The subject of this post comes from a couple of thoughts and reflections I've had recently which unite a few different concepts. What follows is a transposition of two pages of notes regarding these concepts into a more coherent form.
The diagram(s) began when I was contemplating on the relationship between subject and object, summed up by the 'I' principle, or the ego function (corresponding to Malkuth, 10 = Yod, I) and the 'ALL' principle being all possible 'objects' (corresponding to Kether, 1 = Aleph, 111 - the 3 in 1, AL/THE ALL). These two fundamental principles are similar to the Yin and Yang principles of duality that generate the motion of the Lila or play of Maya/manifestation.
In my digram I considered the 'ALL' to be Yod, as Kether is in Malkuth and Malkuth is in Kether, with the 'I' being Vav, the 'Son' aspect which contains the Father principle within, but in a materialized, embodied form. It is through the Mother that the Son comes into being, and it is through the Daughter aspect that the cycle repeats and carries forward by allowing the Son to become Father. This is the general attribution of the elemental cycle of the Tetragrammaton sequence, Air, Water, Fire, Earth (Aleph, Mem, Shin, Tau), the materialization from the numinous Air (111) as the primal rays of the 'first whirlings' across the Membrane of the face of the waters, through the Fire of The Aeon(s) of terrestrial manifestation, around what Dion Fortune called the 'buoy' of Malkuth, the mere screen on which the real projector/prism which the light illumines.111 shows three rays of THE WHITE LIGHT from Kether which composes the entire universe emanating to form the 3 pillars, the central of which is the main 'Sushumna' channel which acts as a nexus or lens between the Macrocosmic and Microcosmic planes. The downward current of this channel could be given the attribution of Heh, with the upflowing current as the Final Heh being the 'return' force, acting as the crystallizing or materializing aspect giving the 3-Dimensional cosmic rays a fourth dimension in time and the illusion of substance.
The fact that the first 3 aspects of Tetragrammaton as the Father, Mother and Son (AB=3, AIMA, 52, BN, 52= 107) are 107, which equates to and thus carries the FINAL HE/Daughter aspect implies this unfolding and returning to the source through 'time' or chronology. 107 has been analyzed extensively, but it remains a continual source of inspiration, being as it is related to THE AKASHA itself, and THE CADUCEUS which is the tool that channels the gnosis from the Akasha to the ULLAM, or 'Thought', i.e. consciousness. 107 is the GOLD 'Egg' of the Aeon of Maat that contains the 'future' aeon, as the seed contains within it the potential for the entire life of the Tree.
It occurred to me just the other day while contemplating on the 'Supreme Secret' (of the O.T.O., and in general), that the number 93, which is that of Thelema (Will), Agape (Love), and THE SEED can be taken as a symbol of the 'bud' (9) popping out of the broken open 'seed' (3). Of course, the Seed would also be the 0/Egg/, but 93 is also veiled in the Sikh 'Ik Onkar', ੴ, 'The One Supreme Reality', equivalent to the Aum/Om/ॐ. The 3 as the 'broken seed' or broken egg with the serpent emanating forth is indicative of the Kundalini serpent, said to have 3 and one half coils and 9 being the number of the Serpent. (Note also that 309 is the number of ShT, Set, the snake coils of The Fire/Shin-Snake/Teth which illumines and empowers THE CHAKRAS, and the QLIPHOTH or broken shells which typify their SHADOW ASPECT.)
THE SEED is also valued at 333, the value of Choronzon the Guardian or GATEKEEPER of the Abyss. In the Christian legend the Dragon is bound and chained in the Abyss, which is symbolic of the chaotic forces being shut out and held back, which if let loose would incur utter devastation and insanity. 333 is the number of the 3 phases of Time, as well as the 3 dimensions extended into infinity and binding the 'abyss'/chaos, being as it is an ominously orderly number for being the guardian of Chaos. 333 is the key to UNLOCK THE SHELL (0) to open or UNLOCK SPACE and peer beyond THE TIME-LOOP by unlocking the Chambers of AIQ BKR, or the 3x3 grid of the Qabalah of Nine Chambers through the 0/O Ayin/Ajna. 333 is the value of CHRON-, the root of Chronos and Chronology, i.e. Time, and thus the time-roots or Timelines emanating from the Seed (Note 333 is also THE SNAKE COILS). As such, 333 also relates to the 'Tunnels' of the Qliphoth 'BEHIND MANIFESTATION', and THE DREAM-TIME beyond THE TIME FRACTAL. 333 is also THE STILLNESS of S'LBA, which is the antidote for the chaos of Chroronzon, and THE NARAYANA or 'The Supreme Being', the Buddhist name of God in his infinite all pervading form. It should be noted that THE BUD is 31, 1/3rd of 93 (The Seed), and equates with the Sanskrit term 'BUDDHI', the aspect of mind that is attracted to Brahman (Truth/Reality). 31 is not only the value of one of the Hebrew names of God (AL), but in the Buddhist tradition there are said to be 31 planes of existence divided into 3 realms or 'dhatus', the Tridhatu, which are the The Formless Realm - Ārūpyadhātu (4 Realms), The Form Realm - the Rūpadhātu (16 Realms), and The Desire Realm - the Kāmadhātu (15 Realms). Significantly, the root of Buddhi is 'BUDH', 'Awakening', which is the act of the seed opening. BUDH = 17, 17 being the number of 'Thought Moments' in the Abhidhamma school of THOUGHT (=107):
from The Abhidhamma in Practice by N.K.G. Mendis (2006)
Mind in its passive and active forms
The mind occurs in both passive and active modes. The passive gives way to the active when a stimulus is received through one of the sense doors. The passive state of mind is called bhava"nga, cuti, or paa.tisandhi, according to the occasion.Bhava"nga. The bhava"nga citta, mentioned earlier, is the primary form of mind. It flows from conception to death except when interrupted by a stimulus through one of the sense doors. When a stimulus enters, consciousness becomes active, launching into a thought process (citta viithi). Thought processes have been analyzed in great detail in the Abhidhamma.
A complete thought process, occurring through the physical sense doors, is made up of seventeen thought moments (citta kha.na). These are:
- A bhava"nga that flows by in a passive state when one of the five physical sense organs comes in contact with its object (atiita bhava"nga).
- A bhava"nga that vibrates for one thought moment (bhava"nga calana).
- A bhava"nga that cuts off the flow (bhava"nga upaccheda).
- A citta that turns towards the object through the sense door that has been stimulated (pañcadvaara-vajjana).
- The appropriate sense consciousness; in the case of the eye, for example, eye consciousness (cakkhu viññaa.na).
- Next a thought moment — the sampa.ticchana citta — which has the function of receiving the object.
- When the object has been received another thought moment, called the santiirana citta, arises, performing the function of investigating the object.
- The act (kamma) itself, especially if it was a weighty one.
- 9 to 15.
- The object having been determined, the most important stage from an ethical standpoint follows. This stage, called javana, consists of seven consecutive thought moments all having an identical nature. It is at this stage that good or evil is done, depending on whether the cittas have wholesome or unwholesome roots. Therefore, these javana thought moments have roots and also produce new kamma.
- 16 and 17.
- Following the seventh javana the registering stage occurs, composed of two thought moments called tadaalambane. When the second registering citta has perished, the bhava"nga follows, flowing on until interrupted by another thought process.
When the mind-door receives a mind-object, the sequence of events is a little different from that occurring through the physical senses. The mind-door-adverting citta is the same type of citta as the determining moment — the votthapana — that arises in a sensory process. This mind-door-adverting thought moment can cognize an object previously seen, heard, smelt, tasted or touched, thus making memories possible. Since the mind-object here has already been received and investigated, these functions need not be performed again and the mind-door-adverting thought moment gives way immediately to the javanas. These are, again, of great ethical significance. For example, unpleasant words previously heard can suddenly come to mind and, unless proper mindfulness (sammaa sati) is practiced, call up javana cittas rooted in hatred, i.e., unwholesome kamma.
THE SEED (93) - 17 thought moments = 76, the WILL which is beyond thought, + 31 planes of Existence = 107, the 'I'-bija/seed within the THOUGHT, i.e. THE LIGHT (76) of AL (31). 107 as The Light of God thus formulates the idea of FINAL HE 'returning' the Vav to the status as Yod. VAV + YVD in full = 33, the year in which Christ achieved his apotheosis and the reflection of the Holy Trinity above and Below as the Hexagram or Double-Headed Phoenix. (The Hebrew words for Fire, להט and Water, דלי are equal to that of the Phoenix, (44, See Liber 44.). 107 is THE להט & דלי , and a form of the Phoenix, the totem of the Great Work or the union of opposites in Alchemy to achieve GOLD.) These are merely yantras and yanas, maps and vehicles for the conveyance of something deeper, almost like the projections from the projector again.
17 are the number of stars in the 'Yantra' known as the constellation Orion, symbolic of Osiris who was sacrificed on the 17th day of the month of Athyr. 17 was memorialized by the Freemasons in the year of the founding of the Grand Lodge in 1717. In the Appendix of The Ninth Arch, Kenneth Grant lists some occurrences of the number 17 in relation to the Typhonian Tradition, and listed first is that,
"
According
to Hammer Pürgstall, the formula of faith inscribed on a chalice belonging to
the Templars is:
o
Let
METE (Baphomete) be exalted who causes all things
o
to
bud and blossom, it is our root; it is ONE and SEVEN;
o
it
is Octinimos the eightfold name"
Mete/Baphomet was mentioned in a recent post (The Five Keys of the Mauve Zone), and it is notable here that 59 (METE) is the measure which when added to the measures of 17 and 31, again bring us back to 107. Again, Mete means 'measure', relating to Maat phonetically and literally, as she too is the one who measures. To 'bud' and blossom, and the 'root' being One and Seven. One and Seven is of course Set and Typhon, or the Great Bear Ursa Major. In the Book of Revelation they are the 7 heads of the Dragon, and in the East they are the 7 chakras of the Kundalini, Octinimos being the 'BAPHOMET' who typifies all of these ideas. 107 is also symbolic of the work of the wand (1) and the Sword (7) fused and united in the Work of the Egg, which is this Work itself. 17 is the Path of the Sword itself on the Tree of Life, and is the value of the WAY, the title of the portrait of LAM, whose name is the reverse, 71. Kenneth Grant supposes Lam to be a mask of the Silent One, Hoor-par-Kraat, and therefore related to Aiwass who is the Minister of Hoor-par-Kraat. This effectively unites Lam with Lucifer/Shaitan, for
"Crowley, speaking for The Beast 666, declares that
AIWAZ - solar-phallic-hermetic 'Lucifer' - is His [i.e. the Beast's] own Holy Guardian Angel, and 'The Devil', SATAN, or HADIT, of our particular unit of the Starry Universe. This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade Know Thyself and taught Initiation. He is The Devil of the Book of Thoth, and his emblem is Baphomet, the Androgyne who is the hieroglyph of arcane perfection. The number of his Atu [Key] is XV, which is Yod He, the Monogram of the Eternal, the Father one with the Mother, the Virgin Seed one with all-containing Space. He is therefore Life, and Love. But moreover, his letter is Ayin, the Eye; he is Light, and his Zodiacal image is Capricornus, that leaping goat whose attribute is Liberty." -from Magick, p. 296 in The Magical Revival by Kenneth Grant, pages 53-54 (1972).
The Hidden One, the Dwarf, the Leprechaun, as well as Satan (the 'monster'/demon) are all mythographical archetypes which, although are not 'real' in the literal sense, convey an inner truth, such as the legend of the 'pot of gold' hidden by the Leprechaun at the 'end of the rainbow'.
"In Our holiest isle Ierne is found a being called Leprechaun. This creature, once seen, is easy to catch; and once caught must lead his captor to great treasure, provided that never for an eye-wink doth herelax viligance; and the Leprechaun by all manner of tricks doth seek ever to divert the attention of him that hath made him prisoner. Now this is a Magical Apologue or Fable of the utmost abyss of Truth. For in the preperation of the Sacrament, and in its consummation also,the mind of the Initiate must be concerned absolutely in one rushing flame of will upon the determined object of his operation.For there is no act more easy and natural to man than this preperation, none which requires less auxiliary. And yet by far the most part of man-kind is ignorant and incapable of its proper performance; so that it is said that perfection in it as both science and art requires no less study than the most abstruse of philosophies, and no less practice than the most difficult of dexterities. But it is utterly in vain unless this first condition be fulfilled; and so difficult is this, not only because of the Overcoming of the Bodily Trance, but because of the wandering nature of the mind itself. And thereafter only by long and hard training preliminary in the art of meditation, and by constant practice and experience, can this Act become fruitful in Magick." - De Arte Magica, Aleister Crowley (1912)
107 is the budh (Buddha, or The Babe) breaking through the Egg, just as 93 is the bud springing forth from the seed, toward the Light and containing within itself the Light, just as the buddhi is the aspect attracted back to the Source (Brahma), who is also typified as being born from and gestating the universe itself in an egg. The being known to have laid the golden egg of Brahma was Paramahamsa, the Supreme Swan. Note that HAMSA, 'Swan', is equivalent with the Egg, 107. Thus, along with the fact that A CHICKEN = 107, along with BITzH, 'An Egg', neither 'come first', they both exist in a quantum state of interdependence, and thus the Egg/Seed is a veritable 'gateway' of (un)manifestation. Note that 107 is also the value of CHASTITY, which in the sex magick tradition is a mode of redirecting the energy of manifestation. THE SEED being 93 also has obvious sexual connotations as well, 93 being the LING, root of Lingam, and symbolizing the male organ but also meaning 'Soul', or 'Spirit'. Here the formula of reversal and inversion is important, for it is the reversion not only of the sense, but of thought (107) itself that leads to the Source, and when 107 is literally reversed, the value of the Αυγοειδης, (701) 'The Luminous Body' is obtained. Augoeides is a term also associated with the Holy Guardian Angel, i.e. the True Will or Higher Self beyond the material body. As an example of literal mental masturbation, as gematria has been termed, note that when the akashic 107 light body (there are 107 nadis of the energy body in Ayurveda) unite with the 701 of the Luminous Body 808 is formed, which is the formula of SEMEN RETENTION, that form of Chastity in the male which has long been said effect a re-absorbtion the creative powers of THE KUNDALINI LIFE-FORCE ENERGY for transmutation into siddhis and to empower the Luminous Body.)As I was contemplating and doodling various parts of the diagram in question, I realized
that the two upward and downward currents forming the Toroidal sphere creates a certain numerical cipher which I ended up discovering to veil the Geometry of the word 'GOD'. If you take the letter 'G' and start its top/beginning at the central vertical line of a circle and come around as if the 'G' were the inscribing of the circumference of a circle, cutting short 90°. This initial action of circumscribing shows the next character as the full circle, 'O', the primary shape of Geometry formed by the compass. 'D' is the circle divided in two, as well as describing the formula of 'return', akin to the daughter, for whereas 'G' shows the bringing down of the current, 'D' is the current of the Middle Pillar going back up. If these are taken together as degrees, 270 + 360 + 180 = 810. This number is significant since when each character is overlayed the symbol of the original diagram discussed above is seen. Not only that, but 810 veils the GOD GEOMETRY as encoded in the letters of GOD. (Some extras are, THE CODE OF THE O OF GOD, TRACE THE ANUPADAKA CIRCLE OF GOD, AYIN THE O (Nun final, 700), Omega, 800 + Iota, 10 (O/I), etc.) This is 1 less than the formula of ΙΑΩ, the Gnostic equivalent of IHVH, or LUX which is the unfoldment or Going of emanation.
Looking at the word 'GOD' broken down into its Qabalistic counterparts, Gimel-Ayin-Daleth, we see the Camel, the Eye and the Door. This symbolizes the mystical parable related by Jesus;
"And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye
of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." -Matthew 19:24
