TZADDI Atu Number Atu Letter&Translation Attributed Constellation Associated Quotation from Liber AL vel Legis IV צ
- Fish Hook Tzaddi Cepheus 14. Above, the gemmèd azure is The naked splendour of Nuit; She bends in ecstasy to kiss The secret ardours of Hadit. The wingèd globe, the starry blue, Are mine, O Ankh-af-na-khonsu! The imitation of the shape of the attributed Hebrew letter is presented well in this coital position. The connection of the constellation of Cepheus, the mythological king of Ethiopia. This Persian kingdom actually spread from the southeastern shore of the
Mediterranean to the Red Sea, including parts of what are now called Israel, Jordan and Egypt.
Cepheus in the robes of a Persian king, depicted in the Atlas Coelestis of John Flamsteed (1729). The problem with this coital position is that it doesn‟t coincide with the suggestion of the position called femina superior in the attributed verse from Liber AL. Such an inversion as shown here maybe connected with inverted placement of this Atu on the Tree-of-Life with the Star Atu. But what this actually might allude to is unclear.
QOPH Atu Number Atu Letter&Translation Attributed Constellation Associated Quotation from Liber AL vel Legis XVIII ק
– Back of Head Delphinus, Cetus 28. None, breathed the light, faint & faery, of the stars, and two. It is interesting hereto seethe traditional missionary position connected to the constellation Delphinus. The dolphin represents the messenger of the sea god Poseidon and perhaps here, symbolizes the well of the emotions and their intimate connection with the physical body.
A playful-looking Delphinus depicted in the Atlas Coelestis of John Flamsteed (1729). As the dolphin today is a symbol of wisdom and intelligence, the suggestion here is emotional intelligence and
the clear expression of Love, which may by the breathing of the light of the stars as suggested by the attributed verse from Liber AL. The constellation Cetus was visualized by the Greeks as a hybrid creature, with enormous gaping jaws and the forefeet of a land animal, attached to a scaly body with huge coils like a sea serpent though it was sometimes identified as a whale. The bizarre-looking
sea monster Cetus, illustrated in the Atlas Coelestis of John Flamsteed. The whale and the Dolphin are considered the most friendly of sea creatures with the Whale being particular to the Old Testament story, Jonah and the Whale. It is the story of the transformation of Jonah to a state of redemption after spending three days in the belly of the whale that swallowed him as he was attempting to escape the Will of God
Liber LXVII (with Crowley‟s commentary) gives us more on the dolphin involving a refinement and initiation of human consciousness.
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