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Abrahadabra is a word that first appeared in
Description
Crowley replaced the 'C' in "Abracadabra" with an 'H', which the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in their Neophyte ritual linked with Breath and Life[a] as well as with the god Horus.[b] Aleister Crowley had taken the place of Horus or the Hierus officer[b] in the Golden Dawn's Neophyte ritual,[2] which means that he personally gave the response explaining the meaning of the letter 'H'.
Crowley explains in his essay "Gematria" that he changed the magick word to include 'H' because of
The word "Abrahadabra" appears repeatedly in the 1904 invocation of Horus that preceded the writing of Liber Legis and led to the founding of Thelema.[4] It also appears in a May 1901 diary that Crowley published in The Equinox.[5]
The essay "Gematria" gives Hindu, Christian, and "Unsectarian" versions of the problem that Crowley intended this magick word to answer. He also gives a qabalistic equivalent for each phrasing, and a brief symbolic answer for each. The unsectarian version reads, "I am the finite square; I wish to be one with the infinite circle."[This quote needs a citation] Its equivalent refers to "the Cross of Extension" and "the infinite Rose."[This quote needs a citation] Crowley's numerological explanation of "Abrahadabra" focuses mainly on this last formulation and the answer to it.[citation needed]
"Abrahadabra" is also referred to as the "Word of Double Power". More specifically, it represents the uniting of the
Mystical interpretations
Gematria
As with most things found in the mystical works of
- ABRAHADABRA = 418
- ABRAHADABRA has 11 letters
- ABRAHADABRA = 1+2+2+1+5+1+4+1+2+2+1 = 22
- The five letters in the word are: A, the Crown; B, the Wand; D, the Cup; H, the Sword; R, the Rosy Cross; and refer further to Amoun the Father, Thoth His messenger, and Isis, Horus, Osiris, the divine-human triad.
- Also 418 = ATh IAV, the Essence of IAO, translated from Hebrew as “Thou art IAO”
- 418 = BVLShKIN, or Boleskine
- 418 = RA HVVR, or Ra Hoor
- 418 = הרו-רא-הא, a Hebrew spelling of Heru-Ra-Ha
- 418 = ΑΙϜΑΣΣ, a Greek spelling of Aiwass
- 418 = The sum of all integers between 13 and 31 inclusive.
- Abrahadabra is from Abraxas, Father Sun, which = 365[7]
- 418 = 22 x 19 Manifestation
Other
- "ABRAHADABRA is 'The key of the rituals' because it expresses the Magical Formulae of uniting various complementary ideas; especially the Five of the Microcosm with the Six of the Macrocosm."[8]
- "Abrahadabra is the glyph of the blending of the 5 and the 6, the Rose and the Cross."[8]
See also
References
Notes
- ^ Regardie (1989), p. 118: "Hiero: Is there any peculiarity in these names? Hierus: They all commence with the letter 'H'. Hiero: Of what is this letter a symbol? Hierus: Of life; because this letter 'H' is our mode of representing the ancient Greek aspirate or breathing, and Breath is the evidence of Life.
- ^ a b Regardie (1989) links Horus with the letter 'H' on p. 345, and with the Hierus, p. 338, 352.
Citations
- ^ Crowley (1997), "Liber Samekh".
- ^ Crowley (1991), ch. 6, "The Book of Results".
- ^ Sutin (2002), p. 85.
- ^ The Equinox, I (7), 1912.
- ^ Crowley 1910.
- ^ Crowley (1996b), p. [page needed].
- ^ Crowley (1996), p. 24.
- ^ a b Crowley (1974), p. [page needed].
Works cited
Primary sources
- Crowley, Aleister (Autumn 1910). "The Temple of Solomon the King". The Equinox. I (4). London: Privately printed – via Sacred-texts.com.
- Magical and Philosophical Commentaries on the Book of the Law. Montreal: 93 Publishing.
- Crowley, Aleister (1991). ISBN 978-1-56184-028-1.
- Crowley, Aleister (1996). ISBN 1-56184-090-4.
- Crowley, Aleister (1996b). "Commentaries on the Holy Books and Other Papers". The Equinox. IV (1). York Beach, Maine: S. Weiser.
- Crowley, Aleister (1997). ISBN 0-87728-919-0.
Secondary sources
- Llewellyn Publications.
- Sutin, Lawrence (2002). Do What Thou Wilt: A Life of Aleister Crowley. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0312252434.
Other sources
- Thelemapedia. (2004). Abrahadabra. Retrieved April 16, 2006.
Further reading
- ISBN 0-87728-222-6.