Every man and every woman is a star.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
In Chapter. I Verse. 3 of The Book of the Law, It says: Every man and every woman is a star.
My question is this... what kind of Star
We have the Sun in the sky. We have the point in a circle, The tetrahedron, The pentagram. The hexagram. The heptagram, The octagon, The enneagram, and the decagram among others.
Now to add to the possibilities of the verse, the only word that I can find in Hebrew for star is Kokab which is related to Hod. In Tarot imaginary Kokab is Atu-10 The wheel of fortune, Atu-5 the hierophant Atu-10 The wheel of fortune, & Atu 1 The Magus. It's gematria value is 48, the same as Gedulah, "greatness", a title of Chesed. In tarot imaginary Gedulah is Atu-2 The Priestess, Atu-3 The Empress, Atu-5 The hierophant, Atu-8 Adjustment, & Atu-17 the Star.
Everyone's thoughts and comments are appreciated.
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@Ankh said
"In Tarot imaginary Kokab is Atu-10 The wheel of fortune, Atu-5 the hierophant Atu-10 The wheel of fortune, & Atu 1 The Magus."
Don't you mean Atu I, VI, & IX? Are you going by Mercurial correspondances?
@Ankh said
"In tarot imaginary Gedulah is Atu-2 The Priestess, Atu-3 The Empress, Atu-5 The hierophant, Atu-8 Adjustment, & Atu-17 the Star."
Don't you mean Atu X, XIV, & XVIII? ...or even VII?
What is your basis for comparison?
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@Ankh said
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
"Quote Arsihsis:Are you going by Mercurial correspondances? "
No, I am going by the herbrew spelling of the word star."Quote Arsihsis:What is your basis for comparison?"
Gematria."I don't mean the basis for your use of the word KVKB, I'm talking about the basis for the tarot correspondances you listed for KVKB & GDVLH.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
"Quote Arsihsis:I don't mean the basis for your use of the word KVKB, I'm talking about the basis for the tarot correspondences you listed for KVKB & GDVLH."
On each of the Atu's there is a Hebrew letter. IMHO the Hebrew letter is the most important symbol on each of the Atu's.
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@Arsihsis said
"I don't mean the basis for your use of the word KVKB, I'm talking about the basis for the tarot correspondances you listed for KVKB & GDVLH."
He's saying that, since Gedulah is spelled GDVLH - Gimel, Daleth, Vav, Lamed, Heh - the Tarot attributions to its individual letters are The Priestess, The Empress, The Hierophant, Adjustment, and The Star.
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Do what thou wilt shall be thew whole of the Law.
"Quote JAE:He's saying that, since Gedulah is spelled GDVLH - Gimel, Daleth, Vav, Lamed, Heh - the Tarot attributions to its individual letters are The Priestess, The Empress, The Hierophant, Adjustment, and The Star."
Apologies for the confusion Arsihsis. Thank you for the clarification Jim.Back to the original question; What kind of Star was Aiwass talking about?
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.
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@Jim Eshelman said
"He's saying that, since Gedulah is spelled GDVLH - Gimel, Daleth, Vav, Lamed, Heh - the Tarot attributions to its individual letters are The Priestess, The Empress, The Hierophant, Adjustment, and The Star."
slaps forehead
@Ankh said
"Now back to the original question, which is; What kind of Star was Aiwass talking about? Any thought or comments would be appreciated."
I suppose that would depend on the nature of the star in question, i.e., its orbit.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
"Quote Arsihsis:I suppose that would depend on the nature of the star in question, i.e., its orbit. "
Exactly, what is the star in question? , I* assumed *it was the Sun and I assumed that's what A.C. was writing about.
Maybe I am being to literal or maybe not. But, the verse says: Every man and every woman is a star. I am just not satisfied that the word star is solar. -
@Ankh said
"Exactly, what is the star in question? , I* assumed *it was the Sun and I assumed that's what A.C. was writing about.
Maybe I am being to literal or maybe not. But, the verse says: Every man and every woman is a star. I am just not satisfied that the word star is solar."I don't take him to be literally referring to the sun (I could be wrong). I interpret him to be using the idea of the sun to build an analogy for the discussion of Will.
I may be missing the import of the exercise, but I suppose you could say that a star whose orbit is most in accord with Geburah might be pentagonal?
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post script: Is Merc in retro or something?
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
"Quote Arsihsis: I may be missing the import of the exercise, but I suppose you could say that a star whose orbit is most in accord with Geburah might be pentagonal? "
I am not thinking of it in terms of an exercise. BTW, that's a good example.
In that case, every man and woman would be a star by virtue of being human. The human form with limbs outstretched makes a pentagram, hence a star. I am wondering... did A.C. ever clarify what Aiwass meant in this verse? -
@Ankh said
"did A.C. ever clarify what Aiwass meant in this verse?"
Here is what A.C. had to say about CCXX, I:3 in the New Comment:
@A.C. said
"This thesis is fully treated in "The Book of Wisdom or Folly". Its main statement is that each human being is an Element of the Cosmos, self-determined and supreme, co-equal with all other Gods.
From this the Law "Do what thou wilt" follows logically. One star influences another by attraction, of course; but these are incidents of self-predestined orbits. There is, however, a mystery of the planets, revolving about a star of whom they are parts; but I shall not discuss it fully in this place.Man is the Middle Kingdom. The Great Kingdom is Heaven, with each star as an unit; the Little Kingdom is the Molecule, with each Electron as an unit. (The Ratio of these three is regularly geometrical, each being 10 to the 22 times greater in size than its neighbour.)
See "The Book of the Great Auk" for the demonstration that each 'star' is the Centre of the Universe to itself, and that a 'star' simple, original, absolute, can add to its omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence without ceasing to be itself; that its one way to do this is to gain experience, and that therefore it enters into combinations in which its true Nature is for awhile disguised, even from itself. Analogously, an atom of carbon may pass through myriad Proteus-phases, appearing in Chalk, Chloroform, Sugar, Sap, Brain and Blood, not recognizable as "itself" the black amorphous solid, but recoverable as such, unchanged by its adventures.
This theory is the only one which explains "why" the Absolute limited itself, and why It does not recognize Itself during its cycle of incarnations. It disposes of "Evil" and the Origin of Evil; without denying Reality to "Evil", or insulting our daily observation and our common sense.
I here quote (with one or two elucidatory insertions) the original note originally made by Me on this subject.
May 14, 1919, 6.30 p.m.
All elements must at one time have been separate -- that would be the case with great heat. Now when atoms get to the sun, when we get to the sun, we get that immense, extreme heat, and all the elements are themselves again. Imagine that each atom of each element possesses the memory of all his adventures in combination. By the way, that atom, fortified with that memory, would not be the same atom; yet it is, because it has gained nothing from anywhere except this memory. Therefore, by the lapse of time and by virtue of memory, a thing (although originally an Infinite Perfection) could become something more than itself; and thus a real development is possible. One can then see a reason for any element deciding to go through this series of incarnations (god, that was a magnificent conception!) because so, and only so, can he go; and he suffers the lapse of memory of His own Reality of Perfection which he has during these incarnations, because he knows he will come through unchanged.
Therefore you have an infinite number of gods, individual and equal though diverse, each one supreme and utterly indestructible. This is also the only explanation of how a being could create a world in which war, evil, "etc". exist. Evil is only an appearance because, like "good", it cannot affect the substance itself, but only multiply its combinations. This is something the same as mystic monism, but the objection to that theory is that God has to create things which are all parts of himself, so that their interplay is false. If we presuppose many elements, their interplay is natural. It is no objection to this theory to ask who made the elements -- the elements are at least there; and God, when you look for him, is not there. Theism is "obscurum per obscurius". A male star is built up from the centre outwards, a female star from the circumference inwards. This is what is meant when we say that woman has no soul. It explains fully the difference between the sexes.
{WEH NOTE: Although Crowley evidently felt that this characterization was true simply, it should be noted that this comment is not CLASS A. The idea of center outwards and circumference inwards may actually have described the impression received by a male of the Victorian age in regard to men and women. Certainly every male mystic has the state here described as "circumference inward", "...no soul" and "female" at the time of reception --- vide Liber LXV. Equally, every woman who acts positively from awareness of her identity would qualify for "center outwards", "soul" and "male" in this sense. What Crowley identified as sex-linked may better be considered as modality linked, with the sexual linkage as much an accident of culture as anything else.}"
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@Ankh said
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
In Chapter. I Verse. 3 of The Book of the Law, It says: Every man and every woman is a star.
My question is this... what kind of Star
"You're trying to read too much into it. The purpose of the passage is to ingrain in each aspirant a deep appreciation for themselves.
In common parlance we say "How are you doing?" and "How's your health?"
In a Buddhist monastery they say "Please cherish yourself". That's what this passage is getting at.
People have a great tendency to talk badly to themselves. They commit all sorts of atrocities against themselves. Self-pity, self-loathing, allowing others to treat them bad, are all examples of this.
When you realize you are a star then you talk good to yourself. You talk yourself up instead of down. You do not allow others to talk you down.
Please cherish yourself Ankh, you are a star.
Only you know what kind of star you are.
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Yes, if I'd gotten here earlier I'd have said, simply: It's a metaphor. It has a LOT of different facets of meaning.
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
"Quote Shunyata:
People have a great tendency to talk badly to themselves. They commit all sorts of atrocities against themselves. Self-pity, self-loathing, allowing others to treat them bad, are all examples of this.When you realize you are a star then you talk good to yourself. You talk yourself up instead of down. You do not allow others to talk you down.
Please cherish yourself Ankh, you are a star.
Only you know what kind of star you are."
Thank you for taking the time to respond and the kind words Shunyata. That is a liberating perspective.
"Quote JAE:
It's a metaphor. It has a LOT of different facets of meaning."
Interesting.
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The concept of star has always been linked with desire and destiny. When a king wanted to carry out an important undertaking his wise men would con+sider the matter ("consult the stars"). It was common practise to cast a horoscope to ascertain the optimal time for laying the foundation stone of an important piece of architecture or bridge, starting a war, or holding a wedding between two royal families etc, to maximize success.
This ancient logic indicates an individual's desire must be aligned with the stars to maximize chances of success. But this thinking also raises the spectre of failure. That line from Liber Al is similar to jnana and turns the logic around. You are already a star and need only realize that truth. Take that a step further and realize you already know your True Will and have already been fulfilling it in a myriad of ways till now. It may take several incarnations or only a few more years, but your destiny is guaranteed.
Take a look at Atu XX, the Aeon, which in the traditional Tarot is called the Last Judgement.
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@Ave de Prata said
"Liber ×× vel Legis
Commentaries by Ave de Prata
Every man and every woman is a star.
( ×× - I, 3 )This verse should be taken literally. Theosophy and Alice Bailey ( taken from the Hindus ) explains that the Monad, the Divine Spark - Hadit, for the Thelemites is created ( by a pair of Divine Beings who forms a Sun or Star - this particular info is from the Bridge to Freedom ) and then begins its evolutionary journey through the Mineral, Vegetal, Animal Kingdom and then by the union of the Animal Monad with the Holy Guardian Angel at the final stage of its evolution, finally the Monad arrives to the Human Kingdom - a primitive man at first.
After the Human evolution be completed and all the Human Initiations received, then starts the Cosmic Evolution, the Monad will have a planet as physical body and later a Sun or Star.
Therefore this is the more absolute truth, every man and every woman is a star. Perhaps we could say a baby star yet, when compared with a full grown up star like the Sun for example, but nonetheless a star."
You Know, I think I might be partial to this theory, as it would resolve the conflict for me of overpopulation, social osmosis, synergy and symbiosis, in regards to "True Will"; such that an individuals "True Will" is the eventual natural motion/rythm of the monad as a grown up "Star" which can only be reflected primitively at the stage of human incarnation.
