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In the 'Interpretation' section are 3 subsections: Via Hermetic Qabalah, Via Prophecy, and Via English Qaballa. The first two are methods that Crowley used to interpret the Book; the last one is a method not used by Crowley but by English occultists starting in the 1970s. I question why English Qaballa is given this status, when it is merely one of many attempts at 'interpretation' using a version of English gematria and qabalah. The root idea behind these interpretations is the fulfillment of verse 2:55 which states: "Thou shalt obtain the order & value of the English Alphabet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto."
I suggest a change to this subsection, making it about Crowley's own attempts at fulfilling verse 2:55 using English gematria (via Liber Trigrammaton, as he noted in both his Old and New Comment in The Equinox), with a simple mention of English Qaballa and English Qabalah as attempts made by later researchers, with a redirect to their already existing wikipedia pages. Catalyst418 ( talk) 23:58, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
I notice the Latin pronunciation given is one where the "v" is pronounced "w". British Latin users of Crowley's generation would not have done this, and just pronounced it as an English "v" sound. 2A00:23EE:17A8:58FF:C555:D2CC:210C:EABD ( talk) 09:36, 23 October 2023 (UTC)
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In the 'Interpretation' section are 3 subsections: Via Hermetic Qabalah, Via Prophecy, and Via English Qaballa. The first two are methods that Crowley used to interpret the Book; the last one is a method not used by Crowley but by English occultists starting in the 1970s. I question why English Qaballa is given this status, when it is merely one of many attempts at 'interpretation' using a version of English gematria and qabalah. The root idea behind these interpretations is the fulfillment of verse 2:55 which states: "Thou shalt obtain the order & value of the English Alphabet; thou shalt find new symbols to attribute them unto."
I suggest a change to this subsection, making it about Crowley's own attempts at fulfilling verse 2:55 using English gematria (via Liber Trigrammaton, as he noted in both his Old and New Comment in The Equinox), with a simple mention of English Qaballa and English Qabalah as attempts made by later researchers, with a redirect to their already existing wikipedia pages. Catalyst418 ( talk) 23:58, 12 September 2023 (UTC)
I notice the Latin pronunciation given is one where the "v" is pronounced "w". British Latin users of Crowley's generation would not have done this, and just pronounced it as an English "v" sound. 2A00:23EE:17A8:58FF:C555:D2CC:210C:EABD ( talk) 09:36, 23 October 2023 (UTC)