Liber Os Abysmi
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@RifRaf said
Would Liber Os Abysmi be considered Gnana-Yoga?
I suppose. The technique is essentially applying the intellect to defeat the intellect. To me, that's just an issue of labelling, though, and I'm not too picky.
If someone were to try the method given in this text, would it be best if all Magick and Yoga practices were disconnected from altogether?
Not necessarily.
Has anyone acheived higher faculties or states which would replace "reason" by using Os Abysmi?
For me, not necessarily by that technique. I did much more work with it as a 2=9, and much of its core technique resembled the kind of thinking that burst out of me on the magical retirement that disclosed my True will while 2=9. But I didn't really use it directly (pother than some brief review) at the higher grade to which it is primarily assigned.
Did Crowley (or anyone for that matter) ever write a comment on this text? It is a somewhat obscure piece, at least to my knowledge, so if anyone could elaborate that would be of much help.
What's obscure?
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Well, first of all, the task of crossing the Abyss is only relevant when one is already an Exempt Adept. This instruction is assigned to the 1=10 in A.'.A.'. - I've often thought this was to assist in the Path of Tav, which often seems (from the perspective of the 1=10) as if it were crossing the Abyss! - and also assigned to 7=4 for the task of becoming a Babe of the Abyss.