Charles Stansfeld Jones Diary Entry

Friday, 11 October 1918

I spent last evening with Therion [Aleister Crowley]; during our conversation, he said that he thought Nuit and Hadit were best expressed as Matter and Motion. He also said that all things must be considered as Zero or Two, as if One were arrived at "there was no getting away from it." I pointed out that there must be some formula combining Zero and One, or the Tree of Life could never have been conceived of and formulated. He admitted this but said that so far he had failed to find such.

When I got to bed, I could not sleep, and a number of other things connected with this mystery came to me.

One was, the significant fact that when A.C. first got into touch with the Brothers of A.A. (See Vision and Voice, I have not any books here, so cannot quote), the Pass word was "There is No-God." This seems to confirm this Word, as the central secret of A.A. Who also gave out the New Law.

I also notice that NU reversed is UN or One. Likewise with the addition of IT Nuit is Unit.

Then I remembered that in Equinox V (I think) AL is clearly defined as the Ox and the Goad, also as MATTER and MOTION, and I cannot see how A.C. could have missed this connection with Nuit and Hadit, since it is undoubtedly the true formula of his present conception of Their nature.

Then I noticed another very important thing. I was wondering why A and L should be chosen, or rather why L, the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet should follow A, the first. But this is not actually the case for AL is the first sound in the pronunciation of Aleph the First letter of the Hebrew alphabet (as it is also of Alpha) and the addition of Pe shows the mouth as necessary to the spoken word, though in Kether, it was but a silent breath through the nose. (Notice Kether is called "Long of nose", also the Image is on a Face seen in profile, viz: only one aspect of the word can be considered at a time in the reasoning mind). It is strange also how L is pronounced LA-med, this showing the duality as soon as it is taken into consideration as a separate letter.

Thus is AL, in very truth the first possible sound, and notice that when one pronounces it aloud, the tongue is raised and placed against the teeth, but as soon as it is released, LA is automatically pronounced by a slightly indrawn breath. In the Silent breath of the Beginning this is reversed, AL is the underlying sound of the indrawn breath and LA that of the outgoing.

Now notice how Hadit is spoken of as the tongue of Nuit and how when His head is raised etc. and lowered etc.

Note also how in pronouncing the first letter Aleph, one's tongue must meet the teeth, and the tooth is Shin, the 31st path; also see how these paths were welded in the Initiation of O.I.V.V.I.O.

Note. LA LA may stand for NOT NOT, or "something"; it also suggests 0 = 0 or 0 to the 0°.

I also found, which seems to be of the greatest importance that the essence of Thelema is summed up in this Word. A is the pentagram, the Star of Will and L is Libra, Justice or the Law, while 31 backwards is 13 which is Love and Unity.^[1]

1—Ruler of is = Love. Love is the law, love under will.

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