Magical Attributes
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On p. 8 of issue 1 vol.1 of ITC there is an illustration of a pentagram labeled with various correspondences. One of these I understand to be magical attributes: Scire, to know, Velle, to will, Audere, to dare, Tacere, to be silent, and Ire, to be wrathful, intensely angry. If I have mistranslated any of these five present active infinitive verbs someone please correct me (I only took one year of Latin in uni). Am I right in assuming that these are meant as characteristics of the Magician? Could someone elaborate on these and point me towards an original source? Where does ire come into the equation?
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On p. 8 of issue 1 vol.1 of ITC there is an illustration of a pentagram labeled with various correspondences. One of these I understand to be magical attributes: Scire, to know, Velle, to will, Audere, to dare, Tacere, to be silent, and Ire, to be wrathful, intensely angry. If I have mistranslated any of these five present active infinitive verbs someone please correct me (I only took one year of Latin in uni). Am I right in assuming that these are meant as characteristics of the Magician? Could someone elaborate on these and point me towards an original source? Where does ire come into the equation?
@Ursa Ferox said
"On p. 8 of issue 1 vol.1 of ITC there is an illustration of a pentagram labeled with various correspondences. One of these I understand to be magical attributes: Scire, to know, Velle, to will, Audere, to dare, Tacere, to be silent, and Ire, to be wrathful, intensely angry. If I have mistranslated any of these five present active infinitive verbs someone please correct me (I only took one year of Latin in uni). Am I right in assuming that these are meant as characteristics of the Magician? Could someone elaborate on these and point me towards an original source? Where does ire come into the equation?"
Ire is "to go" and is meant to represent the fifth element, akasa. The rest are meant to be the "classic" four elements. If you superimpose the "tips" of those 4 points on the zodiac wheel, you will see each aligns with a kerubic sign for its element. I.e. tacere = earth = taurus.
I believe Crowley more or less introduced "ire" as an attribute of godhead.
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On p. 8 of issue 1 vol.1 of ITC there is an illustration of a pentagram labeled with various correspondences. One of these I understand to be magical attributes: Scire, to know, Velle, to will, Audere, to dare, Tacere, to be silent, and Ire, to be wrathful, intensely angry. If I have mistranslated any of these five present active infinitive verbs someone please correct me (I only took one year of Latin in uni). Am I right in assuming that these are meant as characteristics of the Magician? Could someone elaborate on these and point me towards an original source? Where does ire come into the equation?
@Ursa Ferox said
"Scire, to know, Velle, to will, Audere, to dare, Tacere, to be silent, and Ire, to be wrathful, intensely angry. "
To Know, To Will, To Dare, To Keep Silent are the powers of the Sphynx. They go back a long way, so far as I know. Crowley has a lot to say about them in various places, of which Magick in Theory and Practice and Liber Aleph immediately come to mind.
My latin is non-existent, but Crowley translates Ire as representing the fifth power of the sphynx, the power of Godhood, which is To Go
Dan
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On p. 8 of issue 1 vol.1 of ITC there is an illustration of a pentagram labeled with various correspondences. One of these I understand to be magical attributes: Scire, to know, Velle, to will, Audere, to dare, Tacere, to be silent, and Ire, to be wrathful, intensely angry. If I have mistranslated any of these five present active infinitive verbs someone please correct me (I only took one year of Latin in uni). Am I right in assuming that these are meant as characteristics of the Magician? Could someone elaborate on these and point me towards an original source? Where does ire come into the equation?