Book of Thoth Study Group #7: The Nature of the Evidence

Aeon418

Actually, if you read the BoT chapter about The Emperor carefully, you will find that it is not unambiguous about his path.

Many people point to that section on the Emperor in The Book of Thoth as if it trumps every other statement Crowley ever made to the contrary. For example the section of The Star is very clear and unambiguous, but it rarely gets a mention. Or how about the footnotes to the Ace of Swords?
 

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The Master who has crossed the Abyss doesn't just appreciate this fact as an intellectual abstraction. He/she knows this 'experience' intimately and feels it in the core (Star) his/her being.

That seems like the Star could represent the personal manifestation of "Every man and every woman is a star" in reflection of the universal. In the BOT Crowley says the figure of the Goddess is shown in manifestation, rather than as the infinite surrounding space of heaven. According to Snuffin with one foot on land and then other on water she brings the un-manifested powers of the supernals into manifestation.

kind of seems related in someway to the commentary in the book of the law,

LiberALvelLegis said:
Every man and every woman is not only a part of God, but the Ultimate God. "The Centre is everywhere and the circumference nowhere". The old definition of God takes new meaning for us. Each one of us is the One God.

Perhaps the emperor has shifted down because now on the path from Tipareth to Chokmah understanding is to change with how our own personal Star fits into the greater scheme of things. Rather than the suggestion of division, with the Emperor acting as an intermediary, the way is open for ourselves.

The Emperor is a much better fit. Not only is he in control, he can also take the heat.})

One for a generous Emperor then :laugh:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y11C3LNiyQ0
 

Aeon418

That seems like the Star could represent the personal manifestation of "Every man and every woman is a star" in reflection of the universal. In the BOT Crowley says the figure of the Goddess is shown in manifestation, rather than as the infinite surrounding space of heaven. According to Snuffin with one foot on land and then other on water she brings the un-manifested powers of the supernals into manifestation.
I would second all of that. But with a little shift of focus it can also be framed in Emperor-like terms as well. On the Path of Heh the Emperor could be seen as the Great Architect of the Universe, the Ancient of Days. He is the supreme NOUS, or Mind, that forms the Universe. Reflected into the constitution of mankind he is the power of self-consciousness, thought, and reason that frames (Heh = Window) the world and creates order out of chaos.

But it is the last bit that declares the Emperor a bad fit for the Path of Heh in the New Aeon. The Mind that the Emperor represents actually clothes naked reality. But just like in the famous Hans Christian Andersen tale, "he isn't wearing anything at all!" The Crossing of the Abyss necessitates that self-consciousness, thought, and reason be transcended (surrendered to the Cup of Babalon) as a transition is made from the personal perspective to the trans-personal. Suddenly the Emperor is beginning to look like the odd-man-out.

Read the second paragraph of Crowley's description of the Emperor (The Book of Thoth, p.77) and reflect on this 'lonely' verse from Liber Cheth.
Liber Cheth said:
12. And behold! if by stealth thou keep unto thyself one thought of thine, then shalt thou be cast out into the abyss for ever; and thou shalt be the lonely one, the eater of dung, the afflicted in the Day of Be-with-Us.
 

AngelFire

The Double Loops in the Zodiac

Aries and Aquarius are looped to each other for a reason!
So is Leo and Libra.

The reason being is Aries has the gift of Sight (The Clairvoyant) of the Zodiac (not Sagittarius) while Aquarius has the male equivalent with the gift of Mental Clarity.

Crowley was hinting at this! Look at the Sun in the eye of The Emperor.

Leo has Heart and communicates through action but does NOT reason! Thus the Lion roars when confronted with an unbalanced situation. Libra has Balance but no commitment or no heart making promises that are never kept unless a decision has been made at which time Libra becomes a Lion. Leo will continue to lose its temper until it learns to reason at which time Leo finds its Balance.

The Lust and Balance cards were switched to point out the loop. But Aries and Aquarius were not switched!

Contrary to what is being taught Fires signs are YIN not YANG! They are the male of the two sided Yin that is positive/negative... fire/water.

Equally, Earth signs are YANG not YIN! They are the female of the two sided Yang that is positive/negative air/earth.