all those Libers
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@TripleFlower said
Does anyone have any ideas on why Crowley numbered his Libers in such a manner?
So you're forced to look over and over for that number, even when you had it in front of you all the time, or simply to annoy everyone, either way.
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Most of the numbers relate to gematria, which is a practical key in the development of Qabalistic understanding. So, we're pushed by simply reading or speaking the numbers to reflect, albeit not always consciously, on the key word to which each number refers.
How would you have numbered them?
Edward
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93 Edward Mason,
"Most of the numbers relate to gematria, which is a practical key in the development of Qabalistic understanding. So, we're pushed by simply reading or speaking the numbers to reflect, albeit not always consciously, on the key word to which each number refers."
Well... Being Crowley the genius he was it does make sense. I always thought it was some form of "tradition" or something to name the books like that. I guess one learns something new everyday, thank you."How would you have numbered them?"
Now knowing of the qabalistic correspondence, who am I to suggest anything?
When I save them in my computer, or place them in my bookshelve I simply put them by class, A, B, C, etc., and ussualy write over them a small description so if I forget the number, there's a card that explains "magickal invocation through devotion", or "here he explains A, B and C" and so on, I find it to be very practical for when you're looking for something in particular.93 93/93
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A key word, a key phrase, a key theme or simply the title of the book. Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente is about relations with Adonai. Adonai is spelt Aleph-Daleth-Nun-Yod = 65 (1+4+50+10) So, it's called Liber LXV. Liber L (or AL) has 220 verses, so it's Liber CCXX. And so on.
I don't have a Holy Books handy (I'm supposed to be working...) but you can check the others and fairly easily figure out how the different numbers are derived.
Edward
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@Her said
"Most of the Liber designations are quite easy to work out but some are a little obscure. For example the well known Liber O vel Manus et Sagittae sub figura IV. Why O and 6? A possible connection with IAO and Tiphareth?"
It's more interesting when you consider Liber E and Liber O as a pair - 9 and 6, which I've always felt were references to Yesod and Tiphereth in a couple of different ways.