Impressions on III:71
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I am working on a project and would like to gather impressions on the following from Liber Legis.
Hail! ye twin warriors about the pillars of the world! for your time is nigh at hand.
What impressions come to mind when reading the above?
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From some old meditations posted on line:
...All of the verses around it appear to be the words of Heru-Ra-Ha. This, though, appears to be directed to the Twin God. Thus taken, it says that the hour is “nigh at hand” of the “twin warriors” RHK and HPK. They are “about the pillars of the world,” i.e., at the threshold, between the pillars of its portal, prepared to enter in and take their ruling place. It is as though Crowley — or even Aiwass, the minister of HPK — suddenly turned to address them.
This is the 216th verse of the Book. 216 is a number very sacred to this god. It is 6 x 6 x 6 (666!), the solidification of sunlight, the entering in of these representatives of the new solar current with manifestation in this world. It is GBVRH, “strength,” and ARYH, “Leo, lion,” thus a perfect glyph of this solar-martial God. And it is more...
Truly is Heru-Ra-Ha the Twin-God of the sun and of all polaritries, “Lord of the Light and of the Darkness.”
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Thanks for the comments. I presume the "Lord of the Light and of the Darkness" expression comes from the FLO.
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@he atlas itch said
"I am working on a project and would like to gather impressions on the following from Liber Legis.
Hail! ye twin warriors about the pillars of the world! for your time is nigh at hand.
What impressions come to mind when reading the above?"
" Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand." -Luke
"The Lord of War, of Vengeance
That slayeth with a single glance!
This light is in me of my Lord.
His Name is this far-whirling sword.
I push His order. Keen and swift
My Hawk's eye flames ; these arms up!
The Banner of Silence and of Strength
Hail! Hail! thou art here, my Lord, at length!
Lo, the Hawk-Headed Lord am I :
My nemyss shrouds the night-blue sky.
Hail! ye twin warriors that guard
The pillars of the world! Your time
Is nigh at hand. The snake that marred
Heaven with his inexhaustible slime
Is slain ; I bear the Wand of Power,
The Wand that waxes and that wanes;
I crush the Universe this hour
In my left hand; and naught remains!
Ho! for the splendour in my name
Hidden and glorious, a flame
Secretly shooting from the sun.
Aum! Ha!-my destiny is done.
The word is spoken and concealed."
-AHA!IAO131
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@he atlas itch said
"Thanks for the comments. I presume the "Lord of the Light and of the Darkness" expression comes from the FLO."
It comes from the entire Golden Dawn tradition (and passages they used that, in Latin and Greek, date back to the first couple of centuries A.D.)
BTW the "Lord of the Universe" adoration is only one verse of six verses of an original song - two verses each about the male, the female, and the androgynous/child principles. Three of these lesser known verses worked their way into Temple of Thelema public rites dedicated to the Father, Mother, and Child trinity. For example, here is one of them expressing the female principle, the complement of the Golden Dawn text.
"Blesséd art Thou, Lady of the Æons!
Blesséd art Thou, Who givest birth to all!
Blesséd art Thou, the Fair and the Lovely One!
Empress of the Day, and Queen of the Night!"The same polarization is expressed in formal A.'.A.'. rituals such as the Neophyte Initiation and the Equinox Ritual, but has been paraphrased to match Crowley's poetic style.
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@Jim Eshelman said
"BTW the "Lord of the Universe" adoration is only one verse of six verses of an original song"
Is this "original song" published somewhere? Can you tell us more about it? -
@gmugmble said
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@Jim Eshelman said
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BTW the "Lord of the Universe" adoration is only one verse of six verses of an original song"
Is this "original song" published somewhere? Can you tell us more about it?"It's not published in the general occult literature as far as I know. I'm sure it's in the academic ("Classical Studies") literature, but I'm not sure where.
I believe it comes from the writings of Honorius, but might be remembering wrong. We've received it as a hand-me-down through the last four generations of the Order, but it's secret per se.