777 & Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley

by Aleister Crowley

Book Overview

A unique collection of Qabalistic texts that includes Gematria, 777, and Sepher Sephiroth.

Gematria provides essential explanations of theoretical and practical Qabalistic number analysis and philosophy. "An Essay in Number," also included, provides invaluable insights into key numbers as well as techniques and safeguards for practical magical work. Gematria was first published in The Equinox,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A0L7HBE
• ISBN13: 9780877286707
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

QBL students Must Have!

This is a must have for QBL or Gematria students! Lots of material here!

Must Have

This book is a must have for the practicing magician, no matter on how you feel about Crowley. His bits on gematria are great, as well as the tables of correspondences. If at all studying the Q.B.L this is the book to get.L.V.X

Often imitated, seldom matched

Many writers and publishers have thrown together "Cabalistic Dictionaries" but none that I have seen come close to Crowley's clarity and expertise on the subject. This book contains some of Crowley's most accessible and easy to understand writing, not to say it is for the neophyte alone, but rather, a basis for anyone to create their own cabalistic correspondences and meanings. If you only buy one book on the Cabala (not something I recommed ) then this must be it!

A dictionary for the expert, a guide for the beginner.

This book is a dictionary for the art of Gematria, or interpreting numbers as standing for words. This is not an easy pursuit, but this book helps a great deal. The first part is an article on Gematria (which takes its name from the fact that the Hebrew letter Gema, equivalent to Gamma or C/G, stands for the number 3), a basic description of how it works and why it's important. The third part is a dictionary of commonly used Hebrew magickal words, listed by number. The second part is the meat of the work: Liber 777, a magickal dictionary. Here we find that every number from one to 32 corresponds to a particular name, scent, element, tarot card, & c. An experienced magus can use these correspondicies to create a spell more effectively. A warning to beginners: this book will NOT teach you the basics of spellcasting or magick. To learn that, I'd recommend starting, perhaps, with Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki's Ceremonial Magick Workbook.

This is a textbook on Gematria, Kabbala,(Qabalah)!

This is a Textbook on Gematria, (the Spiritual Essence of the Numerical Value of Words, Names, or even General Phrases). This is Not a book for the Dabbler in the Occult Sciences but a Reference Book on Kabbalah,(Qabalah), the Tree of Life and the Magical Alphabet! The many, many Tables of Correspondences listed in this book will give the Seeker of Truth the Truth he or she needs to delve into the Deep, Deep Mysteries of God! Aleisters committment to become the Man of Sin and in essence become the correspondent of the living Christ in the Earth along with his commitment to "persevere to the end" in his Tarot studies certainly pays off in this Extreme Religion known as Qabalah. For just a taste of the many Revelation one may enconter in this book is the Revation of the Number 666. In the Section titled SEPHER SEPHIROTH Aleister lists the Numbers 1-1000 with additions up to 3321 along with Hebrew Words and Spellings. In this Gematria the Numerical Interpretation of 666 in none other than, "Aleister E. Crowley" and, (you guessed it), "The Name of Jesus"! If you don't have this Book in your Magikal Library you owe it to yourself to Buy it!!!