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New book - Liber Theta - free digital download!

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    ARYK
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    @danica said

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    @AvshalomBinyamin said
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    I'm really glad it's focusing on the court cards and the minor arcana, and really like the meditation 'program' aspect of it!"

    me too, exactly!
    THANK YOU (all of you who contributed in creating it and making it available for free)
    👌"

    I agree. Thank you!

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    I just downloaded it and finished reading through the introduction.

    Very exciting.

    Thank you.

    Love and Will

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    Frater MVKDSh
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    @RobertAllen said

    "I just downloaded it and finished reading through the introduction.

    Very exciting.

    Thank you.

    Love and Will"

    Yea. We are lucky to be in the right place at the right time 😄

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    Corvinae
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    I am so thrilled to see this! Yea! What a man! You are truelly a publishing Wizard, Mr Eshelman. Thank you for all that you do to help, encourage, motivate and inspire the world!

    I had to send this to my sis, as she is some sort of guru of Tarot and she was also very excited and thankful for this. She mentioned that there was actually a deck made specifically for this Liber.......Stars Eternal...or something like that.

    Did you design a deck as well?

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    Jim Eshelman
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    No, didn't design a deck - and I seriously doubt it was designed just around this book. - But it might have been designed around something similar, such as the predecessor Golden Dawn Book T or Crowley's Liber 78.

    Thanks, everyone. It's nice to make someone's day 😉

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    Escarabajo
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    Yes - Jim, this is a great item and provides a great amount of instruction. Definitely valuable and worth infinitely more than the asking price... 😄

    I am curious regarding your reference of the talisman/magick square. I notice there is an abrahadabra one in the AA book: I assume that has to do with encouraging its readership to attain? I was wondering if you made it up, or its also traditional, or a combo of the 2.

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    Jim Eshelman
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    The one in M&MAA is original. The one in Liber Theta is traditional.

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    gmugmble
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    @Veronica said

    "She mentioned that there was actually a deck made specifically for this Liber.......Stars Eternal...or something like that."

    There's a tarot deck called "Liber T: Tarot of Stars Eternal" that is essentially a re-drawing of the Harris-Crowley deck.

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    93,

    On page 29 in Liber Theta, the meditation layout from Liber Tav is shown. Originally I learned a similar layout with a BOTA deck where everything revolves around ATU 11 and has the rows laid out as follows:

    0 (centered)
    1-7
    8-14
    15-21

    The layout given in Liber Theta (from Liber Tav) revolves around ATU 10 has:

    0-6
    7-13
    14-20
    21 (centered)

    Both layouts keep most of the same column relationships. One has a 7-14-21 column whereas the other has a 0-7-14 column.

    Are the differences because different decks are being used? Is it just a matter of perspective? Can anyone shed any light on this?

    93, 93/93

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    @skytoucher said

    "On page 29 in Liber Theta, the meditation layout from Liber Tav is shown. Originally I learned a similar layout with a BOTA deck where everything revolves around ATU 11 and has the rows laid out as follows:"

    Yes, Case's adaptation of Liber Tav is mentioned on the same page as the diagram.

    "Are the differences because different decks are being used? Is it just a matter of perspective? Can anyone shed any light on this?"

    Presumably PFC represented it in a way that he thought would fit his teaching approach better. I can't think of anything that is deck specific about it (and, in any case, Liber Theta isn't deck specific).

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    Zalthos
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    Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

    Thank you, Jim. I am looking forward to comparing this with the original by Mathers, which is on its way. If I find this work a progressive and insightful evolution, I may very well find myself purchasing your 776 1/2.

    As a sidenote concerning the tarot, I found the 22 Atu covered in the daily meditations of the Bubastis O.T.O. (Dallas, TX) website to be very helpful:

    www.bubastis-oto.org/

    Love is the law, love under will.

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    the atlas itch
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    Thanks Jim and ToT for providing this download of Liber Theta.

    I just started reading through it, but there seems to be an error on the front page cover illustration and same illustration that appears on page four. Instead of the letters T A R O around the cross, the illustration shows the letters T A P O. This is error is confirmed by the description of the cover illustration which states the letters should read T A R O.

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    Danica
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    @he atlas itch said

    "Thanks Jim and ToT for providing this download of Liber Theta.

    I just started reading through it, but there seems to be an error on the front page cover illustration and same illustration that appears on page four. Instead of the letters T A R O around the cross, the illustration shows the letters T A P O. This is error is confirmed by the description of the cover illustration which states the letters should read T A R O."

    P is the way Greek letter Rho is written
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_alphabet

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    Jim Eshelman
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    Yes, those are all Greek letters: Tau Alpha Rho Omicron.

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    the atlas itch
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    Ok thanks for that clarification.

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    Aldrich
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    Is this something that a complete beginner can dive into, with only a rudimentary knowledge of the Tree of Life and little to no information on anything else? I've only just begun my studies in this field and while I have been practicing the meditations in Liber Theta for about two weeks now I find that I am unable to extract very much meaning or understanding from the symbols, aside from being able to discern vaguely what they represent.

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    Jim Eshelman
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    @Aldrich said

    "Is this something that a complete beginner can dive into, with only a rudimentary knowledge of the Tree of Life and little to no information on anything else? I've only just begun my studies in this field and while I have been practicing the meditations in Liber Theta for about two weeks now I find that I am unable to extract very much meaning or understanding from the symbols, aside from being able to discern vaguely what they represent."

    I think so. You'll have to work a little harder, of course, but I think it would serve you well in deepening your Qabalistic knowledge.

    If there are kinds of information that you feel you're lacking, you can ask questions here.

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    horustheantichrist
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    Thank you Jim. I look forward to reading this.

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    UPDATE:
    I have just made a few corrections (errata discovered by one of our members) and uploaded version 3.3.

    The changes were typos, mostly minor, but at least one corrected outright wrong information (the esoteric title of Atu XVII, The Star). If you are using the book as a permanent reference, I recommend you go back and download a fresh copy.

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    RobertAllen
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    @Jim Eshelman said

    "UPDATE:
    I have just made a few corrections (errata discovered by one of our members) and uploaded version 3.3.

    The changes were typos, mostly minor, but at least one corrected outright wrong information (the esoteric title of Atu XVII, The Star). If you are using the book as a permanent reference, I recommend you go back and download a fresh copy."

    same link included in your initial post to this thread?

    Love and Will

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