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Abrahadabra is a word that first appears in The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. Its scribe, Aleister Crowley, described it as the "the Word of the Aeon, which signifieth The Great Work accomplished." ^[1] This is in reference to his belief that the writing of Liber Legis heralded a new Aeon for mankind that was ruled by the god Ra-Hoor-Khuit (a form of Horus). Abrahadabra is, therefore, the "magical formula" of this new age. It is not to be confused with the Word of the Law of the Aeon, which is Thelema, meaning Will. Image File history File links Unicursal_tiny. ... The Book of the Law (ISBN 0877283346), also known as Liber AL vel Legis, is the text central to a philosophical / magical / religious practice called Thelema, written by Aleister Crowley. ... Thelema is the English transliteration of the Ancient Greek noun : will, from the verb θέλω: to will, wish, purpose. ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced // i. ... Within the system of Thelema, history is taken and broken down into a series of Aeons, each with its own dominant concept of divinity and its own formula of redemption and advancement. ... The philosophers stone, a longtime Holy Grail of Western alchemy, is a mythical substance that supposedly could turn inexpensive metals into gold and/or create an elixir that would make humans immortal. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Horus is an ancient god of the Ancient Egyptian religion, whose cult survived so long that he evolved dramatically over time and gained many names. ... A magical formula is generally a word whose meaning illustrates principles and degrees of understanding that are often difficult to relay using other forms of speech or writing. ... The phrase True Will does not appear in the Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. ...

Description

Crowley explains in his essay Gematria that he discovered this spelling of the word by qabalistic methods. He appears to say that this happened before his January 1901 meeting with Oscar Eckenstein, one of his teachers. (At this meeting, Eckenstein ordered him to put aside magick for the moment and practice meditation or concentration. In Gematria, Crowley refers to someone ordering him to "abandon the study of magic and the Qabalah".) The Word Abrahadabra appears repeatedly in the 1904 invocation of Horus that preceded the writing of Liber Legis and led to the founding of Thelema. ^[2] It also appears in a 1901 diary that Crowley published in The Equinox. The tree of life Kabbalah (קבלה Reception, Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah) is a religious philosophical system claiming an insight into divine nature. ... Oscar Eckenstein (9th September 1859 - 1921) was an Anglo-German rock-climber and mountaineer. ... Year 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Equinox was a large bi-annual periodical published by Aleister Crowley that served as the official organ of the A∴A∴ and later the O.T.O. It was subtitled The Review of Scientific Illuminism. ...

The essay Gematria gives Hindu, Christian, and "Unsectarian" versions of the problem that Crowley intended this magick word to answer. He also gives a qabalistic equivalent for each phrasing, and a brief symbolic answer for each. The unsectarian version reads, "I am the finite square; I wish to be one with the infinite circle." Its equivalent refers to "the Cross of Extension" and "the infinite Rose." Crowley's numerological explanation of ABRAHADABRA focuses mainly on this last formulation and the answer to it.

Abrahadabra is also referred to as the Word of Double Power. More specifically, it represents the uniting of the Microcosm with the Macrocosm—represented by the pentagram and the hexagram, the rose and the cross, the circle and the square, the 5 and the 6, etc.—also called the attainment of the Knowledge and Conversation of one's Holy Guardian Angel. In Commentaries (1996), Crowley says that the word is a symbol of the “establishment of the pillar or phallus of the Macrocosm...in the void of the Microcosm.” A pentagram A pentagram (sometimes known as pentalpha or pentangle) is a five-pointed star drawn with five straight strokes. ... A hexagram (also known as sexagram or a magicians/sorcerers star) is a six-pointed star, a type of complex star polygon. ... The rosy cross (also called rose cross and rose croix) is a symbol largely associated with the semi-mythical Christian Rosencreutz (1378-1484), alchemist and founder of the Rosicrucian Order. ... Within the system of Thelema founded by Aleister Crowley in 1904, the Holy Guardian Angel is the Silent Self, representative of ones truest divine nature. ...

Mystical interpretations

Gematria

As with most things found in the mystical works of Aleister Crowley, the word Abrahadabra can be examined using the qabalistic method of gematria, which is a form of numerology, whereby correspondences are made based on numerical values. Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced // i. ... The tree of life Kabbalah (קבלה Reception, Standard Hebrew Qabbala, Tiberian Hebrew Qabbālāh; also written variously as Cabala, Cabalah, Cabbala, Cabbalah, Kabala, Kabalah, Kabbala, Qabala, Qabalah) is a religious philosophical system claiming an insight into divine nature. ... Gematria (Heb. ...

• ABRAHADABRA = 418
• ABRAHADABRA has 11 letters
• ABRAHADABRA = 1+2+2+1+5+1+4+1+2+2+1 = 22
• The five letters in the word are: A, the Crown; B, the Wand; D, the Cup; H, the Sword; R, the Rosy Cross; and refer further to Amoun the Father, Thoth His messenger, and Isis, Horus, Osiris, the divine-human triad.
• Also 418 = ATh IAV, the Essence of IAO
• 418= BVLShKIN, or Boleskine
• 418= RA HVVR, or Ra Hoor
• 418= ∑(13-31)
• Abrahadabra is from Abrasax, Father Sun, which = 365 ^[3]
• 418 = 22 x 19 Manifestation

Boleskine House (boll-ESS-kin) was the estate of Aleister Crowley from 1899 to 1913. ... The word Abraxas (or Abrasax) was engraved on certain antique stones, called on that account Abraxas stones, which were used as amulets or charms by Gnostic sects. ...

Other interpretations

In Hebrew this word roughly translates into "I will create as I speak."

• Had is the keyword of Abrahadabra. Had is another name for Hadit, the second Speaker in Liber Legis.

• "ABRAHADABRA is "The key of the rituals" because it expresses the Magical Formulae of uniting various complementary ideas; especially the Five of the Microcosm with the Six of the Macrocosm." [1]

• "Abrahadabra is the glyph of the blending of the 5 and the 6, the Rose and the Cross." [2]

The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... A magical formula is generally a word whose meaning illustrates principles and degrees of understanding that are often difficult to relay using other forms of speech or writing. ...

Quotes from Liber Legis

• "Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor Khut." (AL III:1)
• "This book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the Beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the Key of it all. Then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also. And Abrahadabra. It shall be his child & that strangely. Let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it." (AL III:47)
• "The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra." (AL III:75)

Notes

1. ^ (Crowley 1997, Liber Samekh)
2. ^ (The Equinox I(7), 1912)
3. ^ (Crowley 1996, p. 24)

Abrahadabra is a word that first appears in The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. ... The Equinox was a large bi-annual periodical published by Aleister Crowley that served as the official organ of the A∴A∴ and later the O.T.O. It was subtitled The Review of Scientific Illuminism. ... Abrahadabra is a word that first appears in The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. ...

References

• Crowley, Aleister (1997), "Liber Samekh" in Magick: Book 4, York Beach, ME: Weiser
• Crowley, Aleister (1996), The Law is for All, Tempe, AZ: New Falcon Publications
• Thelemapedia. (2004). Abrahadabra. Retrieved April 16, 2006.
  • Crowley, Aleister. (1997). Magick: Book 4. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.
  • ____. (1996). Commentaries on the Holy Books and Other Papers : the Equinox,IV(1). York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.
  • ____. (1982). 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.

Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced // i. ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced // i. ...

External links

• The Abrahadabra Institute, an alchemical perspective on Abrahadabra
• "The Abrahadabra Key", An essay by Ibisis.
• "Abrahadabra; some thoughts on the word", An essay by Mark Stavish