Qliphoth and Kenneth Grant
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@Iamus said
"Would you have a kind of waxing in power or influence where a god starts off in the Hegemon position and begins to exert some kind of influence over the planet and then in the next AEon this increases as the god assumes the offce of Hiereus, and then finally coming to dominance when they become Hierophant?"
I suggest we sit around and watch for, say 4,000-6,000 years and observe <vbg>.
Consider the role of the Hegemon. Part of the duty is to assist the Hiereus and Hierophant in the execution of their duties, and to reconcile between them. Most (not all) of this officer's duties are in relationship to the other two.
Now, while the Hierophant is "the Sun of Life and Light," the Hiereus presides over the twilight, and that darkness which exists in the absence of the Sun of Life and Light - that is, over the darkness aspect. The Hierophant and Hiereus are, therefore, a natural pair, with the Hiereus distinctly being the ranking member of the First Order and carrying out a great deal of oversight, though the Hierophant rules the temple ultimately. (No, not ultimately: for the Hierophant serves only by the authority of the three Chiefs, and in conformity with "the rules of the Order," i.e., actuality.)
"If that's right, then does the fact that Maat assumed the role of Hiereus in 1904 explain why a number of magicians (Jones, Grant, Nema, etc.) have felt that there is a Maatian "current" (I've never liked that term for some reason) running beneath the dominant one of Horus? "
I can't speak for why other people had particular ideas.
As the years go on and our temple work with these archetypes grows ever deeper, it's very difficult for me to think of the Horus 'rulership' of the Aeon without understanding him in the context of a polarity relationship with Maat."It's really interesting to think that this "discovery" of the dual current is really just something that should have been obvious from examination of the HOGD officer structure."
It was! <g> Crowley understood it. We've actively worked this in Temple of Thelema for about a quarter of a century.
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@gmugmble said
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@Jim Eshelman said
" Crowley understood it."Based on what, may I ask?"
I'd have to find the passages... but, basically, it's evident in his reference to Horus having ascended to the East, and Maat as in line to succeed Him in the next aeon.
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@Jim Eshelman said
"Don't forget that, as Horus is the Hierophant of the present aeon, Maat is its Hiereus "
Hm, interesting. That brings a number of ideas that have been bouncing around in my head a bit more development.
@Dar Es Allrah said
"And even though I remained a solo practitioner I would still recommend it as a read because there's a lot of sophisticated symbolism that a group can convey that an individual can't - so I used to animate these rituals in my head.
Worth doing if you can't join a temple - and makes the issues above rather obvious as well. 
"I agree.
Though I would hold off on going through them astrally only if you are certain you will not have an opportunity to actually go through them in the foreseeable future.I stress, that if you were to pick up the "Complete Golden Dawn" DO NOT READ THROUGH IT AS IF IT WERE A BOOK.
Work your way up the grades, only going onto the next once you have completed the Work of the prior grade.
At the very least, spend a few months on each grade before moving on.That is: approach the Work of the Order as if you were a member of it.
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Milk, I have been around long enough to have made certain observations about people in the occult.
Firstly, let me say i refer to nobody here in this forum. But i have noticed that not every body picks up on the Maat current(i only call it that out of convenience). For example, when i was in the OTO i was the only one who picked up on Maat. Some where purely intellectual, some where there only for the drugs and some where lost sheep, some too where serious however just didn't seem to be able to get any real experiences out of it. However, out of all that, they manage to unravel the LBR like nothing i have ever read, and even wrote a southern hemisphere version.It seems that every one has their own will- and it might just not be yours.
In summary, and in reference to the Neptune issue, keeping in mind Grant did over link the symbolism. All consciousness comes out of the abyss- that is all symbols, Neptune included, have their seeds in the tunnels of set. I can assure you from my own heart and experience. The tunnels are the basic fundamental structure of day consciousness.
All symbolism comes out of the abyss and thus all magick- genuine magick is based on the abyss.Q
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I'm new to all of this, but i've checked out kenneth grant and he seems mad as a hatter. The advantage of this is that I can see anyone who reveres him is probably on the same path of confusion and dispersion and should thus be avoided as well. Like attracts like.
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Nightside is the most useful I have found. Very heavy on the Qabalah of AL, how to use the Keys, and is an elaboration of Liber 231. It does seem bizzare...I had to read the book a few times to get it. Which makes sense now since the arcana presented is non-linear and must manifest as such in the text. It is quite coherent. There i potentially dangerous information in there I question if he should have revealed specifically around the Atus and a few others, including secret keys. But I suppose he veiled and withheld enough such that it is still somewhat hidden. Aside from the typesetting issues in the print itself, its one of his better ones and has helped me a great deal in studying AL, specifcally the Qabalah and numeric ciphers.
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You have a point that Grant seems to undermine the very basis of the qlphth. I've seen a number of writers of the lucifarian etal trad. do the same with infernal dimansions...there is a certain sympathy with wrathful deities from the east. a kind of exploration and speculation geared towards formulating perspectives in the western mystical currents a sensabilty of this. a kind of untabooing the usage of destructive forces and seeing the benefit of said influences. also he does seem to simply enjoy manuevering ideas around echother to effect the angle of perception. the qliphoth seems to lose it meaning when made into attributes to be saught though sometimes you must stear into a skid to correct it.
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@HRUMACHIS said
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@Angel of Death said
"Is that magic eight ball on your desk??? What is this supposed to be a picture of/for?"Did you even bother to do the Qabalah of the Atu presented? Or do all yourThelemic answers come from magic 8 balls?"
Hey no need to get nasty.
I was genuiney curious why you posted this picture, nothing in the thread seemed to point to what the purpose of sharing your desk lamp, et al is about. And it does look like a magic eight ball on the blue cloth.
As for your questions.....
I have my own work to do, and yes I have and do work with the Atu in regards to my own life.
No, I do not own a magic eight ball anymore. I did when I was a child. My answers come from my heart.I was trying to encourage you to share more about your picture,
I see now it simply was something you personal found relevance in and just wanted to share.
Nice furniture by the way, that desk is an Espicially fine piece.
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My guess is that he thinks that the contents of the desk are visible. I only see the cards etc. on a very large screen. On most screens, they are completely cut off and it does, indeed, look like mostly a picture of a lamp, rather than a layout of Tarot trumps.
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@HRUMACHIS said
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@Angel of Death said
"Is that magic eight ball on your desk??? What is this supposed to be a picture of/for?"Did you even bother to do the Qabalah of the Atu presented? Or do all yourThelemic answers come from magic 8 balls?"
Which Qabalah? Your Qabalah, or my Qabalah? Or Crowley's Qabalah? Jim's Qabalah?
MagusEmpress+Devil Moon+Aeon
FortuneBethDaleth+Ayin Qoph+Shin
Kaph13+15 18+20
1024+70 100+300
20MercuryVenus+Capricorn Pisces+Spirit/Fire
Jupiter -
There appears to be a whiteboard on the wall at the back of the picture. That must be very helpful for "doing the qabalah".
But I do like the image of Hrumachis pacing up and down in front of his whiteboard which is covered in qabalistic scrawlings talking animatedly to himself as he tries to figure out some obscure passage in the Zohar. Suddenly, like a bolt from the blue the answer comes - "yes, yes, it's been right in front of my eyes all this time!" "I have it! I have it!"
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@Angel of Death said
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@HRUMACHIS said
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@Angel of Death said
"Is that magic eight ball on your desk??? What is this supposed to be a picture of/for?"Did you even bother to do the Qabalah of the Atu presented? Or do all yourThelemic answers come from magic 8 balls?"
Hey no need to get nasty.
I was genuiney curious why you posted this picture, nothing in the thread seemed to point to what the purpose of sharing your desk lamp, et al is about. And it does look like a magic eight ball on the blue cloth.
As for your questions.....
I have my own work to do, and yes I have and do work with the Atu in regards to my own life.
No, I do not own a magic eight ball anymore. I did when I was a child. My answers come from my heart.I was trying to encourage you to share more about your picture,
I see now it simply was something you personal found relevance in and just wanted to share.
Nice furniture by the way, that desk is an Espicially fine piece.
"I apologize. I read it as a sarcastic comment. Thank you for clarifying. Given the nature of the material I was sharing, it is to be taken very seriously. I encourage others to check the math and explore the arrangement. These are not opinions or feelings, they are mathematical facts which are aligned with Thelemic Keys and symbolic interpretations that can be independently verified in the work of Therion and the Book of the Law.
Mr. Takamba, the only Qabalah I use is based strictly on the Atu. I use the Atu number, the Hebrew value, the paths, and the mystic numbers. Sometimes the tunnel numbers, and the Sefirot, when I am guided as such. And plain old arithmetic.
These Keys were a gift from my Angel in a fever dream, confirmed with the math and Keys. It is in my oath and Will to disclose part but not all of the equation, which by any measure I hope will further the grounding of the energies of the Aeon and Thelema on this planet.
The arrangement is an extract of a larger configuration which by Hebrew is allocated into 3 arrangements based on the Keys of 333, 666, and 496. This one is 496.
http://quantumconfigurations.com/images/496.jpg
496 is the sum of 0-31, thereby a power series of the Key.
496 is a composite of Keys, 418+78
496 symbolizes Leviathan, from the mouth of the Dragon rushed the infernal waters of Daath.
The total sum of Atu I and Atu x is 66, indicating the power of Jupiter reflected through Mercury to accomplish the Great Work.
The total sum of the arrangement is 696, meaning IPSOS and RPSTOVAL.
The numeration of the horizontal Atu is 474, the number of Daath, and spells QDOSh (by anagram), which has many related meanings.
The sum of QDOSh Path + Atu is 156
OSh = 370, creation as matter and spirit cancelling to 0 as unity, the Sabbatic Goat, and others.
Add the Moon and becomes 470, DVR DVRIM, eternity, cycle of cycles, aeon of aeons.
The Empress completes Daath as 474.
The number 496 is a very important number in superstring theory. In 1984, Michael Green and John H. Schwarz realized that one of the necessary conditions for a superstring theory to make sense is that the dimension of the gauge group of type I string theory must be 496. The group is therefore SO(32). Their discovery started the first superstring revolution. It was realized in 1985 that the heterotic string can admit another possible gauge group, namely E8 x E8.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/496_(number
There are many other Keys in this arrangement. The remaining 16 Atu are divided into 9 cards whose Hebrew sum is 333 and Hebrew plus Atu is 418. The remaining 7 numerate to 666.
The full arrangement in the grouping of Keys 9 (333), 6 (496) and 7 (666) form the sigil of Neptune.
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@christinespandex said
"I'm new to all of this, but i've checked out kenneth grant and he seems mad as a hatter. The advantage of this is that I can see anyone who reveres him is probably on the same path of confusion and dispersion and should thus be avoided as well. Like attracts like."
I knew Kenneth Grant for more than thirty years, was his publisher from the mid nineties, and I can assure you that he was not "mad as a hatter". He was a highly intelligent man, astonishingly well-read, with a warm and generous character. He could, of course, also on occasion be stubborn and inflexible, but so can we all. His books can sometimes seem forbidding at first glance, as can that of many authors, but they repay perseverence.
Revere? This is to confuse the planes, surely? Although I have a high estimation of Grant, I didn't and don't revere him. I have a high estimation of the work of Crowley and Spare among many others, but I don't revere them. My favourite musical artist is probably Joni Mitchell, but I don't revere her. Why should it be otherwise?
