Do what thou Wilt,

It is my belief that the solution to the riddle of the line, letters, and circle gives us the identity of Aiwaz, the true author and speaker of the Book of the Law. A logical solution would further prove the objective existence of Aiwaz separate from Crowley as an intelligent entity. This week on the anniversary of the Book of the Law seems like a good time to finalize my thoughts on this.

AL III:47

“This book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the Beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the Key of it all. Then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also. And Abrahadabra. It shall be his child & that strangely. Let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it.”

Chapter 3, Verse 47

Note that the grid was not part of the original manuscript

Looking at III:47 we can see that there are several hints to the solution of the riddle:

The line drawn and letters touched or created by it

The circular symbol, representing Earth in modern alchemy (originally the Sun Cross in the Old Aeon)

The word Abrahadabra, the “Word of the Aeon of Horus”

Something to do with a “child” tied to the riddle

The letters touched or, in the case of T created, by the line are:

s h t B e t i s a y f a

The B capitalization implies two separate concepts, whereas “I” is just capitalized as a rule of grammar. In Crowley’s magic, Set was associated with the Hebrew שט (sht) which, based on the Tree of Life associations, equated to the XI and XX cards of the tarot, totaling to 31. One of Crowley’s most famous students, Achad, also discovered 31 to be the “the key” of AL, which caused the name of the text to be changed from “L” to “AL”. This would also be the correct spelling of Set in Hebrew.

Sht = SET = שט = atu XX + atu XI = 31

B e t i s a y f a, when translated into Hebrew, is בהט׳שאפא

2 + 5 + 9 + 10 + 300 + 1 + 10 + 80 + 1 = 418, Abrahadabra

When we use alternative forms of numerology on this 418, like removing all zeros, we get: 2 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 +8 + 1 = 31 = SET, hidden within Abrahadabra.

What we see here is that the god Set, who was very much so related to all three gods of the Book of the Law, is the key to this riddle. Let us look at the hints again.

The line drawn and letters touched or created by it. In this case the line drawn and the letters it touches or creates give us two terms: Set and Abrahadabra the word of the Aeon. Further, within the numbers that give us Abrahadabra, we find Set again.

The word Abrahadabra, the “Word of the Aeon of Horus”. Not only are this and Set given by the line, but the term Set is found within the numbers that give us Abrahadabra as well! That is far beyond coincidence.

Something to do with a “child” tied to the riddle. Set was the child of Nuit (speaker of chapter 1) and the adoptive child of Ra (speaker of chapter 3), as well as the adoptive brother of Horus, son of Ra (speaker of chapter 2). In early Egypt the “Son of Nu(i)t” actually referred solely to Set, before the coming of the religion of Osiris changed the lineup of parenthood.

It seems that the only clue we cannot already account for is the usage of the sun cross, the modern symbol for earth. Yet when we also factor in that the realm of Set was the northern circumpolar stars (Imperishable Stars to Egypt) this riddle is solved:

The earth’s obliquity fluctuates from an angle ranging about 22 – 25 degrees. The line in the Book of the Law gives us an angle of about 23.2 degrees, right within the realm of the angle for Earth’s Axis. This is precisely the angle that determines our north star, and gives the circumpolar stars their importance. When we look at the line compared to earth (the sun cross) it points us right to the realm of Set, child of Nuit.

Therefore it is my conclusion that the existence of Aiwaz as an objective entity separate from Crowley is not only proven by the complexity of the riddles of the Book of the Law, but that he himself has confirmed his true identity as that of the Egyptian god Set.

AL III, 74-5: “There is a splendour in my name hidden and glorious, as the sun of midnight is ever the son. The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra.”

Set/Aiwaz, the midnight sun, Son of Nuit, and adoptive son of Ra

Love is the Law, Love under Will.

(Image of Set from Oliver St. John’s Egyptian Tarot)

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