The Dagger
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From Liber A vel Armorum, "Let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a Word to represent the Universe."
Would anyone be willing to share theirs or to give some examples?
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The same goes for the number and deed. -
penisenvey
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@Jackdaw said
"From Liber A vel Armorum, "Let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a Word to represent the Universe."
Would anyone be willing to share theirs or to give some examples?
p.s.
The same goes for the number and deed."There's a risk here that one person would copy another's, or work too closely to it. Additionally, this is one of the more personal tasks in that the integration drawn forth will be a fruit of all the work, history, constitution, and other forces flowing through a particular aspirant.
So, if I tell you my number for my cup was 21 (and only in a minor way because that's the trump number called The Universe - I actually 'discovered' that after the fact), it won't mean much to you because you don't know the Qabalistic formulations of my work up to that exact point, or the number's relationship to details of my personal life. You could possibly intellectually work back and easily enough find reasons to justify it, but that isn't the same as finding your synthesis of the Universe.
Same with my Word. And my Act wouldn't have any relevance to your life, Work, or True Will, most likely. (I'll tell, though: For the first 6 months of Temple of Thelema's existence, I sat as Hierophant of the first Temple and, instead of using the Temple's Hierophant scepter, I used my Philosophus wand, making it the agency of pouring forth the creation of the system and the external grounding of the Order.)
BTW, I strongly recommend that one not undertake these "synthesis" practices until one is at the corresponding grade in A.'.A.'. - unless you are totally clear you never will work that system. It's important that such syntheses be made at each grade level, as part of integrating what is happening there. One can go ahead and make the tools, but just not add the final "secret ingredient."
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I just wanted examples to get an idea of the range they end up taking. So, you'd advise that if I'd like to make the weapons to not add the deed/word/number/symbol until in the prescribed situation?
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Yes.
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Yes.