Liber 418 Study Group - 30th Aethyr TEX - test thread

Grigori

The Cry of the 30th Aethyr
Which is Called TEX1

30.1 I AM in a vast crystal cube in the form of the Great God Harpocrates. This cube is surrounded by a sphere2. About me are four archangels in black robes, their wings and armour lined out in white.

30.2 In the North3 is a book on whose back and front are A.M.B.Z. 4 in Enochian characters. ({ENO:z}{ENO:b}{ENO:m}{ENO:a} )

30.3 Within it is written:

30.4 I AM, the surrounding of the four.

30.5 Lift up your heads, O Houses of Eternity: for my Father goeth forth to judge the World. One Light, let it become a thousand, and one sword ten thousand, that no man hide him from my Father's eye in the Day of Judgment of my God. Let the Gods hide themselves: let the Angels be troubled and flee away: for the Eye of My Father is open, and the Book of the Aeons is fallen.

30.6 Arise! Arise! Arise! Let the Light of the Sight of Time be extinguished: let the Darkness cover all things: for my Father goeth forth to seek a spouse to replace her who is fallen and defiled.

30.7 Seal the book with the seals of the Stars Concealed: for the Rivers have rushed together and the Name {HEB:Heh}{HEB:Vau}{HEB:Heh}{HEB:Yod}is broken in a thousand pieces (against the Cubic Stone).

30.8 Tremble ye, O Pillars of the Universe5, for Eternity is in travail of a Terrible Child; she shall bring forth an universe of Darkness, whence shall leap forth a spark that shall put his father to flight.

30.9 The Obelisks are broken; the stars have rushed together: the Light hath plunged into the Abyss: the Heavens are mixed with Hell.

30.10 My Father shall not hear their Noise: His ears are closed: His eyes are covered with the clouds of Night.

30.11 The End! the End! the End: For the Eye of Shiva He hath opened: the Universe is naked before Him: for the Aeon of Saturn leaneth toward the Bosom of Death6.

30.12 [Figure: This is an isosceles triangle with height about 7 times the base. It extends with base on a true vertical from the left. A line extends vertically upward from the apex, equal to the length of the base. A trefoliate of three isosceles triangles of base slightly smaller than the first triangle and sides equal to the first triangle is created at the upper tip of the line. The tree component triangles of the terfolate meet the upper tip of the line with their apices --- one vertically and two to right and left.]7

30.13 The Angel of the East8 hath a book of red written in letters of Blue A.B.F.M.A.9 in Enochian ({ENO:a} {ENO:m} {ENO:f} {ENO:b} {ENO:a} ). The Book grows before my eyes and filleth the Whole Heaven.

30.14 Within: "It is Written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord Thy God."

30.15 I see above the Book a multitude of white-robed Ones from whom droppeth a great rain of Blood10; but above them is a Golden Sun, having an eye, whence a great Light11.

30.16 I turned me to the South12: and read therein:

30.17 Seal up the Book! Speak not that which thou seest and reveal it unto none: for the ear is not framed that shall hear it: nor the tongue that can speak it!

30.18 O Lord God, blessed, blessed, blessed be Thou for ever!

30.19 Thy Shadow is as great Light.

30.20 Thy Name is as the Breath of Love across all Worlds.

30.21 [Figure: This is a swastika or fylfot cross. It is widdershins, with each bend going to the right when viewed down one arm from the center. All elements are either vertical or horizontal, none diagonal.]13

30.22 (A vast Svastika is shewn unto me behind the Angel with the Book.)

33.23 Rend your garments, O ye clouds! Uncover yourselves! for the Love of My Son!

30.24 Who are they that trouble thee?

30.25 Who are they that slew thee?

30.26 O Light! Come thou, who art joined with me to bruise the Dragon's head14. We, who are wedded, and the Earth perceiveth it not!

30.27 O that Our Bed were seen of Men, that they might rejoice in My Fertility: that My Sister might partake of My Great Light.

30.28 O Light of God, when wilt thou find the heart of man --- write not! I would not that men know the Sorrow of my Heart, Amen!

30.29 I turned me to the West15, and the Archangel bore a flaming Book, on which was written AN16 in Enochian ({ENO:n}{ENO:a} ). Within was drawn a fiery scorpion, yet cold withal17.

30.30 Until the Book of the East be opened!

30.31 Until the hour sound!

30.32 Until the Voice vibrate!

30.33 Until it pierce my Depth;

30.34 Look not on High!

30.35 Look not Beneath!

30.36 For thou wilt find a life which is as Death: or a Death which should be infinite.

30.37 For Thou art submitted to the Four: Five thou shalt find, but Seven is lone and far18.

30.38 For she is "lone and far", i.e., beyond the Abyss.

30.39 O Lord God, let Thy Spirit hither unto me!

30.40 For I am lost in the night of infinite pain: no hope: no God: no resurrection: no end: I fall: I fear.

30.41 O Saviour of the World, bruise Thou my Head with Thy foot to save the world, that once again I touch Him whom I slew, that in my death I feel the radiance and the heat of the moving of Thy Robes!

30.42 Let us alone! What have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Nazareth?

30.43 Go! Go!

30.44 If I keep silence --- Or if I speak each word is anguish without hope.

30.45 And I heard the Aethyr cry aloud "Return! Return! Return! For the work is ended; and the Book is shut; and let the glory be to God the Blessed for ever in the Aeons, Amen." Thus far is the voice of TEX and no more.

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Grigori

Hi folks

Following on from the conversation about a new study group this url=http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?p=4142142#post4142142]this[/url] thread, here is a mock up of the first thread. If you could please save your comments on the content for now, but instead what do you think of this as an approach? Have I understood the suggestions well enough, or could we tweak this somehow?

Thanks!
 

Zephyros

I don't see an alternative, but there's just so much material here! A single verse of the Book of Law could be discussed for pages and pages. A single line here could easily get the same treatment, especially if you figure in the numbering and maths and all that. But then again, separating each line would in itself be impractical, so I guess we'll just have to start and see how it goes. If discussions become too unweildy, with one person talking about one line and another discussing another and things getting all muddled and lacking cohesion, then we can deduce from that as we go along.

ETA: I assume the devil smilies are in the original? :)
 

Grigori

I don't see an alternative, but there's just so much material here! A single verse of the Book of Law could be discussed for pages and pages. A single line here could easily get the same treatment, especially if you figure in the numbering and maths and all that. But then again, separating each line would in itself be impractical, so I guess we'll just have to start and see how it goes. If discussions become too unweildy, with one person talking about one line and another discussing another and things getting all muddled and lacking cohesion, then we can deduce from that as we go along.

We don't have to stick with something if it isn't working, but hopefully we can get a bit of an idea before starting if there are any major issues.

ETA: I assume the devil smilies are in the original? :)
Oh thanks, yeah that was original formatting that converted to smilies using AT's code. I've added spaces to remove that, thanks!
 

Aeon418

Have I understood the suggestions well enough, or could we tweak this somehow?

It's a good first attempt. :)

Maybe it's a little more fragmented than it really needs to be though. If you take a step back and view the vision as a whole there is a definite pattern which may allow for a more compact format.

Using your numbering:

1. Setting the scene.

2 - 11. The book of the North.

13 - 15. The book of the East.

16 - 28. The book of the South.

29 - 37. The book of the West.

39 - 45. Winding up of the vision.

That natural division within the vision may allow for a tightening up of the numbering/structure into larger blocks of text. (I'm not suggesting you mash everything into six blocks of text! :laugh:) Fortunately the next vision follows the same format, so we might be able to use these first two to iron out any teething problems. Solvitur ambulando!
 

Aeon418

BTW where did you copy this vision from? Hermetic.com?

Lines 12 and 21 are despcriptions of drawings that are presented with the vision. I'm not sure how to get around this. Unless someone knows an online source that has the drawings. It's not a big deal though.

Line 38 isn't part of the vision. It's actually a bit of a footnote. It must have been accidentally mixed in by the original transcriber.
 

Grigori

It's a good first attempt. :)

Maybe it's a little more fragmented than it really needs to be though. If you take a step back and view the vision as a whole there is a definite pattern which may allow for a more compact format.

Using your numbering:

1. Setting the scene.

2 - 11. The book of the North.

13 - 15. The book of the East.

16 - 28. The book of the South.

29 - 37. The book of the West.

39 - 45. Winding up of the vision.

That natural division within the vision may allow for a tightening up of the numbering/structure into larger blocks of text. (I'm not suggesting you mash everything into six blocks of text! :laugh:) Fortunately the next vision follows the same format, so we might be able to use these first two to iron out any teething problems. Solvitur ambulando!

I'm happy to try that, my only concern would be for me to lay down some kind of structure that might be rather arbitrary or not that well supported. For this verse I can see that is fairly simple and not very controversial, not sure about the other ones though. Lets try it and see I guess :)
 

Grigori

BTW where did you copy this vision from? Hermetic.com?

Sacredtexts.com

Lines 12 and 21 are despcriptions of drawings that are presented with the vision. I'm not sure how to get around this. Unless someone knows an online source that has the drawings. It's not a big deal though.

Hermetic has the images it seems, I could link to that version. I used the ST one cause the text descriptions could be copied onto AT.

[quote[Line 38 isn't part of the vision. It's actually a bit of a footnote. It must have been accidentally mixed in by the original transcriber.[/QUOTE]

Ah, maybe better to use another site then :)
 

Aeon418

I'm happy to try that, my only concern would be for me to lay down some kind of structure that might be rather arbitrary or not that well supported.

If you're concerned about imposing an artificial structure onto the text, then go along with your original plan. I'm happy with it and I think it will be fine. :)

I was just responding to Closrapexa's remark about there being "so much material." In actual fact the 'test vision' you posted has a very simple structure. But to see it you really need to get a birds eye view and take in the vision as a whole. If looked at solely on a line-by-line basis it is very easy to miss the wood for the trees, so to speak.

I think your original format is ok. But I would recommend that people take in the big picture of each vision first before going over it with a fine tooth comb.
 

Aeon418

Sacredtexts.com

Hermetic has the images it seems, I could link to that version. I used the ST one cause the text descriptions could be copied onto AT.

Actually the Sacredtexts and Hermetic versions are almost identical. The Hermetic version has the same footnote inserted into the text. The only difference is that some Enochian lettering has been added. But Crowley's doodles haven't been included.

One reliable online source is the official O.T.O. pdf's of The Equinox. Liber 418 is the Special Supplement at the end of issue 5. The text is accurate and it has the little drawings too, along with the alphabet of daggers diagram in the 19th aethyr.

http://hermetic.com/crowley/equinox/

One drawback is that it does not have Crowley's footnotes. The plain text version availble at Hermetic does though.

http://hermetic.com/crowley/the-vision-and-the-voice/

It's not ideal, but I reckon people who don't have actual printed versions will be able to manage.

It's nice to know that real books still have some advantages. ;) :laugh: