Crowley’s Liber LXXXIV vel Chanokh; see also The
Vision and The Voice.
What exactly is an “æthyr”? Cabalistically these
are “rings” or “spheres” [of consciousness]
progressively closer to the universal godhead.
Per Crowley, each æthyr also awakens certain
kinds of dispositions and perceptions in a magician
who focuses his attention towards it - and may also
provide him with access to related magical tools
and/or weapons.
15. In-Sight
Neither Set/Satan nor an operating Black
Magician, however, would be interested in the [13th-
Century faked] Cabala, nor in “psychoanalyzing” El.
But what the 30 æthyrs seem to comprise is
something actually more personal and intricate: a
progressively more refined perspective of the
magician’s own MindStar: as a “comprehensive
across-section”, not something “broken down by the
eight emanations”. Thus the magician might, in
effect, examine his Khat with 30 different
“resolutions”. The same “lenses” could be applied to
combinations of emanations to discover their
interactions.
These are just some possibilities and
speculations; this is very much a “blank slate” of
FGBM, open to many different experiments and
explorations.
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Where LBM is concerned, obviously, the Word of
Set version does not lend itself to the same “casting
emphases” as the LaVey Keys. What in those Keys
seemed to be, in Crowley’s terms, “barbarous words
of evocation” are in the Word of Set simply
straightforward communication and information.
Fortunately the “World of Horrors” is replete with
an abundance of BWoE, so the magician working
himself up to “ritual criticality” should find ample
inspiration ready to hand!
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16: Word of Set
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The First Part
Ol sonf vorsg, goho Iad balt lansh calz
vonpho Sobra zol ror i ta Nazpsad Graa
ta Malprg Ds hol q Qaa nothoa zimz od
commah ta nobloh zien Soba thil gnonp
prge aldi Ds urbs oboleh grsam. Casarm
ohorela caba pir Ds zonrensg cab erm
Iadnah Pilah farzm u znrza adna gono
Iadpil Ds hom toh Soba Ipam lu Ipamis Ds
loholo vep zomd Poamal od bogpa aai ta
piap piamol od vooan ZACARe ca od
ZAMRAN odo cicle qaa zorge, lap zirdo
noco MAD Hoath Iaida.
I am within and beyond you, the Highest of
Life, in majesty greater than the forces of
the Universe; whose eyes are the Face of
the Sun and the Dark Fire of Set; who
fashioned your intelligence as his own and
reached forth to exalt you; who entrusted
to you dignity of consciousness; who
opened your eyes that you might know
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beauty; who brought you the key to
knowledge of all lesser things; and who
enshrined in you the Will to Come Into
Being. Lift your voices, then, and recognize
the Highest of Life who thus proclaims your
triumph; whose being is beyond natural life
and death; who came as a flame to your
world and enlightened your desire for
perfection and truth. Arise thus in your
glory, behold the genius of your creation,
and be prideful of being, for I am the same -
I who am the Highest of Life.
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The Second Part
Adgt upaah zongom faaip sald, viiv L
Sobam Ialprg Izazaz piadph Casarma
abramg ta talho paracleda qta lorslq
turbs ooge Baltoh. Giui chis lusd orri Od
micalp chis bia ozongon Lap noan trof
cors tage, oq manin Iaidon. Torzu gohel
ZACAR ca, Cnoqod, ZAMRAN micalzo od
ozazm urelp lap zir Ioiad.
Can the wings of the winds understand your
voices of wonder, O enlightened ones who
shine like fire in the jaws of chaos, whom I
have prepared as cups for a wedding, or as
the flowers in their beauty for the chamber
of righteousness? Stronger are your feet
than the barren stone, and mightier are
your voices than the manifold winds, for
you are become a Temple such as is not, but
in the mind of Set. Arise, says the First of
your kind; move, therefore, unto the Elect;
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them that they may gain the strength to live
forever.
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The Third Part
Micma goho Piad zir Comselh azien biab
Os Londoh Norz chis othil Gigipah undl
chis tapuim qmospleh teloch quiin
toltorg chis i chis ge m ozien dst brgda
od torzul ili Eol balzarg, od aala Thiln
os netaab, dluga vomsarg lonsa Capmiali
vors Cla homil cocasb fafen izizop od
miinoag de gnetaab vaun nanaeel panpir
Malpirgi caosg Pild noan unalah balt od
vooan dooiap MAD Goholor gohus amiran
Micma Iehusoz cacacom od dooain noar
micaolz aaiom Casarmg gohia ZACAR
uniglag od Imuamar pugo plapli ananael
qaan.
Conceive of the Cosmos as a circle of twelve
divisions alternating between life and death,
binding all creatures save those whom I have
touched. You were given powers greater
than those ordering these divisions and
extending throughout the ages of time, that
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with your vision and your voices you might
exercise the Powers of Darkness, sending
ever forth the Black Flame across the Earth
and the expanses of time. Thus you are the
Guardians of perfection and truth. Arise,
then, and witness the wondrous creations
born of your wisdom, even as I am near to
you and the essence of my being is
enshrined within you.
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The Fourth Part
Othil lasdi babage od dorpha Gohol
Gchisge auauago cormp pd dsonf vivdiv
Casarmi Oali Mapm Sobam ag cormpo
crpl Casarmg croodzi chis od vgeG dst
capimali chis Capimaon od lonshin chis
talo cla Torgu Norquasahi od Fcaosga
Bagle zirenaiad Dsi od Apila Dooaip qaal
ZACAR od ZAMRAN Obelisong restel aaf
Normolap.
From the reaches of the south I saw the
savages of the second ordering of life in
their thousands, and I sought one through
whom I might prepare them for a higher
existence and for the wielding of a greater
power throughout the time to come. And
now you have the whole of the Earth for
your pleasure, and for the pleasure of those
in whom you have awakened the Gift of my
genius, in my name, for all of your
generations.
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The Fifth Part
Sapah zimii dugv od noas toquams adroh
dorphal caosg od faonts perips
ol
tablior Casarm amipzi nazarth af od
dlugar zizop zlida caosgi toltorgi od
zchis esiasch L taviu od iaod thild ds
hubar Peoal Soba cormfa chis ta la vls
od qeocasb Ca niis od Darbs qaas
Fetharzi od bliora iaial ednas cicles
Bagle Geiad iL.
My Word to the third ordering of life brings
the fruits of delight to the Earth, reflecting
the brilliance of the stars and the nineteen
Parts of this Word. By comprehending them
they came to know their relation to the first
and second orderings, as well as the
inspiration of their own creation and that
deathless fire that burns through their past,
present, and future. I bring this knowledge
of your creation; I am with you in peace and
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comfort; and I entrust to you my essence,
because thus are we the same.
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The Sixth Part
Gah sdiu chis em micalzo pilzin sobam El
harg mir babalon od obloc samvelg
dlugar malprg arcaosgi od Acam canal
sobolzar tbliard caosgi odchis anetab od
miam taviv od d Darsar Solpeth bien
Brita od zacam gmicalzo sobhaath trian
Luiahe odecrin MAD qaaon.
Beyond you who are of the third ordering
shall be those of the fourth, mighty in the
Universe, who shall again come into being
by a First, to recall the high orderings of the
past and to witness those of the lower
orderings in their mindless self- annihilation
and labor, and to continue the exalted
tradition of the second and third orderings.
Remember my Word, because it is for you
and of the power within you, and through it
you shall create works of glory to you and
to me.
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The Seventh Part
Raas isalman paradizod oecrimi aao
ialpirgah quiin enay butmon od inoas ni
paradial Casarmg vgear chirlan od
zonac Luciftian corsta vaulzirn tolhami
Sobalondoh od miam chis tad odes
vmadea od pibliar Othilrit od miam C
noquol Rit ZACAR ZAMRAN Oecrimi qadah
od Omicaolzod aaiom Bagle papnor
idlugam lonshi od umplif ugegi Bigliad.
The dawn of the Sun, ever constant and
glorious throughout the cycle of the Moon,
preserves and beautifies all creatures; see it
also as the dawn of the third and fourth
orderings of being, those who guard and
encourage wisdom and enlightenment. O
Guardians, stand forth in my name, for by it
and through your bond with me are you
given the power and the strength and an
Understanding of what you do.
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The Eighth Part
Bazmelo ita piripson oln Nazavabh ox
casarmg vran chis ugeg dsa bramg
baltoha gohoiad Solamian trian talolcis
Abaiuonin Od aziagier rior Irgilchisda
dspaaox bufd Caosgo dschis odipuran
teloah cacrg oisalman loncho od Vouina
carbaf Niiso Bagle auauago gohon Niiso
bagle
momao
siaion
od
mabza
Iadoiasmomar poilp Niis ZAMRAN ciaofi
caosgo od bliors od corsi ta abramig.
At the zenith of their power, the third
ordering shall dwell within my Temple, whose
endurance shall signify my own dwelling in
their land and a sanctuary from the worship
of death. For the Elect shall not die unless
my Temple perishes and I depart. Beware,
for annihilation threatens; beware, for the
majesty of my existence is divided against
itself. Manifest your strength in the land for
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your preservation and for those who may
seek your company.
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The Ninth Part
Micaoli bransg prgel napta ialpor ds
brin efafafe P vonpho olani od obza
sobca vpaah chis tatan od tranan balye
alar lusda soboln od chisholq Cnoquodi
cial vnal aldon mom caosgo ta lasollor
gnay limlal Amma chiis Sobca madrid
zchis, ooanoan chis auiny drilpi caosgin,
od butmoni parm zumvi Cnila Daziz
cthamz a childao od mirc ozol chis pidiai
Collal Ulcinin asobam vcim Bagle
Iadbaltoh chirlan par Niiso od ip ofafafe
Bagle acocasb icorsca unig blior.
And in the twilight of your time, you shall
confront the priests and armies of death,
enraged by the intoxicant of destruction,
who slay themselves even as they would you
and whose piety is that of decay and
dissolution. They cherish the fruits of
Earthly decay as the richest of treasures.
Accursed are they for this foulness! You
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shall know them by the dullness of their eyes
and the savagery of their speech, despite
the jewels with which they adorn themselves
and the marble they may work. Look on
them and be prideful that you do not
worship their god of death. Beware of them
and of their intoxicant! Your endurance
depends on your essence.
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The Tenth Part
Coraxo chis cormp od blans Lucal
aziazor paeb Soba Lilonon chis virq op
cophan od raclir maasi bagle caosgi ds
ialpon dosig od basgim od ox ex dazis
siatris od salbrox cynxir faboan Vnal
chis Const ds daox cocasg ol Oanio yor
vohim ol gizyax od eors cocasg plosi
molui ds pageip larag om droln matorb
cocasb emna Lpatralx yolci matb nomig
monons olora gnay angelard Ohio ohio
ohio ohio ohio ohio noib Ohio Caosgon
Bagle madrid i zirop chiso drilpa Niiso
crip ip nidali.
The threat of your destruction grows as a
tree in the north; its branches reach to
cover the Earth with misery and despair; it
consumes being night and day; it slays as
the scorpion; it poisons the very air with its
stench. This is the doom whose triumph
would destroy you as would the rupture of
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the Earth itself. Then this one growth would
nourish thousands, even as a foulness of
heart perverts the mind. And then woe, woe,
woe, woe, woe, woe, yes, woe to the Earth,
for its foulness will be great. Heed well the
warning of this Word.
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The Eleventh Part
Oxiayal holdo od zirom O coraxo ds
zildar raasy od vabzir camliax od bahal
Niiso Salman teloch Casarman holq od ti
ta zchis soba cormf iga Niisa Bagle
abramg Noncp ZACARe ca od ZAMRAN odo
cicle qaa zorge Lap zirdo Noco Mad
Hoath Iaida.
The Temple falls, the pentagram vanishes to
await a new dawn, and my Other Face cries
beware. For the third ordering confronts
the danger of death, even as they who
worship it. Beware, for it is I who warn you.
Arise thus in your glory, behold the genius
of your creation, and be prideful of being,
for I am the same - I who am the Highest of
Life.
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The Twelfth Part
Nonci dsonf Babage od chis ob hubaio
tibibp allar atraah od ef drix fafen
Mian ar Enay ovof Soba dooain aai
iVONPH ZACAR gohus od ZAMRAN odo cicle
qaa, zorge, Lap zirdo Noco MAD Hoath
Iaida.
O Guardians of the south, may this Word
strengthen you and thus our bond. Speak it
to your ordering, that I may be known to
them as Set. I call upon you to arise in your
glory, behold the genius of your creation,
and be prideful of being, for I am the same -
I who am the Highest of Life.
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The Thirteenth Part
Napeai Babagen dsbrin vx ooaona lring
vonph doalim eolis ollog orsba ds chis
affa Micma isro MAD od Lonshitox ds
ivmd aai GROSB ZACAR od ZAMRAN odo
cicle qaa, zorge Lap zirdo Noco MAD
Hoath Iaida.
O warriors of the south, relax neither your
v i g i l a n c e n o r y o u r r e s o l v e , l e s t i n
forgetfulness you become intoxicated by
the promises and the threats of the god of
death, whom you now know as a bitter
sting. Arise in your glory, behold the genius
of your creation, and be prideful of being,
for I am the same - I who am the Highest of
Life.
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The Fourteenth Part
Noromi bagie pasbs oiad ds trint mirc ob
thil dods tolham caosgo Homin ds brin
oroch quar Micma bial oiad aisro tox
dsivm aai Baltim ZACAR od ZAMRAN odo
cicle qaa, zorge, Lap zirdo Noco MAD,
hoath Iaida.
O sons of fury and daughters of perfection
who are ageless amidst the creatures of
Earth, hear my Word that is a promise from
the one who brought you knowledge of all
perfection. Arise in your glory, behold the
genius of your creation, and be prideful of
being, for I am the same - I who am the
Highest of Life.
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The Fifteenth Part
Ils Tabaan Lialprt casarman vpaahi chis
darg dsocido caosgi orscor ds omax
monasci Baeouib od emetgis iaiadix
ZACAR od ZAMRAN, odo cicle qaa zorge
Lap zirdo Noco MAD, hoath Iaida.
O sacred beings who live and have been
protectors of the sacred Flame, who carry
forth my Word and the Seal of my promise,