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Qaballah and Tarot: A Basic Course in 9 Lessons , by Yael R. DragwylaLesson III: The Greater Trumps Part 4: The New Trumps

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Yael R. Dragwyla First North American rightsEmail: [email protected] 9,800 wordshttp://polaris93.livejournal.com/

Qaballah and Tarot: A Basic Course in NineLessons

Lesson III: The 22 Paths of the Tree of Life and theGreater Arcana of the Tarot

C. Notes for Paths 0-93 of the New, English-Language ASCII and associations with the PeriodicTable and Astrological Assignments

3. The Trumps

b. Period II Second Plane of the Sphere of Life ( Chokmah- 2- Binah -i = -1

This Period and its associated Plane of the Sphere of Life correspond to Olam Briah (h a I r b ), theCreative World, where the creative imagination of God first takes the beginnings of form,and Neschamah (h m c n ), that part of the Self that comprises the true spiritual vision of Intuition(Chokmah and 2) or Imagination ( Binah and i = -1 ).

ac. Key 35

Lithium 3Li 7, Z=3. Electron configuration: 2-1. Atomic weight: 6.94. Oxidation states: +1.Column/Row on the Periodic Table: 1a/K-L (2). Connects Sephirah to Sephirah 0. ASCII character:#. Qaballistic value: 2 10 = 10 2 (prime the only even prime). Earth, rock (a higher octave of Tav );

Chokmah , Sephirah 2 (for the Qaballistic value of this Key), hence Neptune and the Twos and the Kingsof the Tarot*; Beth b, 12 th Key of the traditional Qaballah and 2 nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet (for theQaballistic value), hence Mercury and Trump I, The Magus ; Venus , ruler of Libra (Libra rules allface-to-face encounters and relationships, which are dyads , two persons or things in relationship; theatomic weight of Lithium, 7, is also the number of Venus Sephirah, Netzach ); Power Analog of Peh /Mars= 0/Lobachevski (Path connecting Sephirah and Sephirah 0).

*In the Golden Dawns Tarot pack. Crowley associates Chokmah with the Knights.


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Alternate: 3Li 7, Lithium. Crystal structure: .

The word Lithium comes from the Greek word lithos , stone. The atomic weight of Lithium is6.941, and its atomic or Z-number is 3. It has a melting-point of 180.54 C; its boiling-point is 1,347 C. It

has a specific gravity of 0.534 at 20 C, and a valence of 1 (i.e., +1, a positive valence, since under all butthe most extraordinary conditions it can lose at most 1 electron from its outer electron orbitals and gainnone).

Lithium, discovered by Arfvedson in 1817 e.v., is the lightest of all metals, with a density only abouthalf that of water. It doesnt occur free in nature; combined with other elements in one compound or another, it is found in small amounts in nearly all igneous rocks and in the waters of many mineral springs.Lepidolite, spodumene, petalite, and amblygonite are the more important minerals containing it. Currently(1973 e.v.), Lithium is being recovered from brines of Searles Lake, California, and from the Great SaltLake, Utah. Large deposits of it are also found in Nevada and North Carolina.

Lithium metal is produced electrolytically from fused LiCl (Lithium chloride). Much like Sodium andPotassium, other members of the alkali metal series (Column 1a of the Periodic Table), Lithium is silveryin appearance. It reacts with water, but not as vigorously as Sodium. It imparts a beautiful crimson color to a flame, but when the metal burns strongly the flame becomes a dazzling white.

Since World War II, the production of Lithium metal and its compounds has increased enormously.Because the metal has the highest specific heat of any solid element, it is used in many heat-transfer applications. However, because it is highly corrosive it requires special handling (i.e., it is a bitch to work with, and often the only way to do so safely is in a pure nitrogen environment, working with waldoesonly!). It is used as an alloying agent, synthesis of artificial compounds of various kinds, and in nuclear applications. It ranks as a leading contender as anode material for batteries, because of its highelectrochemical potential.* It is also used in special glasses and ceramics e.g., the glass for the 200-inchtelescope at the Mt. Palomar Observatory in San Diego, CA, contains lithium in trace amounts. Lithiumchloride (LiCl) is one of the most hygroscopic materials known; along with Lithium bromide (LiBr), it isused in air-conditioning and industrial drying systems. Lithium stearate is used as an all-purpose and high-temperature lubricant. Other Lithium compounds are used in dry cells and storage batteries. The metal is

priced at about $8/lb (as of 1973 e.v.).

*An atoms electrochemical potential is equivalent to the mass liberated by the passage of a unit quantityof electricity via ions of that element. The higher electrochemical potential of an element, the stronger its electromagnetic pull on the electrons of other atoms or of those atoms on its electrons, dependingupon whether it has positive or negative valence. Lithium, with a valence of +1 i.e., it is a ready,able, and egregiously willing donor of its one outer electron to other atoms thus has an extremelyhigh electrochemical potential, higher even than those of the other Alkali Metals. Whereas theabsolute value of an atoms electrochemical potential is measured in terms of its ability either to forceits electrons on other atoms or rob electrons from other atoms, the direction of that potential the

positive or negative sign on it is determined by whether the atom belongs to the s group of elements(electron donors, all with outer orbitals less than half the total possible for the Periods to which they

belong) or p elements (electron borrowers, those with more than half that total).

Chapter 2 of Crowleys The Book of Lies (op. cit. , p. 14), is:

THE CRY OF THE HAWK

Hoor hath a secret fourfold name: it is Do What Thou Wilt.Four Words: Naught One Many All.

Thou Child!


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Thy Name is holy.Thy Kingdom is come.

Thy Will is done.Here is the Bread.Here is the Blood.

Bring us through Temptation!Deliver us from Good and Evil!

That Mine as Thine be the Crown of the Kingdom, even now.ABRAHADABRA.

These ten words are four, the Name of the One.

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Beryllium 4Be 9, Z=4. Electron configuration: 2-2. Atomic weight: 9.01218. Oxidation states: +2.Column/Row on the Periodic Table: 2a/K-L. Connects Sephirah to Sephirah 1. ASCII character: $.

Qaballistic value: 3 10 = 11 2 (prime the first odd, non-trivial prime) Pluto , Mercury , Luna ,Jupiter (associations with money and wealth); Venus (due to the precious stones in which thiselement is found, as well as its sweet taste, for more on which, see below); Gimel g, 13 th Key of thetraditional Qaballah and 3 rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet (for the Qaballistic value of this Key), hence Luna and Trump II, The High Priestess ; Binah , Sephirah 3 (for the Qaballistic value of this Key), hence and , and the Threes and the Queens of the Tarot; to exist, existence (from the chemical symbol, Be );

Alternate: 4P 9, Popularium. Crystal structure: . Associations: Venus.

Beryllium comes from the Greek word berryllos , for beryl. It is also called Glucinium or Glucinum,from the Greek word glykos , meaning sweet (an association with Taurus, ruled by Venus). It has anatomic weight of 9.01218 and an atomic number of 4. Its melting-point is 1,278 5 C and a boiling-pointof 2,970 C. It has a specific gravity of 1.848 at 20 C, and a valence of +2.

Beryllium was first discovered in the form of Beryllium oxide (BeO) by Vauquelin in beryl and inemeralds in 1798 e.v. Metallic Beryllium was isolated in 1828 e.v. by Whler, and independently by Bussyin the same year, by the action of Potassium on Beryllium chloride.

Beryllium is found in some 30 mineral species, the most important of which include beryl,chrysoberyl, and phenacite. Precious forms of beryl include aquamarine and emerald (reinforcing itsassociation with Venus). Beryl (3BeO Al2O3 6SiO 2) is the most important commercial source of the elementand its compounds. Most of the metal is now prepared by reducing Beryllium fluoride (BeF) with metallicMagnesium. Metallic Beryllium did not become readily available to industry until 1957 e.v.

Metallic Beryllium, which is steel-gray in color, has many desirable properties. One of the lightest of all metals, it has the highest melting-points of the light metals, with a modulus of elasticity about one-thirdgreater than that of steel. It resists attack by concentrated nitric acid, has excellent thermal conductivity,and is nonmagnetic. It is highly permeable to X-rays, and when bombard by -particles, as from Radiumor Polonium, it emits neutrons in a ratio of about 30 neutrons per 10 6 -particles. At ordinarytemperatures, Beryllium resists oxidation in air, although its ability to scratch glass is probably due to theformation of a thin layer of Beryllium oxide on its surface.

Beryllium is used as an alloying agent in producing Beryllium Copper, which is used extensively for springs, electrical contacts, spot-welding electrodes, and non-sparking tools. It has applications as astructural material in high-speed aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. It is used in nuclear reactors as areflector or moderator because of its low thermal neutron absorption cross-section. It is used ingyroscopes, computer parts, and inertial guidance instruments which require lightness, stiffness, anddimensional stability. Its oxide has a very high melting-point, and is also used in nuclear and ceramicapplications.

Beryllium and its salts are toxic, and should be handled with the greatest of care. Though earlyexperimenters tasted it to verify its nature it has a sweet taste* Beryllium and its compounds should not


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be tasted, due to their extreme toxicity. The metal, its alloys, and its salts can be handled safely if certainwork-codes are observed, but no attempt should be made to work with them until one is familiar with

proper safeguards. The recommended maximum allowable concentration of Beryllium dust in an 8-hour day is about 2 micrograms per cubic meter in non-work areas.

*Hence its other name, Glucinium. This is yet another correspondence with Venus and Taurus. The greattoxicity of this element corresponds nicely with Pisces, a Sign in which Venus is exalted. (Luna,which rules childhood, can also be associated with sweetness; Luna is exalted in Taurus and is anesoteric Lord of Pisces.)

Beryllium metal in vacuum-cast billet form is priced roughly at $70/lb (as of 1973 e.v.); fabricatedforms are more expensive.

Chapter 3 of Crowleys The Book of Lies (op. cit. , p. 16):

THE OYSTER The brothers of A A are one with the Mother of the Child.

The Many is as adorable to the One as the One is to the Many. This is the Love of These; creation-parturition is the Bliss of the One; coition-dissolution is the Bliss

of the Many.The All, thus interwoven of These, is Bliss.

Naught is beyond Bliss.The Man delights in uniting with the Woman; the Woman in parting from the

Child.The Brothers of A A are women; the Aspirants to A A are Men.

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Yael R. Dragwyla First North American rightsPO Box 30675 wordsSeattle, WA 98103email: [email protected]

Qaballah and Tarot: A Basic Course in Nine Lessons

Lesson III: The 22 Paths of the Tree of Life and the Greater Arcana of the Tarot

C. Notes for Paths 0-93 of the New, English-Language ASCII and associations with the PeriodicTable and Astrological Assignments

3. The Trumps

b. Period II Second Plane of the Sphere of Life ( Chokmah- 2 - Binah -i = -1

This Period and its associated Plane of the Sphere of Life correspond to Olam Briah (h a I r b ), theCreative World, where the creative imagination of God first takes the beginnings of form,and Neschamah (h mc n ), that part of the Self that comprises the true spiritual vision of Intuition(Chokmah and 2 ) or Imagination ( Binah and i = -1 ).

ac. Key 35

Lithium 3 Li7 , Z=3. Electron configuration: 2-1. Atomic weight: 6.94. Valence: +1. Column/Row

on the Periodic Table: 1a/K-L (2). Connects Sephirah to Sephirah 0 . ASCII character: #. Qaballisticvalue: 2 10 = 10 2 (prime the only even prime). Earth, rock (a higher octave of Tav ); Chokmah , Sephirah2 (for the Qaballistic value of this Key), hence Neptune and the Twos and the Kings of the Tarot;

Beth b , 12 th Key of the traditional Qaballah and 2 nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet, hence Mercury andTrump I, The Magus ; Venus , ruler of Libra (Libra rules all face-to-face encounters andrelationships, which are dyads , two persons or things in relationship).

Alternate: 3 Li6 , Lithium. Crystal structure: .

The word Lithium comes from the Greek word lithos , stone. The atomic weight of Lithium is6.941, and its atomic or Z-number is 3. It has a melting-point of 180.54 C; its boiling-point is 1,347 C.It has a specific gravity of 0.534 at 20 C, and a valence of 1 (i.e., +1, a positive valence, since under all butthe most extraordinary conditions it can lose at most 1 electron from its outer electron orbitals and gain

none).Lithium, discovered by Arfvedson in 1817 e.v., is the lightest of all metals, with a density only abouthalf that of water. It doesnt occur free in nature; combined with other elements in one compound or another, it is found in small amounts in nearly all igneous rocks and in the waters of many mineral springs.Lepidolite, spodumene, petalite, and amblygonite are the more important minerals containing it. Currently(1973 e.v.), Lithium is being recovered from brines of Searles Lake, California, and from the Great SaltLake, Utah. Large deposits of it are also found in Nevada and North Carolina.

Lithium metal is produced electrolytically from fused LiCl (Lithium chloride). Much like Sodium andPotassium, other members of the alkali metal series (Column 1a of the Periodic Table), Lithium is silvery

Yael R. Dragwyla First North American rightsPO Box 30675 wordsSeattle, WA 98103email: [email protected]

Qaballah and Tarot: A Basic Course in Nine Lessons

Lesson III: The 22 Paths of the Tree of Life and the Greater Arcana of the Tarot

C. Notes for Paths 0-93 of the New, Eng lish-Language ASCII and associations with the PeriodicTable and Astrological Assignments

3. The Trumps

b. Period II Second Plane of the Sphere of Life ( Chokmah- 2 - Binah -i = -1

This Period and its associated Plane of the Sphere of Life correspond to Olam Briah (h a I r b ), theCreative World, where the creative imagination of God first takes the beginnings of form,and Neschamah (h mc n ), that part of the Self that comprises the true spiritual vision of Intuition(Chokmah and 2 ) or Imagination ( Binah and i = -1 ).

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Lithium 3 Li7 , Z=3. Electron configuration: 2-1. Atomic weight: 6.94. Valence: +1. Column/Row

on the Periodic Table: 1a/K-L (2). Connects Sephirah to Sephirah 0 . ASCII character: #. Qaballisticvalue: 2 10 = 10 2 (prime the only even prime). Earth, rock (a higher octave of Tav ); Chokmah , Sephirah2 (for the Qaballistic value of this Key), hence Neptune and the Twos and the Kings of the Tarot;

Beth b , 12 th Key of the traditional Qaballah and 2 nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet, hence Mercury andTrump I, The Magus ; Venus , ruler of Libra (Libra rules all face-to-face encounters andrelationships, which are dyads , two persons or things in relationship).

Alternate: 3 Li6 , Lithium. Crystal structure: .

The word Lithium comes from the Greek word lithos , stone. The atomic weight of Lithium is6.941, and its atomic or Z-number is 3. It has a melting-point of 180.54 C; its boiling-point is 1,347 C.It has a specific gravity of 0.534 at 20 C, and a valence of 1 (i.e., +1, a positive valence, since under all butthe most extraordinary conditions it can lose at most 1 electron from its outer electron orbitals and gain

none).Lithium, discovered by Arfvedson in 1817 e.v., is the lightest of all metals, with a density only abouthalf that of water. It doesnt occur free in nature; combined with other elements in one compound or another, it is found in small amounts in nearly all igneous rocks and in the waters of many mineral springs.Lepidolite, spodumene, petalite, and amblygonite are the more important minerals containing it. Currently(1973 e.v.), Lithium is being recovered from brines of Searles Lake, California, and from the Great SaltLake, Utah. Large deposits of it are also found in Nevada and North Carolina.

Lithium metal is produced electrolytically from fused LiCl (Lithium chloride). Much like Sodium andPotassium, other members of the alkali metal series (Column 1a of the Periodic Table), Lithium is silvery


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Alternate: 5Bc 11, Bigmacum. Crystal structure: Mercury, Hermes (fast-food, rip-offs); Eris, thePentagon (for the Z-number)

The word Boron is etymologically related to the Arabic word Buraq and the Persian word Burah .Boron has an atomic weight of 10.81 and an atomic number of 5. Its melting-point is 2,300 and its

boiling-point, at which it sublimes, is 2,550 C. The specific gravity of its crystals is 2.34, and of the

amorphous variety of Boron is 2.37; its valence is +3.Boron compounds have been known for thousands of years, but the element as such wasnt discovered

until 1808 e.v. by Sir Humphry Davy and simultaneously by Gay-Lussac and Thenard.The element doesnt naturally exist in a free state, but occurs as orthoboric acid, usually in certain

volcanic spring waters, and in the form of borates in borax and colemanite. Ulexite, another Boronmineral, is of interest as a natural manifestation of fiber optics. The most important source of Boron by far is the mineral rasorite, also known as kermite, found in the Mojave Desert of California. Extensive boraxdeposits are also found in Turkey.

Boron exists naturally as 19.78% 5B10 isotope and 80.22% 5B11 isotope. High-purity crystalline Boronmay be prepared by the vapor-phase reduction of Boron trichloride or tribromide with Hydrogen onelectrically heated filaments. The impure or amorphous Boron, a brownish-black powder, can be obtained

by heating the trioxide with Magnesium powder. Boron of 99.9999% purity has been produced and isavailable commercially.

Elemental Boron has an energy band gap of 1.50 to 1.56 electron volts, which is higher than that of either Silicon or Germanium. It has interesting optical characteristics, transmitting portions of the infraredspectrum. It is a poor conductor of electricity at room temperature but a good conductor at hightemperature.

Amorphous Boron is used in pyrotechnic flares to provide a distinctive green color, and in rockets asan igniter. The most important compounds of Boron are boric or boracic acid, which is widely used as amild antiseptic, and borax (Na 2B4O710H 2O), which serves as a cleansing flux in welding and as a water-softener in washing powders. Boron compounds are used in production of enamels for covering steel of refrigerators, washing machines, and the like. They are also used extensively in the manufacture of

borosilicate glasses. Borons isotope 10 ( 5B10) is used as a control for nuclear reactors, as a shield for nuclear radiation, and in instruments used for detecting radiation. Boron nitride has remarkable properties,and can be used to make a material as hard as diamond. The nitrate also behaves like an electricalinsulator, but conducts heat like a metal. It also has lubricating properties similar to graphite. The hydrides

are easily oxidized with considerable energy liberation, and are being studied for use as rocket fuels.Demand is increasing for boron filaments, a high-strength, lightweight material chiefly employed for advanced aerospace structures.

Amorphous Boron (90-92% grade) costs about $12-$30 per pound, depending on quantity ordered (asof 1973 e.v.).

Elemental Boron is not considered to be a poison, but assimilation of its compounds has acumulatively poisonous effect on the body.

Chapter 4 of Crowleys The Book of Lies (op. cit. , p. 18):

PEACHES

Soft and hollow, how thou dost overcome the hard and full.It dies, it gives itself; to Thee is the fruit!

Be thou the Bride; thou shalt be the Mother hereafter.To all impressions thus. Let them not overcome thee; yet let them breed within

thee. The least of the impressions, come to its perfection, is Pan.Receive a thousand lovers; thou shalt bear but One Child.

This child shall be the heir of Fate the Father.


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af. Key 38

Carbon 6C 12, Z=12. Electron configuration: 2-4. Atomic weight: 12.011. Valance: +2, +4, -4.Column/Row on the Periodic Table: 4a/K-L. Connects Sephirah to Kether . ASCII character: &.

Qaballistic value: 5 10 = 101 2 (prime). Venus (association with & = joining, reflecting Carbonstendency to form covalent bonds); Sol (association with Carbons critical role in all life-processes; 6,the atomic number of Carbon, is also that of Sols Sephirah, Tiphareth ); Tubman, Eris, Chaos, Nhee-Ghee(associations with 5, reflecting Lifes chaotic properties); perfect numbers (for the Z-number, 6 = 1 x 2 x 3= 1 + 2 + 3), hence God, the Perfect Being; Geburah, Sephirah 5 (for the Qaballistic value of this Key),

hence Mars ; Heh h, 15 th Key of the traditional Qaballah and 5 th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (for theQaballistic value), hence Aries and Trump IV, The Emperor *; Kaph k, 21 st Key of the traditionalQaballah and 11 th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (for the symbol, C ), hence Jupiter and Trump X, TheWheel of Fortune ; Gimel g, 13 th Key of the traditional Qaballah and 3 rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet (for the symbol, C ), hence Luna and Trump II, The High Priestess .

*In Crowleys Tarot pack, The Book of Thoth , Aries and The Emperor are associated with Tzaddi x, the17 th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; while Aquarius and Trump VII, The Star , are associated with Hehh.

Alternate: 6C 12, Carbonation. Crystal structure: . Associations: Coke, Pepsi, Jolt, Now yourecookin with gas!, etc.

The word Carbon comes from the Latin word carbo meaning charcoal. Carbon ( C 12 ) has an atomicweight of exactly 12 (natural Carbon has an atomic weight of 12.011)* and an atomic number of 6.

*Since the standard for atomic weight is defined relative to the weight of one C 12 atom, one unit of atomicweight being defined as exactly one-twelfth of that of that atom. Carbon as it occurs in nature is amixture of isotopes of Carbon, including, e.g., the unstable isotope C 14, with a half-life of 5,730 years,used extensively for dating organic materials.

The melting-point of Carbon is ~3,550 C, and its boiling-point is 4,827 C (graphite, an allotropicform of Carbon, sublimes at 3,367 25 C). The specific gravity of amorphous Carbon (soot) is 1,8-2.1;that of graphite is 1.9-2.3; that of diamond is 3.15-3.53 (depending upon the variety; that of gem-qualitydiamond is 3.513 at 25 C). Carbon has a valence of 2, 3, or 4.

Carbon, known in the form of soot from Lifes beginnings and in the form of diamond since human prehistory, is one of the most widely distributed of all elements. It is found in abundance in the Sun, other Stars, comets, and the atmospheres of most Planets. It is found in some meteorites in the form of microscopic diamonds. Natural diamonds are found in kimberlite in ancient volcanic pipes such as thoselocated in South Africa, Arkansas, Australia, and elsewhere, and have been recovered from the ocean floor off the Cape of Good Hope. In its amorphous form, soot, it is found wherever the burning of organicmaterials occurs, from hearth-fires to the burning of forests. Synthetic forms of allotropic Carbon exist,

primarily in the form of synthetic diamonds (at least 30% of all industrial-grade diamonds now used in theU.S. are synthetic).


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The energy of the Stars is at least partially derived from the Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen cycle. Inmassive Stars, where the central temperatures exceed 16 million degrees Kelvin, Carbon serves as acatalyst by which Hydrogen burning proceeds. Cornell University physicist Hans Bethe was instrumentalin discovering the steps whereby a Carbon nucleus absorbs protons and finally spits out a Helium nucleus.Along the way, the Carbon is transformed into Nitrogen and Oxygen, because of which this process is callthe CNO (Carbon-Nitrogen-Oxygen) cycle. The CNO cycle occurs in six steps:

12C + 1H 13N + 13N 13C + e+ +

13C + 1H 14N + 14N + 1H 15O + 15O 15N + e+ +15N + 1H 12C + 4He

Like the proton-proton chain, the CNO cycle has the overall effect of converting four Hydrogen nuclei(i.e., four protons) into one Helium nucleus, two positrons, two neutrinos, and some high-energy, short-wavelength gamma radiation. The 12C nucleus must be present to permit the CNO cycle to function, but itis restored at the end of the cycle, so that Carbon isnt used up by this process.

*For more on the thermonuclear reactions that power the Stars not to mention those used in modernweaponry see, e.g., William J. Kaufman, III, Universe (New York: W. H. Freeman and Co., 1985),

pp. 357-360.

Carbon is found free in nature in several forms (allotropes*). The commonest are amorphous (soot),graphite (which is used as an industrial lubricant as well as for the lead in pencils), and diamond.

* Allotropy is the property shown by certain elements of being capable of existence in more than one form,due to differences in the arrangements of atoms or molecules of those elements. Monotropic forms of an element are those one of which is always metastable with respect to the others. Enantropic formsare crystal forms capable of existing in reversible equilibrium with one another.

Graphite, one of the softest materials known, is a form of pure Carbon in which all atoms are alignedin the same plane, so that sheets of it are formed, which tend to slide over one another, giving it its

properties as a lubricant and a marking material. It exists in two forms, alpha and beta. These haveidentical physical properties, except for their crystal-structures. Naturally-occurring graphites are reportedto contain as much as 30% of the rhombohedral (beta) form whereas synthetic materials contain only thealpha form. The hexagonal alpha form can be converted to the beta form by means of mechanicaltreatment (pressure), and the beta form reverts to the alpha form when it is heated above 1,000 C.

Diamond, one of the hardest of all materials, is a highly-ordered form of pure Carbon in which theatoms take up a cubical arrangement, forming crystals.

A fourth pure form, white Carbon, a transparent birefringent material, also exists, individualinstances of which are called buckminsterfullerenes , the formula of which is C 60. In this form, the atomsare arranged in the form of buckyballs (named in honor of the late Buckminster Fuller and the geodesicdomes he designed, because of their shape) and buckytubes (a tubular version of the allotrope), 60 or more atoms arranged in regular spheroidal polyhedra. This form of Carbon, discovered only recently, isfinding important applications in industry, and extremely exciting new uses of it may be used in the future

in particular, buckytubes, are far stronger than diamonds, may be eventually used as material for buildingspace elevators, enormous structures which, twice as long as the distance from Earths surface to ageostationary orbit, may someday be used to convey passengers and freight from Earths surface to freespace with almost no net expenditure of energy.* Buckminsterfullerines were first produced in 1969 e.v.


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during the sublimation of pyrolitic graphite at low pressures. Under free-vaporization conditions above~2,550 K, white Carbon forms as small transparent crystals on the edges of the basal planes of graphite.The interplanar spacings of white Carbon are identical to those of a Carbon form noted in the graphiticgneiss from the meteoritic Ries Crater of Germany.

*An object orbiting the Earth in a geostationary (geosynchronous) orbit, 36,000 kilometers above theEarths surface, would remain positioned over the same spot on that surface, unmoving, as long as itoccupied that orbit and was not moved elsewhere along it by some outside force. Simply put, spaceelevators, originally invented by the St. Petersburg engineer Yuri Artsutanov, who calls them cosmicfuniculars, would be enormous vertical towers, 72,000 kilometers in height, positioned such that their midlines would be in geostationary orbits, their bases touching the surface of the Earth or hoveringonly a few feet above it, their tops in airless space, a fifth of the way from Earth to the Moon. Sincetheir mass above and below their midlines would be equal, once put in place, they would stay in place,orbiting the Earth in geostationary orbits that kept them forever above the same points on Earth atleast until they were knocked out of that orbit as a result of natural causes or sabotage. Few materialswould be strong enough for production of such long, long structures. The strain on any vertically-oriented material of more or less homogenous composition varies directly as its length, since the longer it is, the more it weighs, and therefore the more weight it has to hold up even without anythingattached to it. Consider, now, a vertical structure some 72,000 kilometers about 45,000 miles inheight, built to ferry passengers and cargo between Earth and space, as well as house countlessnumbers of maintenance and other personnel, along with all their tools, possessions, furniture, andfood, and the water necessary for their life and well-being as long as they remained on or in thatstructure! The strain that would be placed on its main structural supports would many orders of magnitude greater than anything that a corresponding support in one of Manhattans skyscrapers must

bear. Thus only a material such as the buckytubes could possibly withstand the stresses and strainswhich the structural members of such a tower would have to bear every moment of its existence andstill hope to survive the strain.

As for how payloads would be carried up and down these enormous Earth-to-space elevators,electrical energy alone could boost payloads up to the GEO (Geostationary Orbital height above thesurface of the Earth), and rocket propulsion would be needed only for the remainder of the journey, upto the outermost parts of the towers and free space. In addition to avoiding the danger, noise, andenvironmental hazards of rocketry, the space elevator would make astonishing reductions in the cost of all space missions possible. Electricity is cheap; it would require at most about a hundred dollarsworth to take one person to from Earth to the GEO. The round-trip cost, from Earth to GEO and back,would cost about ten dollars, since most of the energy would be recovered on the downward journey.So existence of such structures would open the skies for the whole world, making it possible for eventhe poorest countries to establish space-based industries, and enabling even individuals of modestmeans to sample the delights of space-travel. For the cost of travel from Earth to space up theelevators would include only that of the electricity to travel from ground to GEO, and the propulsive

power to boost from there to free space. Once at the top of the structure, very little more energy would be needed to break free of Earths gravitational attraction entirely, and once beyond Earths gravity-well, space-travel would be relatively inexpensive, as long as it did not require going down to aPlanetary surface and back to space again. The asteroids could be mined with relative ease and lowexpense, the products of such mining ferried back to Earths surface via the elevators at minimal cost.Factories and farms could be placed in orbit around the Sun between Earth and Venus or Earth and

Mars, their products likewise delivered to Earth via the space elevator at a cost so low as to benegligible. At least potentially, the result would be an end to want and famine everywhere on Earth,and an open door to space colonization we would no longer have all Earths precious eggs in onefragile, blue-white basket, but instead could nest them across many worlds in the Solar System and,someday, the worlds of other Stars.

But only the tubular form of buckminsterfullerene has any hope of being strong enough to servesuccessfully as structural material for space elevators. Few materials have sufficient tensile strength tohang all the way down to the Equator from an altitude of 36,000 kilometers, with enough margin leftover to raise useful payloads. Diamond would do the job quite nicely, but the necessary megaton


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quantities of the stuff arent readily available on the open market, and probably never will be. In The Fountains of Paradise , Arthur C. Clarke suggests a more accessible source: orbiting factories wherediamonds might be grown under zero-gravity conditions. But such factories are still a long way in thefuture. And the buckytube variety of buckminsterfullerene, large quantities of which can now bereadily produced at very reasonable cost, is far harder than diamond and far more suitable to the task.So someday a trip to the Moon may involve little more expense than a trip to the Bahamas from theEast Coast of the United States does now, with less potential danger and hassle. Instead of Fly Me tothe Moon, the song eventually may be: Press the Elevator Button of Love and Take Me to theStars.

In combination with other elements, Carbon is found in the form of Carbon dioxide in our Planetsatmosphere and dissolved in all natural waters. It is a component of great rock masses in the form of Carbonates of Calcium (limestone), Magnesium, and Iron. Coal, petroleum, and natural gas are chieflyhydrocarbon compounds, that is, compounds formed primarily of Carbon and Hydrogen. Carbon is uniqueamong the elements in the vast number and variety of compounds it can form. With Hydrogen, Oxygen,

Nitrogen, and other elements it forms a very large number of compounds in which Carbon atoms are oftenlinked to other Carbon atoms. There are more than a million known Carbon compounds, many thousandsof which are vital to organic and life processes. Chemically speaking, Carbon is the basis for Life itself,and without it, Life at least as we know it here on Earth would be impossible. While it has beenconjectured that Silicon might take the place of Carbon in forming a host of similar compounds, it isnt

possible at this time to form compounds with very long chains of silicon atoms analogous to thehydrocarbon compounds out of which living beings are built.

Some of the most important compounds of Carbon include: Carbon dioxide (CO 2), Carbon monoxide(CO), Carbon disulfide (CS 2), chloroform (CHCl 3), Carbon tetrachloride (CCl 4), methane (CH 4), ethylene(C2H4), acetylene (C 2H2), benzene (C 6H6), ethyl alcohol (C 2H5OH), acetic acid (CH 3COOH), and their derivatives.

Carbon has seven isotopes. In 1961 e.v. the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistryadopted the isotope Carbon-12 as the basis for atomic weights. Carbon-14, an isotope with a half-life of 5,730 years, has been widely used to date such materials as wood, archeological specimens, and so forth(though for dates much older than about 50,000 BC, its use for this purpose is dicey at best; other radioactive materials, e.g., Uranium-235, are used for extreme long-range dating). Carbon-13 is nowcommercially available at a cost of about $700/gm (as of 1973 e.v.).

As previously mentioned, Carbon is able to participate in far more compounds than any other singleelement, even Silicon. As P. W. Atkins puts it in his marvelous The Period Kingdom: A Journey Into the

Land of the Chemical Elements (op. cit. ):

. . . [The] overarching power of carbon to participate in molecule formation . . .results in such complexity of structure and collaboration that the [chemical] alliances itforms become alive and reflect upon themselves. The essential reason for this latent

power of a single region [i.e., element] is . . . carbons intrinsic mediocrity, its lack of self-assertion. Sitting as it does in the middle of the northern coast [Period II of thePeriodic Table], it is neither an aggressive shedder of electrons, as are elements to [its]left [in the Periodic Table], nor is it an avid receiver, like the atoms to its right. Carbon ismild in its demands on the alliances it makes. Moreover, it is even content with its owncompany, and can make extensive liaisons with itself, forming chains, rings, and trees of atoms. Were it readier to give up its electrons, it would do so at the demand of another atom, and then find that it had not retained sufficient electrons to bind other atoms in a

precise disposition. If it were more avid for electrons, it would soon satisfy its tendencyto bond and would lack the opportunity for subtle conspiracy with others. By being inthe middle, undemanding and not particularly generous, it can spin lasting alliances rather than hasty conspiracies.

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To which we can add only: Ah! Lucky Pierre!

Chapter 5 of Crowleys The Book of Lies (op. cit ., p. 20:

E

THE BATTLE OF THE ANTS

That is not which is.The only Word is Silence.

The only Meaning of that Word is not.Thoughts are false.

Fatherhood is unity disguised as duality.Peace implies war.Power implies war.

Harmony implies war.Victory implies war.Glory implies war.

Foundation implies war.Alas! For the Kingdom wherein all these are at war.

ag. Key 39

Nitrogen 7N 14, Z=7. Electron configuration: 2-5. Atomic weight: 14.0067. Oxidation states: +1, +2,+3, +4, +5, -1, -2, -3. Column/Row on the Periodic Table: 5a/K-L. Connects Sephirah to Chokmah .ASCII character: . Qaballistic value: 6 10 = 110 2. Associations: Tiphareth , Sephirah 6 (for the Qaballistic

value), hence Sol , and the Sixes and the Knights* of the Tarot; Vav , 16 th Key of the traditional Qaballahand 6 th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (for the Qaballistic value), hence Taurus and Trump VI, The

Hierophant ; Nun , 24 th Key of the traditional Qaballah and 14 th Key of the Hebrew alphabet (for the

chemical symbol), hence Scorpio and Trump XIII, Death (which is necessary if there is to be the fertilityof soil and room in the world necessary for new life to come into existence); Venus and Taurus (for Nitrogens critical role in growth and metabolism in all living beings, especially the fertility of the soil; theatomic number of Nitrogen, 7, is also that of Netzach , the Sephirah of Venus, and 14, the atomic weight of

Nitrogen, is the Key Number of Daleth , the Path of Venus).

*That is, the Knights are associated with Tiphareth in the Golden Dawn Tarot. Crowley associates theKings or Emperors with it.

Alternate: 7Pp 14, Pop. Crystal structure: . Party-favors (NO 2); El Daddio; weasels (obs.).

The word Nitrogen is etymologically related to the Latin word nitrum and the Greek word nitron ,meaning native soda, and the Greek word genes , forming. The atomic weight of Nitrogen is 14.0067,and its atomic number is 7. It has a valence of 3 or 5.

The melting-point of Nitrogen is 209.86 C, and its boiling-point is 195.8 C. Its density is 1,2506grams per liter. Its specific gravity in the liquid-phase is 0.808 at 195.8 C, and in the solid phase is 1.026at -252 C.

Nitrogen was discovered by Daniel Rutherford in 1772 e.v., but at about the same time, Scheele,Cavendish, Priestly, and others studied burnt or dephlogisticated air, as air without Oxygen and thusconsisting almost entirely of Nitrogen was then called.


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Nitrogen makes up some 78% of the air by volume. The estimated amount of this element in theEarths atmosphere is more than 4,000 billion (4 x 10 12) tons. From this inexhaustible source it can beobtained by liquefaction and fractional distillation (it can also be easily prepared by heating a water solution of ammonium nitrate). The vibrant orange-reds, blue-greens, blue-violets, and deep violet hues of the aurora borealis and aurora australis are due to nitrogen molecules in the atmosphere.

The element is so inert that Lavoisier named it azote , meaning without life, yet its compounds are soreactive as to be extremely important components of foods, poisons, fertilizers, and explosives. In itsgaseous phase, Nitrogen is colorless, odorless, and a generally inert element. In its liquid phase, it islikewise odorless and colorless, and is similar in appearance to liquid water. Two allotropic forms of solid

Nitrogen exist, with the transition from the to the form taking place at -237 C.When Nitrogen is heated, it combines directly with Magnesium, Lithium, or Calcium; when mixed

with Oxygen and subjected to electric sparks, it first forms nitric oxide (NO) and then the dioxide (NO 2).When heated under pressure with a catalyst with Hydrogen, ammonia is formed (this is called the Haber

process ). The ammonia thus formed is of the utmost importance, because it is used in fertilizers, and it can be oxidized to nitric acid ( Ostwald process).

The ammonia industry is the largest consumer of Nitrogen. Large amounts of the gas are also used bythe electronics industry, which uses the gas as a blanketing medium during production of such componentsas transistors, diodes, etc. The drug industry also uses large quantities of the element. Nitrogen is used as arefrigerant both for the immersion-freezing of food products and for transportation of foods. Liquid

Nitrogen is also used in missile-work as a purge for components, insulators for space-chambers, etc., and by the oil industry to build up great pressures in wells to force crude oil upward to levels at which it canthen be siphoned out. Another use for pure nitrogen is in preservation of books and paper documents of allkinds; e.g., the originals of the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and other importantAmerican documents are kept in the Smithsonian in sealed chambers filled with pure nitrogen atmospheres,which will not react at all with the fragile, precious documents of which they are the guardians.

Sodium and Potassium nitrates are formed by the decomposition of organic matter with compounds of the metals present. In certain dry areas of the world, these saltpeters are found naturally in great quantity.

Ammonia, nitric acid, the nitrates, the five oxides (N 2), NO, N 2O3, NO 2, and N 2O5), TNT, the cyanides,etc. are but a few of the important compounds of Nitrogen.

Nitrogen gas prices vary from $0.02 to $2.75 per 100 cubic feet (ca. 1973 e.v.) depending on purityand other considerations. Production of Nitrogen in the U.S. amounts to more than 160 billion cubic feet

per year.

Chapter 6 of Crowleys The Book of Lies (op. cit., p. 22):

F

CAVIAR

The Word was uttered: the One exploded into one thousand million worlds.Each world contained a thousand million spheres.Each sphere contained a thousand million planes.

Each plane contained a thousand million stars.Each star contained a many thousand million things.

Of these the reasoner took six, and, preening, said: This is the One and the All.These six the Adept harmonised, and said: This is the Heart of the One and the

All.These six were destroyed by the Master of the Temple, and he spake not.

The Ash thereof was burnt up by the Magus into the Word.Of all this did the Ipsissimus know Nothing.

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Oxygen 8O 16, Z=8. Electron configuration: 2-6. Atomic weight: 15.994. Oxidation states: -2.Column/Row on the Periodic Table: 6a/K-L. Connects Sephirah to Binah . ASCII character: (.

Qaballistic value: 7. Associations: Mercury , Hermes (for Oxygens vital role in brain chemistry, etc.);the element Air (since Oxygen is a primary, critical constituent of our atmosphere); the waning Moon (for the shape of the character), hence Hekate, Kali, Hel, and other Gods and Goddesses of the Waning Moon;

Vav w , 16 th Key of the traditional Qaballah and 6 th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (for the symbol of theelement; 16 is also the atomic weight of Oxygen), hence Taurus and Trump V, The Hierophant ;

Netzach, Sephirah 7 (for the Qaballistic value), hence Venus , and the Sevens of the Tarot. Zain z , 17 thKey of the traditional Qaballah and 7 th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (for the Qaballistic value), hence

Gemini and Trump VI, The Lovers ; Chiron (Path connecting S. 0 with Binah ).Alternate: 8O 16, Oxygen. Crystal structure:

The word Oxygen is derived from the Greek words oxys , sharp, and genes , forming. Literally, itmeans acid-former.

The atomic weight of naturally-occurring Oxygen is 15.9994, and its atomic number is 8. It has avalence of 2.

Oxygen has a melting-point of 218.4 Cm and a boiling-point of 182.962 C. Its density is 1.429grams per liter at 0 C. In its liquid phase, it has a specific gravity of 1.14 at 182.96 C.

For many centuries, from time to time researchers realized that air is composed of more than onecomponent. The behavior of atmospheric Oxygen and Nitrogen led to the formulation of the phlogistontheory of combustion, which was accepted as sound by chemists for at least a century. Eventually Oxygenwas prepared by several researchers, e.g., Bayen and Borch, but they didnt know how to collect it, didntstudy its properties, and didnt recognize it as an elementary substance. Priestly is generally credited withits official discovery, although his contemporary Scheele also independently discovered it. Oxygen is thethird most abundant element in the sun, and it plays a part in the Carbon-Nitrogen process from which theStars derive their energy (see discussion under Carbon, above).

When excited, atmospheric Oxygen emits the bright red and yellow-green light that colors the AuroraBorealis and Aurora Australis. Oxygen gas forms 21% of the Earths atmosphere by volume. It can beobtained directly from the atmosphere by means of liquefaction and fractional distillation. The element and

its compounds make up 49.2% of the Earths crust by weight. About two-thirds of the human body isOxygen. Pure water is nine-tenths Oxygen by weight.

In the laboratory, Oxygen can be prepared by the electrolysis of water or by heating Potassiumchloride (KCl) with Manganese dioxide (MnO 2) as a catalyst. Oxygen gas is colorless, odorless, andtasteless. Its liquid and solid forms are a pale blue in color, and are strongly paramagnetic.

*Paramagnetic materials are those within which an applied magnetic field is slightly increased by thealignment of electron orbits. The slight diamagnetic effect in materials having magnetic dipolemoments is overshadowed by this paramagnetic alignment. As the temperature increases, this

paramagnetism decreases, leaving only diamagnetism. The permeability of paramagnetic materials isslightly greater than that of empty space.

Ozone (O 3), a highly active allotropic form of Oxygen, is formed by the action of an electricaldischarge or ultra-violet light on Oxygen. Ozones presence in the atmosphere (amounting to theequivalent of a layer 3 mm thick at ordinary pressures and temperatures) is of vital importance in

preventing most of the ultraviolet light received from the Sun from reaching Earths surface, where itwould otherwise destroy all Earths surface-life.* Undiluted ozone has a bluish color. Liquid ozone is

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*Over the last decade or so, there has been increasing scientific and public concern over the growing ozoneholes regions in the atmosphere where the percentage of ozone by volume falls sharply belownormal or even virtually disappears altogether that form over the Earths Northern and Southern

polar regions during Winter and early Spring. In spite of repeated attempts by many scientists andlaypersons to rebut the contention that this is occurring, repeated atmospheric sampling throughout theworld, medical statistics for different areas of the world and different Seasons in those areas, and field-studies of both land and marine life at high latitudes makes it clear that the problem is real and growingworse every year. The incidence of skin cancer of all kinds has sharply increased world-wide over thelast several years, especially in areas of the world which, such as Australia, are located fairly close toone of the poles. Rapidly increasing numbers of teratologies and cancers of all kinds have beenobserved in wildlife throughout the world, even fish, as well as plant-life, especially organisms livingat high latitudes. A sudden rise in epidemics of all kinds including epidemics of once virtuallyharmless infectious diseases which as certain varieties of influenza which have otherwiseunaccountably suddenly turned deadly that suggests a lowered immune response in growing numbersof human and non-human organisms that would be expected from too much exposure to high-intensityultraviolet and other radiation has been observed over the last two or three decades; disturbingly, theseinclude epidemics and plagues in cattle, corn, wheat, rice, and other cultivars upon which most of theworld now depends for sustenance, as well as in our pets and in wildlife of all kinds. Above all,atmospheric samples taken repeatedly throughout the year and across the world over the last twentyyears or so make it clear that ozone holes occurring over both poles are not only growing in size butare persisting for longer and longer periods of time once they have formed.

Some thinning of atmospheric ozone at the poles during the Winters is normal, but for the past twodecades both the size and duration of such holes has been far over what is normal and predictedaccording to ideal conditions, the problem growing worse every year. Already Australia, which hasnow one of the highest per-annum rates of incidence of skin-cancer, issues Slip/Slap/Slop Slip ona shirt, slap on a hat, slop on plenty of skin-block ointment every year, and other countries sited notfar from the poles are following suit. The reason for the problem may be due to a combination of factors, among them atmospheric emission of compounds that tend to rise high in the atmosphere andwhich break down ozone, such as PCPs, by industry and perhaps other sources, and the growingGreenhouse Effect responsible for a small but growing and steady and persistent rise in the averagetemperature of our Planet that seems to have been in effect since the onset of the Industrial Revolution(though this temperature-rise may have been in effect far longer than that, and could have begun for reasons having little or nothing to do with human activities, however much it may have beenexacerbated by them lately).

What the ultimate solutions to it may be are anyones guess at this point. It is possible that futuretechnological revolutions may eliminate the human contribution to the problem. Catastrophes such ascometary impacts on our Planet may do it by cutting human civilization back to nearly nothing and,simultaneously, causing an impact winter which would precipitate a new Ice Age. In the meantime,however, we are stuck with the problem and its consequences, and I suggest investing heavily inBullfrog and other sun-blockers for the duration. Not to mention wearing a lot of it whenever you gotoutside. After all, theres no such thing as being too rich or too cancer-free . . .

Oxygen is very reactive, and is able to combine with most elements. It is a component of hundreds of

thousands of organic compounds. It is essential for respiration of all plants and animals, and for practicallyall forms of combustion. Bottled Oxygen is frequently used in hospitals to aid the respiration of patients.The atomic weight of Oxygen was used as a standard of comparison for each of the other elements until1961 e.v., when the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry adopted Carbon-12 as the new

basis.Oxygen has eight isotopes. Natural oxygen is a mixture of thee isotopes, including Oxygen-16,

Oxygen-17, and Oxygen-18. Oxygen-18 occurs naturally, is stable, and is available commercially. Water (H 2O) 1.5% of the oxygen of which is O 18) is also available.


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Commercial oxygen consumption in the U.S. is estimated to be more than 400 billion cubic feet per year, and the demand is expected to increase substantially in the future. Oxygen enrichment of steel bast-furnaces accounts for the greatest use of the gas. Large quantities are also used for making synthesis gasfor ammonia and methanol, ethylene oxide, and for oxy-acetylene welding. Air separation plants produceabout 99% of the gas, electrolysis plants about 1%. The gas costs $0.025 per cubic foot in small quantities,and $6-$12 per ton in large quantities (circa 1973 e.v.).

Chapter 7 of Crowleys The Book of Lies (op. cit., p. 24):

Z

THE DINOSAURS

None are They whose number is Six; else were they six indeed.Seven are those Six that live not in the City of the Pyramids, under the Night of

Pan.There was Lao-tzu.

There was Siddartha.There was Krishna.There was Tahuti.

There was Mosheh.There was Dionysus.There was Mahmud.

But the Seventh men called PERDURABO ; for enduring unto The End, at TheEnd was Naught to endure.

Amen.

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Fluorine, 9F 19, Z=9. Electron configuration: 2-7. Atomic weight: 18.9984. Oxidation states: -1.Column/Row on the Periodic Table: 7a/K-L. Connects Sephirah to Chesed . ASCII character: ).Qaballistic value: 8. Associations: waxing Moon (for the shape of the character), hence Diana and other Gods and Goddesses of the Waxing Moon, and thus the asteroid Diana; Hod , Sephirah 8 (for the

Qaballistic value), hence Mercury and the Eights of the Tarot; Cheth , 18 th Key of the traditionalQaballah and 8 th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, hence the Sign Cancer and Trump VII, The Chariot *;Hermes Light-Fingers (both for the number 8, associated with Hod , the Sephirah of Mercury, and becauseof Fluorines tendency to combine with i.e., steal all other available atoms in the vicinity; under certaincircumstances of temperature and pressure, it will even combine with the Noble Gases, which dontcombine with anything else); Teth f , 19 th Key of the traditional Qaballah and 9 th letter of the Hebrewalphabet (for the atomic weight), hence Leo and Trump VIII, Strength (in The Book of Thoth , Crowleys

pack, this Trump is numbered XI, and is called Lust ).

*Curiously, in Taoistic Alchemic traditions , Hermes is associated with the Element Water, because of the properties of quicksilver (Mercury metal, which is liquid at room-temperatures). Cancer is the

Cardinal Sign of Water, so this association between Mercury and Water is one more link betweenEastern and Western Hermetic traditions.

Alternate: 9Bf 19, Fabian. Crystal structure:

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Fluorine has an atomic weight of 18.9984, an atomic number of 9, and a valence of 1. At oneatmosphere pressure, its melting-point is 219.62 C, its boiling-point is 188.14 C, and its density 1.696grams per liter at 0 C. The specific gravity of liquid Fluorine at its boiling-point under one atmosphere of

pressure is 1.108.In 1529 e.v., Georgius Agricola described the use of fluorspar as a flux, and as early as 1670 e.v.

Schwandhard that glass was etched when exposed to fluorspar treated with acid. Scheele and many later investigators, including Davy, Gay-Lussac, Lavoisier, and Thenard, experimented with hydrofluoric acid(HFl), some experiments ending in tragedy. The element was finally isolated in 1886 e.v. by Moisson after nearly 74 years of continuous effort.

Fluorine occurs chiefly in fluorspar (CaF 2) and cryolite (Na 2AlF 6), but is also rather widely distributedin other minerals. A member of the Halogen family of elements, including Chlorine, Bromine, Iodine, andAstatine as well, it is obtained by electrolyzing a solution of Potassium Hydrogen Fluoride in anhydrousHydrogen Fluoride in a vessel of metal or transparent fluorspar. Modern commercial methods of

preparation are essentially variations on the procedures first used by Moisson.Fluorine, the most electronegative and reactive of all elements, is a pale-yellow egregiously corrosive

gas which reacts with practically all organic and inorganic substances. Under conditions of extremely high pressure and temperature, it will even combine with the so-called Noble Gases, notably xenon, radon, andkrypton, which ordinarily combine with nothing , not even themselves. Finely divided metals, glass,ceramics, Carbon, and even water burn in Fluorine with a bright flame. Elemental Fluorine and thefluoride ion are extremely toxic. The free element has a characteristic pungent odor, detectable inconcentrations as low as 20 parts per billion, which is well below the safe working level for the element(the recommended maximum allowable concentration for a daily 8-hr exposure is 0.1 ppm).

Until World War II there was no commercial production of elemental Fluorine. However, theManhattan project and nuclear-energy applications made it necessary to produce large quantities of it. Safehandling techniques for it have since been developed, and it is now possibly to safely transport liquidFluorine by the ton.

Fluorine and its compounds are used in producing bomb-quality Uranium from Uranium hexafluoride,as well as more than 100 commercial fluorochemicals, including many well-known high-temperature

plastics. Hydrofluoric acid is used extensively for etching the glass of light bulbs, Pyrex measuring cups,etc. Fluorochloro hydrocarbons are widely used in air-conditioning and refrigeration. It has beensuggested that Fluorine can be substituted for Hydrogen wherever it occurs in hydrocarbon compounds,which could lead to an astronomical number of new Fluorine compounds. The presence of at least 2 parts

per million of Fluorine as soluble fluoride in drinking-water may cause mottled teeth in children justacquiring permanent teeth; but in smaller amounts drinking-water fluorides may be beneficial, preventingformation of dental cavities and strengthening teeth, for which reason it is often added by municipalities totheir drinking-water. Elemental Fluorine is being studied (1973 e.v.) for possible use as a rocket-

propellant, since it has an exceptionally high specific impulse value.

Chapter 8 of Crowleys the Book of Lies (op. cit ., p. 26):

H

STEEPED HORSEHAIR

Mind is a disease of semen.All that a man is or may be is hidden therein.

Bodily functions are parts of the machine; silent, unless in dis-ease.But mind, never at ease, creaketh I .

This I persisteth not, posteth not through generations, changeth momentarily,finally is dead.

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aj. Key 42

Neon 10Ne 20, Z=10. Electron configuration: 2-8. Atomic weight: 20.17. Oxidation states: 0.Column/Row on the Periodic Table: 0/K-L. Connects Sephirah to Geburah . ASCII character: *.Qaballistic value: 9. Associations: Yesod, Sephirah 9 (for the Qaballistic value), and therefore the Fixed

Stars, Luna , and Neptune (one of Lunas higher octaves, Who is also associated with Chokmah andthe 9 th Degree of Adeptship; Luna and Neptune are also associated with Neon because of Their elusivequalities), as well as the Nines of the Tarot; Teth m , 19 th Key of the traditional Qaballah and 9 th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (because of the Qaballistic value), hence Leo and Trump VIII, Strength *; Pluto(because * signifies footnoting, i.e., something under the normal text, or between the lines).

*In Crowleys pack, The Book of Thoth , Trump VIII has the title Adjustment and is associated with Libra;in that pack, Leo is associated with Trump XI, Lust .

Alternate: 10Sd 20, Husseinium. Crystal structure: . An inert gas. Associations:

The word Neon comes from the Greek work neos , new.The atomic weight of Neon is 20.179, its atomic number is 10, and it has a valence of 0. Its melting-

point is 248.67 C, and its boiling-point is 246.048 C. The density of its gas-phase is 0.89990 gm/l at 1atmosphere pressure and 0 C; the density of its liquid-phase at the boiling-point is 1.207 gm/cm 3.

Discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1898 e.v., Neon is a rare gaseous element present in theatmosphere to the extent of 1 part in 65,000 of air. It is obtained by liquefaction of air and separated fromthe other gases by fractional distillation. Natural neon is a mixture of three isotopes; five other, unstableisotopes of Neon are also known. Neon is extremely inert, but will form compounds with Fluorine under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure. The following ions are known from optical and massspectrometric studies: Ne 2+; (NeAr) +; (NeH) +; and (HeNe) +. Neon also forms an unstable hydrate. In avacuum discharge tube, Neon glows reddish-orange. Of all the rare gases, the discharge of neon is the mostintense at ordinary voltages and currents.

Neon is used in making the well-known Neon advertising signs, which accounts for its largest use. Itis also sued to make high-voltage indicators, lighting arrestors, wave-meter tubes, and TV tubes. Neon andHelium are used in making gas lasers. Liquid Neon is now commercially available and has importantapplications as an economical cryogenic refrigerant. It has over 40 times more refrigerating capacity per unit volume than liquid Helium and more than three times that of liquid Hydrogen. Refrigeration-quality

Neon is compact, inert, and less expensive than Helium of a similar grade. Neon gas costs about $1.50/liter (ca. 1973 e.v.).

Chapter 9 of Crowleys the Book of Lies (op. cit., p. 28):

THE BRANKS

Being is the Noun; Form is the Adjective.Matter is the noun; Motion is the verb.

Wherefore hath Being clothed itself with Form?Wherefore hath Matter manifested itself in Motion?

Answer not, O silent one! For THERE is no wherefore, no because.The name of THAT is not known; the Pronoun interprets, that is, misinterprets,

It.Time and Space are Adverbs.

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The conditioned is Father of the Preposition.The Article also marketh Division; but the Interjection is the sound that endeth in

the Silence.Destroy therefore the Eight Parts of Speech; the Ninth is nigh unto Truth.

This must also be destroyed before thou enterest into The Silence.Aum.

* * * * * * * * *

Asteroid Symbol Path ConnectingPallas Chokmah- GeburahJuno Chesed- GeburahVesta Binah- NetzachCeres Yesod-Kether Eros Netzach-GeburahSappho Netzach-Kether Hidalgo Yesod-GeburahToro Geburah-Kether Pandora Hod -i = -1Psyche Netzach-ChokmahUrania Binah -0 (Zero)Chiron Binah -(Null Set)Amor Netzach -0Diana Yesod -i = -1Icarus Hod-BinahLilith Geburah -i = -1

New Paths Transcendental Path ~ totraditionalPathconnecting

Description Element

-0 58 Grace analog of Neptune/Chokmah =Durga/Hera 2

Hydrogen

- i = -1 3-8 Helium-0 7-8 Analog of Peh /Mars =

0/LobachevskiLithium

-1 4-8 Beryllium-2 2-8 Boron-1 1-8 Carbon-2 Nitrogen-3 Chiron Oxygen-4 Fluorine-5 Neon-6 6-8


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-9 8-9-10 8-100- i = -1 3-50-0 ~ 5-7 5-70-1 ~ 5-4 4-50-2 ~ 5-2 2-5i = -1-0 3-7i = -1-1 3-4i = -1-2 2-3 Grace analog of Venus/Netzach

= Norton 0i = -1-1 1-3 Power analog of Mercury/Hod

= Beth bi = -1-2i = -1-3i = -1-4i = -1-5i = -1-6i = -1-7i = -1-8i = -1-9i = -1-100-1 4-7 Grace analog of Jupiter/Kaph k,

Path connecting Sephiroth 4 and7 = 1/Amphitrite; Vesta

0-2 2-70-1 1-70-20-30-40-50-6 6-70-70-80-90-10 7-10 Grace analog of

Aquarius/ Tzaddi x, Pathconnecting Sephiroth 7 and 10

1-2 2-4 Grace analog of Taurus/ Vav w,Path connecting Sephiroth 2 and4

1-11-2

1-31-41-51-61-71-81-9 4-91-10 4-10


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2-1 1-22-22-32-42-52-6 2-62-72-82-9 2-92-10 2-101-41-51-71-81-9 Ceres 1-102-5 Pallas 2-7

2-82-92-103-4 Saturn (for Daath )3-7 Vesta 3-83-93-104-84-94-105-95-106-10

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