Mottos, their Gematria, and related stuff

Mike

I have been searching for a long time to find a motto, or aspiration name. I believe I have found it, but I have a few questions.

It is a Latin phrase that is abbreviated A.A. I did not do this on purpose - I came up with the English and then translated it, and found that this was the case. Would this be unacceptable? How does the A.'.A.'. handle different mottos that are abbreviated the same? I.e. What if there were 8 different people who could be correctly addressed as Frater P, but, in each case, the P stood for a different word?
The phrase enumerates to 75, which, checking Sepher Sephiroth, gives us: Hues, colors, complexions, something involving a reference to the Key of Solomon that I don't understand (I am guessing it is the name of a Goetic spirit), Lucifer the Herald Star [HYLL apparently], a lamenting or wailing, night or by night; and NUIT, as NVYT.

Of all of these, of course NVYT is the most intriguing to me, and She relates to the essence of the motto.

I guess the question is, besides wondering if anyone else has anything interesting to add for things that add up to 75, "How important are correspondences in determining a motto?"

Jim Eshelman

@Ash said

"1. It is a Latin phrase that is abbreviated A.A. I did not do this on purpose - I came up with the English and then translated it, and found that this was the case. Would this be unacceptable? How does the A.'.A.'. handle different mottos that are abbreviated the same? I.e. What if there were 8 different people who could be correctly addressed as Frater P, but, in each case, the P stood for a different word?"

Mostly, nobody cares what you pick. One of the qualities of a solitary system in which you basically never know anyone else at all is that half the world could have your motto and you'd never know it.

"I guess the question is, besides wondering if anyone else has anything interesting to add for things that add up to 75, "How important are correspondences in determining a motto?""

Pick the motto for its actual meaning. - Once that threshold is crossed, you can tweak a little here and there to pick "How to Say It, Example A" instead of "How to Say It, Example B," if the numbers tone it better.

In terms of "how important" - no absolute answer there. But an important Qabalistic principle is that the numeration is an essential and true expression of a name.