m1thr0s
08-15-2006, 06:20 PM
The Word of Perfection
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Before we can approach the process of creating energy fields corresponding to binary and ternary structures, we will need a word of some kind that fits with the kind of operation we are engaging. If it were possible to find a word that was purely "elemental" in nature and could be applied in either 2 parts or 3 parts with equal agility, this would be ideal for our purposes. On the Binary side, we need a word that can subdivide into a Yin (Earth) part and a Yang (Heaven) part yet also be able to reunite as a balanced Both (Tai Chi) parts. On the Ternary side, we need a word that can subdivide into T'ien (Heaven, Yang), Jen (Man, Spirit) and Ti (Earth, Yin) parts and also be able to reunite as One (Tai Hsuan) combined total. To complicate matters further, it would be especially useful if each subdivided word fell neatly into 4 balanced parts, simulating the four elemental worlds and corresponding to the geometry of the four familial properties of Father, Mother, Son & Daugher, or Old Yang, Old Yin, Young Yang & Young Yin in the Chinese system. If this were not enough, it would be particularly beneficial if this word could be reasonably identified as a Wellspring to all other word possibilities, since one of the things we want to accomplish is the uniting and balancing of all vibrational variants of Mind & Matter. On the face of it, we might be inclined to think our task quite hopeless.
As it happens, such a word does exist that not only fulfills our above requirements but altogether surpasses them in ways we might not even have considered relevant at the beginning. The exact origin of the word AHIHVH is not altogether clear, though a number of remarkable claims have been made of it. It is said to be a fusion of the two root words AHIH (Existence) + IHVH (Creation) = AHIHVH (Perfection), corresponding to the ideas of Macroprosopus and Microprosopus as outlined in the Zohar, though I do not believe that this word ever appears in the Zohar specifically. Others claim it originates in the Sepher Yetzirah but I also cannot find it there. In order to be as exact as possible, I am inclined to reject the notion that the word originates in Hebrew at all (pending proof positive to the contrary) but rather appears to be an extrapolation from Hebrew Qabbalah generally employed by Medeival Alchemists to distinguish Macrocosm and Microcosm and the subsequent Unity of the two. Of special interest to us here is the underlying mathematics of the word, which is considerable, but to gain a proper appreciation of the word, we will need to abandon its historical notoriety and rebuild the thing from scratch.
Sorting Out Yin and Yang
One of the first things that caught my attention with this word is the preponderance of H's. Why so many? Yet it turns out to be an advantage to us if we are looking to identify a balance of Yin and Yang, since what we get is three "Active" vowels (AIV) conjoined to three "Passive" consonants (HHH) and it also happens that the three active vowels neatly correlate with the Gnostic IAO (=81) since the Vau (V) can be treated as an O both in pronunciation as well as numeration. For our purposes here, we will be treating the V like an O in most cases while yet assigning it most of the usual gematric properties corresponding to the Vau (V) valuation. We are not necessarily doing this because it is correct to do so in terms of traditional Hebrew Qabbalah, but because it is profitable for us to do it here and that's all there is to it. I am not at all convinced that this word is technically a Hebrew word anyway so much as it is a Hermetic formula that has certain parallels in Hebrew Qabbalah. If I had to guess, my best guess would be that, by the end of the day, this word will class more as an English word than a Hebrew one.
Assigning Elements
Generational and Elemental assignments on the full word AHIHVH follow: A = Grandfather, Spirit (+) | H = Grandmother, Spirit (-) | I = Father, Fire | H = Mother, Water | V = Son, Air | H = Daughter, Earth. The use of Grandparent and Spirit values only applies to the word in its combined form. When it becomes broken down into four-part subdivisions we fall back to the nuclear family standard of Father, Mother, Son & Daughter. Elemental values thus follow generational assignments in all cases throughout. We shall see in a moment why this rule is important. This also means we get the value of the entire word in pentagrams and hexagrams, since in the pentagram both spirit values combine at apex while in the hexagram they assume polar opposition.
Scrutinizing Subdivisions
It has been traditionally maintained that AHIHVH is a word that subdivides into 2 parts as stated above, and there are certain rules applied to how these subdivisions must operate. A subdivided word must contain 2 masculine and 2 feminine values and there can be no duplications on the masculine side, so we must always have a total of 3 unique letter values, which then coincidentally expand into 12 Banners (http://www.mazzaroth.com/Introduction/TheNamesOfGod.htm) corresponding to the 12 Astrological houses. Each Banner represents a unique arrangement of these 4 letters and there will only be 12 such combinations possible before running into duplications if all the rules have been followed. It has been generally assumed that this type of subdividing of the Word of Perfection can only yield 2 resulting words, one for Macrocosm (AHIH = Heaven, Yang) and one for Microcosm (IHVH = Earth, Yin). In point of fact this arithmetic is flat out wrong, since the rules allow for exactly one more mathematical subdivision adhering to all of the above criterion. What has been overlooked is the formula of AHVH, which is the only third possibility of its kind available to us. Like AHIH and IHVH, AHVH carries its own set of Banners and conveniently resides exactly between AHIH in the Above and IHVH in the Below, making it the only "Jen" word affordable via the extended Word of Perfection. Check the math yourself and check it closely...there is no chance of a mistake here and there are no other contenders possible. Like it or don't like it, doctrinal upset or not, AHVH is our heir-apparent Man-Line property. It's been there all along but since we have not been looking for it, we simply didn't see it. Although I publish these findings here in a fairly quiet and unassuming way, this ultimately constitutes one of the more significant qabbalistic breakthroughs in hundreds of years, making it uniquely possible for us to accomplish an elementally coherent simulation of Trigrammal Fields both binary and ternary. The so-called Word of Perfection is validated here at the level of tantric technology itself. It provides a means to do what otherwise cannot be done logically. This difference of logic is a key factor in uniting the undivided force of the analytical mind itself, something sorely lacking in many other systems, to the extent that it has become widely assumed to be unworthy of even attempting.
Checking the Numbers
http://abrahadabra.com/images/aiq.bkr.gif
The Word of Perfection adds to 32 by AIQ BKR, the predominent Hebrew numeration system (simplified version shown above). This has been considered a proof of its sovereignty over the Tree of Life in general which, with its 10 Sephira and 22 Paths = 32. It's hard to say that numbers ever really prove much of anything in this regard but we still want to look at them for whatever insights they might reveal. The exact nature of those insights are very rarely proofs of any kind...more like indications. There are all kinds of interesting things you can do with letter/number arrangements, particularly when you start combining geometries, but it has to be remembered that letters are the weakest link in general since they are ultimately an arbitrary arrangement no matter how you slice the deck. Some believe that certain languages are "revealed" through a higher source of some kind and that's an intriguing argument but it still doesn't prove anything. Higher sources have been revealing conflicting datas for thousands of years on a global scale etc. So for now I only want to check the basic numerical lineup of our triune subdivisions to see what patterns might be there.
AHIHVH = 32 (The Word of Perfection United):
AHIH (Heaven Line) = 21 | AHVH (Man Line) = 17 | IHVH (Earth Line) = 26 | 21 + 17 + 26 = 64
So the combined total of our 3 subdivisions is exactly double our starting number and this is interesting because it would ordinarily indicate an exceptional internal coordination, giving us the idea of *Perfection Attained* for instance. In our immediate context it is even doubly intriguing in that the total number of Binary Hexagrams (I Ching) we are dealing with also number exactly 64. It doesn't take much to see that the "indications" are very promising, though the "proof" is none at all necessarily...just very good form in general. It might also be worth pointing out that while our Man Line value does not appear to have a terribly remarkable number on the face of it, it actually carries the same numeration as IAV (=IAO) itself. If we draw to our V=O trump card we actually get a "secret number" of 81 and 81 is the general number of tetragrams in the ternary system (Tai Hsuan Ching) and can be rightly considered to be the true number of the original tetragrammaton, since here we are dealing with an actual physics that exists long before it might ever have been discovered, embedded in the fabric of things. Again, a numerical curiosity, not meaningless by half, but not an exacting proof of anything either.
Pronunciations
The general rule of thumb with pronunciations of letter values is that you really need to experiment. Magickal applications are not necessarily the same thing as mundane conversation at all since we are usually going into some sort of chant mode when we begin working with these values. One should become aware of the "correct" pronunciations as much as possible but it is simply not the case that you will always stick by these chapter and verse, depending upon the situation at hand. I have dropped a bigger bomb here than most will realize so I am not going to go deeper into field applications just yet. There is more than enough here to reflect upon as it is, but I do need to make it clear that the creation of binary and ternary line values does not occur as a matter of scrying straight lines one on top of another as you would do if you were building a hexagram. That is simply silly and wrong from all conceivable angles. Rather, what we do is convert line values to whole circles and create sets of "energy rings" corresponding to line values. I will go over this in much greater depth in furure installments. For the moment, I only want to draw attention to the fact that in this kind of energy working (which is intensely mathematical), stumbling over a lot of awkward pronunciations simply doesn't wash. It falls off on a number of levels and fails to keep pace with the objectives at hand. What we really want is as "frictionless" a pronunciations as we can get and still have proper traction.
The solution is to turn to a more phoenetic sort of pronunciations that are both faster and more exacting, since it is possible to get going really fast...like a turbine engine essentially. We only really have 4 letter values to contend with here so I will simply lay out the pronuciations I typically employ and you will have to sort out for yourselves what to take or leave. For Aleph (A) I typically just use "AH", For Yod (I) I use "EE" pronounced more like the word "Ye" but backwards, for Vau (V) I use "OH" almost exclusively, and for Hé (H) I simply use "UH" in the rings themselves and "HAY" in closing applications, which I will not go into quite yet. The point of this is mainly to convey an alternative that will allow you to keep pace with the kinds of power you will be generating when you begin to work extensively with this kind of system, since inevitably you are going to hit the wall with conventional pronunciations and there are certain tactical reasons for this that can be counteracted strategically.
The Word of Perfection is not like other words of Power, other Divine chants or phrases. It's not about hammering on a word so much at all...the word provides a means of implementing a much larger technical application than is contained within its letter values alone. So it's not of the same class as an Om or other words of power we are accustomed to. It unlocks and organizes a highly technical enginery and is even flexible to the extent that we are free to replace it with as many other words as might happen to attend to all of the criterion it attends to. It is thus an exemplary word...not the only word suitable to this purpose, necessarily. It's important to bear this in mind and be on the lookout for other words that might meet or even exceed its standards, relative to different contexts, for instance, or more specialized applications perhaps.
m1thr0s
http://abrahadabra.com/images/wordofperfection01.gif
Before we can approach the process of creating energy fields corresponding to binary and ternary structures, we will need a word of some kind that fits with the kind of operation we are engaging. If it were possible to find a word that was purely "elemental" in nature and could be applied in either 2 parts or 3 parts with equal agility, this would be ideal for our purposes. On the Binary side, we need a word that can subdivide into a Yin (Earth) part and a Yang (Heaven) part yet also be able to reunite as a balanced Both (Tai Chi) parts. On the Ternary side, we need a word that can subdivide into T'ien (Heaven, Yang), Jen (Man, Spirit) and Ti (Earth, Yin) parts and also be able to reunite as One (Tai Hsuan) combined total. To complicate matters further, it would be especially useful if each subdivided word fell neatly into 4 balanced parts, simulating the four elemental worlds and corresponding to the geometry of the four familial properties of Father, Mother, Son & Daugher, or Old Yang, Old Yin, Young Yang & Young Yin in the Chinese system. If this were not enough, it would be particularly beneficial if this word could be reasonably identified as a Wellspring to all other word possibilities, since one of the things we want to accomplish is the uniting and balancing of all vibrational variants of Mind & Matter. On the face of it, we might be inclined to think our task quite hopeless.
As it happens, such a word does exist that not only fulfills our above requirements but altogether surpasses them in ways we might not even have considered relevant at the beginning. The exact origin of the word AHIHVH is not altogether clear, though a number of remarkable claims have been made of it. It is said to be a fusion of the two root words AHIH (Existence) + IHVH (Creation) = AHIHVH (Perfection), corresponding to the ideas of Macroprosopus and Microprosopus as outlined in the Zohar, though I do not believe that this word ever appears in the Zohar specifically. Others claim it originates in the Sepher Yetzirah but I also cannot find it there. In order to be as exact as possible, I am inclined to reject the notion that the word originates in Hebrew at all (pending proof positive to the contrary) but rather appears to be an extrapolation from Hebrew Qabbalah generally employed by Medeival Alchemists to distinguish Macrocosm and Microcosm and the subsequent Unity of the two. Of special interest to us here is the underlying mathematics of the word, which is considerable, but to gain a proper appreciation of the word, we will need to abandon its historical notoriety and rebuild the thing from scratch.
Sorting Out Yin and Yang
One of the first things that caught my attention with this word is the preponderance of H's. Why so many? Yet it turns out to be an advantage to us if we are looking to identify a balance of Yin and Yang, since what we get is three "Active" vowels (AIV) conjoined to three "Passive" consonants (HHH) and it also happens that the three active vowels neatly correlate with the Gnostic IAO (=81) since the Vau (V) can be treated as an O both in pronunciation as well as numeration. For our purposes here, we will be treating the V like an O in most cases while yet assigning it most of the usual gematric properties corresponding to the Vau (V) valuation. We are not necessarily doing this because it is correct to do so in terms of traditional Hebrew Qabbalah, but because it is profitable for us to do it here and that's all there is to it. I am not at all convinced that this word is technically a Hebrew word anyway so much as it is a Hermetic formula that has certain parallels in Hebrew Qabbalah. If I had to guess, my best guess would be that, by the end of the day, this word will class more as an English word than a Hebrew one.
Assigning Elements
Generational and Elemental assignments on the full word AHIHVH follow: A = Grandfather, Spirit (+) | H = Grandmother, Spirit (-) | I = Father, Fire | H = Mother, Water | V = Son, Air | H = Daughter, Earth. The use of Grandparent and Spirit values only applies to the word in its combined form. When it becomes broken down into four-part subdivisions we fall back to the nuclear family standard of Father, Mother, Son & Daughter. Elemental values thus follow generational assignments in all cases throughout. We shall see in a moment why this rule is important. This also means we get the value of the entire word in pentagrams and hexagrams, since in the pentagram both spirit values combine at apex while in the hexagram they assume polar opposition.
Scrutinizing Subdivisions
It has been traditionally maintained that AHIHVH is a word that subdivides into 2 parts as stated above, and there are certain rules applied to how these subdivisions must operate. A subdivided word must contain 2 masculine and 2 feminine values and there can be no duplications on the masculine side, so we must always have a total of 3 unique letter values, which then coincidentally expand into 12 Banners (http://www.mazzaroth.com/Introduction/TheNamesOfGod.htm) corresponding to the 12 Astrological houses. Each Banner represents a unique arrangement of these 4 letters and there will only be 12 such combinations possible before running into duplications if all the rules have been followed. It has been generally assumed that this type of subdividing of the Word of Perfection can only yield 2 resulting words, one for Macrocosm (AHIH = Heaven, Yang) and one for Microcosm (IHVH = Earth, Yin). In point of fact this arithmetic is flat out wrong, since the rules allow for exactly one more mathematical subdivision adhering to all of the above criterion. What has been overlooked is the formula of AHVH, which is the only third possibility of its kind available to us. Like AHIH and IHVH, AHVH carries its own set of Banners and conveniently resides exactly between AHIH in the Above and IHVH in the Below, making it the only "Jen" word affordable via the extended Word of Perfection. Check the math yourself and check it closely...there is no chance of a mistake here and there are no other contenders possible. Like it or don't like it, doctrinal upset or not, AHVH is our heir-apparent Man-Line property. It's been there all along but since we have not been looking for it, we simply didn't see it. Although I publish these findings here in a fairly quiet and unassuming way, this ultimately constitutes one of the more significant qabbalistic breakthroughs in hundreds of years, making it uniquely possible for us to accomplish an elementally coherent simulation of Trigrammal Fields both binary and ternary. The so-called Word of Perfection is validated here at the level of tantric technology itself. It provides a means to do what otherwise cannot be done logically. This difference of logic is a key factor in uniting the undivided force of the analytical mind itself, something sorely lacking in many other systems, to the extent that it has become widely assumed to be unworthy of even attempting.
Checking the Numbers
http://abrahadabra.com/images/aiq.bkr.gif
The Word of Perfection adds to 32 by AIQ BKR, the predominent Hebrew numeration system (simplified version shown above). This has been considered a proof of its sovereignty over the Tree of Life in general which, with its 10 Sephira and 22 Paths = 32. It's hard to say that numbers ever really prove much of anything in this regard but we still want to look at them for whatever insights they might reveal. The exact nature of those insights are very rarely proofs of any kind...more like indications. There are all kinds of interesting things you can do with letter/number arrangements, particularly when you start combining geometries, but it has to be remembered that letters are the weakest link in general since they are ultimately an arbitrary arrangement no matter how you slice the deck. Some believe that certain languages are "revealed" through a higher source of some kind and that's an intriguing argument but it still doesn't prove anything. Higher sources have been revealing conflicting datas for thousands of years on a global scale etc. So for now I only want to check the basic numerical lineup of our triune subdivisions to see what patterns might be there.
AHIHVH = 32 (The Word of Perfection United):
AHIH (Heaven Line) = 21 | AHVH (Man Line) = 17 | IHVH (Earth Line) = 26 | 21 + 17 + 26 = 64
So the combined total of our 3 subdivisions is exactly double our starting number and this is interesting because it would ordinarily indicate an exceptional internal coordination, giving us the idea of *Perfection Attained* for instance. In our immediate context it is even doubly intriguing in that the total number of Binary Hexagrams (I Ching) we are dealing with also number exactly 64. It doesn't take much to see that the "indications" are very promising, though the "proof" is none at all necessarily...just very good form in general. It might also be worth pointing out that while our Man Line value does not appear to have a terribly remarkable number on the face of it, it actually carries the same numeration as IAV (=IAO) itself. If we draw to our V=O trump card we actually get a "secret number" of 81 and 81 is the general number of tetragrams in the ternary system (Tai Hsuan Ching) and can be rightly considered to be the true number of the original tetragrammaton, since here we are dealing with an actual physics that exists long before it might ever have been discovered, embedded in the fabric of things. Again, a numerical curiosity, not meaningless by half, but not an exacting proof of anything either.
Pronunciations
The general rule of thumb with pronunciations of letter values is that you really need to experiment. Magickal applications are not necessarily the same thing as mundane conversation at all since we are usually going into some sort of chant mode when we begin working with these values. One should become aware of the "correct" pronunciations as much as possible but it is simply not the case that you will always stick by these chapter and verse, depending upon the situation at hand. I have dropped a bigger bomb here than most will realize so I am not going to go deeper into field applications just yet. There is more than enough here to reflect upon as it is, but I do need to make it clear that the creation of binary and ternary line values does not occur as a matter of scrying straight lines one on top of another as you would do if you were building a hexagram. That is simply silly and wrong from all conceivable angles. Rather, what we do is convert line values to whole circles and create sets of "energy rings" corresponding to line values. I will go over this in much greater depth in furure installments. For the moment, I only want to draw attention to the fact that in this kind of energy working (which is intensely mathematical), stumbling over a lot of awkward pronunciations simply doesn't wash. It falls off on a number of levels and fails to keep pace with the objectives at hand. What we really want is as "frictionless" a pronunciations as we can get and still have proper traction.
The solution is to turn to a more phoenetic sort of pronunciations that are both faster and more exacting, since it is possible to get going really fast...like a turbine engine essentially. We only really have 4 letter values to contend with here so I will simply lay out the pronuciations I typically employ and you will have to sort out for yourselves what to take or leave. For Aleph (A) I typically just use "AH", For Yod (I) I use "EE" pronounced more like the word "Ye" but backwards, for Vau (V) I use "OH" almost exclusively, and for Hé (H) I simply use "UH" in the rings themselves and "HAY" in closing applications, which I will not go into quite yet. The point of this is mainly to convey an alternative that will allow you to keep pace with the kinds of power you will be generating when you begin to work extensively with this kind of system, since inevitably you are going to hit the wall with conventional pronunciations and there are certain tactical reasons for this that can be counteracted strategically.
The Word of Perfection is not like other words of Power, other Divine chants or phrases. It's not about hammering on a word so much at all...the word provides a means of implementing a much larger technical application than is contained within its letter values alone. So it's not of the same class as an Om or other words of power we are accustomed to. It unlocks and organizes a highly technical enginery and is even flexible to the extent that we are free to replace it with as many other words as might happen to attend to all of the criterion it attends to. It is thus an exemplary word...not the only word suitable to this purpose, necessarily. It's important to bear this in mind and be on the lookout for other words that might meet or even exceed its standards, relative to different contexts, for instance, or more specialized applications perhaps.
m1thr0s