Charles Stansfeld Jones Diary Entry

Monday, 7 October 1918

Monday to Tuesday October 7th and 8th

Have been working on the theory that the Holy Word revealed to O.I.V.V.I.O. in its inmost aspect is also the Key of the Mysteries of the Book of the Law. Let us consider in what ways this may be so.

My experience showed me that Hadith was Kether, and Nuit appears to be very similar to The Veil of the Negative which the Qabalists speak of. 777 seems to confirm this, for Hadit is attributed to Line One and Nuit to 0; also same idea is symbolized in that which was granted to me when I made the Pantacle of Nuit.

I think the idea we should try to formulate, is very much that of the Qabalists, though the real meaning, is, I am convinced, a matter of experience. First was Nothing, and this may be called LA while it is considered as expanding into Limitless Space (Ain Soph) and becoming Limitless Light, perhaps. The Beginning of things was caused by a simple change of conception, as it were a "looking inwards" instead of outwards, and a corresponding change from LA to AL. I think the difference in the way the English and Hebrew Alphabets are written, is a good symbol of this, the direction is different, so that the two letters might stand for either LA or AL according to the manner in which we look upon them. The great value of this Word lies in the fact that the self-same symbol contains the ideas of Nothing and Something, without any change in itself, and this seems to be the one Symbol that gets over the difficult transition from NOT to ONE. Of course it was not even a Word in the beginning, but the Silent Breath, Expansion and Contraction, and the true theory of the Universe is that it was created by the First Breath of the Tao, or Nuit. We find this confirmed in Liber Legis Ch. 1 Verse 28. "None breathed the light faint and faery of the stars and two."

Here we have the idea of the first breath of Not (LA) the Limitless Light, which concentrates upon Kether which is ONE or Hadith, or AL and gives the first faint idea of duality which shows forth in the Word later-but which being composed of the ideas Nothing and One is really One.

Now Hadit is really unextended, and can only be imagined as the Minute Point of Light at that Point where LA changes into AL, for he is the Secret Centre. In order to get a somewhat clearer idea we must consider Nuit as dual, viz: LALA, when AL shows up as that Centre. In this case it is strange and worth noting that we have a word with the sound Laylah or Night, and I don't think the spelling matters for see Ch. III, "spelling is defunct." It is the sound that matters. I cannot help thinking ALLA in the same way produced and was concealed in Allah. we are told in Ch. I, V.9 to worship the Khabs (the house of Hadit) and behold my (Nuit's) light shed over you, because Khabs is the Central Point of Light, and we thus perform an act similar to that which made Creation manifest, rather than Not.

Ch. I v 21. With the God and the Adorer I am nothing, they do not see me. They are upon the earth. I am Heaven and there is no other God than me and my lord Hadit.

Now if Hadit = AL = God, then with Him is Nuit (LA) nothing. Also this is so with the Adorer unless he concentrates on Hadit as the Centre as instructed. Yet is also true that "there is no other God than me and my lord Hadit" for looked at one way the God is Nuit and the other Hadit.

Ch. I. v 22. Clearly tells us that Nuit has a secret name. This I take to be LA (or possibly LALA). Also it is written in this verse "Bind nothing" and besides its obvious sense, this may be an expression of the binding of Nothing by concentration on a point. This Word binds nothing, as it causes the transition from Nothing to God.

Ch. I v 29.30 It will be seen that there really is no division.

Ch. I v 35. Note "threefold" Book of Law.^[1]

Ch. I v. 40. Note "Three grades." (Since making this note, I have had an opportunity of looking at the Equinox for a moment, and discovered that in Vol. 7, Comment. The Tarot Keys of the three Grades add to 31, which I consider a further proof. I may remark that I have been placed where I have no books but the V.S.L. for reference, and am therefore writing all these notes entirely from memory of my experience, which seems to make certain things clearer from day to day, as I apply my attention to different aspects of the work.)

Ch. I, v 45. The Perfect and the Perfect are one Perfect and not two, nay are none.

Here I think Nuit and Hadit are referred to as the Perfect, for this is claimed by Hadit, see Ch II, v 15. If Nuit be considered as LA and Hadit as AL, this is at once clear for they are One and yet None.

Ch. I, v 46. Nothing is a secret key of this Law, sixty one the Jews call it. I call it eight, eighty, fourhundred and eighteen.

(I made a partial explanation of this in diary, but since I got a clearer and fuller one on Oct 21, I insert same here in its proper place.)

To-day I have made another attempt at the Qabalistic explanation of the verse. It is getting clearer. At the time of Initiation, it will be remembered O.I.V.V.I.O. identifies himself entirely with Parzival through- out.^[2]

For he says he found the Word, and the Word was Parzival. (There is of course a very definite connection between Parzival and Abrahadabra, the Word of the Aeon, through 418. And it is said that Abrahadabra shall be His child and that strangely) And Parzival having Eight letters, and Initial value 80 and total numeration of 418 is therefore connected with this verse. It was through this Name that he came upon the Mystery of AL and LA which is finally summed up in A, (as will be shown later.)

Let us take this verse again;

Nothing (LA) is a secret key of this Law. 61 (Ain) the Jews called it, I call it 80.80.418 (Parzival, The Fool, Aleph, One). Therefore 61 plus 1 = 62.

But they have (also) the half 31 = AL (and they have Not (LA) the other half) and twice 31 is 62.

Therefore ALLA = 62 which is 6 plus 2 = 8 = Cheth = 418 = Parzival = Fool = Aleph = One (or None) and thus all disappears in One. Also since ALLA becomes A, ALL has disappeared.

Again it is written The Fool hath said in his heart There is NO-GOD = LA AL which again indicates the secret and I think LA AL in this form is the secret name or word of Ra HOOR Khuit. See Ch. III, v 49. I am a secret fourfold word, the blasphemy against all the gods of men. Also, whereas Nuit and Hadit are ever united the division becomes manifest in R.H.K. For he says in Ch. III, v 2. There is division hither homeward, there is a word not known. (Can there be any connection here with "She shall be known and I never?) Spelling is defunct, all is not aught. Not: AUGHT, may indicate the nature of the All LA, Not AL aught.

Verse 48. Not the OX or Aleph and the Fool or O, seems to indicate the explanation given above, also points to the idea that the key is something which itself combines these ideas.

Ch. I, v 51. Mentions the 4 Gates, and this is the mystery of the path of Aleph again, and the fourfold name R.H.K. One can enter these in turn or at once, if he understands the trick of combinations.

Ch. I. v 52. "If this be not aright, if ye confound the space marks saying: They are one, or saying, They are many" etc.

There should be no space-marks, except on the plane of reason. When the experience of this mystery is granted, it will be seen how there are none, for the whole thing is a continuous process, even as Nuit is continuous.

Ch. I, v 55. He has beheld some of them I think, as is proved by this writing.

Ch. I, v 56. Indicates that there are two halves of the equation, even as there are two aspects of this Word.

Ch. I, v 57. ?House of God = Beth-EL = Path of Beth?

Ch. II, v 2. "I, Hadit am the complement of Nuit my bride". This indicates they are really One or None, and I think the Word clears this up.

Verse 7. "Come unto me" is a foolish word; for it is I that go". "Come unto me" is the call of Nuit. When Hadit (AL) considers Nuit (LA) or "lifts up his head" He becomes Not therefore He goes.

Ch II, v 14. "Now let there be a veiling of this shrine; now let the light devour men and eat them up with blindness"

Verse 15. "For I am perfect being Not and my number is nine by the fools, but with the just I am eight and one in eight which is vital, for I am none indeed."

Hadit here clearly says he is Not, or BEING-NOT (a combination of Nuit and Hadit as the Perfect and Perfect, which, be it remembered are One, nay None.) We have considered His particular aspect as AL rather than LA, but the previous verse indicates a blind. He is the shrine veiled by Not, for AL is the manifestation of LA, and LA is the hiding of AL (See first verse of Chapters I and II). He is Eight with the just because they consider the balance of things and so consider him as AL-LA which again gives 62 = 8 = Cheth = 418 = Fool = Aleph = None as explained before in answer to the riddle of Nuit. This shows he is One (Aleph) in eight, and also None, quite clearly.

Now comes the striking indication of an underlying formula in this Book, which can be read in two ways, and the very same Word is used to express this, only in the English instead of the Hebrew, which of course throws one off the scent of the mystery.

Ch. II, v 19. "Is a God to live in a dog? No. But the highest are of us."

Now in English, God is Dog if reversed, but the Hebrew for God is AL which reversed gives LA which is Not. One can hardly get away from the hint of the true nature of the Key, once it is pointed out, especially since it is followed by the negative No. (another translation of LA) and a statement that the highest or those who comprehend this mystery. "are of us".

Ch. II, v 23. I am alone; there is no God where I am.

I am AL-ONE, there is LA-AL where I am, viz: He is both one with Nuit and Ra-Hoor-Khuit.

Ch. II, v 26. I am the secret serpent (Wisdom of the Word) coiled about to spring. If I lift up my head I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down my head and shoot forth venom, there is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one.

Gives another proof of the peculiar dual aspect of the Word. It will be noticed that Nuit has said that the God and the Adorer are upon the Earth. As God, Hadit is one with the Earth, as NOT, he is one with Nuit. Also Hadit is called Her secret centre and the world, her heart and her tongue, the House or Home of Hadit, makes the spoken Word possible.

Verse 27. There is great danger in reasoning over this Mystery, it must be realized.

Verse 32. All their words are skew-wise, viz: they do not partake of the true peculiar nature of the True Word which is equally balanced and can be read either backwards or forwards.

Verse 33. "Damned for a dog", the reverse of God in its wrong aspect.

Verse 76. I don't make this out yet, but it seems to indicate that it will not come till later, after the Prophet's time. Anyway AL appears twice among the letters.

Ch. III, v 2. This was commented upon before. This whole chapter appears to me to be quite a different character to the former ones. R-H-K is the Word as the offspring of Hadit and Nuit.

Verse 35. The half of the word of Heru-ra-ha probably indicates some mystery in this division as indicated in Verse 2. I think thus far he has been LA, for in Verse 35 we have him worshipped as AL or God. (Unity- uttermost-might of breath)

Verse 47. Note according to this theory the importance of the letters and their positions to one another. Also the statement that one shall discover the key of it all. (By the way, V. 39 makes a statement "In it is the word secret and not only in the English". I think this may mean that the Word AL does not appear at all, and NOT only appears in the English instead of Hebrew).^[3]

I think Verse 48 terminates the AL section, and Verse 49 mentions the Fourfold word, which I have taken to be LA AL.

Verse 71 may indicate AL as Chochmah and LA as Binah and the solution of the Mystery in Kether Hadit.

Verse 74 may indicate that the splendour in His name hidden and glorious is the two centre letters A.A. The Silver Star. Note, according to Blavatsky [Helena Petrovna Blavatsky] AL is the Sun or Phallus.

1—Oct. 31st. "LAW" is LA (Nuit-Hadit) completed by W = וו, the Son RHK is His dual aspect as Horus-Harpocrates. Also Vau is the Hierophant "Hoor in His secret name and splendour is the Lord initiating."

2—Oct 31st 1918 E.V. Just before sleeping I had an impression that if I added up the total letters in my Mottoes they would = 31. I did so mentally and found UNUS IN OMNIBUS (13 = Achad) OMNIA IN UNO (= 10 ∴ 1 = 10 / 10 = 1) PARZIVAL = 8. 13+10+8 = 31. This is extraordinary because it was a kind of revelation.

3—I think this is one of the reasons why the Original in the writing of the Beast must always be included with any translation into other tongues. For there are mysteries in the English that would not work out if translated.

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