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Preface

 

 


This volume is a further elaboration of the transcendental impulse as this pertains to initiation in the Western tradition. It is mostly tables of correspondences and can be useful as reference tool for archaeologists, anthropologists, historians, and students of mythology.

The section on Qabalah greatly extends and supplements Aleister Crowley's work in "777". Qabalistic Tree attributions include Planets, Zodiac, Tarot Trumps, Archangels, Archdaemons, Angels of the Firmament, Angels of the Qlipoth, and all mundane orders of existence, actual and mythological. All of this is arranged "above and below" to showcase opposites. There are many new categories of knowledge not used previously by Cornelius Agrippa or Crowley.

In the first section the material is arranged as Crowley did it, in that the student can view all the attributions in any one category together, for example, the animal attributions all on one page. In the second section the same material is presented so that all attributions pertaining to any particular Sephira or path appear together on one page. This method greatly facilitates unbroken meditation and visualization because the student no longer has to turn pages. Having both arrangements effectively doubles the utility of all the information.

There are separate tables for the Five Elements and Alchemy. There is also a comprehensive text on Magick with rituals for all occasions. This section also includes exhaustive tables on useful stones and divinations. The book is for the further emancipation of humanity and, within the context of the mythologies involved, is in accordance with all natural principles.