THELEMIC NUMBERS
                               AND WORDS

    By David Cherubim
    (Frater Aurora Aureae).
    Copyright (c) 1991 e.v.
    The Order of the
    Thelemic Golden Dawn.

    Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

    This document is designed for members of the Order of the Thelemic
Golden Dawn, so that they may comprehend the meanings of certain words
and numbers which are often used or indicated in Thelemic literature.
In the Qabalah there is a special science called Gematria which
asserts that any words having the same numerical value are
descriptions of a single phenomenon, or that such words define each
other.  Most of what follows should give helpful insight to members of
our Holy Order of Thelema concerning essential Qabalistic mysteries of
Liber Legis.

    11 = Magnum Opus, the Great Work. It is the blending of the
Pentagram (5) and Hexagram (6), or of the Rose (5 petals) and Cross
(Sixfold Cross). It is the number of AVD (Magick Force). It is the
special number of Nuit, Hadit and Ra-Hoor-Khuit. In the first chapter
of Liber Legis, it is stated by Nuit, "My number is 11, as all their
numbers who are of us." It is stated by Hadit in the second chapter,
"I am the Empress and the Hierophant; thus eleven as my bride is
eleven." The names HOOR-PA-KRAAT and RA-HOOR-KHUIT have 11 letters
each. So does ABRAHADABRA (Word of Ra-Hoor-Khuit). There are 11 words
in the Law of Thelema. 11=WE (Read AL,II:64) and AHH (Ahah!).

    15 = YE (Yod-Heh, the Monogram of the Eternal). Read AL,I:17,
where it is stated by Nuit, "But ye are not so chosen." Not is LA
(31). Yod-Heh is the God Name of Chokmah, the Sphere of Stars, thus
the word "ye" indicates the Stars of Our Lady Nuit. The word "not"
indicates Nuit Herself. 15 is the Mystic number of Geburah, the Sphere
of Mars, the Planet of Horus, so that "ye" are the children of Horus
who are chosen in Nuit.

    31 = AL (God, The All), LA (Not, Nothing), KHV (Magical Self), and
HVK (To Go, the function of a God). It is the number of ShT (Set) by
way of the Tarot (Sh=Shin=Atu 20, T=Teth=Atu 11. 20+11=31). 31= HDT
(Hadit), for H=Atu 17, D=Atu 3 and T=Atu 11, and 17+3+11=31. The
number 666 when translated into Hebrew letters is Mem, Samekh, Vav.
These letters correspond with Atus 12, 14 and 5. 12+14+5=31. Note in
this connection that Path 31 of the Qabalistic Tree of Life is the
Path of the letter Shin, the special letter of 666. 31 is the number
which results from the addition of the Atus of Thoth which correspond
with 'Aum-Ha' (AOM-HA), when we attribute Heh to Atu IV, thus
A=0+O=15+M= 12+H=4+A=0 (Read AL,III:75); and 31=KVPh (COPH) by way of
Tarot (Read AL,III:72).

    44 = Sacred number of Horus. It is the number of AGLI (Drops), DM
(Blood), DLI (Aquarius), and LHT (Flame). It is the number of AHIH
ChIH (I am Life). It is further the number AL-AChD (AL-ONE or ALONE.
Read AL,II:23). It is also the number of EAGLE
(E=5+A=1+G=3+L=30+E=5=44), and the Eagle is the Kerubic Hawk or
Phoenix. Liber 44 is the Mass of the Phoenix. 44 results from the
addition of the Atus of Thoth which correspond with EAGLE
(E=17+A=0+G=2+L=8+H=17). Quartus Kerub (the Fourth Cherub, the Eagle
or Phoenix) was born 44 minutes into the Sign of the Eagle (Phoenix)
on October 24, 1964 e.v., in LA, CA, USA. LA is Los Angeles, the City
of Angels (Kerubs), and LA=31; and also CA (California) is State 31 of
the USA. 44 results from the addition of the Atus of Thoth which
correspond with 'Aum-Ha' (AOM-HA), when we attribute Atu XVII to Heh,
thus A=0+O=15+M=12+H=17+A=0. Also, 44=IHVH spelled in full as YVD-HA-
VV-HA.

    56 = NU. Read AL,I:24. 56=NAH (Beautiful, as is Our Lady Nuit).
The number 56 is hinted at in AL,III:8, where it is stated "and none
(=Nun=50) shall stand before you (=Vav=6)." 56 is the number of NO
(NU). Concerning this read AL,III:47, where it is stated "in these are
mysteries that 'no' beast shall divine." Note that 5+6=11=the special
number of Nuit, Hadit, Ra-Hoor-Khuit and Hoor-Pa-Kraat.

    61 = AIN (Nothing=Nuit). Note in this connection that 61 is also
the number of ALL (Aleph-Lamed-Lamed). 61=ANI (Ego=All), ADVN (Master,
Lord), and ONE (Vav-Nun-Heh. Read AL,II:76, III:47.) One=Aleph=Atu
0=Hoor-Paar-Kraat=Child. 61=WANGA (Read AL,I:37). 61=NIA (Read
AL,III:72.) NIA represents the first half of the occult equation of
Liber Legis.

    65 = Nu (NV) + Had (HD). It is therefore a number of Horus, the
Child of Nu and Had. 65=ADNI (My Lord), HIKL (Palace), HS (Silence),
LVX (Light), NVT (Not=LA=Nuit=Infinity), and HLL (Hell), the Inner
Sanctary. Note that 6+5=11. Also 65 translated into Hebrew letters is
Samekh-Heh. Samekh=Atu 14, Heh=Atu 17. 14+17=31! Thus ADNI (65) is AL
(31).

    66 = NU+HAD. It is the mystic number of the Great Work (1--11). It
is the number of US (Read AL, I:40 & 60). It is the number of WILL
(Vav-Lamed-Lamed). It is the number of SU, the Voice of the Eagle
(=Horus). 66=HOOR (Horus) by way of the Tarot (H=Atu 17+O=Atu 15+O=Atu
15+R=Atu 19=66). 66=ALLH (Allah).

    75 = NVIT (Nuit, the Star-Goddess), HILL (Lucifer, the Herald
Star), and LILH (Night).

    78 = AIVAS (Aiwass), ZMAL (Angel of Mars), TA-NICh (Ta-Nech,
Father of Ankh-af-na-khonsu), OBAH (Obeah, Read AL,I:37), ChNK (To
Initiate), and MZLA (Mezlah, the Divine Influence descending from On
High, whose Key is the Tarot). 78 is the number of all the cards of
Tarot.

    93 = OIVZ (Aiwaz), THELEMA (Will), AGAPE (Love), LGS (Logos and
Legis, the Word and the Law), MGIKK (Magick), IAChChVS (Iachhus), BNI
AL (Sons of God), TzBA (Will, Star, Army or Host), and LAShTAL
(Magical Formula). It is also the number of M...M, the Word of the
Neophyte Grade of Crowley's A.'. A.'.

    111 = ALP (Aleph) spelled in full. 111=PLA (The Hidden Wonder, a
title of Kether) which is the reverse of ALP (Aleph). PLA or ALP
indicates the utterance of the Word from the mouth of the Child Horus
which is LA, written as AL in Hebrew, but as LA in English. LA and AL
are two glyphs of One Word. P or Peh (the Mouth) is the root of LA/AL,
and Peh is the letter of Horus. 111=AOM (Aum) which is the Seal of the
Child (Read AL,I:54-56). 111=NVNE (None. Read AL,I:45 & III:8).
111=LOVE, ALKHEMI, MVNTV (Mentu, the Lord of War) and KVPH (Coph).
Read AL,III:72. Coph represents the second half of the occult equation
of Liber Legis indicated by the numbers 8.80.418 of AL,I:46, for
8+80+418=506= ShVR=Ox=Aleph=111=Coph, and 111=Aleph=Atu
0=Nothing=AIN=61. Also note that 111=AChD HVA ALHIM (He is One God),
APL (Thick Darkness), ASN (Ruin, Destruction, Sudden Death), MHVLL
(Madness or the Destruction of Reason by Illumination), and OVLH (a
Holocaust).

    120 = SMK (Samekh) spelled in full, the letter of the Lesser Path
of the Holy Guardian Angel (Atu XIV). 120=KOL (Master). 120=ON (the
Sun God). ON is indicated in AL,III:46, where it is said, "go on, go
on, in my strength." Note in this connection that the number of 'go'
is 73, the number of Gimel spelled in full, the Greater Path of the
Holy Guardian Angel (Atu II), and 73=ChKMH (Chokmah, Sphere of Chiah,
the True Will.)

    122 = Two halves of occult equation united. For 8=Atu 8, 80=Atu
16, and 418=Atus 21, 9, & 7. 8+16+21+9+7=61; and 61+61(AIN)=122.
122=ADVN AIN=Lord of Nothing. 122=ANI AIN=Ego of Nothing (Ego is non-
existent). 122=ALL (Aleph-Lamed-Lamed) + AIN (Nun-Yod-Aleph, which
spells Nothing!?). Note that ALL=AL (Hadit); AIN=LA (Nuit).

    131 = PAN (The All), SMAL (Samael, Hebrew Satan), and MKVSH (Title
of Kether, the Crowned One).

    156 = BABALON (the Victorious Queen), TzIVN (Zion, the City of the
Pyramids), SVPhI (Sufi), MVSIKK (Musick), and PhOV (Crying Aloud).

    161 = KPh NIA (Coph Nia). Note that KPh is Kteis (Moon) and
Phallus (Sun) in Greek. NIA is the Child of K (Kteis) and Ph (Peh).
For NIA=61=AIN=Nothing=Atu 0=Hoor-Pa-Kraat=Child. Or NIA=61=ALL=AL=
Child. 61=APP (Apep). Apep, the serpent, is a form of Hadit (AL).

    210 = NOX (Nun-Ayin-Tzaddi), the Word of Hoor and the Key of the
Abyss. 210=ChRB (Sword). The Sword is the Weapon of Hoor. 210=
OMPEHDA(H). Read AL,III:54. 210=5x6x7 and 567=506+61 (two halves of
occult equation united). 210=ABRAHA (the Lord of the Adepts).

    220 = Number of verses in The Book of the Law. 220 is 10x22. Thus
it represents and concentrates all the Sephiroth and Paths of the Tree
of Life. It represents The All. Note that 220 is 11x20, and 11+20=31,
and 31=AL (The All). 220=BChIR (The Elect=The All).

    222 = A numerical glyph of the Dual Aleph. It represents the two
equal opposites indicated by the two halves of the equation of Liber
AL. There are two Alephs, the seen and the unseen.

    228 = KRVB (Kerub, Ox, Ruler of Earth), BKVR (First-born), BRVK
(Blessed), and OTz ChIIM (The Tree of Life). The Kerub is Metatron,
the Great Archangel who delivered unto Man the Sacred Mysteries of the
Qabalah. Kerub is the Blessed First-born.

    333 = ChVRVNZVN (Choronzon), the Terrible Demon on the Threshold
of the Abyss. It is half of the holy number 666.

    418 = ChITh (Cheth) spelled in full, HERV-RA-HA (Lord of the New
Aeon), RA-HOOR (Solar Horus), ABRAHADABRA (Magick Word of the Aeon,
the Word of Double Power), BVLShKIN (Boleskine, House of the Beast),
RPSTOVAL (Ropstoval, the Solar Logos. Read AL,II:76), AIWASS (Grk.),
BES-NA-MAVT (Parent of Ankh-af-na-khonsu), ATAH IAO (Essence of Sol),
and BITH HA (the House of He', the Pentagram).

    434 = KVPh NIA (Coph Nia) spelled in full. Coph Nia is the Secret
Holy Force of the Wand of Double Power. Read AL,III:72. 434=AISh
MLChMH (Man or Lord of War) and DLTh (Daleth). Daleth, the letter of
Venus, is the Door to the Supernals & the Link between Chokmah (Coph)
and Binah (Nia).

    444 = RA-HOOR-KHV (Read AL,II:64 & III:11). 444 is also the number
of MQDSh (The Sanctuary).

    451 = ThHVM (The Abyss), MIThA (Death), KONX OM PAX (Light In
Extension), ATh HADM (Essence of Man), A.'. A.'. (Silver Star),
ShNANIM (Angels of Tiphareth), and ShILOAM. "Liber Siloam" is a
magical method of inducing trance.

    463 = RA-HOOR-KHVIT (Lord of the New Aeon). 463=Tav-Samekh-Gimel,
the three Paths of the Middle Pillar of the Tree of Life. 463=MTH
HShQD (A Rod of Almond = the Middle Pillar).

    506 = 8+80+418, which numbers indicate the second half of the
occult equation of Liber Legis. Read AL,I:46. Note that if we write
506 backwards we obtain 605, and 605+61=666. 61=AIN= Nothing=the first
half of the occult equation of Liber Legis. 506=ShVR (Ox) and the
Ox=Aleph=Atu 0=Nothing. ShVR, by way of Tarot, produces 44
(Sh=20+V=5+R=19=44). 44=Sacred number of Horus.

    555 = The Magical Number of the Pentagram, or Pentalpha, which is
composed of 5 A's. A is Aleph in Hebrew, and Aleph spelled in full is
111. 5x111=555=HAD spelled in full. Thus the Pentagram is a symbol of
HAD (Hadit), the flame that burns in every heart of man and in the
core of every Star.

    567 = 506+61, which numbers represent the two halves of the occult
equation of Liber Legis. 567=RAShVNI (First-born, the Child or
Offspring of the mystical marriage and consummation of the two halves
of the occult equation).

    666 = AOM HA (111x6), THERION (Beast), ANKH-AF-NA-KHONSV(T),
ALEISTER CROWLEY, QVARTUS KERVB (The Foursquare Name of the "Man", who
is the One to follow the Master Therion. Read AL,II:78), SVRTh (Spirit
of the Sun), and ShMSh IHVH (the Sun of Tetragrammaton). 666 is the
Most Holy Number of the Sun. It is symbolized by the letter Shin made
of three Vavs (=666). Shin is the letter of Path 31 on the Tree of
Life and 31=AL (The All). 666 is the mystick number of all the Paths
of The Concealed Glory, for there are in fact 36 Paths of the Tree of
Life, 32 of which are known, and four of which are secret. 666 is the
occult number of the Hexagram, the symbol of the Sun, for a single
line of the Hexagram contains three equal parts, each of which may be
represented by the number 1, so that every line can be symbolized by
the number 111. There are six lines in all, so that 111x6=666, the
most Holy Number of the Sun. Each angle of the Hexagram is 60 degrees.
60 is the number of the Hebrew letter Samekh, which is the letter of
the Holy Guardian Angel or the Solar Self in Man. Six angles of 60
degrees each equals 360 degrees, and 360 is the number of the Hebrew
letter Shin spelled in full. Shin is the letter of the Sun and of 666.
Also 666 is the number of a "Man" who lives in the Sun.

    718 = STELE 666 (Read AL,III:19).

    Love is the law, love under will.