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A Toavotea Decryption of Liber AL vel Legis, II:76
Frater Omnia Redementur
A.’. A.’. Publication
in Class C
The aim of religion,
the method of science: this simple aphorism
frequently ignored
among present day Thelemites was intended by Frater
Perdurabo to be the
very foundation of the Work of the Order in this the Aeon of Heru-ra-ha.
Magick and its sister mysticism
are one of
humankind’s most ancient,
perhaps instinctual subjects of study. The
Aeon of Isis has become
to us a Dreamtime, an age of myth, when were
performed many wonders
of the Art. Osiris divided everything in the
mind and culture of
man, as He Himself was divided. In the West,
magick was driven
underground due to Christian persecution, militarism,
the repression of
women, and the burning of the Great Libraries.
Religion, magick,
philosophy, science, and art were artificially
divorced, where in
pagan times they were a unity. Alchemy was the root
of scientific inquiry;
yet in later centuries the ideology of science
rejected investigation
of any but the mechanical realm of phenomena,
for which it developed a
somewhat organized and consistent method of
approaching.
Crowley’s insight was that this methodological structure
could be gainfully
applied to the surviving Wisdom Traditions of the
world wherein the
Stone of the Alchemists was still sought under diverse
names. Science
is a religion of method, but we may use its techniques
without being restricted
by its dogmas.
Qabalh in particular
lends itself to a structured approach, as it
speaks in the common
language of Number where repeatable results may be
obtained. Pythagoras
taught that numbers are the essential element of
the universe, and
supported his hypothesis by the fact that numerical
patterns dance through
all observable existence. The Hebrews developed
a similar concept,
understanding Number as a language of God. This is
attested to by the
poetry of the ThORA, most essential of ancient Jewish
writings. This
book expresses its Truth using multiple techniques
including gematria,
showing that the roots of QBLH are as old as Judaism
itself. The
later Qabalists became one of the most advanced mystical
schools in recorded
history, using esoteric number theory to develop
visionary, meditative,
and magickal practices. In Verse 1, Chapter 1
of the Sepher Yetzirah
(which Tradition claims to be the esoteric
teachings of Abraham),
we find Number listed as one of three original
forms of divine emanation:
"With 32 mystical
paths of Wisdom engraved IH IHVH XBAVTh
ALHI of Israel
ALHIM CIIM
King of the universe
AL ShDI
Merciful and Gracious
High and Exalted
Dwelling in eternity
Whose Name is Holy
He is lofty and holy-
He created His universe
with three Books:
with Writing, with
Number, and with Communication".
Liber Legis (the ThORA
of Thelema) may be considered a concealed and
encoded document having
extensive instructions on the investigation of
number. A first
step towards decoding it must be obtaining of the order
and value of the English
alphabet as commanded in II:55. This would
translate the Book
into numeric language, opening new dimensions of
meaning. Like
many others, I became curious about this puzzle and
attempted to solve
it. I ended up with the Toavotea Key, whereby the
word "Thelema" equals
93 and the string of numbers and letters of II:76
sums to 418.
The alphabet code is as follows:
A-1
Z-0
I-4
G-2
Q-6
O-3
Y-8
W-5
F-10
E-7
N-12
M-11
V-14
U-13
D-16
C-17
L-18
K-19
T-20
S-23
B-22
H-29
J-24
P-31
R-26
X-28
A numerical Exegesis
of the first Chapter of Liber Legis and information
about the origins
of the Key may be found online at:
http://quaarts.freeyellow.com/exegesis1toavoteakey.html
There is a useful
gematria calculator at the bottom of the page, with
this and at least
8 other EQ systems.
In considering the
question of the order and value of the English
Alphabet as foretold
in the Text, any proposed English Qabalh is a
hypothesis.
It must be measured against the Book, whose final litmus
test is the encoded
sequence of Verse 76 of Chapter 2. Let us examine
this Verse by Toavotea
enumeration, to see what patterns may emerge:
Liber AL vel Legis,
II:76.
4 6 3 8 (42A B K)
2 4 (61A L G M O R) 3 (36Y X )24 89 (136R P S T O V A
L). 55What 87meaneth
76this, 3o 147prophet? 65Thou 89knowest 35not;
41nor 91shalt 65thou
39know 54ever. 89There 87cometh 22one 23to 57follow
63thee: 36he 89shall
110expound 24it. 55But 117remember, 3o 91chosen
22one, 23to 29be 18me;
23to 57follow 56the 42love 13of 25Nu 16in 56the
112(70star-42lit)
70heaven; 23to 43look 88forth 59upon 30men, 23to
63tell 67them 76this
37glad 50word.
Possible Verse Values:
3109 (31x09 =279) with numerals uncounted, 3162
(93x34 =3162, 31+62
=93) with numerals counted as digits, 3252 (542x6)
with 24 and 89 counted
in full.
Notes:
"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" equals 418
by simple addition.
There are several ways we may analyze this string
of numbers and words:
Method 1) By converting
all letters of the string into English numbers
we obtain the following
code of 42 numbers :
463812219241182113263828248926312320314118.
If these digits be
added together they sum to 148, a permutation of 418.
148 is the Hebrew gematria
of the the God-Name AHIH IH IHVH ALHIM,
translated I AM Father
and Mother, Tetragrammaton of the Unknowable
Synthesis.
Other Hebrew words and phrases summing to 148 include BNI
ALHIM, The Sons of
the Creative God/dess; CMQ, to withdraw into Silence;
MAZNIM, the Scales
of Justice; and NXC, Victory, the Sephira of the
number 7.
Further, the numbers
of the 148 sequence may be arranged as 21 2-digit
pairs: 46+38+12+21+92+41+18+21+13+26+38+28+24+89+26+31+23+20+31+41+18.
24 and 89, being the
only 2-digit numbers in the original sequence as
emphasized in the
Manuscript, are here considered as pivots for
interpreting the stream.
If you sum the numbers up to and including 24
you arrive at 418.
If you sum the number pairs from 89 to the end of
the sequence you arrive
at 279, 93x3, and Hebrew gematria of the
magickal name of Fr.
Omnia Redementur, Aoyn Rysh Tyth. This name was
received some 4 years
before Fr. O.R. began work on the Toavotea
decryption.
Should the student will to investigate further he or she
may consider that
the English gematria of the name is 187, and its
Hebrew gematria is
1059 in full. Also note 1059-666 = 393.
Other phrases from Liber Legis that sum to 279 include:
no wrong if he look
but close = 279
I Hadit am the complement
= 279
Let the evil ones
be cast = 279
the good ones be purged
by = 279
man lust enjoy all
things = 279
not that any God shall
deny = 279
Because Be he damned
for a dog = 279
the seal of the promise
= 279
in thy rapture fall
not = 279
is none like unto
thee among men = 279
o blessÈd Beast
and thou = 279
to exalt me I am the
visible = 279
Equinox when Hrumachis
= 279
greet Thy presence
O Ra = 279
make to establish
thy way = 279
I breed from her a
child = 279
Through the fourth
= 279
Some of these values
are probably incidental regardless of the validity
of the Key.
This Method 1 of analysis
is supported by the gematria of the Text: the
first two segments
of the sequence enumerate to 21 and 42 respectively,
implying the binary
encoding here expounded. Note the 42 Judges of the
dead in Amennti and
the 42-fold Name of the Creative God.
418+279 =697, which
is 17 (IAO) x 41 (AM, The Mother), and thus refers
to AHIH IH IHVH ALHIM.
The phrase "he shall expound it. But remember,
o chosen one, to be
me; to follow" = 697.
If we sum the numbers
as single digits through 89 they add to 111, with
the numbers of RPSTOVAL
completing the quaternary by providing the
final 37. Considering
that RPSTOVAL equals 696 (IPSOS, a Word of Maat)
by Hebrew gematria
(Rish Peh Shin Tith Ayin Vav Aleph Lamed), we may see
this fourfold equation
as expressing the progression of Aeons, and
perhaps a Tetragrammatic
formula as well.
The 111+37 equation
may also be understood in light of 37 as the root of
the Scale of Unity,
expressing the Ten Sephiroth:
1) 37x1 =37.
3+7=10. 1+0=1.
2) 37x2=74.
7+4=11. 1+1=2.
3) 37x3=111.
1+1+1=3.
4) 37x4=148.
1+4+8=13. 1+3=4.
5) 37x5=185.
1+8+5=14. 1+4=5.
6) 37x6=222.
2+2+2=6.
7) 37x7=259.
2+5+9=16. 1+6=7.
8) 37x8=296.
2+9+6=17. 1+7=8.
9) 37x9=333.
3+3+3=9.
10) 37x10=370.
3+7+0=10. 1+0=1.
This pattern repeats
forever. 37 (ICIDH, The Crown) is the 13th prime
number; further showing
37 as an expression of Unity.
Method 2) As 11 numerals
and 19 letters. 11x19 =209, half 418.
The 11 numerals add
to 143, 13x11.
The 19 letters add
to 275, 25x11. Also 55x5- note the explosive force
of this number.
275 as the value of the letters of the sequence perhaps
speaks of the creative
power of language.
(13+25)x11 =418.
275-143 = 132, gematric
value of the name Heru ra ha.
1+4+3+2+7+5=22, the
number of letters in the Hebrew alphabet. 22x19=418.
The following phrases of Liber Legis equal 209:
Every man and every
woman = 209
name and splendour
= 209
is the serpent
= 209
have a secret glory
= 209
mine incense before
me = 209
particle of dust
= 209
just I am eight and
one = 209
I am alone there is
no God = 209
of the Book of the
Law = 209
in the kisses of Nu
= 209
worship thy name
= 209
of the man and the
name = 209
its rays consume Me
= 209
in my way Let her
work = 209
abased I will bring
you = 209
on go on in my strength
= 209
torn upon wheels
= 209
of the word of the
God = 209
the God enthroned
= 209
Method 3: We may accept
the natural segmentation of the Text, then
multiply each segment
by 11, which has proven itself an universal Key in
unlocking Liber Legis.
The letters should be considered as both their
Hebrew and English
Values. With this technique we observe the following:
4+6+3+8 = 21, x 11
= 231, sum of the numbers 0-21 and sum of the Master
Numbers 11-66.
Alternately, we could use the values of the pairs: 46
and 38. 46x11=
506, which is 418+88, as by 220, 1:46. See Method 7.
38x11= 418.
ABK = 23 in Hebrew,
42 in English.
23x11 = 253, sum of
the numbers 0-22 and half of 506. 253 is the value
of the phrase "Every
number is infinite".
42x11= 462, 231x2.
2+4= 6. 6x11
=66, sum of the numbers 0-11 and sum of the Master Numbers
11-33.
ALGMOR = 344 in Hebrew,
61 in English.
344 is 86(ALHIM) x4;
may be understood as the Pentagram expressed
through the square
of manifest elements, with Spirit concealed within.
Note 3x44 =132, Heru-ra-ha.
344x11 = 3784, or
86 x 44(DM, Blood). Also note 37+84 =121, 11x11.
61x11 =671, perhaps
the holiest of Jewish numbers, being the gematria of
ThORA, the Law, the
Word of God Most High. Also ThROA, the Gate; ROThA,
the Wheel; and ADNI
spelt in full.
3x11 = 33. Note
that the sum of the numbers 0-33 is 561, a permutation
of 156 and 165.
561 is the number of AThQIN, Cain; also DXNIVThA,
Concealed Mystery.
Mystery is a name of Babalon, Mother of Abominations
of the Earth.
Also note 56x1, and 5x61 =305, ALHIM spelt in full.
YX = 100 in Hebrew,
36 in English.
100x 11 = 1100, 220x5
and 55x20, as if it were said: The Fortune of
MLKVTh is the moving
Wheel of Law.
36x11= 396,
132 (Heru-ra-ha) x3 and sum of the Master Numbers 11-88.
24x11= 264, 132 x2.
89x11 =979.
24+89 =113, the 31st
Prime number. 113x11 = 1243.
RPSTOVAL equals 696
in Hebrew, 136 in English.
696x 11= 7656.
76+56 =132.
136x11 = 1496.
1496-1243 = 253.
Method 4: We may consider
the straightforward gematria of the sequence:
4+6+3+8 =21, AHIH
in Hebrew, sum of the numbers 0-6. Mystic Number of
ThPARTh: the 6th Sephira,
gematria 1081, sum of the numbers 0-46, and
the Hierophant or
Redeemer- may be referred to the Holy Guardian Angel.
718-697 =21.
ABK =42, the English value of the words Agape and Love.
2+4 =6, sum of the
numbers 0-3. Also note 24 as the English gematria of
the words Law and
Tao.
ALGMOR =61, AIN.
3- sum of the numbers
0-2, referred to both CKMH and BINH. Note that
BINH has a value of
67 in both English and Hebrew.
YX =36, sum of the
numbers 0-8, 8 being CITh, 418. Also note that the
sum of the numbers
0-36 is 666.
24 (Law)+89(Knowledge)
=113, the 31st prime number and gematria of the
words "continuity"
and "extended."
RPSTOVAL = 136, 17(IAO)
x 8(CITh, HVD). 136 is the gematria of the
following words in
the Law: "threefold", "double-wanded", "expiration"
and "penetrant".
Method 5: We
may turn the numbers of the code into words and extract
the gematria, thus:
four six three eight ABK two four ALGMOR three YX
twenty-four eighty-nine
RPSTOVAL =931 by Toavotea. Note 93x1 and 9x31.
Other phrases in Liber
Legis summing to 931 include:
lest there be folly
he shall comment thereupon by the wisdom of Ra Hoor
Khu it = 931
Let it be that state
of manyhood bound and loathing So with thy all thou
hast no right=931
But to love me is
better than all things if under the nightstars in the
desert =931
if under the nightstars
in the desert thou presently burnest mine
incense = 931
all prophets true
save only that they understand a little solve the
first = 931
Lift up thyself for
there is none like unto thee among men or among Gods
Lift up thyself =
931
shalt thyself convey
it with worship o prophet though thou likest it not
= 931
slain Ankh af na khonsu
Whose words are truth I invoke I greet Thy
presence O Ra Hoor
= 931
O Ra Hoor Khuit Unity
uttermost showed I adore the might of Thy breath
Supreme = 931
is a key also And
Abrahadabra It shall be his child & that strangely Let
him not seek
= 931
Method 6: 418 being
the primary gematria of the encoded sequence, we may
profit from reviewing
other phrases in Liber Legis adding to that
number:
the consciousness of
the continuity = 418
Accursed! Accursed!
be it to the aeons =418
will unassuaged of
purpose delivered = 418
words and signs Ra
Hoor Khuit hath = 418
Ra Hoor Khuit hath
taken his seat = 418
floor of that palace
is of silver and gold = 418
pure heart and the
Serpent flame = 418
wings and arouse the
coiled splendour = 418
rapturous love song
unto me Burn to me = 418
the blue lidded daughter
of Sunset = 418
pure joy that all
the sorrows are = 418
I am none indeed The
Empress and the King = 418
of me for there is
a further secret = 418
I am The Empress &
the Hierophant = 418
innocence is a lie
Be strong o man lust enjoy = 418
am the secret Serpent
coiled about = 418
venom then is rapture
of the earth = 418
the 4 there is a fifth
who is invisible = 418
is a fifth who is
invisible therein am I as = 418
thou shalt look upon
with gladness = 418
Nu prophet of Had
prophet of Ra = 418
our agelong love Come
lift up thine heart = 418
o chosen one to be
me to follow the love of Nu in = 418
me to follow the love
of Nu in the star lit = 418
your Kiblah for ever
It shall not fade = 418
Ra Hoor Khu is with
thee Worship = 418
Fear not at all fear
neither men nor Fates = 418
Abramelin and olive
oil and afterward soften = 418
of the moon monthly
then the fresh = 418
or dropping from the
host of heaven = 418
is of open brass work
burn thereon = 418
gods and death To
tremble before Thee = 418
have made a secret
door Into the House of = 418
shall make swift and
secure thy pen = 418
laugh at their fear
spit upon them = 418
crawl through dusk
wet streets = 418
herself in pride Let
her follow me in = 418
Let her kill her heart
Let her = 418
with joy with my force
shall she see = 418
I will be at your
arms in battle ye shall = 418
shall be translated
into all tongues = 418
discover the Key of
it all Then this = 418
laugh at their fear
spit upon them = 418
also And Abrahadabra
It shall be his = 418
fourfold word the
blasphemy against = 418
Method 7: We may apply
Keys found in other parts of the Book, such as
the numbers 55, 165,
253, 506, and 671. These numbers unlock 220, I:46
as follows:
Liber Legis, I:46-
"Nothing is a secret key of this law. Sixty-one the
Jews call it; I call
it eight, eighty, four hundred & eighteen".
I:47- "But they have the half: unite by thine art so that all disappear".
88+418 =506 (concentrates
to 56, 11), 46(Had)x11.
671(ThORA)= 61x11.
671-418(38x11) = 253,
sum of the numbers 1-22, half of 506, and 23x11.
61-38-23= 0.
55= Aum Ha.
55 is the mystic number
of MLKVTh,sum of the numbers 1-10.
55x4 =220. 55x7, 77x5
=385. 132+253 =385. 55+77 =132(Heru ra ha).
"eight, eighty" =132.
165= sum of master
numbers 11-55, 55x3, 15x11, 33x5. Crowley states in
777 and Other Qabalistic
Writings: "165. 11 x XV, should be a number
Capricorni Pneumatici.
Not yet fulfilled".
I offer these formulae towards its fulfillment:
165+55 =220.
165+88= 253.
165+220= 385.
165+253= 418.
165+341= 506.
See Method 8 for more on 341.
165+506= 671.
165+671= 836, 418x2.
165x5= 825, 515+310.
The Qabalist Nemo Pandragon
offered these reflections on the I:46
Keys in private correspondence:
"165 is 33 x 5 and
55 x 3. 55 is the sum of the numbers from 1 to 10.
The number 3 always
makes me think that it is whirling around trying to
find the missing piece.
It's needy. If we satisfy its need with another
55 it becomes 220.
In Sepher Sephiroth 165 is, among other things, NEMO
a name of the Master
of the Temple.
253 is, as you point
out, the sum of the numbers from 1 to 22. It is 11
x 23. Now, 22 is one
of my very favorite numbers for obvious reasons,
but 23 shows up all
the time as if to say: "Get over it." I think 23 is
the transcendence
of 22 as 11 is the transcendence of 10. Both 10 and 22
show a complete cycle,
they have no need. They are complete and thus
run the risk of being
static, of not changing. 11 and 23 are like new
beginnings. So I think
253 is a powerfully active number. One of the
correspondences in
Sephir Sephiroth is "proselytes." Proselytes have
made a new beginning.
506, according to Sephir
Sephiroth, is Taurus, the bull. Note that if we
rotate the symbol
for Taurus 90 degrees clockwise it is the first Greek
letter Alpha. If we
continue around for another 90 degrees it is the
English letter A.
Although Aleph means ox its symbol looks more like the
plow that would be
pulled behind an ox. Also 500 is the numeration of
the final form of
Kaph, the mouth, and 6 the number of Vav the nail,
slang for penis. This
seems to point to a combination of the most subtle
spiritual thought
and the male ejaculation. The notion is that you can
use your own body
to make drugs to illuminate the mind. Certainly, the
body of a well formed
bud will illuminates the mind when eaten.
671 is a lovely number.
The magical self which both is and is not. It's
a bit like the Heisenberg
uncertainty principle. 'For pure will,
unassuaged of purpose,
delivered from the lust of result, is every way
perfect. The Perfect
and the Perfect are one Perfect and not two; nay,
are none!' - 220,
1: 44 & 45. The number 671 is 61, the number of Ain
(aleph-yod-nun),nothing,
multiplied by 11,
the number of Magick and an iteration of the 0 = 2
formula. All the purpose
of the will is present, without any
taken away, but the
conniving, self-conscious, and self interested
egoism of power-over
is nil, completely absent. This Magick is an act of
faith rather than
calculation. The outcome is a greater connection to
here and now, in which
is found the secret door, not some lifeless
object denoting wealth
or social advantage. It is the mating of Nuit (61)
and Hadit (11), hence
all and none at once".
When these Keys are applied to II:76, further equations evolve:
165+279 =444.
253+444 =697.
165+148 =313, the
66th Prime. 31x3 =93.
506-148 =358, MShIC
and NCSh.
253+148 =401, ATh,
the Alpha and Omega, refers to Name or Essence.
671-279 =392, 56x7.
55+220 =275, 55x5.
See Method 2.
253+209 =462.
671-209 also equals 462. 462 is 42(Agape)x11.
55+418 =473, 11x43.
253+220 also =473.
132+209 =341, 11x31.
Method 8: Let us finally
consider the gematric value of some other
phrases of II:76.
a"The love of Nu" and
RPSTOVAL both =136.
b "one to follow thee"
=165.
c"look forth upon
men" =220.
d"to be me, to follow"
=149, value of the phrase "Love is the law"
e"be me, to follow
the love of Nu in the star lit heaven, to look forth"
= 671.
f"tell them this"
= 206, DBR, Word or Voice. "tell them this glad word"
=293.
g"to be me" = 70,
gematria of the words Hadit and Heaven.
h"o chosen one, to
be" =168, 56x3. "o chosen one, to be me" =186,
93x2 and gematria
of the phrases "Do what thou wilt" and "Equinox of the
Gods".
i "not nor shalt thou
know ever. There cometh one to follow thee" =666.
j "expound it.
But remember, o chosen one, to be" =474, Hebrew DOTh.
k "Nu in the star
lit heaven" = 279. "he shall expound it. But
remember, o chosen
one, to be me; to follow" = 697.
l"There cometh one
to follow thee" = 341, 31x11 and sum of the 3
Mother Letters.
m "he shall expound
it" =259, 37x7 and gematria of the phrase
"four hundred &
eighteen".
Again, all partial
phrases are considered as possibly irrelevant, but
are here recorded
for future evaluation.
These are but preliminary
investigations of a continuing research
project- I’m certain
there are other patterns here that have not been
found. I haven’t
even begun to explore the possible Temurah
permutations of the
II:76 sequence, the applications of Liber
Trigrammaton, nor
the full implications of the 42 number code of Method I.
I know others will
see things that I would never think to look for- a
Qabalist who is also
a trained mathematician (which I’m not) would
perhaps be better
suited to interpret the data here presented. This
essay, far from being
comprehensive or final, is intended to
demonstrate the value
of the Toavotea Key and record some initial lines
of inquiry.
Being in Class C it is open ended speculation-
some of the results
are meaningful and some are probably dead ends, of
which there have been
many more than here written. This may not be
the Key intended by
Aiwass- I enjoy trying to imagine what a better one
might do. My
hope is that this Work may at the least contribute towards
the evolution of scientific
discipline in future speculative Qabalh
exercises among Thelemites-
while Ra Hoor Abideth at the helm and is
Received as pure will,
Tahuti guides through the Ruach. Without
coherent methodology
we’re just another bunch of armchair philosophers,
wingnuts, and newage
flakes- the state of affairs our founder spent his
life trying to remedy.
Magick is art and science conjoined; should it
be lacking in either
capacity then is disease in the body of ADM QDMVN.
Magick is of CKMH,
intuition BINH: the Ruach aspires to ThPARTh where
it may begin its journey
home by Camel through Knowledge and
Annihilation.
But it will not reach the Encounter with itSelf at the
center of the Tree
at all unless it travel the paths of Apocalypse and
the Open Eye, from
the Daughter through Splendour to Beauty. "Let the
fine be tried in intellect"-
may we not neglect the Ordeals of 8.
I lay down this sword,
that it may serve as a yardstick: I am skeptical
of the Toavotea Key;
but any past or future attempts to solve the order
and value of the English
Alphabet should work as well or better to
invite further consideration.
It is quite possible that Aiwass employed
multiple ciphers in
the writing of the Book- there may be more than one
"correct" answer,
or the answer may be in the seeking. An evaluation
of methodology and
results among the most well known EQ systems would be
a rewarding thesis-
to my knowledge no one has yet done a comparison
study. Considering
the wealth of teaching that would in theory be
expressed by an English
letter code correctly riddled from Liber Legis,
it is worth the time
and effort to investigate. May we serve our own
wills, and do honor
to the Aeon in our hands.
Aum. Ha.
Love is the law, love under will.
-Frater Omnia Redementur