1. The table that Crowley is referring to can seen on this page.
http://hermetic.com/enochia/ref/sigilof.htm
Scroll down to the second table with the rainbow arrows. Those arrows show how the names of the
7 Planetary angels are derived from the table. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see how that same table contains the names of four sets of
7 angels called the Daughters and Sons of Light, and their Daughters and Sons.
2. The multi-coloured angel may relate to Chokmah or Samekh. Or maybe he is a personification of the table itself. His Pan-pipe may relate to the 7 planetary angels. Hearing is attributed to Spirit. The music is so metaphorically 'high' that it is beyond sight, hence the temporary blindness.
3. The angel tries a different 'non-verbal' method of communication. The tracings of fire and the drops of dew could relate to the Sons and Daughters of Light? But Crowley can't quite describe it. Is the method of communication inadequate for the message? Or is Crowley 'getting' what is being said, but finds it impossible to translate into words? Section 4 seems to indicate that he can't 'bring it down' any lower. And when he ties it seems to be wrong.
It's possible the Aethyr name, LIN, plays a part here too. The angel is I-Sagittarius. The fire is N-Scorpio. And the Lunar-dew is L-Cancer.
5. The repeated use of 49 suggests to me a sense of continuity through everything. This is reminiscent of Liber Legis I:26.
I:26 ..... the consciousness of the continuity of existence, the omnipresence of my body.
But that appears to be a 'break' in the 10th Aethyr, home of Choronzon. This aethyr only has 42 elements. 42 is the numerical value of the Hebrew AMA. This is the dark sterile mother. She lacks the letter Yod which transforms her into AIMA, the bright fertile mother. Perhaps Crowley, in his crossing of the Abyss, is the Yod that heals the break in the continuity?
I:29. For I am divided for love's sake, for the chance of union.
6. In this section the vision continues with Crowley perceiving the surrounding Aethyr from two different perspectives at the same time! I get the sense that he is right on the edge of normal awareness and is about to transition to a different level.
7-8. And in these two sections he does just that. He is drawn towards Union with the tablet and into Samadhi. At this point the vision falters because he is at the point of experiencing the inmost nature of LIN
directly. Realizing this he pulls back and the vision continues.
9. This is a note by the scribe, Frate Omnia Vincam (Victor Neuburg). Crowley was obviously lost in trance for some time and did not speak to him.
10. Crowley pulls himself away from the table, but is pulled back in again. "I am no more."
Sections 11-13 seem mirror the crucifixion in the G.D. Adeptus Minor ceremony. But something much deeper is indicated than a glorification of suffering. Here Crowley sees himself as the union of the Cross and the Sphere (Hadit and Nuit) giving birth to Heru-Ra-Ha in center.
J. Daniel Gunther links this section to the concepts of Extroversion, Introversion, and Centroversion.
14. Here Crowley begins to analyse the vision with his mind, and hence the unity of the vision is spoilt by it's intrusion.
15. Refocusing on the aethyr. Hearing returns (spirit) but in an impossible fashion.
16. The Eye? His point of view, individuality, and sense of self shall fade in Union?
To be continued...