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The word ‘Qabalah’ is derived from the root QBL, ‘to receive’. The word implies something passed on from mouth to ear—a whisper in the ear to those prepared to receive it. The branch of the Qabalah called Gematria is the association of a word or phrase with another word or phrase sharing the same numerical value. The skilful use and understanding of Gematria provides a vessel for the incarnation of spiritual ideas. In the words of Kenneth Grant, in the Preface to his 1963 edition of Black to Black and Other Poems:

“The complicated webs of numbers and words are entirely irrational means of conveying suggestions to the Deep Mind.”

Understanding magick requires study of key words and numbers. Through persistent daily use, a number will instantly convey all of its related meanings to the trained mind; the subtlest nuances will be perceived and refreshed again and again. An enduring plumbline is forged between the rational mind and the Deep Mind so the consciousness of the magician habitually inhabits and explores spaces otherwise inaccessible. The Qabalah underpins every stage of our magical work. The subtle network, the thread of the pneuma, leaves in its wake a host of words and numbers in the way that coral reefs are created by generations of living organisms. Each signature formed by the bones of past magical working is a signpost to eternity. The legacy of our work is thereby powerfully encoded so future generations of magicians may continue its development.

From, The Flaming Sword Sepher Sephiroth [Ordo Astri].

Hermetic Qabalah Foundation: Holy Guardian Angel

The primary objective of the Great Work is the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. The Angel can be regarded as a ‘divine lover’ in so far as such knowledge is the most complete consummation within the field of human experience. Qabalistically, the union takes place in Tiphereth, the heart of the Tree of Life. This then becomes the seat of the True Will or True Self. In the normal state of affairs, Tiphereth is merely the place of the human ego, which has usurped the position of its True Ruler, Prince and King. The mundane chakra attributed to Tiphereth—its physical vehicle in the cosmos—is the Sun. The symbol used for this star is a circle with a point in the centre.

The circle with a point in the centre is also the symbol of Kether concentrated from the infinite Ain Soph Aur. As Kether is in Malkuth and Malkuth is in Kether, the Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel is attributed to Malkuth on the Tree. On the path of initiation, as opposed to that of religious exotericism, the Holy Guardian Angel informs the person while they are in the corporeal state—the Great Work is not something that is postponed until an after-life.

The Flaming Sword Sepher Sephiroth is the result of many years of practical work and research. It gives us great pleasure to announce the release of this whole work in two volumes of over 1000 pages.

The Flaming Sword is a comprehensive, unique treatise on Gematria, revealing the pre-religious Gnosis and its relation to Thelema. In addition to the substantial Sepher Sephiroth (‘book of numbers’) there is an introductory guide to the use of the book, tables of Hebrew, Greek and Enochian values, prime numbers, and a complete set of Magical Kameas with corrected and redrawn planetary seals and sigils.

The entire Enochian vocabulary of John Dee is included and augmented, as well as Latin, Sanskrit, Arabic and ancient Egyptian.

With the kind permission of Steffi Grant and Starfire Publishing, substantial quotations from Kenneth Grant’s seminal work, The Nightside of Eden, are included.

The two volumes of the book serve as a veritable grimoire for those engaged with the more specialised work of the (Egyptian) Book of the Law, Liber AL vel Legis. The Flaming Sword provides multiple solutions to all of the riddles of Liber AL vel Legis, as well as some of the most cryptic passages.

By including words and numbers that have special application and meaning to those who work with the Thelemic, Typhonian or ‘93’ magical current, the legacy of our work is powerfully encoded so that future generations of magicians may continue its development.

Sepher Sephiroth: Treatise on Gematria

The word ‘Qabalah’ implies something passed on from mouth to ear—a whisper in the ear, to those prepared to receive it. Gematria is the association of a word or phrase with another word or phrase sharing the same numerical value. The skilful use and understanding of Gematria provides a vessel for the incarnation of spiritual ideas. With persistent practice, a number will instantly convey all of its related meanings to the trained mind; the subtlest nuances will be perceived and refreshed, again and again. An enduring plumbline is forged between the rational mind and Deep Mind so the consciousness of the magician habitually inhabits and explores spaces that would otherwise remain inaccessible.

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Format: 6×9 paperback in two volumes
Volume One: 684 pages
View / order The Flaming Sword Volume One from author’s website
Volume Two: 584 pages
View / order The Flaming Sword Volume Two from author’s website

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