T
he magical numbers connected to the Jupiter kamea are four, sixteen, thirty-four, and 136. We have noted in previous correspondence charts that four is connected to justice, reciprocity, governments, etcetera. It was noted by Theodore Parker, an American transcendentalist, that our own government has some interesting correspon dences with the number four: the Fourth of July celebrates the Declaration of Indepen dence; we have four branches of government; presidents have four-year terms.Qabalistically, the number four represents perfect equilibrium and is often repre sented by a cross or a cubic stone. This stone, according to Levi, is the keystone of the
Temple, or the structural foundation of masonry and occultism. On the tree, it is repre
sented by the Sephirah of Chesed, often known as Gedulah (GDVLH), which means majesty or magnificence.
Gedulah has a numerical value of forty-eight, or 12x4, which suggests the multiplication of the powers of the four elements by the twelve signs of the zodiac. The Divine Name attributed to this Sephira, Al or El, is the ending of many angelic names. In her book Archetypes on the Tree of Life, which examines Case's interpretation of the Tarot keys, M. C. Compton writes:
As a symbolic image, the letter Lamed (L) represents a serpent unfolding, or the wing of a bird which raises, extends and unfolds itself... we understand the Aleph- Lamed connection to represent the vital
Figure 6-A: Traditional Kamea of Jupiter
4 9 5 16 14 7 11 2 15 6 10 3 1 12 8 13 81
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idea of the primal driving force being adjusted to suit our individual needs in terms of our relationship to this Energy... The might and power of God are being borne by the outstretched wing of Lamed, whose symbol is Libra, the scales... (pp. 154-55). The underlying principle of this sacred Name is that of balance or equilibrium (Lamed, Justice) combined with the power of the Life-force (Aleph). This perfect equilibrium is rep resented by the number four, which is the value of AL when it is reduced (30+1=31=4). Another word which corresponds to four is Abba (ABA), which is often interpreted as father, but which actually corresponds more closely to the word daddy. It is the affection ate name which Jesus used to call his father and was considered slightly slang in the Ara maic of his day.
Another numerical correspondence is the root bab (BB), which means hollow or vein (Crowley); as a root it means, interior void or exterior swelling, as well as pupil of the eye (d 'Olivet). There is a hidden connection with this idea and Ayin, which is the Hebrew Letter that means eye, as well as surface appearance, and mammon or wealth. Another root word is Gaa (GA), which means proud or haughty, and is one of the negative characteristics of Jupiter. Pride is often associated with the power and authority of majesty (gedulah) on the physical plane. These correspondences are listed at the end of this chapter.
The Divine name attributed to Chesed is Ab
El, a combination of the two Divine Names we
have already examined in some detail. (See Chap ter Five for the Name Ab). It's numerical summa tion is thirty-four, the magic number of the kamea, and it's meaning is God the Father. It's sigil on the Jupiter kamea is two arrows descending down (see figure 6-B), demonstrating the benefi cent influence of Gedulah personified as God the Father pouring forth his majestic graces. One of the most powerful affirmations of Dr. Case was the one corresponding to Chesed on the Tree of Life, from his famous "Pattern on the Trestle board" (a complete copy of which can be found in his True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order, p. 158):
From the exhaustless riches of Its Limit less Substance, I draw all things needful, both spiritual and material.
This is a very valuable affirmation and would greatly enrich any sincere aspirant's life if it was said with devotion and concentration every day. It would also be a useful adjunct to any Jupiter
Figure 6-C: ZVG talisman.
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There are sixteen squares in the Jupiter kamea and there are also sixteen geomantic fig ures (see correspondence charts at the end of this chapter). The sixteenth path on the Tree of Life between Chokmah and Chesed corresponds to the Letter Vav, to which is attributed the Hiero- phant, often known as the Pope, which in Italian also means father. This demonstrates the rela tionship of the paternal power descending from Chokmah to find concrete expression in Chesed. We have noted that the word hyssop in Hebrew also equals sixteen and this is one of the plants sacred to Jupiter. Another word valuable to use on a talisman is ZVG, which also has a value of sixteen and which means like or equal to (Crowley) or to pair or match (Ben Yehuda). It can be used to draw out an affinity with the forces being evoked in the talisman. It forms a perfect right angle (see figure 6-C), which, because it is open on the third side, is also a magical symbol of Masonry, according to Levi. It is the tool called a square which is used by masons and carpenters even today. I have found this signature to be an extremely effective sigil line, as well as others which form perfect right angles.
The Intelligence of Jupiter is Yophiel and its sigil is demonstrated in figure 6-D. One may also use more than one sigil on a kamea, if their ener gies are sufficiently compatible. For example, the spirit of Jupiter, Hismael, which is generally cor rectly given in most books on magical squares, can be combined with Yophiel to produce figure 6-E. Their names both have a numerical value of 136, the theosophic extension of the kamea. Another very valuable affirmation that also has the numeric equivalent of 136 is; "I will give thanks unto the Tetragrammaton with all my heart" from Psalm 9: 2 (see figure 6-F for Hebrew spelling). This could be made into a sigil, or it could also be an effective inscription written around the edge of the talisman.
Figure 6-E: YHPIAL-Yophial HSML-Hismeal
Figure 6-F: Traditional Kamea in Hebrew
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Another powerful motto with the value of 136, taken from Latin rather than Hebrew, is: "The undefiled glory of God" {Dei gloria intacta), which was said to be engraved in a circle on the vault of the legendary founder of the Rosicrucian order, Brother C. R. C. It was written around the figure of a man's head, which Case said represented Aquarius. Case's interpretation of the motto is that:
(It) refers to the occult conception that the real Inner Man is identical with and inseparable from the pure essence of the Life Power. That essence is correctly associ ated with the element of air, to which the sign Aquarius (the Man) is referred, because Spirit and Breath are correlated in all ancient philosophies. Furthermore, the adjective intacta, which I have translated as undefiled, means even more than this. The Inner Glory that is the essence of the real Man is not only untouched by the action of its outer vehicle of personality. It is truly untouchable. It can never be defiled (True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order, p. 126).
The full realization of this symbol, however, belongs to the Age of Aquarius, into which we are just entering.
Another important correspondence that belongs to this kamea is the magical word
Qol (QVL), which also has a value of 136. This is really the Voice of Intuition, or the
Higher Self, or H. G. A. In Case's interpretation, it is represented by the Hierophant, which is, as we have noted, the sixteenth path. This path belongs to the Grade of Magus, or the Exempt Adept who has "so perfected the organization of his vehicles of con sciousness that there is no obstruction between him and his communication with that One Teacher" (ibid, p. 286).
Qol forms a simple sigil line and can be joined to almost any name (e. g., the Voice of Yophiel, Tzadqiel, Jeheshuah, etc. ). It also has a correspondence to the root-word ChaCh, which Godwin notes means hook or ring (p. 226). Hook or nail is the meaning of Vav, the Hierophant. d'Olivet says ChCh "expresses force as anything pointed or hooked, hence... to penetrate, to go deeply into. " (p. 349) Its value is sixteen.
Mysteriously, Agrippa gives another word with the value of sixteen, HVH, but gives no meaning. It is ambivalent, its various definitions depending on vowel points, like so many Hebrew words. It means "mischief, " "ruin or calamity, " as well as "to be, " "to exist, " and "to form or constitute" (Ben Yehuda). Agrippa also gives AHI, which means "where?" Both of these words, it must be noted, are Names of God if one letter is added (AHIH and IHVH), one at the beginning and one at the end. There are numer ous mysteries to ponder here, and Qabalists who have studied the Jewish Qabalistic texts will see the similarities between these words and the Divine Names to which they are related.
We said earlier that the simplest but most well-concealed secret of forming the magical planetary seals is to follow the hint given in the
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Figure 6-H Figure 6-1
Saturn kamea (see Saturn figures in Chapter Five). This technique is as easy as connect ing the dots in a young child's drawing book. If we connect the sixteen numbers, in order, on the Jupiter kamea, we get the design in figure 6-G. We can make a flashing color tablet in this design using the complementary colors of blue and orange that looks like figure 6-H (compare to the traditional Seal of Jupiter in figure 6-1).
It amazes me that, to my knowledge, no one in the Golden Dawn tradition has pre viously published these planetary seals; they are far more powerful as meditation man dalas than most any other talismanic figures I have ever worked with. Even some unpublished Golden Dawn lessons I have read did not reveal these seals, yet they are exceptionally easy to discover when attention is paid to the design on the Saturn kamea. The Islamic magicians were most certainly aware of them, and many of their magical designs have been incorporated in beautiful mandala-like Islamic carpets and artwork. We will examine this in more detail in Chapter Nine.
Information about how to make seals of the planets from the same planetary kameas as we have in the Golden Dawn tradition is available in the book Islamic Patterns: An
Analytical and Cosmological Approach, in the chapter on magic squares. Dr. Case did not
invent this method of seal-formation; as previously mentioned, it has been suggested that Agrippa himself knew about these seals but did not publish them. As far as I know Case was the only one to use them in the modern magical tradition. Our lodge now uses a number of different designs (some drawn from magical squares we have discovered) as flashing color tablets, and it works exceptionally well as an entry point for contacting the specific planetary energy. The student can experiment with them, coloring them in a variety of ways, but should retain the proper color scheme.
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