Invocation of the Ring
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
I am having trouble deciphering the symbols and acronyms executed in this invocation.
The first problem occurs for me at the third paragraph. In the second paragraph, L.V.X. can be changed to "Light" in order to keep with the rhyme scheme of the poem. Are similar substitutes available for the I.N.R.I. and T.A.R.O. of the third paragaph?
The last problem occurs in the fourth paragraph. I am sure the calvary cross is sitting in for the word "rood," as this also keeps up with the rhyme scheme; however, I honestly can't come to any definitive interpretation for the rest of the symbols.
Also, the symbolism of the ring itself: I thumbed through the table of contents in Liber ABA and didn't find it treated in the same manner as the rest of the magical implements. It seems to me to be principally correspondent with Ouroboros and marriage.
I am very interested in this invocation and I would like to know as much as I can about it.
Love is the law, love under will.
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Without a copy in front of me, I can't pull this up from memory. Quoting the relevant lines would be better. Yes, "Light" and "rood" are correct. The notariqons are spelled out if I recall correctly (but would have to see it, and I don't keep that library at the office <g>).
@Zalthos said
"The last problem occurs in the fourth paragraph. I am sure the calvary cross is sitting in for the word "rood," as this also keeps up with the rhyme scheme; however, I honestly can't come to any definitive interpretation for the rest of the symbols."
It would help if you said what these are, and maybe quoted the lines around them.
Wait, I just found a good online copy. The verse in question reads:
"I eat my flesh: I drink my blood
I gird my loins: I journey far:
For thou hast shown the rose, the rood,
The eye, the sword, and the star...""Also, the symbolism of the ring itself: I thumbed through the table of contents in Liber ABA and didn't find it treated in the same manner as the rest of the magical implements. It seems to me to be principally correspondent with Ouroboros and marriage."
It was a specific reference to the amethyst ring that AC wore as a 7=4, which had hidden inside the seal of V.V.V.V.V. (inside a secret compartment).
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From his Confessions, he has the line in question as
"The Eye, the Sword, the Silver Star."
The I.N.R.I. and T.A.R.O. don't show substitutes (while the symbols all do). If you read with the emphasis on the second and fourth letters, it fits the iambic tetrameter of the rest of the poem.
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Thanks for the tweak, Av - I was sight reading without reference. (Didn't actually remember he'd ever decoded it.) Exactly true for the letters.