Abrahadabra vs Abracadabra...

[m1thr0s]

I get asked periodically "why abrahadabra" as opposing "abracadabra" and there seems no alternative in cases like this to invoking the ghost of Aleister Crowley who really is the person most responsible for having made this distinction in modern times. Abrahadabra does not ultimately originate with Aleister Crowley, nor from Liber Al vel Legis (Book of the Law) but comes down to us from an obscure reference by one Quintus Severus Sammonicus in the 2nd century A.D. alluding to its talismatic applications as a healing amulet presumably used by the Gnostics. Its actual origins is quite unknown and there are several lines of speculation as to its real meaning, though it is clear that it was at some point picked up by the Hermetic Qabbalists of Medieval Europe and exalted as a magickal word of power. One of the more promising theories regarding its origins is that it may link to the Aramic phrase "abhadda kedhabhra", translated as "disappear like this word", again employed as a spell against disease and illness.

For his part, Aleister Crowley had his own reasons for using the spelling Abrahadabra, in part because the numeration it afforded struck him as better suited to the upcoming "Aeon of Horus". But somewhere in his work he also makes the argument that the word was mistranslated to begin with...that it never should have been spelled Abracadabra at all. Unfortunately I have long since lost track of where exactly he makes this claim and since I have never seen the original word itself nor know anything about how it was actually translated, I cannot attest to the accuracy of this assertion first hand. Like many people, I accepted the updated spelling without much question, primarily because I liked the sound of it better and also because it struck me as a reasonable distinction between stage magic and real magick applications.

Initially the numerological aspects of the word never really meant that much to me personally. That it should add to 418 by a popular system of Hebrew numerology called Aiq Bkr was a curiosity at best and did not have the same impact on me that it did on Aleister Crowley. In truth, I never considered 418 to be an especially remarkable number at all since there are very few numbers that divide into it evenly, yet it is not prime and has no other outstanding qualities I am especially aware of. Crowley had at one point made a big to-do over the fact that it was the result of 22 x 19 wherein 22 was the number of paths on the Tree of Life and 19 was the so-called "number of manifestation". Even this struck me as a skewed logic since there was never any reason given why 19 should be held in such esteem and I was never able to sort it out otherwise. Atu XIX in the Book of Thoth is the Sun Card, but this is hardly ample justification for assigning 19 a status equal to the 22 paths of the Tree of Life itself in my view. Like the word itself, I more or less just accepted its number as an integral part of its property and left it at that. From the very beginning I was more interested in the words' geometry than in its numerology anyway.

Quite a few years later a very peculiar coincidence occured that you will be able to verify for yourselves, once you have all the vital bits and pieces. Most of my work on Abrahadabra had centered upon cross-referencing its known properties with the known properties of other systems such as the Qabbalistic Tree of Life, the I Ching from ancient China, the Pythagorean Tetractys of the Decad and others. Through the study of magickal squares, I had extrapolated a cerain symbol from Abrahadabra that I had come to call the TwinStar. I will delve into its properties more fully at other places but it principally consists of condensing Abrahadabra to the Tetractys itself and then numerating the points along the Tetractys so that they follow the rules of magickal squares insofar as this may be possible when converting squares to triangles. The result of running this count in two directions and then tracing the lines of force which they create gives you the TwinStar symbol, which is a very powerful meditation symbol capable of many kinds of dynamic applications. For some reason it had never occured to me to actually count the "paths" this symbol yields, much as you would count the paths in the Tree of Life. When I finally did count the paths I was truly floored to discover that they numbered exactly 19...the same number as the so-called "number of manifestation".

What this means to me today is that I have my own reasons for accepting that Abrahadabra may in fact be the best possible spelling of this ancient healing word of power and a very good way of distinguishing it from the more childish "Abracadabra" (which is still a fun word in itself). It also means that I have my own reasons for accepting the fact that the number 418 may be a vitally important number afterall as indicating a synchronistic and/or synergistic relationship between the paths of The Tree of Life (22) and the paths of the TwinStar (19). Abrahadabra is typically referred to as the "Word of the Aeon" which I have found laughable in the past because it is an unwitting pun that very few Thelemites are aware of. Abrahadabra has been identified with Abrasax (also Abraxas) who is also considered synonymous with Aeon, both stemming from ancient Gnosticism. Therefor Abrahadabra is not really "the word of the aeon" at all, but more correctly, "the word of Aeon" proper, incidentally linking Ra Hoor Khut to Aeon in a reasonably unmistakeable sort of way. So I have been quietly amused by this and spoken to no one of it really, since it often seems to me that people will discover what they need to discover when the time is right and not before. But now I have some reason to suspect that both things might in fact be true, because I am keenly aware of what a powerful model Abrahadabra has turned out to be and how likely it really is that it may take us a very long time to fully harness its whole potential...perhaps as long as an entire aeon...

Perseverance Furthers

m1thr0s

[Anibis]

I have wondered about how these words compare magically, and have generally found that Abrahadabra is the more potent of the two. Abracadabra is 'lighter' and does not seem to blaze as deeply at the heart of things. I use it often, usually when performing as a conjurer (it would not be such a hot idea, I think, to break out Abrahadabra after a card trick). Abracadabra is fun. I have noticed though that when I employ the word Abrahadabra for example to deal with a problem of some sort, I can always expect results. The same is not as true with abracadabra. I find that it is not quite as 'businesslike' in how it carries out it's work. You may end up accused of being a Steve Miller fan (I have a story about that which I'll save for later) I think the difference is 418. The twinstar synchronicity, as far as I can tell, is just the tip of the iceberg. 418 has a whole slew of strange number relationships going on, many of which we are exploring in this thread. As far as I can tell the best way to spell abracadabra in the hebrew would be with Abra(Ch)adabra, which would give us 421. This is a rather nice number, and if memory serves me right, it enumerates to the hebrew word for 'meditation'. I have not, however found anything in it like the 'bow tie' of twin harmonies that 418 seems to generate. I guess abrakadabra would work too, and would give us 433? I don't know this number so well.

Another couple strategies exist. Firstly the way the word plays out directly onto sacred geometry comes about as a result of the 4-3-4 structure that it has. By the same token you could vibrate any 11 letter word that has that structure into the twinstar. I have some ideas for this but I think they belong in another section. Here it is.
-Ibisis-

[SAINT]

I always enjoyed "Sabbra Cadabra"

for various musical and self prescription reasons.

[m1thr0s]

Eleven word phrases have their merits too...I haven't played around too much with it but of course the conventional Thelemic phrase *do-what-thou-wilt-shall-be-the-whole-of-the-law* just happens to be an 11-word phrase that works in abrahadabra. it also includes a built-in closing action, which is curious...*love-is-the-law* corresponds to the circle...*love-un-der-will* to the ascending triangle with a final drop to earth on the word *will*...

anyway...phrases have their merits...

m1thr0s

[Amur]

This might not evolve around Abrahadabra directly in itself. But there's a nagging memory inside somewhere which tells about a language or more accurately, words spoken with the right tonal resonance to the right points in the body, which should blow ones being through somekind of veil. Naturally it would be like the language of the Gods, but I have no further links nor mappings nor anykind of information regarding the matter. The only thing which has struck as being similar or near to the whole area is the tonal of Abrahadabra repeated with the correct frequency.

Another itch tells me that it is geometrical in structure somehow. But I have no knowledge of this area yet so I cannot come to anything with this.

Anyone heard about anything like this?

[m1thr0s]

I know of several possibilities in this regard Amur, but can verify none of them at present. To begin with, Sanskrit is purported to be a tonal language that proceeds from lesser to greater complexity and would have specific Chakra applications accordingly. There are mythical toungues of the angels from various quadrants purported to have these powers and magickal/mystical languages I have heard about that do as well. None of this has ever been validated in any kind of scientific way (that I know of) but the basic concept is a common theme that runs through many cultures. Nor is any of this confined to speech alone but also extends to musical instruments and other sacred sound devices. My feeling is that persistent themes such as this do in fact have their basis in observed phenomena, preserved in myths and legends until such a time as science itself is better able to duplicate these things. So in theory at least, I accept that such a language is possible...we just don't know exactly what it is or how it operates on any kind of grand scale as of yet. We do at least know bits and pieces so it's not hopeless by any means.

m1thr0s

[Amur]

Sanskrit is a very fine and sophisticated language in itself, but I believe Sanskrit to be more of a Heaven language, with it's focal point 'outside' of this world. The language I'm speaking of would naturally go from Earth to Heaven, with the focal point right in this Divine Material reality.

[m1thr0s]

Let us know if you figure out what it is Amur. I'd like to catalog all these kinds of things right here as much as possible...

m1thr0s

[Okazaki Castle]

Originally Posted by m1thr0s

One of the more promising theories regarding its origins is that it may link to the Aramic phrase "abhadda kedhabhra", translated as "disappear like this word", again employed as a spell against disease and illness.

Hmm, sounds a bit similar in approach to employing a Greater Banishing Ritual of the Hexagramme on yourself... before getting down to any of the serious work. What it is that the GBRH actually does again? Like, where does it send the entities it banishes? Thought it would be interesting to find out, plus a neat reverse strategy...

Hiko Seijuro adds up to 11 letters. As in the Roruni Kenshin anime series, where Kenshin's sensei is called Hiko Seijuro, and he is a master of Hiten Misturugi Ryu which roughly translates as 'The Sweeping Sword of the Soaring Heavens'.

Interestingly enough also to me, is the similarity in approach regarding the conversion 3 ---> 4, and back again, if need be. Whereas your approach seems to have been 4 ---> 3, I was doing the reverse. For example, here is the diagram which represents what I call my 'System Entry Codes':



Its the same original geometric expansion sequence of the flower of life as that used in the triangular-based Zhedhi Symbol, yet includes two 'Spheres of Void' (the circular bands in that dg) as opposed to just the one employed in the Zhedhi symbol's construction. That way, you can switch voids on people, and leave who you liked locked in an Abyss not of their making or knowledge which comes out wherever you want it to...

Yeah, geometry is really cool when you use it to do stuff for you...

all the best,
Okazaki.

[Okazaki Castle]

From this thread's IP address: p=4818#post4818

ie 418 with an extra 8 added in there. The eight-fold, Lao Tzu's crucible, the Pa Kua, and so on. What would occurr if ABRAHADABRA was placed in Lao Tzu's crucible, or subjected to the stresses of the Ba Kua?

On the same subject of synchronicities and others who may, and probably inn some way did and do know precisely what they were doing, are you aware of The Abraxas coffeeshop in Amsterdam?



Say if some people were using the same system, discovered it on their own thru research and so forth, found out some interesting things about the lunar princi8ple and connection, and then made a large physical bind in the form of a coffeeshop, connecting to ganga, the only sexed plant in existence, perhaps somehow that connects to the Twin Star in some way, partly perhaps in a physical bind which goes down a density to produce its effect, ie not just attack from above but also from below, for is not such a 'below', or hell, attack what constitues a drawing down of established reality? What is drawn down from the High Magick above where it was implemented/designed is the real question, and if it is drawn down to below 3rd density (the human experience) must it not also necessarily pass thru 3D thereby, changing that density as it moves thru it? And thus changing our world?

Lungs in Chinese medicine are ruled by the metal element incidentally, and so alchemically working on those you are decombing/recombining the causes for and properties of metal element, which includes sadness, and so any causes for regret in your life you may have. This is where High Magcik is useful as it allows one to access a timeless state, from which reverse time engineering is possible, ie changing your own past. Given that the past does not exist other than as a set of memories, and given that memories are nthing but energetic fields, plus genetically encoded and stored information, that is not so far fetched a proposal as it may at first sound...

What others have done, we can also use. The binds and access gates are in place the world over by now I think. A lot of it thru the Thule grids, which in turn connects to the Nordics and PMCV's work...

all the best,
Oazaki.