The grid on Ch III P 16 of the Liber Legis manuscript
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Who drew it? (I assume Crowley did; no-one seems to suggest differently)
When did he draw it? The original edition of The Equinox where it was first published c1912 apparently did not have the grid on the page (though the Weiser reprint of that edition does).
What was the basis of the decision to draw a grid of 10 rows and eight columns (lettered a-h) rather than any other number?
I ask this because some of the "analysis" of the riddles and ciphers in AL seems to be predicated on the form of the grid, the squares that the "line drawn" crosses, etc.
Does this really signify? Is the grid considered to form part of "the original in the writing of the Beast" (AL 3:47) and partake in its "Class A-ness"? If so, why?
Why should we not try an alternative grid of, say 11 x 11 or some more significant number? Or try to figure out the "keys" independently of the grid?
OP
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It is my view than any solution or English grammatometric order (I have seen both) based upon the grid is nonsense, and that the grid is meaningless. It was drawn after 1912, likely during a bout of asinine analysis by Crowley of the verse.
Someone could cite the solutions/qabalahs that are based on the grid, I do not recall. I do note David Hulse's solution in his Liber CCCXXX ABRAHADABRA used it as a basis as well.
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@Oliver P said
"Who drew it? (I assume Crowley did; no-one seems to suggest differently)
When did he draw it? The original edition of The Equinox where it was first published c1912 apparently did not have the grid on the page (though the Weiser reprint of that edition does).
What was the basis of the decision to draw a grid of 10 rows and eight columns (lettered a-h) rather than any other number?
"I vaguely recall a similar thread elsewhere on this forum, but was unable to find it via Search. Try slogging through this thread from Lashtal:
www.lashtal.com/nuke/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-2080-postdays-0-postorder-asc.phtml
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Crowley drew it. Not sure when. Seems to have been part of his doddling on the manuscript (which he did here and there) in an effort to solve the puzzle on that page.