choice of Gematric format is a very common mis-step (and the source of most sectarian squabbles).
The Christian Qabalah is similar to the Hebrew, but extremely obscure and truncated (seeRevelations).
The esoteric Christian traditions though, have evolved a Gematria of that particular sphere, and this
may be readily studied in works such as the Golden Dawn, etc.
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To a certain degree, each magician creates an Universe in his Qabalah of his Great Work. This
compendium of symbols often contains a great deal of Gematria, as this is a very practical aspect of
Holy Qabalah, and this is perhaps at the root of most confusion on this matter.
In the process of building ones Qabalah, a system of English Qabalah may come to hand, and the
Book of the Law, being a perfect glyph of the Infinite, will be in consonance with it. By this means an
individual may find how it is that relates to his own Great Work. The unfortunate
consequence of this is that often these magicians become distracted with this attachment to a book or
to an identity, to the detriment of their Path.
It is certain that the Book of the Law has its own Qabalah, and thereby its own Gematria. It has
delineated what these are and who will discover them. There is only One. This Qabalah will reveal All
of the Law to Everyone. For this reason, every individual key of the order & value of the English
Alphabet must be investigated vigorously, whilst any Gematric practices or systems that one has
developed must also be pursued (until a superior system is discovered). Ultimately, the object is to
employ the most adaptable Qabalah, which certainly must be That suggested by the Goddess?