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Chapter 22 : Formula
That there are formula embedded in Liber 49 seems clear; the
previously mentioned T.O.P.A.N. (which I have yet to decipher) and
the Notariqon for verse 27 demonstrate this. There are other formula,
such as those discussed in Magick as well as those discovered when in
contact with the forces behind Liber 49.
As noted, there are two formula – related, as one derives from the
other - that I have found to be significant and relevant to this analysis;
IAO and IAOZ. IAO is well known as a Gnostic formula that has a
relation to Hekate which elsewhere I relate to Babalon 215 . IAO=81
(Heb.) and Crowley’s rectification 216 may have been applicable to his
Thelemic cult but here we will apply a different value. IAOZ is the
formula IAO + Z or Zain (=7). It is also notable that IAOZ = 88 (8 x
11) (Heb.) and words with NAEQ6 value of 88 include: Basilisk 217 ,
circle, ecstasy, fullness and invoke. In the fashion of Alchemical
writers, I will not here explicate the mystery of this formula but offer a
pointer to the Adept:
In Magic and Theory and Practice Crowley discusses the formula as it
pertains to his cult of Thelema:
The Formula of I.A.O. This formula is the principal and most
characteristic formula of Osiris, of the Redemption of Mankind. "I" is
Isis, Nature, ruined by "A", Apophis the Destroyer, and restored to life
by the Redeemer Osiris. There is a quite different formula in which I is
the father, O the Mother, A the child --- and yet another, in which
I.A.O. are all fathers of different kinds balanced by H.H.H., 3 Mothers,
215 http://kali/victoryoflogossite/articleDisp.aspx?ar=hektwitch1
216 see below.
217 The name basilisk comes from the Greek basileus, which means king. The basilisk was the
King of the snakes and the most poisonous creature on earth. His appearance has always been
a matter of dispute since there is no way to see a basilisk and survive. Looking at it, according
to legend, brings death. The basilisk was depicted in a few illuminated manuscripts in the
Middle Ages but appeared much more often as an ornamental detail in church architecture,
adorning capitals and medallions.
“John Carter” has suggested that the “Basilisk abode” was a reference to the womb, though I
do not find support for that, especially if we consider here that the “incarnation” was not
material or in the flesh. (see John Carter, Sex and Rockets).
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