Aeon418
Possibly....I can't make anything out of this trying basic gematria, or common sense, for that matter. Googling "1751 thelema" comes up with lots of hits, but they all seem happenstance. Any thoughts?AW
The form of the swastika that Crowley was familiar with via his Golden Dawn training was made up of 17 squares. The classic pose of the goddess on Atu (17) XVII The Star is the swastika. It is also the ritual pose called the Mourning of Isis.
The Crown, Kether, is defended by three thunderbolts on the paths of Aleph, Beth, and Gimel. 3 x 17 = 51.
51 is the numerical value of the Hebrew words AN, Pain, and NA, Failure.
The Enochian equivalents of the English letters N and A correspond to the astrological signs Scorpio and Taurus. In the Tarot that is Atu's XIII and V. The Hebrew letter attributions of these cards are Nun and Vav. The transliteration of those same letters into English is NU - the name of the goddess on Atu XVII The Star in her swastika pose. The same goddess who says in AL I:29-30:
Nuit said:29. For I am divided for love’s sake, for the chance of union.
30.This is the creation of the world, that the pain of division is as nothing, and the joy of dissolution all.
Also Vav and Nun are 6 and 50. Nuits number as per AL I:24.
Maybe the painful division of NU (swastika-thunderbolts) along the first three paths of Aleph, Beth, and Gimel, is given it's purpose in the next path of Daleth - Atu III The Empress - Venus - for Love's sake.