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- GLOSSARY.
- A.
- «MDRV»ABHIDHAMMA.«MDNM» ~The collection of treatises which embody the
- metaphysics of the Buddhist philosophy.
- «MDRV»AHAMKARA.«MDNM» The ~Ego-making faculty.
- «MDRV»ANANDA.«MDNM» Bliss.
- «MDRV»ASANA.«MDNM» Posture. Any correct position of holding the body.
- «MDRV»ATZILUTIC WORLD.«MDNM» The Archetypal World that gave birth to three
- other worlds, each containing a repetition of the Sephiroth, but in a
- descending scale of brightness. See Diagram.
- B.
- «MDRV»BABALON.«MDNM» Our Lady. See «MDUL»Equinox V.«MDNM» "The Vision and
- the Voice."
- «MDRV»BETH.«MDNM» Second letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. It is the letter of
- Wisdom, Magick, Mercury.
- «MDRV»BHAGAVADGITA.«MDNM» Sacred hymn of the Vedanta Philosophy,
- translated by Sir Edwin Arnol in "The Song Celestial."
- «MDRV»BINAH.«MDNM» Understanding. The Third "Emanation" of the Absolute.
- The first "He" of the Tetragrammaton, the "Mother" of the Trinity. See
- Diagram.
- C.
- «MDRV»CHIAH.«MDNM» The Creative impulse or Will. The Second principle of
- the fivefold constitution of man. See Diagram.
- «MDRV»CHOKMAH. WISDOM.«MDNM» The Second "Emanation" of the Absolute, the
- "Yod" of Tetragrammaton, the "Father" in the Trinity. See Diagram.
- «MDRV»CHORONZON.«MDNM» See «MDUL»Equinox V.«MDNM» "The Vision and the
- Voice" 10th Aethyr.
- D.
- «MDRV»DA(ACU)ATH.«MDNM» Knowledge, child of Chokmah and Binah in one sense,
- in the other the empty and structureless condition of Choronzon.
- E.
- «MDRV»EXEMPT ADEPT.«MDNM» Grade 7`=4@. which refers to Chesed, a
- correspondence of Jupiter. See Diagram.
- G.
- «MDRV»GEBURAH.«MDNM» Strength; the Fifth "Emanation" of the Absolute. The
- Sephira of Mars. See Diagram.
- H.
- «MDRV»HADIT.«MDNM» The infinitely small and atomic yet omnipresent point.
- See «MDUL»Liber Legis, Equinox VII.«MDNM» also «MDUL»Liber«MDNM» 555.
- «MDRV»HARPOCRATES.«MDNM» The Egyptian God of Silence, the babe in the egg.
- (The image of the concealed Father.) The Lord of Defence and Protection.
- See 777.
- «MDRV»HORUS.«MDNM» In Egyptian cosmogony, the child of Isis and Osiris. The
- true Magick of Horus requires the passionate Union of opposites. The new
- Aeon of Horus. The Crowned and Conquering Child. See «MDUL»Magick.«MDNM»
- I.
- «MDRV»IPSISSIMUS.«MDNM» Grade 10`=1@. Is beyond all comprehension of those
- of lower degrees.
- J.
- «MDRV»JECHIDAH.«MDNM» The quintessential principle of the soul. One
- principle of the fivefold constitution of man. See Diagram.
- K.
- «MDRV»KARMA.«MDNM» That which is made. The law of cause and effect, see
- «MDUL»Science and Buddhism. Crowley's Collected Works,«MDNM» Vol. 2.
- «MDRV»KETHER.«MDNM» The Crown. The First "Emanation" of the Absolute.
- Kether is in Malkuth and Malkuth is in Kether, but after another manner,
- Malkuth reflects Kether, for that which is above is like that which is
- below, and that which is below is like that which is above. See Diagram.
- M.
- «MDRV»MAGICK.«MDNM» The science and art of causing change to occur in
- conformity with the Will. See «MDUL»Magick in Theory and Practice,«MDNM» by
- the Master Therion.
- «MDRV»MAGUS.«MDNM» A Magician; also, technically, a Master of the Grade
- 9`=2@. The highest grade which it is ever possible to manifest in any way
- upon this plane. Attains to Wisdom, declares his law, and is the Master of
- all Magick in its greatest and highest sense. See «MDUL»Equinox VII., Liber
- I.,«MDNM» and elsewhere.
- «MDRV»MAJOR ADEPT.«MDNM» A grade of Adeptship. 6`=5@. Obtains a general
- mastery of all practical Magick, though without full comprehension. See
- «MDUL»Equinox I. and III.«MDNM»
- N.
- «MDRV»NESCHAMAH.«MDNM» Intuition. Aspiration. Intelligence. The Third
- principle of the fivefold constitution of man. See Diagram.
- «MDRV»NEPHESH.«MDNM» The "Animal Soul" of man, senses, emotion. The Fifth
- principle of the fivefold constitution of man. See Diagram.
- «MDRV»NUIT.«MDNM» Infinite Space. See «MDUL»Liber Legis«MDNM» and
- «MDUL»Equinox VII.,«MDNM» p. 11.
- O.
- «MDRV»OSIRIS.«MDNM» The Ancient Egyptian Redeemer, father of Horus.
- «MDRV»OCTINOMOS.«MDNM» Master Magician.
- P.
- «MDRV»PYRAMIDS.«MDNM» The City of Binah, the Third Sephira, referred to
- Saturn. The final destruction of the knowledge of Da(acu)ath opens the gate
- of the City of Pyramids. See "The Vision and the Voice."
- Q.
- «MDRV»QABALAH.«MDNM» "The Tradition of the Secret Wisdom of the Hebrews."
- See «MDUL»Equinox V.«MDNM»
- R.
- «MDRV»RUACH.«MDNM» The Intellect and other mental qualities. Reason. The
- Fourth principle of the fivefold constitution of man. See 777, and Diagram.
- S.
- «MDRV»SABB(ACE)E PI DUKKAM.«MDNM» "Everything is sorrow."
- «MDRV»SAMADHI.«MDNM» Ecstasy or Super-consciousness. Etymologically:
- Together with the Lord."
- «MDRV»SAMMASAMADHI.«MDNM» Right Samadhi.
- «MDRV»SEPHIROTH.«MDNM» The Tree of Life. See ~Temple of Solomon,"
- «MDUL»Equinox V.«MDNM» The Sepher Sephiroth, the Book of Emanations,
- describes the gradual evolution of the Deity from negative into positive
- existence. See «MDUL»Equinox I., VIII.«MDNM» Suppl., and Diagram.
- «MDRV»SILA.«MDNM» Virtue.
- T.
- «MDRV»TAROT.«MDNM» The Book of Thoth, a pictorial epitome of the Ancient
- Initiated Wisdom. A method of Divination based on the Qabalistic Tree of
- Life.
- THE END.