Magical Correspondences---Heidrick

Under edit and expansion. Last updated: January 23, 2002 e.v. Incorporating class materials prepared in 1972 e.v. by the author, Bill Heidrick Copyright 1972 and 1990 by Bill Heidrick The Roman numerals at some column heads refer to Crowley's Liber 777

I. CLXXV. II. III. Key Hebrew Hebrew Names for English Pronun. English Scale: Letters: Numbers and Letters: of column II.: of column II: 0 00 000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
or

Ain Ain Soph Ain Soph Aur Keter Chokmah Binah Chesed Geburah Tipheret Netzach Hod Yesod Malkut Aleph Bet Gimmel Dalet Heh Vau or Wow Zain Chet Tet Yod Kaph Lamed

Nothing Without Limit Limitless Light Crown Wisdom Understanding Mercy Severity Beauty Endurance to Victory Splendour Foundation Kingdom Ox House Camel Door Window Nail Sword Fence Serpent Hand (open from back) Hand (closed or from palmer side) Ox Goad

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 32bis 31bis

or or

Mem Nun Samekh Ayin

Water Fish Prop Eye Mouth Fish Hook Back of Head Head Tooth Cross or Mark Cross or Mark Tooth

or or

Peh Tzaddi Qof Resh Shin Taw Taw Shin

Explanation:
Key Scale: Relates these correspondences to the "Tree of Life" pattern. The 32 divisions below "0" are often called "Thirty-Two Divine Emanations". Sometimes, as in the table just above, these key numbers are offset to right or left. Offset to the left indicates "Mother Letters" and a correspondence to elements. Offset to the right indicates "Single Letters" and a correspondence to the signs of the Zodiac. Centered key numbers represent the rest, including the "Double Letters", Sephiroth, and often also planets. Where two are given, the one on the left is the usual form; and the one on the right is used at the ends of words ("final" letters). The approximate English equivalent will usually match the initial letter in the English pronunciation of the Hebrew letter name --- see below for exceptions and more help with this. Hebrew reads from right to left. English reads from left to right. Some of the letter names have several Hebrew spellings: e.g. can be or .

Hebrew Letters:

Hebrew Names:

English Pronunciation: How to say Column II. English spelling of Hebrew differs greatly with different methods of transliteration and phonetic representation. These entries are intended to help the reader pronounce the Hebrew and to identify the English representations of these words in the text below. For example: may be represented in English by different authors for different

purposes in the following ways: 1. to show the spelling in Hebrew: KThR 2. to indicate Sephardic pronunciation: Keter 3. to indicate Ashkenazic pronunciation: Keser 4. compromise between sound and spelling: Kether, Cather, ... An effort will be made in this presentation to keep the English representations of these Hebrew words relatively uniform, but some variation will appear below. It is important to learn how to recognize English representations of foreign words by context, since there is no fixed spelling in use by all authors. If the student becomes too accustomed to one usage, other books on the subject will be closed to study. English Translation: What the Hebrew in Column II means in English.

I. CLXXV. CLXXVI. XIV. and CLXXIX. Key Hebrew Number Value Modern Tarot Trumps and Trump Numbers Scale: Letters:: of Letters: (with some sequence variations): 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
or or or or

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 or 500 30 40 or 600 50 or 700 60 70 80 or 800

(0.) The Fool I. The Magician II. The High Priestess III. The Empress IV. The Emperor (or XVII. The Star) V. The Hierophant VI. The Lovers VII. The Chariot VIII. Strength (or XI. Strength) IX. The Hermit X. The Wheel of Fortune XI. Justice (or VIII. Justice) XII. The Hanged Man XIII. Death XIV. Temperance XV. The Devil XVI. The Tower

28 29 30 31 31

or

90 or 900 100 200 300 400

XVII. The Star (or IV. The Emperor) XVIII. The Moon XIX. The Sun XX. Judgment XXI. The World

In reckoning the correspondences between Hebrew Letters and Tarot, there are several points to remember. The dominant correspondences are to the Hebrew Letters, and changes in Tarot attribution do not effect other correspondences to the Letters. Tarot Trump titles vary in different styles of decks, but most can readily be identified. The numbers of the Justice and Strength Trumps were reversed by the Golden Dawn authors to make a better fit to the Hebrew. Older decks show Justice as VIII and Strength as XI. This reversal does not effect the correspondence of Lamed for Justice and Tet for Strength. Aleister Crowley came to advocate switching The Star and The Emperor Trumps, and that switch does effect certain of the correspondences of the those Trumps. Switching Star and Emperor does not effect the correspondences to the Hebrew Letters Heh and Tzaddi beyond the Trumps themselves. Thus: Heh---Aries---Emperor, or Heh--Aries---Star, but not Heh---Aquarius---Star. There are other systems of attribution between Tarot and Hebrew, as well as alternative approaches to the Heh/Tzaddi switch. The system used here is that introduced by the Order of the Golden Dawn. Ordo Templi Orientis favors the Hay/Tzaddi switch, but not officially in the manner I have presented here. The present OTO approach includes other correspondences in the switch.

I. CLXXVII. Key Scale: Astrology: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Primum Mobile Zodiac Saturn Jupiter Mars Sun Venus Mercury Moon Earth Air Mercury

VI. Hebrew term used English pronunciation. for items in CLXXVII: of column VI.: Rashit Ha-Galgalim Maslot Shabbatai Tzedeq Madim Schemesh
or

Nogah Kokab Lebanah Olam Yesodot Ruach Kokab

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Moon Venus Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Jupiter Libra Water Scorpio
or

Lebanah Nogah Tale Sur Tomaim Soratan Ari Betula Tzedeq Mozenim Mem Akrab Keshit Gedi Madim Doli Dagim Schemesh Fire Shabbatai Aretz

25 Sagittarius 26 Capricorn 27 29 30 31 32 32bis Mars Pisces Sun Fire Saturn Earth 28 Aquarius

Explanation:
Items matching Key scale 1-10 refer to the Sephiroth (singular: Sephira), the ten numbers created in the beginning. Items under Key scale 11-32 refer to the twenty-two "paths" which link the Sephiroth together. Thus 1-10 forms one system and 11-32 another. This explains the double association of the planets to 1-10 as well as 11-32.

Pillar of Severity

Otz Chaiim

Pillar of Mercy

Pillar of Mildness

Some Correspondences to the Number 4

Tetragrammaton --- the four-fold name Basic example: This is the most common name for God used in the Hebrew Torah, or "Old Testament". Its genuine pronunciation is unknown, but the pronunciations "Jehovah" and "Yahweh" are most often used. Other examples: , "Adonai", in English: "Lord". , "Eheieh". , "Agla", short for the Hebrew words: , "Ateh Gebor Le-olahm Adonai",

"Thou art mighty for ever, O'h Lord!" More examples exist, and others will be discussed below. The Tetragrammatic names are compared to the elements and directions:
(from Regardie's Golden Dawn) LIV. LV. I. LVII. Kerubic Direction: Key Scale: Element: Wind Direction: :

31 23 11 32bis

Fire Air

South East

East North West South

Water West Earth North

LIV. LIX. LVII & LV. English Aprox. English Archangels Wind-Element Pronunciation Translation : of the Quarters: Directions: of LIX: of LIX: South West East North Michael Gabriel Raphael Uriel Like God Mighty One of God Healing of God Light of God

The Archangels of the Quarters represent the workings of nature personified as the four ancient "elements", proceeding from the four directions on the winds most resembling those elements. Different prevailing winds require a reconsideration of this correspondence, and other systems of attribution exist. For Western Europe, Palestine, California and most regions in the Northern Hemisphere with a large body of water to the West, these allocations tend to apply: North Wind ---------- cold and dry --------- Earth South Wind ---------- warm and dry --------- Fire West Wind ---------- cold and wet --------- Water East Wind ---------- warm and wet --------- Air LIV. The Four LXIII. Approx. English Worlds: English Pronun.: Meanings: : Atzilut Briah Yetzirah Assiah Emanation, Archetype, most noble Creation, Intellect Formative, Moral. Action, Substance, Matter

The four worlds are a basic subdivision of creation into four stages or levels. They may be considered to be levels of abstraction (going from matter to spirit) or of condensation (from spirit to matter).

Color Scales for Four Worlds and Thirty-two Paths:

I. XV. Key King Scale Color Scale: (Atzilut in Assiah): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Brilliance Pure Soft Blue Crimson Deep Violet Orange Clear Pink Rose Amber Violet Purple Indigo Yellow Bright Pale Yellow Yellow Blue Emerald Green XVI. Queen Scale Color (Briah in Assiah): White Brilliance Gray Black Blue Scarlet Red Yellow (Gold) Emerald Orange Violet Citrine, Olive, Russet & Black Sky Blue Purple Silver Sky Blue Red Deep Indigo Pale Mauve Maroon Deep Purple Slate Gray Blue Blue Sea Green Dull Brown Yellow

15 Scarlet 16 Red Orange 17 Orange 18 Amber 19 Yellow 20 Greenish Yellow 21 23 Violet Deep Blue 24 Green Blue 25 Blue 22 Emerald Green

26 Indigo 27 Scarlet 28 Violet 29 Crimson 30 31 32 Orange Glowing Orange Scarlet Indigo

Black Red Sky Blue Buff, flecked Silver-White Gold Yellow Vermilion Black Deep Purple, nearly Black

32bis Citrine, Olive, Russet and Black Amber 31bis White merging into Gray The remaining two color scales follow below. These color scales properly belong to Assiah, since they relate directly to the physical senses. The King Scale represents that Part of Assiah most like Atzilut. The Queen Scale represents that part of Assiah most like Briah; etc. The colors 1-10 of the Queen Scale are frequently used to color the Sephiroth 1-10 on the Tree of Life. Colors 11-32 of the King Scale are commonly used to color the paths 11-32 on the same figure. The King and Queen color Scales are partly obtained by color mixing and spectra patterns. I. XVII. Key Emperor Scale Color Scale: (Yetzirah in Assiah): 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 White Brilliance Dark Brown Deep Purple Bright Scarlet Rich Salmon Bright Yellow Green Red-Russet Very Dark Purple Citrine, Olive, Russet & Black, all flecked Gold Blue Emerald Green Gray Cold Pale Blue Early Spring Green XVIII. Empress Scale Color (Assian in Assiah): White, flecked Gold Gray, flecked Pink Deep Azure, flecked Yellow Red, flecked Black Gold Amber Olive, flecked Gold Yellowish Brown, flecked White Citrine, flecked Azure Black rayed with Yellow Emerald, flecked Gold Indigo, rayed Violet Silver, rayed Sky blue Bright Rose, rayed Pale Green Glowing Red

Blue Pearl Gray like Mother of Pearl White, flecked Red, Blue and Yellow

15 Brilliant Flame

16 Deep Warm Olive 17 New Yellow Leather 18 Rich Bright Russet 19 Gray 20 Green Gray 21 23 Rich Purple Deep Olive-Green 24 Very Dark Brown 25 Green 26 Blue Black 27 Venetian Red 28 Bluish Mauve 29 Light Translucent Pinkish Brown 30 31 32 Rich Amber Scarlet, flecked Gold Blue Black 22 Deep Blue-Green

Rich Brown Reddish Gray inclined to Mauve Dark Greenish Brown Reddish Amber Plum Color Bright Blue, rayed Yellow Pale Green White, flecked Purple, like Mother of Pearl Livid Indigo Brown like a Black Beetle. Dark Vivid Blue Cold Dark Gray approaching Black Bright Red, rayed Emerald White, tinged Purple Stone Color Amber, rayed Red Vermilion, flecked Crimson & Emerald Black, rayed Blue Black, flecked Yellow White, Red, Yellow, Blue, Black the latter outside

32bis Dark Brown 31bis The 7 prismatic colors, the Violet being outside

The Emperor Scale is, for the most part, composed by mixing corresponding colors on the King and Queen Scales; e.g. #12. Yellow and Purple = Gray. Both Emperor and Empress Scales are much less commonly used than King and Queen Scales.

There are several ways of expanding 4 into 5: A. Consider four separate things: . These things taken together are one set of four. Thus there are 4 + 1 = 5. Four parts which unite into one whole. In the Tetragrammaton, and additional letter may be added to represent the unity of the other four. When this is done, we have in place of . Accordingly, the letters: " ", " ", " " and " " are said to be "ruled" or vitalized by the letter " ". Because the four original letters represent the elements of fire, water, air and earth, the fifth letter " " is said to represent "spirit", . In this method of going from 4 into 5, the new category, here called spirit, is clearly seen to dominate the others. B. 4 may also go into 5 by simple addition. + ='s five equal categories.

C. 4 may go into 5 by partial unification: = , therefore also involves as a union of the first three elements. This can also be seen as a reduction of 4 into 2: -> . D. 4 may go into 5 by interaction, thus may represent an interaction or equilibration of , either as a concept of parity or of commonality or sequence or some other relation. E. ... etc. This analysis of the process of grouping can be continued with several variations, and various states of being can be predicated on the different modes (Crowley's "formulas" in Magick in theory and Practice are an example of this). Here is an example of such a speculation on the passage of 4 into 5. ---> Jehovah ---> Jeshuah Jeshuah is a Hebrew pronunciation of the name of the Christ of the Christians, "Jesus". The usual spelling of this name in Hebrew is or "Joshua", but is an acceptable unorthodox alternative. Christian "Qabalists" and occultists generally have used this for centuries to "prove" that Christ and the New Testament are the completion or perfection of Jehovah and the Old Testament. Be that as it may, this word " " is the basis for attribution of the elements to the points of the pentagram or five pointed star:

The pentagram is also seen as a representation of Man:

Thus a pentagram with the point uppermost is sometimes taken as a symbol of Godmade-Man, Jehovah-become-Jesus, and Man ruled by Intellect. The pentagram with point upwards therefore signifies much the same as a cross in many old rituals. A pentagram with point downward is often considered an "evil" sign: the elements ruling over spirit or man ruled by sexual energies unguided by the mind. The latter bit of symbolism can easily be understood by drawing a pentagram with point downwards and adding a "stickfigure" of a man. There is no place for the head, but there is plenty of room for the phallus. If the pentagram is upright, the head = mind is represented, but the figure is sexless. If the pentagram is inverted, the figure has sex but is headless = mindless. The union of sexual and mental levels of energy is shown in the hexagram or 6-pointed star.

Introduction to the Gates and Names of Power

In most magical rituals, mysterious names and words play an important part. These are the words and names of power, the Gates of Power. Often these names are familiar, and possess dictionary definitions. Sometimes these names are unknown and barbarous. Even if the formal, grammatical meaning of a word or name is unknown, it is possible to associate a meaning by the special techniques of the Qabalah. It is necessary to obtain a meaning for each word used in a magical ritual, if that ritual is to achieve its purpose. There is an effect to be obtain by speaking meaningless words, but that effect falls far short of the aim of ritual in all but the most simple of intoxicating ritual. The so-called "speaking in tongues" is a babbling of nonsense sounds that has an intoxicating effect on the listeners. Unless some control is present, that intoxication will be wasted or misdirected. "Speaking in tongues" is used all over the world for its dramatic and divinatory qualities. The Ritual Magician seems to "speak in tongues", but he has a specific meaning and intention behind every word he utters --- even behind every sound and motion that he makes in ritual. The intoxicating effect on others may be the same for

magical ritual and for glossolalia, but that intoxication is directed in the former and accidental in the latter. For the Magician, nothing is accidental, especially in ritual. The fully developed Magician is trained to understand that everything that happens about him is a particular communication between himself and the universe. The training of the Magician is largely comprised in the building up of a magical vocabulary, language, and alphabet by which the universe may communicate with him through any of its forms and forces. When the Magician uses this magical communication to inform the universe of his intentions, he is working practical magick and casting spells. When the Magician uses this magical communication to learn from the universe, he is meditating. The many lists of "Magical Correspondences" aid in the building of a magical language, but such correspondences are no more that language than a printed word is the thing it represents. Perhaps the closest approach to an accurate description of a magical language is this: A magical language is a swiftness and an orderliness of thought that relates and transforms any thought or perception to and into any other thought and perception. The possessor of such a "language" is one who sees all things in all things. The first steps in obtain a magical language are commonly taken in learning and using "magical correspondences". The most helpful of these are the correspondences to letters and sounds. Every thought that can be expressed can be stated in words. These words are composed of letters and sounds. By relating letters and sounds together abstractly, any word or thought can be related to any other word or thought. The study of the structure and correspondences of magical words is the study of the Names and Gates of Power. We have seen much of this before, but we will now begin a more detailed study.

Words and Gates of Power: Words Composed of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Letters.

Owing to the existence of extensive lists of correspondences (see "Magical Correspondences" part one and Crowley's 777) to the letters of the Hebrew language, most magical words in use today and in the middle ages are either Hebrew or derived from Hebrew. Many Greek and Coptic magical words are also used, but these are a bit harder to define and to analyze. When an unknown word is to be used, the letters of that word may be transliterated into Hebrew, and the Hebrew correspondences used. Later, when the student has had more experience, the words may be taken and studied without reference to any language save that in which the words are written. Approximate transliterations between Hebrew letters and English are shown below. The order used here is: English letter, Name of Hebrew letter, Hebrew letter, Key number (as used in these notes --- see above), additional Hebrew letters. A: Aleph, , 11; Ayin, , 26. B: Beth, , 12. C: Cheth, , 18; Koph, C, 21. D: Daleth, , 14. E: Yod, , 20; Heh, , 18. F: Vau, , 16; Pe, , 27.

G: Gimmel, , 13. H: Heh, , 15. I: Yod, , 20. J: Yod, , 20. K: Koph, , 21; Cheth, , 18. L: Lamed, , 22. M: Mem, , 23. N: Nun, , 24. O: Ayin, , 26; Vau, , 16. P: Pe, , 27. Q: Qof, , 29. R: Resh, , 30. S: Samekh, , 25; Shin, , 31. T: Teth, , 19; Taw, , 23; Tzaddi, , 28. U: Vau, , 16. V: Vau, , 16. W: Vau, , 16. X; (treat as though it is a "C" or "Z" depending on pronunciation). Y: Yod, , 20. Z: Zayin, , 17; Tzaddi, , 28. Sometimes two English letters are best replaced by one Hebrew letter: CH, Cheth, , 18. TH, Teth, , 19. TZ, Tzaddi, , 28. SH, Shin, , 31. There are no perfect equivalents for the English vowels: A, E, I, O, U. Where "E" appears, the letter may be left out in Hebrew. Where the other vowels appear, the above transliterations may be used or the letter may be left out. For a more detailed list of transliterations from English to Hebrew, see Thelema Lodge Calendar, December 1986 e.v. The simplest and, in some senses, the most powerful of the words of power are the words of ONE LETTER. English is relatively poor in such words, "I" and "A" are about all. Each of the twenty-two Hebrew letters may be used as a separate symbol, and several are used as particles (short words added to other words to change their meanings). The individual letters may be used to good effect in ritual. Some rituals, such as the projection of the Cube of Space and part of the projection of the Tree of Life, may be constructed entirely of spoken letter names. Each of the twenty-two Hebrew letters is associated to one of the Major Tarot cards; and the pictures on the corresponding Tarot cards may, in some applications, be used as images for the letters (see "Magical Correspondences" page 3). Many other correspondences to the letters are also helpful, especially the Astrological. Next come the TWO LETTER words. In Hebrew there are 231 possible two letter "gates". Each of these possesses a particular significance. Many are actual words in the language with dictionary definitions. Some have no dictionary definitions and must be defined by the symbolism of their component letters. Actually, there are 462 different words of two different letters each possible in Hebrew, but it is customary to consider two words composed of the same letters as one "gate". Suffice it to say that there are 231 combinations of two letters each that can be made from the twenty-two letters of the

Hebrew language. These are the "Gates of the Sepher Yetzirah." The most notable examples for our immediate consideration are: Ab, --- Father. Ben, --- Son. Shem, --- Name. Ath, --- Thou (first and last letters). Me, --- Who. Mah, --- What. All 231 have particular power and force. The THREE LETTER words may be thought of as combinations of two letter words with single letters inserted in the center. These three letter words may be studied letter by letter, and they also have the significance that the first letter means "beginning or thesis" the second letter means "middle or antithesis" and the last letter means "synthesis or conclusion". This will be dealt with at greater length later. some important three letter names or words are: Ama, --- "Sterile Mother." IAO, , LVX and others. FOUR LETTER words are referred to the four elements, letter by letter (see "Magical Correspondences" Four-fold name and ff.). FIVE LETTER words are referred to the four elements and spirit (Ibid, "the passage of 4 into 5").

Words and Gates of Power: Example of Analysis for .

1. Words may be looked up in a Dictionary: = "He/She is" or "He/She causes to be". 2. Words may be compared to other words: compared to . --instead of ----instead of --signifies "I am" signifies "He/She is". Therefore is a more direct expression of being than unformed being forming force partly formed being or .

forming force more completely formed being 3. Words may be analyzed letter-by-letter through correspondences: --- using Tarot cards (see Liber 777, columns CLXXV and XIV. See also table of Tarot correspondences, above, in this present text.): --- The Hermit --- The Emperor or The Star --- The Hierophant --- The Emperor or The Star is the secret force (Hermit) entering the organizing of forms (Emperor) to teach the true nature (Hierophant) of the order of creation (Emperor). or, using Crowley's correspondence between and The Star Trump:

is the secret force (Hermit) entering the totality of the creation (Star) to inform (Hierophant) all that exists (Star). --- using Hebrew letter names (777, columns CLXXV and III -- see tables at start of this present text.): --- Hand --- Window --- Nail --- Window is a reaching into true vision to establish a vision of truth. --- using Astrology (777, columns CLXXV and VII -- see tables at start of this present text.): --------is a quiet harmony established through will in power and firmness and perpetuated by will. --- The same thing may be done with color correspondences (Liber 777, columns XV - XVIII and "Color Scales for Four Worlds and Thirty-two Paths" above in this present text.); but reactions to colors tend to be somewhat different for different people. Example:

--- Greenish Yellow --- Scarlet --- Red Orange --- Scarlet is a living mist inflamed into a glowing fire. or: An existence is acted upon to make it more active. --- The shapes of the letters may suggest ideas to the mind: --- a flame or a sperm cell. --- a man united with a woman. --- the erect phallus. --- union results in pregnancy. is like a fruitful sexual union. 4. In some cases, traditional meanings are given to the letters of a particular word in addition to the regular ones found in tables of correspondences. This is the case with . --- Father --- Red --- Atziluth ----- Mother --- Blue --- Briah ----- Son --- Yellow --- Yetzirah ----- Daughter --- Black --- Assiah --Such traditional meanings may summarize the findings of Gematria (the number 52 is informative for , see below), standard correspondences to a fixed number of letters (any words having the same number of letters may be matched to the same set), or the results of a unique meditation. 5. Words may be analyzed by Gematria (See table near top of this text, with number values of the Hebrew letters): --------- = 10 = 5 = 6 = 5 10 + 5 + 6 + 5 = 26 Therefore = 26. Some other words which total to 26 are: = 5 + 7 + 6 + 8 = 26 = seeing, looking at = sight, vision = to hide, conceal = confession = dual ... and many more.

Thus, is the vision of concealed duality. this justifies viewing as composed of "male" and "female" letters. is the word which joins the creator to the created, spirit to matter, man to woman, plan to action and so on. The numbers of the middle column of the Tree of Life add to 26 = 1 + 6 + 9 + 10. This affirms the purpose of the middle pillar of the Tree to be that of , to join two opposites together by the most direct route. The name is associated with the Tree of Life diagram in several other ways. The letter names of may be added up to give another number for this word, (see Liber 777, columns CLXXV and II. See also tables at the top of this text): = Yod = = 20 = Heh = = 10 = Vau = = 12 = Heh = = 10 --TOTAL 52 Other words which total 52 include: ; Father and Mother; Mother; ; in all Things; ; Son. (more examples below) There are yet other ways to spell the letters (such as Heh = of = 10) which give still more numbers. 6. Words may be analyzed by Notariqon: = 6 instead ; Fertile

(This Notariqon uses the last letters of each of these four Hebrew words. If the initial letters are used instead, the resulting Hebrew four letter word signifies "circumcision". Ouch! This double Notariqon is noted by Ginsburg in his The Kabbalah as an argument for the divine ordination of the practice of mutilating babies. Ideas obtained by mystical methods need not always militate toward physical practices! It is perfectly valid to treat this as a metaphor for a mental practice. In Qabalah, that would be interpreting the information on a Yetziratic level instead of an Assiatic one.) 7. More complex methods: All or part of the above techniques may be combined and used with a more elaborate pattern or system. An example of this sort of thing is the study of the "Twelve Banners of ". The name is composed of three different letters, two of which are repeated. It is possible to rearrange the letters of into twelve different orders, or permutations. These may then be associated with other groups of twelve things: the signs of the Zodiac; the Tribes of Israel, the categories of Aristotle, &c. For this example, the Twelve Banners of are linked to the signs of the Zodiac, and the results are examined in the light of one of the "traditional" sets of

correspondences to , that of the elements. The order of the banners or permutations of is important. The method is to start with the usual form of the name and then to get a second form by switching the last two letters about. The third banner is obtained from the second by switching the fourth and second letters. The fourth is obtained from the third by switching the last and first letters. The fifth is obtained from the fourth by switching the last two letters about. The rest are obtained by a repetition of the same series of operations. The twelfth banner automatically is changed by this process into the first, and the whole thing repeats in a regular cycle of such permutations --- this is also the nature of the annual cycle of the twelve signs of the Zodiac. ------- fire on water, air on earth. ------- fire on water, earth on air. ------- fire on air, earth on water. ------- water on air, earth on fire. ------- water on air, fire on earth. ------- water on earth, fire on air. ------- air on earth, fire on water. ------- air on earth, water on fire. ------- air on fire, water on earth. ------- earth on fire, water on air. ------- earth on fire, air on water. ------- earth on water, air on fire. --- Harmony of actives (fire and air) on passives (water and earth). Fire leads --- this is the 1st of the fire signs of the Zodiac. --- Still harmonious in combination, but now the earth is raised above the air --- 1st earth sign. --- The actives isolated from the passives. Air is advanced --- the 1st air sign. --- Actives and passives are mixed, but water leads --- the 1st water sign. --- Again actives and passives are mixed, but this time fire scorches earth -- the 2nd fire sign. --- Actives and passives are isolated. Earth advances in the 2nd

earth sign. --- A harmonious mixture of actives and passives. The reversal of the two pairs of Aries. Air advances in the 2nd air sign. --- Actives and passives are mixed to counterbalance Taurus, but now water is advanced --- 2nd water sign. --- Actives and passives separated. Fire advanced --- 3rd fire sign. --- Earth leads and actives are mixed with passives --- 3rd earth sign. --- Actives and passives mixed, air advances --- 3rd air sign. --- Actives and passives separated, water advanced --- 3rd water sign. Cardinal Quadruplicity: , , & . In each case the Actives and Passives are mixed. The order is the same in each. Only the starting point is different. Fixed Quadruplicity: , , & . In each case the Actives are mixed with the Passives, but the order is different from the Cardinals. -----------------

--Mutable Quadruplicity: , , & In each case the Actives are separated --from the Passives; a different order is --seen in each. --Note that if the banners of be read as vertical columns in each group of Quadruplicities, the name will be spelled out in the first of the four columns (from the right) and the remaining columns will cycle through the letters of in that same order. --The Fire Triplicity: , & . --The elements of Fire ( ), Water ( ) --& Air ( ) cycle, but Earth ( ) does not. The Earth Triplicity: , & . Air ( ) is fixed and the other -----

elements cycle. The Air Triplicity: , & . Water ( ) is fixed and the other elements cycle.

---------

The Water Triplicity: , & . ----Fire ( ) is fixed and the other elements cycle. --For a more extensive discussion of the Banners, see "Notes on Liber 777", O.T.O. Newsletter, Vol. III, No. 9, August 1979 e.v., pp.34-44. The article also presents an analysis of variations in the order of the banners in different sources, including the one in Crowley's 777, and examples of Noteriquon for each of the Banners. Many of the above techniques can be applied with success on names like: --- Eheieh --- Adonai --- Agla --- Jeshuah ... or any of the Hebrew names given in these correspondences. These techniques produce results on any word, but it's easier to start with something having a known connection to occultism. It may seem that the work on has produced many results, but the surface has been merely scratched. Words like , B'rashit (first word of the Old Testament) have been studied in this fashion for several thousand years and new result keep coming. Each new meaning which supports or expands previously known meanings adds confidence to the use of the word and greater force in ritual.

Additional Correspondences: Key Numbers 1-10, 12, 13, 14, 21, 27, 30 & 32.
The tables of correspondences which follow on the next few pages list various names which may be associated with the ten Sephiroth of the Tree of Life. These also correspond to the seven ancient planets and are intended for use in design of rituals for the planets. Such rituals commonly take the form of invocation of a high-level planetary force, such as the "Divine" or "Archangelic" ruler of the planet, and direction of the lower- level planetary forces through evocation. The high-level forces correspond to abstract and mystical qualities (the positive or "good" aspects) associated with the planets. The lower-level planetary forces represent more concrete and more physical qualities associated with the planets (neutral and negative or "amoral" and "evil" aspects).

Additional Correspondences: Key Numbers 11, 23, 31 & 32bis.

Correspondences to the four elements.

Additional Correspondences: Key Numbers 17-22, 24-26, 28 & 29.

Correspondences to the twelve signs of the Zodiac.

Additional Correspondences: Key Numbers 1-10, 12, 13, 14, 21, 27, 30 & 32.
The Divine Names Attributed to the Sephiroth (and Planets):
Key Name in Number: Hebrew: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 or
3 1 2

English Pronunciation: Eheieh Yah Jehovah Elohim El Elohim Gibor Eloah va-Da'at

Approx. English Meaning: I Exist! He/She Exists! He/She exists as the Male & Female Deities! He is Mighty! The Male and Female Gods are Mighty!

Sephira & Planet: Kether Chokmah Binah Chesed Geburah

God (male) & Knowledge Tipheret Netzach Hod Yesod Malkut

Yahweh Tzabaoth He/She is Splendour Elohim Tzabaoth The Male & Female Deities are Splendour! Shaddai El Chai Almighty God Lives Forever!

Adonai Melekh Lord King or or Adonai Ha-Aretz Lord of the Earth

Notes: 1. EXOD. III, 4 2. ISA, XXVI,4 3. Variations:

--- Jehovah Eloah va-Da'at --- He is God and Knowledge

Ginsburg in The Kabbalah, p. 91, has

in place of

The Divine Names represent the Atziluth level, the level of highest abstraction and greatest spirituality. The Names themselves, as spoken words, belong, as do all sounds, to the Assiah level, the level of lowest abstraction and greatest materiality. These Divine Names are to be found in the Old Testament and are allocated to the Sephiroth in the Sepher Ha-Zohar. Thus they form a system at least as old as the 13th century.

The Archangelic Names Attributed to the Sephiroth (and Planets):

Key Name in Number: Hebrew: 1 ( )
(See extended discussion below)
4

English Pronunciation: Metatron

Approx. English Meaning:

Sephira & Planet:

"Beyond the Thrones" Kether

2 3

Ratziel Tzaphqiel

Secret of God.

Chokmah

Contemplation of Binah God or Hidden Voice of God Righteousness of God Chesed Longing of God Healing of God Ship of God Like God Mighty One of God
(see Key 1)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
and

Tzadqiel Kamael Raphael

Geburah Tipheret Netzach Hod Yesod Malkut

Haniel Michael Gabriel Metatron

and

and
Prob. not Heb. orig. If Greek,

Sandalphon
and and

"Twin"

and

Nephesch HaMessiah

Soul of the Redeemer

Notes: 4. See Ginsburg, op cit, p. 109 and Pick, p.25. 5. ='s Jupiter. 6. If spelled , it would signify "Favor of God". Although this is not a valid spelling, it may reflect a literary device or visual punning.

The Archangelic names represent the Briah level, the level of pure mental operation. The Archangels are the "architects" or creation and creative activity. Although all of these names are of great antiquity (most, if not all, antedate Christianity), the particular order of the names varies from source to source. The order of Archangelic names presented above for the planets from Saturn to the Moon is found in Calendarium Naturale Magicum ..., attributed to Tycho Brahe, 1582. Tycho Brahe was the astronomer who provided Kepler with data for his theories of the motions of the planets. Kepler was the most renown astrologer and mathematical astronomer of his day. The work that Kepler began under the direction of Brahe resulted in a theory of planetary motion that was later used by Issac Newton in his theory of gravitation. The same order of Archangelic names may have been known by Peter di Abano in the twelfth century. The names corresponding to Key numbers 1, 2 and 10 are mostly known from the socalled books of Enoch and the Zohar. Many of the other names are found in those sources as well. The detailed notes follow: Metatron --- Exact meaning of the name is unknown. In addition to the meaning given above, others are: "guide" or "Measurer", "one who occupies the throne next to God", and various other names that are pure guesses. This name should be studied extensively by the methods outlined between pages 18 and 25 of these Correspondences. The allocation of the Archangel Metatron to the first and last place is taken directly from the Zohar. Metatron is said to be the one who stands directly before the face of God with no other between. Enoch 3 says that Metatron was incarnated on earth in the body of the prophet Enoch "who walked with God and is no more." Haniel --- many different spellings for this name exist in Hebrew and in other languages. Some say that the name means "the grace of God". Raphael and Michael --- these names are often reversed in their order. They are very commonly used for angels as well as archangels. This has caused a confusion concerning the attributions. The attribution given here is the oldest known to the author of these Correspondences. Sandalphon and Metatron -- these names probably originate from Greek or Latin and were only transliterated into Hebrew. This accounts for some of the confusion about their meanings. These two are often taken to be twin Archangels who guard the throne of God together and who work in the world together. Metatron is sometimes taken as male and Sandalphon Female. At other times they are called brothers.

The Angelic Orders Attributed to the Sephiroth (and Planets)

Key Name in Number: Hebrew: 1 English Pronunciation: Approx. English Meaning: Sephira & Planet:

Chioth Ha Qadesh The Living Holy One Kether or The Holy Living Creatures
7

Auphanim

The Wheels

Chokmah

or The Spinning Ones 3 4 5

8

Aralim Chashmalim Seraphim

The Mighty Ones The Shining Ones The burning Ones or The Exalted Ones The Kings or The Multiplying ones, The Thousands The Deities or "The Ships" The Sons of the Gods The Cherubs
(see comment below)

Binah Chesed Geburah

6 or

Melakim or Shinanim Elohim

Tipheret

7 or 8 9 10
10

Netzach

or Tharshisim Beni Elohim Kerubim Aishim

Hod Yesod Malkut

11

The Fires, or The Flames, or The Foundations, or The Existent Ones

Notes: 7. The Hebrew spelling given here is from Ginsburg, op. cit, p. 90. This name is sometimes spelled . 8. Regardie gives this spelling, as does Ginsburg op cit, p. 90. Kircher in Od. AE gives 9. Regardie and Kircher both give: 10. Ginsburg op cit disagrees on p. 92 with Ishim ( ). 11. Ibid, prefers Cherubim.

The Angelic Orders represent the Yetzirah level of beginning of action and of feelings and moralities. The angels are the workers of creation, the individual forces and actions necessary to produce the world. These names are found in the Old Testament, but not always as names of angelic orders. The notes to this page will be found below the next table.

The Celestial Hierarchies (Angelic Orders) of Pseudo-Dionysius, who is also called Dionysius the Areopagite
Key English General Purpose and Number: Pronunciation: Function: Sephira & Planet:

1 2 3

Seraphim Cherubim Thrones

These burn away all that separates man from God These illuminate the soul and unite it with the Divine Wisdom These raise up the soul and establish it in the service of the Divine These bestow order and justice These bestow grace and valour

Kether Chokmah Binah

4 5 6

Dominions Virtues Powers

Chesed Geburah

These aid the human mind to break Tipheret free of the forces that draw man to earthly thoughts Netzach

Principalities These aid men to turn toward the Divine service and away from the earth. Archangels These teach the soul to enable it to learn about itself and about spiritual things. These minister to man and purify and uplift the things of Nature This is mankind, in possession of the Earth

Hod

9 10

Angels Men

Yesod Malkut

These "Celestial Hierarchies" are the basis for most Christian mysticism concerning beings intermediate between man and "God". This list has been the accepted version of angelology for more than a thousand years in the western Christian churches. Dionysius was thought to be a disciple of St. Paul during the middle ages, although this is no longer believed. The "Celestial Hierarchies" is properly a list of all beings between Man and God, rather than just a list of a certain group of them. Nonetheless, this list is often taken to be the same in meaning as the one given here immediately above this table. Dionysius called all these beings "Angels", including Men. Notes on the Angelic Orders and Their Names: Chioth Ha-Qadesh. These are often identified with the Kerubim of the vision of Ezekiel, Ezekiel I, 1-14: "And I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire flashing up, so that a brightness was round about it; and out of the midst thereof as the color of electrum, out of the midst of the fire. And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and as for the faces and wings of them four, their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they

went everyone straight forward. As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; and they four had also the face of an eagle. Thus were their faces; and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. And they went every one straight forward; wither the spirit was to go, they went; they turned not when they went. As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like coals of fire, burning like the appearance of torches; it flashed up and down among the living creatures; and there was brightness to the fire, and out of the fire went forth lightning. And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lighting." Auphanim. Ezekiel I, 15-19: "Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel at the bottom hard by the living creatures, at the four faces thereof. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the color of a beryl; and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. When they went, they went toward their four sides; they turned not when they went. As for their rings, they were high and they were dreadful; and they four had their rings full of eyes round about. And when the living creatures went, the wheels went hard by them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the bottom, the wheels were lifted up." Aralim. Isiah XXXIII, 7: "Behold their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly." Chashmalim. Also Ezekiel I, 3 and 13. See above. Seraphim. Isaiah VI, 6: "Then flew unto me one of the seraphim, with a glowing stone in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar." Melakim. The word "King" is used in many places in the Bible. Shinanim. Psalm 68 (In Catholic Bibles 67), 10: "The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness. Elohim. A very commonly used name for the creator and his forces in the Bible. Tharshisim. Literally the "ships of Tarshish". Isaiah, II, 16: "And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all delightful imagery." See also Isaiah XXIII, 1. Mathers copies Ginsburg's The Kabbalah with a reference to Daniel X,6 for this angelic order, but all that is found there is a description of an angel. Beni Elohim. Genesis VI, 1-4: "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and the daughters were born unto hem, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose. And the Lord said: 'My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.' The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown." Kerubim or Cherubim. These are often identified with the Chioth Ha Qadesh of Ezekiel, much as Metatron is said to be both the archangel of Kether and of Malkuth. The Kerubim are the guardians of the Ark of the Covenant, and are also the great human headed bulls that have been excavated in archaeological exploration in the Biblical lands. The Kerubim may be the title of the angelic order of Malkuth rather than that of Yesod. This last point is a matter of some confusion.

Aishim. Psalm 104, 4: "Who makest winds Thy messengers, the flaming fire Thy ministers." The name may belong to Yesod (as "The foundations") rather than to Malkuth.

The Spheres of the Planets:

These are listed in one of the first tables, key numbers 1 though 10,. The Spheres of the planets represent the actual material forms and the forces that directly manipulate them in the Assiah level.

Additional Correspondences: Angels Ruling the Planets

Key Name in Numbers: Hebrew: English Approx. English Pronunciation: Meaning: (see comment) (see comment) Spice of God Like God Ship of God Healing of God Planet:

3 & 32 (see comment) Cassiel 4 & 21 (see comment) Sachiel 5 & 27 6 & 30 7 & 14 8 & 12 9 & 13 Samael Michael Anael Raphael Gabriel

Saturn Jupiter Mars Sun Venus Mercury

Mighty One of God Moon

These angelic names are very much subject to dispute. The are found in various spellings in the sixteenth century literature, usually without a clue to the Hebrew spelling. The placement of these angels is probably best left of Assiah, but caution is recommended in their use. The first three are sometimes taken as Demonic names, especially Samael. Although the last four names are much like the names of archangels they should not be considered to be such. This list is probably related to the list of archangels, but it has been used for lower purposes than that earlier list. Where a name is found to be on more than one list, it should not be assumed to be the same entity or concept on both lists. Cassiel. No Hebrew known at this writing. May be , "God sees" or , "God's Throne". An illustration in Barrett's Magus shows a demon riding a dragon corresponding to Saturn and this name. ? Sachiel. No Hebrew known at this writing. May be , "Pure One of God", , "Tabernacle of God", , "Arbor of God" or "Tent of God", , "Thought of God", or , The Pouring Forth of the Seminal Emission of God." Sometimes also spelled "Zachauel." ?

Samael. Possibly the Devil in Hebrew literature, depending on exact Hebrew spelling --see below. As associated with Mars, this name may merely indicate God as wrathful. Other versions are Samuel (closer this this Hebrew version) and Zamael. Michael and Raphael. These are in reverse order from the identical names on the list of Archangels. Lists showing the same reversal for Archangels and Angels are found in 16th century MSS. Anael. Assumed to be the same as Aniel and practically the same as Haniel --- as a name, different significance in the lists.

Additional Correspondences: Intelligences of the Planets.

Key Name in Numbers: Hebrew: 3 & 32 4 & 21 or 5 & 27 6 & 30 7 & 14 8 & 12 9 & 13 Graphiel Nakhiel Hagiel Tiriel Malkah "Might of God" (?) Mars Smiting of God Cutting of God Wall of God Bride, or Queen Sun Venus Mercury Moon English Approx. English Pronunciation: Meaning: Agiel Iopiel Flee from God Beauty of god. Planet:

Saturn Jupiter

These "Intelligences" are somewhat more violent in their natures than the names which have been seen up to this point. They border on the Demonic, but seem to keep mostly to the higher side of that border. The "Spirits" which follow on the next page were held by the Golden Dawn to be just to the lower side of that disturbing border. Neither the Intelligences or the Spirits should be used for serious ritual unless the need is very great and the preparations have been quite carefully made. This point marks the borderline between the higher mind and the subconscious. It is not wise to enter deeply in this area without supervision. The will is easily overthrown at times in this level of work. This is dangerous. Don't work this material into ritual unless you have someone by to watch in case of need. The name "Malkah" is often extended by several additional descriptive words12, but this is unnecessary. This name is also applied to Malkuth in some studies of the Tree of Life, where it is intended to represent a metaphor related to the Tetragrammaton. These names seem to have been known since the 12th century.
Note: 12.

Additional Correspondences: Spirits of the Planets.

Key Name in Numbers: Hebrew: 3 & 32 or 4 & 21 Hismael The Spice of God, or The Likeness of God, or The Poison of God Jupiter English Pronunciation: Zaziel Approx. English Meaning: Destroyer Planet:

Saturn

5 & 27 or 6 & 30 7 & 14

Bartzabel

Solder of God, or Mars Son of God's Army The Banished, or The Turned Away Sun

Sorath Kedemel

The Early God, or Venus The God Before, or The Morning of God Violently Spat Upon, or Violently Spitting Mercury

8 & 12

Taphtartarat

9 & 13
13

Schad Barschemot Ha-Shartatan

Demon Son of the Moon Fame of the Serving Ones

These "Spirits" are quite a bit more than just questionable, as can be seen by their names. The source of these names is probably prior to the 12th century. Their use on talismans is common. It is by no means clear which is lower, Spirits or Intelligences; but both are often used in the same places. Most writers consider the Spirits to be Demonic, even if only the lesser demons. This places these "Spirits" among the less dangerous of the Qliphot, , the "Shells" or demonic waste matter of the Assiah world. There are several seals drawn alphabetically from the names of these "Spirits".
Note: 13. This is all one Hebrew name. Spelling tends to vary, and some sources add , HaSchemodaei, the Chief of the demons in the Talmudic legend of Solomon. This name is often rendered "Asmodaeus" in the West, and as "Iblis" among Islam.

The Demonic Orders Attributed to the Sephiroth (and Planets)

Key Name in English Approx. English Sephira

Numbers: Hebrew: 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 10 or

Pronunciation: Meaning: Thamiel Duality in God

& Planet: Kether

Chaigidel

Confusion of the Power of God Concealment of God

Chokmah

Sathariel

Binah

Gamchicoth

Devourers

Chesed

Golab

Burning Bodies

Geburah

Togaririm(n)

Those Who Bellow Grief and Tears

Tipheret

Harab Serapel Ravens of the Burning of God

Netzach

Samael

The Desolation of God, or The Left Hand Polluted of God Whisperers or Night Spector

Hod

Gamaliel Nehemoth or Lilith

Yesod Malkut

The Hebrew spellings in the above are mostly reconstructions with alternatives. Nonetheless, it is believed that the majority of the above are at least suitable if not perfect. These names are sometimes called the "adverse Sephiroth" instead of the Demonic Orders. A.E. Waite makes this later point in his Holy Kabbalah, page 256. As "adverse Sephiroth", these names would simply refer to the negative or destructive opposites of the regular Sephiroth Kether through Malkuth. As Demonic Orders, these names refer to the Assiah Qliphoth. They are to be treated as lower and more dangerous than the Spirits of the planets. Visualizations of such things would involve "moaning and groaning specters of nature in half-human forms dimly seen", and such doubtful stuff.

Notes on the Demonic Orders (Adverse Sephiroth): Thamiel. Thamiel represents duality whereas Kether represents unity. Thus Thamiel is the division of that which is perfect only in unity. As a demonic order name, the Thamiel were the before their "revolt". signifies, "Perfection of God". These angels sought to become more powerful by adding an Aleph to their name. They then became the , "Duality of God", an order of the lesser demons. In the lowest state of their "fall", they become the , "the Polluted of God". The cortex or outer form of the Thamiel is called Cathariel, , "the Broken" or "Fearful Light of God". Chaigidel. These are the confusion of that great power which, as Chokmah, goes forth at the beginning to give the vital energy of creation to the processes of Binah. The cortex of the Chaigidel is called Ghogiel, , "Those Who Go Forth into the Place Empty of God". Sathariel. Even as Binah is the great revealing one who bestows the structure of the Absolute onto the created, its opposite, the Sathariel, conceal the nature of The Perfect. The cortex or outer form of the Sathariel is called the order of Sheireil, , "The Hairy Ones of God". Gamchicoth. Chesed is the source of bounty both in idea and in substance to the lower forms. Gamchicoth is the order of "Devourers" who seek to waste the substance and thought of creation. The outer form is the order of Azariel, , "The Binding Ones of God". Golab. Geburah is a going forth in power to rule in strength. The order of Golab is composed of those who burn to do destruction --- even on themselves. The outer form is the Usiel, , "The Ruins of God". Togaririm. Tiphereth is the place of great beauty and rejoicing. The Togaririm build ugliness and groan about it. The cortex of the Togaririm is called the Zomiel, , "The Revolt of God". Harab Serapel. Netzach is the openness of natural love. The Harab Serapel are the Ravens of Death who reject even their own. The outer form is Theumiel, , "The Fouled Substance of God". Samael. Hod is the complex working of the will of the Absolute. Samael represents the barren desolation of a fallen and failed creation. The outer form is the Theuniel, , "The filthy Wailing Ones of God". Gamaliel. Yesod is the place of the final forms that become matter in Malkuth. The Gamaliel are the Misshapen and polluted images that produce vile results. The outer form is the order of Ogiel, , "those Who Flee from God". Nehemoth. These are responsible for frightening sounds in strange places. They excite the mind and cause strange desires.

The Arch Devils Attributed to the Sephiroth (and Planets)

Key Name in English Approx. English Sephira

Numbers: Hebrew: 1 2 or 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 9 10 -----

Pronunciation:

Meaning:

& Planet: Kether Chokmah

Satan and Moloch Adversary and King Beelzebub or Adam Belial Lucifuge Astaroth Asmodeus Belphegor Baal or Tubal Cain Adrammelech Lilith Nahema Lord of the Flies or Wicked Man One Who Flees Light One of the Flock The Destroying God Lord of the Dead Lord or Maker of Sharp Weapons Powerful King Night Spector Groaning

Binah Chesed Geburah Tipheret Netzach

Hod Yesod Malkut

The list of demonic orders had some rather unpleasant members, but these are the ultimate of the Assiah Qliphoth. Most of the names here referred to as "Arch Devils" are either names of old gods (Astarte, Baal, Moloch) that were competitors to the Hebrew Jehovah, or they are traditional night demons and monsters from ancient or later Christian legend (Lilith, Nehema, Asmodeus, Satan, Lucifuge, Belphegor). A few (Adrammelech, Tubal Cain, Naamah) are the names of people mentioned in the Old Testament. Satan and Moloch. Two demons are attributed to the adverse Kether to stress the view that the demonic opposite of Kether is duality instead of unity. Satan is the most familiar name for the modern devil, although in the Old Testament this name signifies a sort of "Attorney General" for Jehovah rather than any sort of Christian Devil. Moloch or Malech is the common semitic word for "king". Baal-Moloch is the name used for the high god generally. This last name has come to be associated with the god of the Philistines. Renegade Hebrews are accused in several places in the Old Testament of burning their children alive in sacrifice to Moloch or Melech in a valley near the walls of Jerusalem. Leviticus: XVIII, 21: "And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech (Moloch)..." Leviticus: XX, 2: "Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel: Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones." Beelzebub. Both Satan and Beelzebub are mentioned in the New Testament as great rulers of devils and demons (not the modern Christian concept). One theory states that the name Beelzebub is derived from Siriac words meaning "The Lord of Calumny", but a more probable Siriac derivation is "Bridegroom" or "Lord of the Bride". Adam Belial. The name Belial is often used separately as a demonic name. Lucifuge. This is a Latin name. "Lucifuge" is probably a name made up to replace the name "Lucifer", "Light Bearer". People seemed to be more at home with the idea that the "Devil" flees from light (Lucifuge) rather than with the remembrance that, "before the fall

of the angels," he was the bearer of the light before the throne of God (Lucifer). Of course, "Lucifer" was never a name of a devil until some time after St. Jerome introduced this word as a cantrip and poor translation of one passage of the Latin Vulgate -probably intended to blacken the reputation of Bishop Lucifer, a prelate with whom Jerome had a falling-out. Astaroth. This is the name of the goddess Astarte, the Ishtar of the Babylonians and perhaps also the Isis of the Egyptians. The Hebrews took this name for a word describing idols of female deities, as they also took the word "Baalim" for describing idols of male deities. First Samuel: VII, 3-4: "And Samuel spoke unto all the house of Israel, saying: 'If ye do return unto the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts unto the Lord and serve Him only; and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.' Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only." Since Astaroth and Ishtar are much the same in older religions, it may be of interest to see an incantation of the goddess Ishtar. This particular example comes from clay tablets found in the library of the Assyrian king Ashur-banipal (circa. 650 BC). There is a striking resemblance between this incantation and the Christian prayers to the Virgin Mary. "I pray unto thee, lady of ladies, goddess of goddesses! O Ishtar, queen of all peoples, directress of mankind! O Irnini, thou art raised on high, mistress of the Spirits of heaven; Thou art mighty, thou hast sovereign power, exalted in thy name! Thou art the light of heaven and earth, O valiant daughter of the Moon- god. Ruler of weapons, arbitress of the battle! Framer of all decrees, wearer of the crown of dominion! O lady, majestic is thy rank, over all the gods is it exalted! Thou art the bestower of strength! Thou art strong, O Lady of victory, thou canst violently attain my desire! O Gutira, who art girt with battle, who art clothed with terror, Thou wieldest the scepter and the decision, the control of earth and heaven! Holy chambers, shrines, divine dwellings, and temples worship thee! Where is thy name not heard? Where is thy decree not obeyed? Where are thine images not made? Where are thy temples not founded? Where art thou not great? Where art thou not exalted? Anu, Bel, and Ea have raised thee on high; among the gods have they made great thy dominion; They have exalted thee among all the Spirits of heaven, they have made thy rank pre-eminent. At the thought of thy name the heaven and the earth quake, The gods tremble, the Spirits of the earth falter. Mankind payeth homage unto thy mighty name, For thou art great, and thou art exalted. All mankind, the whole human race, boweth down before thy power. Thou judgest the cause of men with justice and righteousness; Thou lookest with mercy on the violent man, and thou settest right the

unruly every morning. How long wilt thou tarry, O Lady of heaven and earth, shepherdess of those that dwell in human habitations? How long wilt thou tarry, O lady of the holy E-anna, the pure Storehouse? How long wilt thou tarry, O lady, whose feet are unwearied, whose knees have not lost their vigor? How long wilt thou tarry, O Lady of all fights and of the battle? O thou glorious one, that ragest among the Spirits of heaven, that subduest angry gods, That hast power over all princes, that controllest the scepter of kings. That openest the bonds of all handmaids, That art raised on high, that art firmly established --- O valiant Istar, great is thy might! Bright torch of heaven and earth, light of all dwellings, Terrible in the fight, one who can not be opposed, strong in the battle! O whirlwind, that roarest against the foe and cuttest off the mighty! O furious Ishtar, summoner or armies! O goddess of men, O goddess of women, thou whose counsel none may learn! Where thou lookest in pity, the dead man lives again, the sick is healed! The afflicted is saved from his affliction, when he beholdeth thy face! I, thy servant, sorrowful, sighing, and in distress cry unto thee, Look upon me, O my lady, and accept my supplication, Truly pity me, and harken unto my prayer! Cry unto me 'It is enough!' and let thy spirit be appeased! How long shall my body lament, which is full of restlessness and confusion? How long shall my heart be afflicted, which is full of sorrow an sighing? How long shall my omens be grievious in restlessness and confusion? How long shall my house be trouble, which mourneth bitterly? How long shall my spirit be troubled, which aboundeth in sorrow and sighing? O ... Irnini, fierce lioness, may thy heart have rest! Is anger mercy? Then let thy spirit be appeased! May thine eyes rest with favor upon me; With thy glorious regard, truly in mercy look upon me! Put an end to the evil bewitchments of my body; let me behold thy clear light! How long, O my lady, shall mine enemies persecute me? How long shall they devise evil in rebellion and wickedness, And in my pursuits and my pleasures shall they rage against me? How long, O my lady, shall the ravenous demon pursue me? They have caused me continuous affliction, but I have praised thee. The weak have become strong, but I am weak; I am sated like a flood which the evil wind maketh to rage. My heart hath taken wing, and hath flown away like a bird of the heavens; I moan like a dove, night and day. I am made desolate, and I weep bitterly; With grief and woe my spirit is distressed. What have I done, O my god

and my goddess? Is it because I feared not my god or my goddess that trouble hath befallen me? Sickness, disease, ruin, and destruction are come upon me; Troubles, turning away of the countenance, and fullness of anger are my lot, And the indignation and the wrath of all gods and men. I have beheld, O my lady, slaughter, turmoil, and rebellion. Death and misery have made an end of me! My need is grievous, grievous is my humiliation; Over my house, my gate, and my fields is affliction poured forth. As for my god, his face is turned elsewhere; My strength is brought to naught, my power is broken! But unto thee, O my lady, do I give heed, I have kept thee in my mind! Unto thee therefore do I pray, dissolve my ban! Dissolve my sin, my iniquity, my transgression, and my offense! Forgive my transgression, accept my supplication! Secure my deliverance, and let me be loved and carefully tended! Guide my footsteps in the light, that among men I may gloriously seek my way! Say the word, that at thy command my angry god may have mercy, And that my goddess, who is wroth, may turn again! The darkness hath settled down, so let my brazier be bright; Thou art the ruler, let then my torch flame forth! May my scattered strength be collected; May the fold be wide, and may my pen be bolted fast! Receive the abasement of my countenance, give ear unto my prayer, Truly pity me, and accept my supplication! How long, O my lady, wilt thou rage and thy spirit be full of wrath? Incline thy neck, which is turned away from my affairs, and set prosperity before thy face; As by the solving waters of the river may thine anger be dissolved! My mighty foes may I trample like the ground; And those who are wroth with me mayest thou force into submission and crush beneath my feet! Let my prayer and my supplication come unto thee, And let thy great mercy be upon me, That those who behold me in the street may magnify thy name, And that I may glorify thy godhead and thy might before mankind! Ishtar is exalted! Ishtar is queen! Irnini, the valiant daughter of the Moon-god, hath not a rival!" "Prayer of the Raising of the Hand to Ishtar." "This shall thou do ... a green bough shalt thou sprinkle with pure water; four bricks from a ruin shalt thou set in place; a lamb shalt thou take; with sarbatu-wood shalt thou fill the censer, and thou shalt set fire thereto; sweet scented woods, some upuntu-plant and some cypresswood shall thou heap up; a drink-offering shalt thou offer, but thou shalt not bow thyself down. This incantation before the goddess Ishtar three times shalt thou recite, ... and thou shalt not look behind thee.

'O exalted Ishtar, that givest light unto the four quarters of the world!'" The above invocation to Ishtar is from The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, Ed. by Charles F. Horne, Vol. I, pp. 422-427. Asmodeus. this name is half Hebrew and half Latin. Asmodeus is often mentioned in the literature of demonology. The name can also be translated as "The one adorned with fire" and written . Belphegor. The replacement of Tiphereth, the sphere of the vitalizing Sun, with a place holding Belphegor, the lord of dead bodies, is most striking. Baal. A word which means "Lord", much as Adonai means "Lord". The word "Baal" or "Bel" has become restricted in its usage to signify a "Lord of Darkness" while Adonai has come to signify an alternative name to "Jehovah". In biblical times, both the words "Baal" and "Adonai" were often incorporated into people's names. The Old Testament usually uses "Baal" to signify an idol or the god of the Philistines, but the word is also used occasionally where Jehovah or Adonai would seem to be the subject. Tubal Cain. This is a descendent of Cain, according to Genesis, IV, 22: "And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah." According to one legend, Tubal Cain made love to his sister Naamah and the demon Asmodeus resulted from the union. The association of Tubal Cain, the first maker of weapons according to the Old Testament, to the sphere of Mars, the god of war, is a very simple one. Adrammelech. This name is found in Second Kings: XVII, 29-31: "Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim." In the above passages the name Adrammelech is spelled with only one Men: . The name "Ashima" may later have been taken as Asmodeus. Several of the names from this passage were adapted by H.P.Lovecraft as names in his horror stories and fantasies. In Lovecraft's mind, Cuth became "Cthulhu" and the other names became blended with fragments of Egyptian and other Semitic words to give "Yog-Sothoth", "Azathoth" and "Dagon". Dagon is actually mentioned in several places in the Old Testament. Lilith. This is the grand lady of all demons. According to some legends, she was the sexual partner of Adam before the creation of Eve. when Eve came into the world, Lilith was shut up beneath the sea. After Adam and Eve were driven from the garden of Eden, Lilith was released from her imprisonment. She wanders about the world like some sort of vampire, ever trying to destroy the children of her rival, Eve. The demons are sometimes considered to be the children of Lilith. Lilith is said to be the woman who comes to men in their dreams. Samael comes to women as a man in their dreams. The name Lilith is found in the Old Testament, but is usually translated as "night-monster" or "screech owl". Isaiah: XXXIV, 13-14: "And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; And it shall be a habitation of wild-dogs, an enclosure for ostriches. And the wild-cats shall meet with the jackals, and the satyr shall

cry to his fellow; Yea, the night-monster (Lilith) shall repose there and shall find her a place of rest." Nehema. Nehema is traditionally a demon and the sister of Lilith, possibly a remembrance of the Egyptian Nephthys and Isis. It is conceivable that Nehema is the same as Naamah, , the sister of Turbal Cain.

Additional Correspondences: the Olympic Planetary Spirits:

Key Numbers: Name: Symbol: 32 (3) Aratron Planet: Saturn

21 (4)

Betor

Jupiter

27 (5)

Phalec or Phaleg Och

Mars

30 (6)

Sun

14 (7)

Hagit

Venus

12 (8)

Ophiel

Mercury

13 (9)

Phul

Moon

This last set of correspondences to the seven planets and the Sephiroth is a bit of a mystery. The Names given here are in an unknown language (perhaps Greek?) and the symbols or seals that accompany the names are equally strange. E.A.W.Budge, in his Amulets and Talismans, page 391, says that these characters represent the positions of the planets in the Zodiac. It is not obvious how this works. These Olympic Planetary Spirits may be considered the counterparts of the "Spirits of the Planets", but there is much reason to suspect that they represent something else. The

Olympic Spirits are found on the same manuscripts with the bulk of the correspondences already taken up for the planets and Sephiroth. The Olympic Spirits seem to have been known before the 12th CENTURY. The section of seven and ten-fold correspondences of names and hierarchies will conclude with a 3,000 year-old selection from the clay tablets of Ashr-banipal's library. This is also taken from The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East; pages 230 to 232. "The Seven Evil Spirits" (translated by R.C.Thompson.) "Raging storms, evil gods are they Ruthless demons, who in heaven's vault were created, are they, Workers of evil are they, They lift up the head to evil, every day to evil Destruction to work. Of these seven the first is the South wind ... The second is a dragon, whose mouth is opened ... That none can measure. The third is a grim leopard, which carries off the young ... The fourth is a terrible Shibbu ... The fifth is a furious Wolf, who knoweth not to flee, The sixth is a rampant ... which marches against god and king. The seventh is a storm, an evil wind, which takes vengeance, Seven are they, messengers to King Anu are they, From city to city darkness work they, A hurricane, which mightily hunts in the heaven, are they, Gusts of wind rising, which cast gloom over the bright day, are they, With the Imkhullu, the evil wind, forcing their way, are they, The overflowing of Adad, mighty destroyers, are they, At the right of Adad stalking, are they, In the height of heaven, like lightning, are they, To wreak destruction forward go they, In the broad heaven, the home of Anu, the King, evilly do they arise, and none to oppose. When Enlil heard these tidings, a plan in his heart he pondered, With Ea, exalted Massu of the gods, he took counsel. Sin, Shamash, and Ishtar, whom he had set to order the vault of heaven, With Anu he divided the lordship of the whole heaven, To these three gods, his offspring, Day and night, without ceasing, he ordained to stand, When the seven evil gods stormed the vault of heaven, Before the gleaming Sin, they set themselves angrily, The mighty Shamash, Adad the warrior, they brought on their side, Ishtar, with Anu the King, moved into a shining dwelling, exercising dominion over the heavens, (nearly ten lines lost at this point)

Day and night he was dark, in the dwelling of his dominion he sat not down. The evil gods, the messengers of Anu, the King, are they, Raising their evil heads, in the night shaking themselves, are they, Evil searching out, are they, From the heaven, like a wind, over the land rush they, Enlil saw the darkening of the hero Sin in heaven, The lord spoke to his minister Nusku, 'O my minister Nusku, my message unto the ocean bring, The tidings of my son Sin, who in heaven has been sadly darkened, Unto Ea, in the ocean, announce it. Nusku exalted the word of his lord, To Ea, in the ocean, he went quickly, To the prince, the exalted Massu, the Lord Nudimmud. Nusku, the word of his lord there announced, Ea in the ocean heard that word, He bit his lip and filled his mouth with wailing; Ea called his son Marduk, and gave him the message: 'Go, my son Marduk, Son of a prince, the gleaming Sin has been sadly darkened in heaven, His darkening is seen in the heavens, The seven evil gods, death-dealing, fearless are they, The seven evil gods, like a flood, rush on, the land they fall upon, do they, Against the land, like a storm, they rise, do they, Before the gleaming Sin, they set themselves angrily; The mighty Shamash, Adad the warrior, they brought on their side.'" (the rest is lost) Adad............The god of Storm. Anu.............The god of Heaven. Enlil...........A god of Storm. Sin.............The god of the Moon. Shamash.........The god of the Sun (also the Hebrew word for "Sun") Ishtar..........Goddess of Love, Fruitfulness and War. Ea..............The God of the gods. Marduk..........The savior god.

Additional Correspondences: Key Numbers 11, 23, 31 & 32bis.

This selection of magical names attributed to the four elements will be kept brief. There are almost as many systems of attribution for the elements as there are texts on Ritual Magick. This greatly complicates the study of the elemental words of power. In addition, the four elements are often attributed to the four directions of North, South, East and

West. Some systems of ritual are based more on direction over the surface of the Earth and the qualities of the prevailing winds than on Astrological and Alchemical theory. Others include a nearly equal mixture of directional and elemental symbolism. In the material which follows care has been taken to select a set of correspondences which fits easily with what has been introduced before. The bulk of these correspondences are to be found in Crowley's 777, Regardie's Golden Dawn and similar works of the Golden Dawn tradition. Those who wish to obtain an idea of the thinking of the Greeks on the subject of the four elements are advised to consult Plato's Timaeus (5th century B.C.). all matter was systematically grouped into categories of the four elements and their mixtures until the advent of modern chemistry. The four elements are still retained in modern physical science as categories for conditions of matter if not for types of fundamental chemical substances. Earth is now called "Solid". Water is now "Liquid". Air is now "Gas". Fire is now called "Plasma", ionized gas. In the medicine of medieval Europe, there were four fluids or "Humors" held to exist in the human body. These humors produced good health when in proper balance and various physical and mental disorders when out of proportion. Practices like blood letting were introduced to remove excesses of certain elemental humors and to restore health through restoration of proper proportion. Only 170 years ago these practices were considered standard in European medicine. They are still common in some parts of the world. The humors are: Yellow Bile = Fiery, Blood = Airy, Phlegm = Watery and Black Bile = Earthly. A very scholarly book on the subject of the elemental humors and elemental psychological categorization is Saturn and Melancholy by Klibansky, Saxl and Panofsky. The material below continues the study of the Elemental correspondences started above.

Additional Correspondences: Key Numbers 11, 23, 31 & 32bis.

The Letters of Tetragrammaton Attributed to the Elements:
Key Hebrew Letter Element: Symbol for Number: Letter: Name: Element: 31 23 11 32bis Yod Heh Vau Heh Fire Water Air Earth

Some Divine Names Attributed to the Elements (from the last four Sephiroth)

Key Name in Numbers: Hebrew: 31 (7) 23 (8) 11 (9) 32bis (10) or

English Pronunciation:

Aprox. English Meaning:

Element:

Yahweh Tzabaoth He/She is Splendour

Fire

Elohim Tzabaoth The Male & Female Water Deities are Splendour! Shaddai El Chai Almighty God Lives Forever! Air Earth

Adonai Melekh Lord King or or Adonai Ha-Aretz Lord of the Earth

The other Sephiroth have elemental associations also, but the last four are traditionally used to supply names for the material elements on the Divine Level. This means that the names on pages 26 through 40 for Key numbers 7 through 10 can more-or-less be used for the elements. This is not the most satisfactory method in all cases. Other sets of names are more often used. Elemental correspondences of the other Sephiroth (Golden Dawn theory): Kether---Fire; Chokmah---Fire; Binah---Water, Chesed---outwardly Water but inwardly Fire, Geburah---outwardly Fire but inwardly Water, and Tiphereth--- Air. These are to the Sephiroth and not the the planets. This is one of the many points where the correspondences between different sets of things breaks down. Thus, the Moon is of a watery nature; but the Sephira of the Moon, Yesod, is Airy.

Divine Names Attributed to the Elements

Key Name in English English Number: Hebrew: Pronunciation: Meaning:
(from the Lesser Pentagram Ritual)

Element:

32 23 11 32bis

Adonai Eheieh Jehovah Agla

Lord I am He/She is Thou art Mighty Forever O'h Lord I am Thou art Mighty Forever O'h Lord

Fire Water Air Earth

(from the Greater Pentagram Ritual)

31bis 31bis 31

Eheieh Agla Elohim

Spirit Spirit

Gods (male & female) Fire

23 11 32bis

El Jehovah Adonai

God (male) is Mighty Water He/She is Lord Air Earth

One reason for this variation in association of Divine names with elements stems from the Divine names being assigned to the Atzilut level. As such, these names are above the material elements and may manifest through each element differently in different situations. Other associations are more rigid.

Archangelic Names Attributed to the Elements:

Key Hebrew Number: Name: 31 23 11 32bis English English Pronunciation: Meaning: Michael Gabriel Raphael Uriel Like God Healing of God Light of God Element:

Fire Air Earth

Mighty One of God Water

These belong to the Briah level of mental operation.

Angels Ruling the Elements

(According to the Rabbinical literature) Key Hebrew Number: Name: 31 23 or 11 32bis Ariel Kerub Roarer of God Air Cherub Earth English English Pronunciation: Meaning: Saraph Tharsis Burning One Ship Element:

Fire Water

Angels of the Elements

(Found on talismans described in the Greater Key of Solomon, Mathers edition)

Key Hebrew Number: Name: 31 23 11 32bis

English English Pronunciation: Meaning: Aral Taliahad Chassan Phorlakh Fire of God Ornament

Element:

Fire Air

Joyful Bleat of a Lamb Water One Who is Sent to Dig Earth

There are very many angelic names associated with the four elements. The two above sets of names belong to the Yetziratic World.

Hebrew Names of the Elements:

(Alternate names also exist) Key Hebrew English Element: Number: Name: Pronunciation: 31 23 11 32bis Asch Mem Ruach Aretz Fire Water Air Earth

These constitute the level of Assiah in pure form.

Elemental Spirits and Their KINGS:

Key Type of Elemental Corresponding Element: Number: Spirit: King of Spirits: 31 23 11 32bis Salamanders Undines Sylphs Gnomes Djin Nichsa Paralda Ghob Fire Water Air Earth

This table of elementals lists the popular western names for categories of creatures according to the elements. There is a sense in which dogs, cows, deer, etc. are Gnomes; birds and butterflies are Sylphs; Fish and dolphins are Undines and dancing flames are Salamanders. These terms are usually reserved for the little spirits of folklore: fairies,

elves, kelpies, leperchons and the like. Such things occupy a position similar to the Spirits of the Planets, but somewhat more positive and more complex.

The Elemental Demon Kings:

(Named for the directions. Many variations) Key Name: Number: 31 23 11 32bis Paimon Ariton Oriens Element: Direction:

Fire Water Air

South West East North

Amaimon Earth

In this list of Demon Kings, direction is more important than elemental association. If a different set of elemental-directional correspondences is used, these names remain with the directions noted above and the elemental correspondences change.

Elemental Princes of Devils:

(According to Francis Barrett in The Magus) Key Hebrew English English Number: Name: Pronunciation: Meaning: 31 23 11 32bis Samael Azael Azazel Mahazael Poison of God Might of God Vision of God Element:

Fire Water Earth

The Scape-goat Air

These names are not by any means trustworthy. Barrett has a probable misspelling of the last, and Chet ( ) has here been substituted for Heh ( ) in Barrett's version.

Additional Correspondences: Key Numbers 15-22, 24-26. 28 & 29.

The systems of correspondences to the signs and other divisions of the Zodiac present a complex problem. Unlike the systems based on the planets and elements, systems based

on the Zodiac have no discrete natural character. The planets and elements are separate things, at least in principle. This means that separate names can be assigned with no confusion as to where the influence of one starts and another stops. The Signs of the Zodiac are not separate, but run directly into each other. Even the exact positions occupied by the signs in the sky is not universally agreed upon. Some say that they are all of equal extent, others give differing sizes. The starting point is different for the Zodiac in Indian Astrology from the starting point in European Astrology. The Zodiac of Astronomers differs in position by about 30 from that of most Astrologers in the West. Finally, the Zodiac is capable of being divided up into different size sections: the decans, quinances, degrees and irregular divisions dating from the Roman era and beyond. Each section can be said to have a planetary ruler. Sections inside larger divisions may or may not be ruled or dominated by the ruler of the larger division. All this has given rise to a considerable variation in the methods whereby the powers of the Zodiac are handled. In the treatment which follows, the twelve signs of the Zodiac are considered to be each of thirty degrees extent. Divine, Archangelic, Angelic and simple constellation names will be assigned to each of the signs. These are taken from traditional lists. The Decans, or division of ten degrees, are considered to be under the rulership of the Divine, Archangelic and Angelic names of the larger thirty degree constellation division. The Decan ruling Angels are also from traditional sources. There are very old sets of "magical images" available for each decan and degree. The five-degree divisions (Quinances) are considered to be under the rulership of the including Decans. Angelic names are assigned to the Quinances from the Shemhamphorash as constructed from three verses in Exodus. There have been several systems of assignment of names to the 360 degrees and to other divisions, but these are less commonly used in the West and are not consistent in assignment in the several different sets. This process of assigning names of spirits to the many different divisions of the Zodiac is much more fully developed in India than in Europe, but there are extant lists in Grimories.

The Divine Names Attributed to the Signs of the Zodiac.

These are the twelve banners of the name Jehovah. See the table and discussion above in these Magical Correspondences. All twelve of these names are said to be various forms of the obsolete Hebrew verb "to be". Pronunciation is not certainly known, but here is a rough approximation: Aries(15)---Jehovah; Taurus(16)---Jehho; Gemini(17)---Joheh; Cancer(18)--- Hohie; Leo(19)---Hojeh; Virgo(20)---Hehieo; Libra(22)---Ohjeh; Scorpio(24)---Ohhie; Sagittarius(25)---Oieheh; Capricorn(26)---Hieho; Aquarius(28)--Hieoh; Pisces(29)---Hehoi.

Archangelic Names Attributed to the Signs of the Zodiac:

Key Name in English Approx. English Sign and

Number: Hebrew: 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 25 26 28 29

Pronunciation: Meaning: Melchidael Asmodel Ambriel Muriel Verchiel Hamaliel Zuriel Barbiel Adonachiel Hanael Gabirel Barchiel King of the Hand of God Hawk of the Storehouse Mother of the Corn of God Water and Rain of God Very Gentle One of God Abundance of God The Binding up of God Son of God's Prospering Lord of the Mark of God Indication of God's Presence Might of God Son of the Living God

Month: Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio March April May June July August September October

Sagittarius November Capricorn December Aquarius Pisces January February

This list of "Archangelic" names is more often referred to as a list of the "Angels that rule the months". The list is found in the writings of the natural magicians of the sixteenth century. The names are slightly different on different lists. In a few cases, names from this list have been classified in lists of the fallen angels. This may arise from errors in Hebrew spelling or it may be an accurate association. In any event, these names seem innocent enough if taken as rulerships of the Signs and the Months starting the Signs. The association of these names to the months seems to be stronger than to the Signs. Most of the names seem to be descriptive of agricultural and meteorological cycles during the year. Some names seem to refer more to the nature of the corresponding sign, but the Signs in their turn have agricultural relevance. It may be theorized that these names are intended to describe agricultural conditions and activity proper to the Months. Some seem to fit the seasons better than others. This may provide a clue to the geographical place where these names were first used. Different parts of the world exhibit different growing seasons.

Angelic Names Corresponding to the Signs of the Zodiac:

Key Name in Number: Hebrew: English Approx. English Pronunciation: Meaning: Sign:

15 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 25 26 28 29

Saraiel Aratziel Saraiel Pachel Saratiel Selethiel Chedeqiel Sayziel Saryetiel Samqiel Tzakmeqiel Vakabiel

Ruling of God Firmness of God Sullen of God Flask of God Cutting of God Boon of God Thorn of God Going Forth of the Measure of God Extending of the Rebelion of God Vomiting Forth of the Poison of God Brightness and Foulness of God Increase of the Concealment of God

Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces

This list of "Angelic" names is found in the writings of Aleister Crowley and Israel Regardie. The names translate into meanings that are more suggestive of Demonic names than of Angelic names. This list is probably drawn from a much older source; but, at this writing, information is lacking. The negative quality of many of these names may reflect the limiting effects of the Signs rather than anything more serious. This list may be used, but only with caution. These names should not be used for invocation unless the user is very confident of their basic nature. Use in evocation is not as serious a problem so long as the Divine and Archangelic names are worked first.

Hebrew Names for the Signs:

These are listed above

The Angelic Names Corresponding to the Decans of the Zodiac:

Key Name in No.: Hebrew: 15 15 15 16 16 English Pronunciation: Zazer Bahhemei Satander Kadmedie Manachraie Aproximate English Meaning Sign and of Hebrew: Decan: Extending Border Silent Sound Radiance in Adversity Half-filled Container Bestowal of Vision 0-10 10-20 20-30 0-10 10-20

16 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 19 20 20 20 22 22 22 24 24 24 25 25 25 26 26 26 28

Yaksagnotz Siegrash Shahadnie Betor Mitraos Rahadea Elinakier Laosanhar Zachaay Sachieber Annaorah Reayahyah Mispar Tarsani Saharnaz Shehdar Kamotz Hiendohar Natarvadaiel Masharat Vahrin Abuha Masnin Yasisyah Ysgadibarodiel Sasfem

Rapid Suppression by Authority Baseness and Poverty Confirmed Suffering In a State of Seeking The Dead See the Sun and Are Strong Tremble with Knowledge God is Known Desire the Thorn of the Mountain Remove the Ruinous Vile is Purified Breath Trembles with Desire God Beholds God
(Possibly figurative for "Countenance Beholds Countenance")

20-30 0-10 10-20 20-30 0-10 10-20 20-30 0-10 10-20 20-30 0-10 10-20 20-30 0-10 10-20 20-30 0-10 10-20 20-30 0-10 10-20 20-30 0-10 10-20 20-30 0-10

Number Fresh Thorn Tower of the Hawk Goat of the Age Much Oppression Weak Child of the Mountain Tremble and be Filled with God Divided Sign God Overcomes Father of Interjection Tribute of Posterity God's Swallow
(or twittering sound)

Adore the Chosen and Sufficient of God Mouth of a Moth

(prob.fig. for "The Mouth Trembles")

28 28 29 29 29

Abadron Geradiael Biehalmi Auron Satrip

Forsake Victory Strangeness and of God Flow Rapidly Light Overcomes Giants Roam

10-20 20-30 0-10 10-20 20-30

These "Angelic" names are said to rule the decans of the Zodiac. The list is given in Crowley's 777 and in Regardie's Golden Dawn. Some of the names are spelled differently in Hebrew on different lists. The translations offered above bear slight but occasional resemblance to the general meanings that have been attached to the Decans in Astrology, but it is probable that this list of names is actually derived from some incantation or other Hebrew text. The progress and connectivity in this list is strongly suggestive of a passage of mystical literature cut up into names. For more information on the Decans, their planetary rulers and images, see Crowley's 777. In using these names, the names of the including signs of the Zodiac should be evoked first. Also, the names of the planetary rulers may be used with these names. The planetary rulers of the signs are well known. The planetary rulers of the decans, in the form derived by the Order of the Golden Dawn from Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, are cycled in the order: Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury and Moon, starting with the first decan of Leo and going in regular cycle through the rest of the decans. There is one exception to this regularity. Mars rules the last decan of Pisces and also the first decan of Aries. All this is listed in Crowley's 777 in the section detailing the meanings of the minor cards of the Tarot. Regardie lists this as well, but with some typographical errors. Also, for those who can read German, see: Dekane und Dekansternbilder, by Wilhelm Gundel, 1936 e.v. and Verzeichnis astrologischer und Mythologischer illustrierter Handschriften des lateinischen Mittelalters in Rmishen Bibliotheken, by Fritz Saxl, 1915 & 1927.

The Angelic Names Corresponding to the Quinances of the Zodiac:

Key Name in No.: Hebrew: 15 49 15 50 15 51 15 52 15 53 15 54 English Pronun.: Vahoael Daniel Amamyah Nanael Niathel Latin Key Word: Maximus Clemens Altissimus Verus Regnator English Meaning of Hebrew (Questionable value): Many interjections of Grief Made to God Judgment of God Join with God Pray to God Wail at the Portent of God Sign and Quinance: 0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30

Hacheshyah Laetabundus Silence of God

16 55 16 56 16 57 16 58 16 59 16 60 17 61 17 62 17 63 17 64 17 65 17 66 18 67 18 68 18 69 18 70 18 71 18 72 19 1 19 2 19 3 19 4 19 5 19 6 20 7 20 8 20 9 20 10 20 11 20 12 22 13 22 14 -

Meboahyah Aternum Poiel Yeielel Harachel Matzarel Vambel Yahhael Eaniel Mahiel Dambyah Menqel Aniael Raahel Yabmyah Hyaiel Momyah Vahavyah Yaliel Saitel Alamyah Mashyah Lalahel Akayah Kahtiel Haziel Haladyah Lavyah Haaoyah Yzalel Mabhel Erector Animus Oriens Justus Benedictus Amabilis Laudabilis Mercator Assistens Dator Praemium Deus Multus Requies Exaltator Auxiliator Spes Salus Quaestus Namamyah Protector

Havens (Harbors) of God Mouth of God From God Howl to God The Crushing of God Distress from God Repeated Entrance of God God is the God The Sufferers of God (The What and Who of God) Libation Bowl of God Remove the Woe of God Hide Within God Vision of God Wedded to God (God and Man Exist) Blemish of God Cry unto God Who is God (Thankful of God's Presence) Roaming of God Vigor of God Pledge of God

0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25

Deprecabilis (Flowing Blood of God)

Chabaoyah Bonus

Annunciatus That Which is Not is Not of God 25-30 Longanimis Adorandus ... Opportunus Decantatus Sublevator Weary of God Weariness of Signs of God Yonder is the Strife of God Wood of God Deliverance of God Emptiness of Things Before God 0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 0- 5 5-10

Recordabilis Seeing of God Exultabundus Desireless Nature of God

22 15 22 16 22 17 22 18 24 19 24 20 24 21 24 22 24 23 24 24 25 25 25 26 25 27 25 28 25 29 25 30 26 31 26 32 26 33 26 34 26 35 26 36 28 37 28 38 28 39 28 40 28 41 28 42 29 43 29 44 29 45 -

Hariel Lavyah Keliel Loyah Pehalyah Nalekel Yeyayel Molahel Chohvyal Natahyah Haayah Yarahel Shaahyah Riel Aumel Lakbel Vasharyah Yahoyah Lachyah Koqyah Menkel Anael Chamyah Rah'el Yeyazel Hahehel Michael Vaolyah Yalahyah Salyah

Ens Dominator Justitia Exauditor Ervens Fortis Dexter Custos Expetendus Mirabilis Invacandus Salvator Festinus Sanator

The Mountains of God The Standing Corn of God Absence of Desire Before God Vessel for God Desire of God Shining Mouth of God Unto Thee, God (Three-fold Power of God) Command of God Breathe the Woe of God The Cutting of God Behold God Archery of God Contemplate God Rain of God

10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 0- 5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 0- 5 5-10 10-15

Haqamyah Advocatus

Adolescentia (Hum) of God Solus Rector Expectatio Deprecatio Gloria Facies Refugium Advitor Propulsator Liberator Custos Matutinus Doctor Compatiens Journey in God's Circuit Many Masters of God Freshness of God Explode Forth in God Cease Strife Before God Ship of God (In the Midst of God) Friend of God God Causes a Start (Three-fold Plan of God) Like God Attached to Nothingness in God Howl at Nothingness in God Measure Out the Law of God

Cogitabundus God and God

29 46 29 47 29 48 -

Eriel Ashalyah Mihael

Operator Magnificus Revalator

Watchfulness of God Labor on Errors in God (The Who & What of God)

15-20 20-25 25-30

(Latin Key Words taken from The Kabbalah by Ginsburg, p. 136. A list of these Key Words is also found in Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus, along with some rather shaky Noteriquon.) The preceding 72 angelic names are a great and ancient mystery of Ceremonial Magick and the Qabalah. They constitute the "Schemahamphorasch", the great divided name of God. This is a different matter in several ways from all the other names that have been presented in these Correspondences. The 72 names are derived from three consecutive verses in the Hebrew text of Exodus. These verses consists of exactly 72 letters each. The first of these verses, Exodus XIV, 19, is written right to left in the normal fashion of writing Hebrew. The second of these verses, Exodus XIV, 20, is then written beneath the first backwards, from left to right. Beneath these two is written the third verse, Exodus XIV, 21, in the normal order again, from right to left. This gives a list of 72 columns of letters with three letters in each column. To each of these three letter columns is added two additional letters. These additional letters are Aleph-Lamed, , or Yod-Heh, ; El or Yah, two names of God. This gives the 72 names that are used to form the list on the preceding pages. There are other ways to form the Schemahamphorasch and there are other lists of names that are drawn upon for this practice. This method is mentioned in several sources including Semiphoras and Schemhamporas, a 17th century work reprinted and available widely in a quite odd anthology called The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses. These names are also to be found in Barrett's The Magus, I. Regardie's The Golden Dawn, Crowley's Liber 777, and Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus. Lists of these names usually contain errors of one sort or another. This is often intentional. I have made no intentional error her, but it is a simple matter for anyone to check these names with the aid of a copy of the Masoretic Text of the Torah. The process whereby the names "El" and "Yah" are selected to complete these names is not generally known. It is possible that "EL" is used to indicate Male and "Yah" to indicate Female bias in the names, but there are other plausible reasons for picking one ending over the other. The names are attributed to the five-degree divisions of the Zodiac starting with the first division of Leo and continuing around the Zodiac in much the same fashion as do the Decans. In a few cases, there are rather startling correspondences between the names of the Quinances and the names assigned to the including Decans. This raises a question about the origin of the names of the Decan Angels. Clearly the names of the 72 Quinances are a random seeming sort of thing. That the names of the 36 Decans should have any relationship to these Quinance names is remarkable.

Demons Corresponding to the Quinances of the Zodiac:

Crowley, in his 777 makes an assignment of the 72 Demons of the Goetia to the Quinances, taken from the Lemegaton or Lesser Key of Solomon. These names may be considered to constitute a sort of adverse Schemahamphorasch, but they are greatly corrupted. The Goetic names are often spelled in widely differing ways. Some of them are clearly Hebrew words that have been transliterated into European languages. Others are of unknown origin. The Hebrew spelling that was attributed to them by Dr.Rudd is patently inaccurate.