The Book of the Law Study Group 2.76

Always Wondering

Dam three of swords. :laugh:

Aeon418 said:
Letting yourself be guided by emotions instead of the Will is fraught with danger. Beware!

I suppose, with all the beautiful stars here on earth, it is easy to confuse being love, with being in love. This is incredibly mushy but I am a woman with her moon in Libra after all. :laugh:

But there are elusive levels of this that poke and prod at what can only be resistance.

by zero said:
which drive me nuts.

Me too, but the words, not the numbers.

I do hope there are more number games. Some inane dribble sounds good about now.

AW

ravenest

Just for you then A.W.

Aeon418 said:
I remember seeing a silly but funny solution a few years ago. It involved listening to the numbers and the words. I can't remember the whole thing though.

4 6 3 8 A B K

4 - For

6 - Sex

3-8 - Create

ABK - A book

R P S T O V A L

R- Arrr

PS - Peace

TO - To

V - You

AL - All

Yes, rather good. Now all I have to do is figure out what a porno reading hippy pirate has to do with it.

Aeon418

ravenest said:
Yes, rather good. Now all I have to do is figure out what a porno reading hippy pirate has to do with it.

I didn't know you were a pirate. :laugh:

Aeon418

The code in the original manuscript.
http://lib.oto-usa.org/libri/liber0031.html?num=42

Odd points.

Unlike all the other letters the first A and B are joined.

Why a lower case "a" at the beginning of aLGMOR ?

Is that a supposed to be a letter G in there? I've seen suggestions that it's a phonetic G.

The X. Is it a letter? A multiplication symbol? Or something else? Crowley writes the letter differently in other places.

by zero

Aeon418 said:
The code in the original manuscript.
http://lib.oto-usa.org/libri/liber0031.html?num=42

Odd points.

Indeed they are.
If you look at the text's "holes" on this page 42 between death and Death in verse 73 and between glory and He in verse 74, they seem to stress some dots:
. and :
If you keep on counting, 1-2-check, one dot, two dots, looking for the third, and follow the line drawn by the free space you come to numbers:
1, 2, many.
Keep on going, and you have O V A,
whatever that means.
English order and value gives 15 + 22 + 1 = 38 which leads to e.g. לח, via VII + VIII to 78, which is fair enough.

Aeon418 said:
Unlike all the other letters the first A and B are joined.

... which, by all this 1-2, 1-2-3, makes you look for the C; A+B=C as 1 + 2 = 3; K as one replacement for C stabilizes (the other one, as we know, would be H).
By all this, AB K might result either in "C(K)" overall, or the word "BACK"

Aeon418 said:
Is that a supposed to be a letter G in there? I've seen suggestions that it's a phonetic G.

It might also be a highly distorted "I" or "H". Somehow the letter reminds me of the shape of the Enochian "H", so I would go for that.
Also reminds me of an "=".

Aeon418 said:
The X. Is it a letter? A multiplication symbol? Or something else? Crowley writes the letter differently in other places.

On one of those levels, as 4 x 6 = 24 and 3 x 8 = 24, it is multiplication. But if you look at the 24 upside down, you have a For, as you have a 58 for the 89.
Plus you have some kind of mirroring here:
The sequence 46 could be seen as IV <-> VI, as 3 is the half of 8, which is completed, if you put a mirror to it's left.

But as it is, this tells more about how my mind works than anything else.

Yygdrasilian

Yngwaz

To ‘Seven’ Six
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~spmr02/rings/pallas2.jpg

.76: 4 6 3 8 A B K 2 4 A L G M O R 3 Y X 24 89 R P S T O V A L
There are multiple paths leading to the ‘truth’ of this ‘statement’ - each connected by the ‘nothing’ we share in common. So, a11 'things' being 'equal', here’s my

cents...

2x 76 = 8x 19
8x ‘The Sun’ = 1 Earth:Venus pentagram
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3eKuFFHGH30/S_NrVNJz0wI/AAAAAAAAACk/PkREe0KA7Q0/s1600/3+ring+xv.jpg

76-gonal numbers: 1, 76, 225 (Earth days to 1 Venus orbit)...
276 = 1⁵ + 2⁵ + 3⁵
276 = 2² x 23 = the Square of 2 multiplied by our ‘hidden’ element, the ‘23rd Letter’
276 = 23rd Triangular Number
276 = 12th Hexagonal Number
276 = 11th Centered Pentagonal Number
Acts 3³

666/(6+6+6) “Altogether there were 276 of us on board.”

6+6+6+6 = 8+8+8 (1:1)
For Six, 888 [= 2³ × 3 × (666/(6+6+6)]
The ratios of any two of the Numbers 4 6 3 8 (& their combinations) give the simple number ratios of the Pythagorean tetraktys:
4:6 = 2:3
4:3 = 4:3
6:3 = 2:1
4:8 = 2:1
6:8 = 3:4
6+6+6+6 = 8+8+8
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3eKuFFHGH30/TKbdwIOeTvI/AAAAAAAAASk/za4dZPRStUg/s1600/Scales.jpg

A-B-K
1 "to" 11
1--->1 1
1:2 [1+1] = octave (1:2)--->:4 = double octave
octave (2:4) or the Squaring of 2--->2²

A:L:G
1:12:7 = 1:3:7
M = 13 = [1+3] = ’for’
O = 15 = [1+5] = 6
R = 18 = [1+8] = 9
VII:

Mer-Ka-Ba ['Chariot']
http://books.google.com/books?id=M8...EwAw#v=onepage&q=egyptian mer pyramid&f=false

3(25+26) = 153 (minor axis of vesica piscis in proportion to major axis)
[(X=25) + (Y=26) = 51]
51= atomic number of Antimony
51= sum of Tarot trumps partitioned by digital root 7

24
= 1 revolution of Earth upon its axis (in hours) = 1:365th
= 3 Earth:Venus pentagrams (in years) = 3:5:8:13
Fibonacci: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144...

89
= 3 revolutions of Saturn around The Sun (in years)

[2+4]=6 : 17 [8+9]
6th 17-gonal Number = 231
✡ = XVII
✡ : 1✡1

[2+4]=6 : 8=[1+7 = 17 = 8+9]
Cube: 6 sides of square 2² --->2³
Sides: Cube=6 : 8=Octahedron
6 = Octahedron of 2
8 = Cube of 2

R = 18 = 9
P = 16 = 7
S = 19 = 8
T = 20 = 2
O = 15 = 6
V = 22 = 4
A = 1 = 1
L = 12 = 3

9 7’s "ate" Two 6’s "for" One 3
9 Octahedrons of seven (231) translated into 11 cubes of seven (343), ‘ate’ 2 cubes along the way ‘for One trinity’ : the obelisk of the mind’s Eye joining Earth’s axis to the Great ‘Mer’
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3eKuFFHGH30/TKhVq8PL5iI/AAAAAAAAAS8/hA9nYDFWCzg/s1600/VITRIOL.jpg

Of course, whether or not any of this helps your own ‘research’, we can at least appreciate the irony & humor in that the mortal self of Crowley (or anyone), his “BA” ensouling “To Mega Therion”, cannot understand this play of Letters & Numbers w/o ‘Knowledge’ of our ‘Metatron’, or "KA". The Twins joining Voice & Vision in AKH, Ka & Ba meet in an immortal star ‘shining’ among the heavens.

Likewise, any One who ‘Sevens’ Six tends to strike a dissonant chord whenever attempting to interpret this phrase for others.

Khnum-Khufu http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3eKuFFHGH30/TN8b6OfmwPI/AAAAAAAAATk/fivqleok2ao/s1600/Divine+Potter.jpg
V.I.T.R.I.O.L. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3eKuFFHGH30/TLdsZyHDkuI/AAAAAAAAATE/eSod5SSrYR4/s1600/NODUS.jpg

Figurate Numbers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Figurate_numbers

Aeon418

Always Wondering said:
Some inane dribble sounds good about now.

Your wish is granted. :laugh:

*see above*

by zero

Hi Yygdrasilian,
many, many things here, that I don't quite understand in your post.
And many keywords in it, I like:
tetraktys, Mer-Ka-Ba, vesica piscis.

And nice pictures.

But in total:
To see what I look at here, I would like to know

Is the first part of AL2,76 an instruction how to seven six, then?
What would the operation sevening six be in everyday language?
Is the result of this operation the obelisk of the mind’s Eye joining Earth’s axis to the Great ‘Mer’ ?
Why is the proportion 3:8 missing?
How does this beginning of 2,76 relate to other parts in the Book of the Law in your opinion?

Yygdrasilian

☆

by zero said:
Is the first part of AL2,76 an instruction how to seven six, then?

What would the operation sevening six be in everyday language?

Is the result of this operation the obelisk of the mind’s Eye joining Earth’s axis to the Great ‘Mer’ ?

Why is the proportion 3:8 missing?

How does this beginning of 2,76 relate to other parts in the Book of the Law in your opinion?

1)) If the intention was to communicate: “To Seven Six” we might consider the path of Saturn’s return upon the Tree to complete a matrix for the vesica piscis: ♁ ♄---☽--------->

------->1 1 ∙

2)) Opening the ‘Eye’ of Illumination - or, perhaps, the ‘second coming’ if wanna get Gnostic about it. 'Magnum opus' has been a perennial favorite, though there is a certain rationale for calling it the 'Yoga of the West' as well.

3)) That is One way of looking with it. I find enormous instructive value in studying the diagram in question and reconsidering Basilius Valentinus’ backronym: V.I.T.R.I.O.L.

4)) The ratio 8:3 an octave +perfect fourth up from root, while 3:8 is an octave -perfect fifth down from root.

5)) Saturn returns when Time comes full cycle - viewed across a ‘turn of the Wheel’ (exeligmos). In allegory- the components of a myth reckoned as a whole, rather than sequentially linear. Much like the mandalic function of the early alphabets.

Athena

comforts the Centaur, Kheiron

suffering a wound by Herakles’ arrow. The same aimed at Draco, the dragon Ladon [‘Strong Flow’] who guards Hera’s orchard of golden apples. The events may occur during different tasks among Herakles many labors, but they all describe movement within a matrix of symbols... of which the integration of Tarot & the Qabalah Tree is a most refined distillation.

Lacking a tradition that could be substantially characterized as an English Qabalah, and thus a lineage imparting any kind of symbolic lore or number magic specific to the English Letters, the riddle posed by Law

.76 seems to make use of an almost childlike play of number-letter substitution, digital root, and conundrum to communicate various patterns and movements through this Pythagorean ænigma.

Inasmuch as the philosophy of the Book of the Law is implicit within the Book of Thoth, you could say that both ‘texts’ are embedded with a similar approach to the qualitative as well as quantitative properties of Number. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqlnSi9KNs4&feature=related

Yygdrasilian

♁

by Zero said:
Why is the proportion 3:8 missing?

The ratio 8:3 is an octave +perfect fourth up from root, while 3:8 is an octave -perfect fifth down from root. But there is another point worth mentioning here. One which has to do with a specific problem in music theory raised by the disparity between 12 perfect fifths and 7 octaves in Pythagorean Tuning. The method of using simple number ratios in the tetraktys to construct a music scale is practical when playing notes in succession on a 4-string lyre, but if you’re trying to play chords or modulate across keys the disparity gives rise to a mine field of ‘wolf’ notes -intervals whose dissonance howls with the beating of frequencies.

The problem has to do with the harmonic series and how an exponent of 2, such as an octave (2:1), will never synch with an exponent of 3, such as a perfect fifth (3:2). When constructing the Pythagorean music scale, a stack is made of 12 perfect fifths (3:2)¹² which are then transposed into a single octave. The ratios derived therefrom define the interval spaces between notes. The difference between 12 perfect fifths and 7 octaves (2:1)⁷ is called a Pythagorean comma:

(3:2)¹² =129.7463...
(2:1)⁷ = 128
pythagorean comma = 1.7463...
square root of three = 1.732...
vesica piscis 265:153 = 1.732...

In a system of equal temperament the disparity is subtracted in equal portions from each of the twelve perfect fifths (-.017...). Thus creating an equal-tempered fifth (¹²√2)⁷ which allows One to modulate freely between keys and compose poly-harmonic music without the howling of wolves. However, this poses a problem for the Pythagorean system as each interval is defined by an irrational number instead of simple number ratios. Supposedly, the discovery of incommensurate numbers posed a serious problem for the Greek mathematician-philosophers until they grasped the concept of magnitude. Yet, it is precisely this distinction between the rational & the irrational that is at the heart of Pythagorean teaching.

Examining the parallels between arithmetic, geometry, music theory, and astronomy reveals this.

“We are thus faced with the fact that there is no end to this process we have initiated: transposition up a fifth and transposition down a fifth take us on infinite journeys, ever generating new notes, even if some of these... are tantalizingly close. The journey can be thought of as traversing a spiral... for each 30º step clockwise we spiral outwards and transpose up a fifth, while for each 30º step anti-clockwise we spiral inwards and down a fifth. Adjacent points on the same ray of the spiral differ by the Pythagorean comma.” -Neil Bibby, Tuning & Temperament: Closing the Spiral

Pythagorean Comma ≈ “measure of the fish”
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_3eKuFFHGH30/TKbeDu6OkNI/AAAAAAAAASs/-WKwyd1FhN8/s1600/Circle+&+Spiral.jpg
Adjusting the perfect fifths ( -0.0

...) to a 12-note equal temperament closes this spiral into a circle. The transition between these geometric formulations of the chromatic music scale is a Key to Understanding the harmony of numbers underpinning the architecture of Tarot & Qabalah.