The number 52
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I remember reading somewhere by Crowley that he thought 52 was a really bad number. Why is that? What does it mean in a magickal sense?
Nice new forum btw!
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@Malaclypse said
"What does it mean in a magical sense?"
...probably not what you're seeking but 52 is the gematria of Tetragrammaton spelled in full.
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My gematria notebook doesn't have a Crowley quote treating this as a bad number. I have quite a lot on that page, but nothing of that sort.
52 is striking as a number that simultaneously declares Son, Father, and Mother - being BN, "son;" AYMA, "mother;" and, as already mentioned, Tetragrammaton spelled in plenitude as a way of saying "Father." In all of this, it's an important part of the 13 series, being double 26. (In fact, one Crowley quote on the number I have is that, as 13x4, it is “Mercy and the influence of the Father.”)
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@Malaclypse said
"I remember reading somewhere by Crowley that he thought 52 was a really bad number. Why is that? What does it mean in a magical sense?
Nice new forum btw!
"Perhaps you're thinking of 51?
This is the numeration of ADVM ('Edom'), AN ('pain'), NA ('failure'), HVM ('to harrass/perturb') and AIM ('terrible') according to Sepher Sephiroth.edit: 'ADIM' ≠ 51
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Oh, I see. Yes, it's quite possible it was 51 I was thinking of, because that description sounds sort of familiar. Well then, I've been trying to avoid 52 for nothing then. Thanks for clearing this up!
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Haha, no worries mate.