Magick in Theory and Practice (Section 1)

The undulatory formula of putréfaction is represented in the Qabalah by the letter N, which refers to Scorpio, whose triune nature combines the Eagle, Snake and Scorpion. These hiero- glyphs themselves indicate the spiritual formulæ of incarnation. He was also anxious to use the letter G, another triune formula expressive of the aspects of the moon, which further déclarés the nature of human existence in the following manner. The moon is in itself a dark orb; but an appearance of light is communicatec! to it by the surij and it is exactly in this way that successive incarnations create the appearance, just as the individual star, which every man is, remains itself, irrespective of whether earth perceives it or not. Now it so happens that the root GN signifies both knowledge and génération combined in a single idea, in an absolute form independent of personality. The G is a silent letter, as in oür word Gnosisj and the sound GN is nasal, suggesting therefore the breath of life as opposed to that of speech. Impelled by these considérations, the Master Therion proposed to replace the M of AUM by a compound letter MGN, symbolizing thereby jthe subtle transformation of the apparent silence and death which terminâtes the manifested life of Vau by a continuous vibration of an impersonal energy of the nature of génération and knowledge, the Virgin Moon and the Serpent furthermore operating to include in the idea a commémoration of the legend so grossly deformed in the Hebrew legend of the Garden of Eden, and its even more malignantly debased falsification in that bitterly sectarian broadside, the Apocalypse. Sound work invariably vindicates itself by furnishing confirmatory corollaries not contemplâted by the Qabalist. In the présent instance, the Master Therion was delighted to remark that his compound letter MGN, constructed on theoretical principles with the idea of incorporating the new knowledge of the Aeon, had the value of 93 (M = 40, G = 3, N = 50). 93 is the number of the word of the Law — T helema — Will, and of Agapé -— Love, which indicates the nature of Will. It is further¬ more the number of the Word which overcomes death, as members of the degree of M.M. of the O.T.O. are well awarej and it is also that of the complété formula of existence as expressed in the 48