Liber 777 (revised) (pdf) - Holy Order of the Golden Dawn Canada

EXPLANATIONS OF THE ATTRIBUTIONS
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5. The Ruby represents flaming energy.
6. The Topaz is of the Gold of the Sun. It is also traditionally
associated with Tiphereth. The Yellow Diamond suggests the reflection
of Kether into Tiphereth.
7. The Emerald is of the green of Venus in the King Scale.
8. The Opal has the varied colours attributed to Mercury.
9. Quartz refers to the foundation. Note that gold is found in
Quartz, suggesting the concealed glory of the sexual process.
10. Rock Crystal reminds us of the aphorism: Kether is in Malkuth,
and Malkuth in Kether, but after another manner.
THE ELEMENTS
11. Topaz is the pure transparent yellow of Air.
23. The Beryl is the pure transparent blue of Water.
31. The Fire Opal suggests the appearance of fire rising from the
blackness of the matter which it consumes.
32 bis. Salt is traditionally sacred to Earth.
31 bis. The Black Diamond has the blackness of the Akasa: it is
composed of carbon, the basis of the living elements.
THE PLANETS
12. Opal, see line 8. Agate has the Mercurial yellow, but its
hardness indicates a strange Saturnian element in it. It might indeed be
attributed to Geburah for its orange tinge and its hardness, but it is not
sufficiently pure to rank as a precious stone, and must therefore not be
placed among the Sephiroth.
13. The Moonstone is a direct image of the Moon. Pearl and
Crystal are given for the suggestion of purity (see lines 3 and 10).
14. Emerald is the colour of Venus in the King Scale (Column
XV). Turquiose is the blue of Venus in the Queen Scale (Column
XVI), but its tendency is to fade into green. When it does this its value
is destroyed, and this reminds us of the external splendour and internal
corruption of Nogah.
21. See line 4.
27. See line 5.