Post by nightshade on Feb 14, 2011 21:57:19 GMT -5
Here, reprinted in it's original form, is a Key piece of the Works of Aleister Crowley. May the Initiate behold the Glory of the Master!
Aleister Crowley's Analysis of the Formula of The Chicken Crossing the Road
The Formula of the Crossing of the Road by the Chicken (Ch-K-N) contains within itself perhaps the greatest secret the Gods have yet requested, politely, that I enforce upon the world, though it is hardly a secret to even the common fishmonger idling away the days of his life behind the counter of his little shop in soho that Ch-K-N is an anagram*1 of the Hebrew Ch-N-K, to initiate, and furthermore that the very process of crossing a road is a thinly veiled reference to a passing from one state to another; hence the Formula of the Chicken is at first glance a simple method of initiation, if the person glancing is not of grade 12[square] -1[circle]*2 or above, though in actuality the formula contains within it a complete system of evolution from slimy, intellectually inferior maggots, the likes of which will shortly be struggling in vain to grasp the fundamentals of this brilliant scholarly discourse, to the ultimate attainment (I will wait while you all go back and re-read this simple paragraph, which is an exercise in clarity, and try to acertain for your pathetic selves whether or not it actually makes any sense, but I will not wait long).
Now, sit back and observe my genius in action*3 as I guide you through the process of a Gematrical Analysis*4; Behold: -
Cheth ------- 8 ------- Ch
Kaph ------- 20 ------- K
Nun -------- 50 ------- N
Total ------ 78
The first cycle of the Formula of the Chicken
__________________________________
__MCMLXX__|__MCMLXXI__|_MCMLXXII__
__________|___________|___________
____AZ____|___Then____|______8____
____HYH___|__It Was___|_____20____
____ATM___|__Closed___|_____50____
__________|___________|___________
Here we clearly find the Aspirant Chicken in a state of stagnation , he has travelled down his road only to find that in the end it is closed (column MCMLXXI), it leads him nowhere, or so it would appear; an examination of his journey thus far and of his own being leads him to the inevitable conclusion that he must now choose a new path: it is this realisation which brings the chicken to the completion of the first cycle of the Formula of the Chicken and to the necessary step towards finding his new path: -
___ChNK__|_To Initiate_|____78____
The second cycle of the Formula of the Chicken
____________________________________
__MCMLXX__|___MCMLXXI___|_MCMLXXII__
__________|_____________|___________
____BAH___|___Entrance__|______8____
___AChVH__|__Fraternity_|_____20____
____HMV___|__To Ferment_|_____50____
__________|_____________|___________
The exoteric significance is that of the Aspirant Chicken having undergone his first initiation, entering his new life-path (BAH, Entrance) and joining with his brothers (Fraternity) that they may develop together (ferment) unto the next level of initiation.
The esoteric significance, however, is that the Chicken has crossed the road and is standing at the entrance (Entrance) to a frat party (Fraternity) where he will indulge himself in many aromatic cigarettes and sacred kegs (Ferment)*5 leading the chicken inevitably toward communion with: -
__AYVAS__|__The Angel of Ra-Hoor-Khuit__|___78___
The third cycle of the Formula of the Chicken
Having achieved a much higher level of the Formula the analysis now changes format by some small degree, for we are fast approaching a threshold which none but myself has ever even heard of and which must be kept secret at all cost to the Aspirant Chicken for if some Black Lodge has got wind of the operation, it may send a spirit, full of hypocritical submission, to destroy the Chicken*6.
At this third cycle of the formula we find that: ABH = To Will = 8; the number 20 in this scheme introduces a new element into the personal sphere of the Aspirant Chicken, that of the Thirty-Two Paths of Wisdom: The Twentieth (20) Path is the Intelligence of Will, and is so called because it is the means of preparation of all and each created being, and by this intelligence the existence of the Primordial Wisdom becomes known. KL = All = 50
Here we have the idea of Actively Willing, upon the Path of the Intelligence of Will, in connection to the All. In this level of the formula the attainment represented by the number 78 is clearly an identification of the self with the entirety of the manifestations of the Ultimate through the Four Worlds as evidenced in the ancient glyph of the Hebrew mystics known to all as the Tree of Life, insomuch as the number of the cards in the wheel of the Tarot equals 78: - clearly here is indicated that if it be his True Will the Aspirant Chicken will become one with the universe.
The reader will please note that there is a far deeper mystery lying beyond this so-called ultimate attainment; for more information on this subject the reader is hereby referred to any book from my back catalogue which I have not thusfar shamelessly plugged*7.
The revealing of my superiority is at an end
TO MEGA THERION : The Beast 666; MAGUS A A who is The Word of the Aeon THELEMA; whose name is called V.V.V.V.V. A A in the City of the Pyramids; etc...etc...etc...
_________
Footnotes
*1 - for an explanation on the significance of anagramatical correspondences within the exoteric and esoteric forms of the literal Qabalah, namely Gematria, the reader is referred to Equinox vol.13 no.87
*2 - for a comprehensive listing of magickal grades the reader is referred to Liber X MENFI TING by the Master Therion
*3 - for more examples of my genius in action I refer the reader to Liber XN Bey Kon: an analysis of the ritual preparation of the Breakfast of the Prophet and his Dog on the first morning of the New Moon
*4 - The reader should have his copies of Sepher Sephiroth and 777 to hand if he expects to grasp even a glimpse of a shadow of my brilliance
*5 - As it is written in Liber Al vel Legis II:22 'To worship me take wine and strange drugs...'
*6 - For more on hypocrisy, see The Confessions of Aleister Crowley
*7 - For more examples of shameless plugging the reader is referred to each and every footnote I have ever written
This was originally written by a friend of mine and it actually makes a scary kind of sense. All of the associations are 'correct' from a Qabalistic standpoint...
Aleister Crowley's Analysis of the Formula of The Chicken Crossing the Road
The Formula of the Crossing of the Road by the Chicken (Ch-K-N) contains within itself perhaps the greatest secret the Gods have yet requested, politely, that I enforce upon the world, though it is hardly a secret to even the common fishmonger idling away the days of his life behind the counter of his little shop in soho that Ch-K-N is an anagram*1 of the Hebrew Ch-N-K, to initiate, and furthermore that the very process of crossing a road is a thinly veiled reference to a passing from one state to another; hence the Formula of the Chicken is at first glance a simple method of initiation, if the person glancing is not of grade 12[square] -1[circle]*2 or above, though in actuality the formula contains within it a complete system of evolution from slimy, intellectually inferior maggots, the likes of which will shortly be struggling in vain to grasp the fundamentals of this brilliant scholarly discourse, to the ultimate attainment (I will wait while you all go back and re-read this simple paragraph, which is an exercise in clarity, and try to acertain for your pathetic selves whether or not it actually makes any sense, but I will not wait long).
Now, sit back and observe my genius in action*3 as I guide you through the process of a Gematrical Analysis*4; Behold: -
Cheth ------- 8 ------- Ch
Kaph ------- 20 ------- K
Nun -------- 50 ------- N
Total ------ 78
The first cycle of the Formula of the Chicken
__________________________________
__MCMLXX__|__MCMLXXI__|_MCMLXXII__
__________|___________|___________
____AZ____|___Then____|______8____
____HYH___|__It Was___|_____20____
____ATM___|__Closed___|_____50____
__________|___________|___________
Here we clearly find the Aspirant Chicken in a state of stagnation , he has travelled down his road only to find that in the end it is closed (column MCMLXXI), it leads him nowhere, or so it would appear; an examination of his journey thus far and of his own being leads him to the inevitable conclusion that he must now choose a new path: it is this realisation which brings the chicken to the completion of the first cycle of the Formula of the Chicken and to the necessary step towards finding his new path: -
___ChNK__|_To Initiate_|____78____
The second cycle of the Formula of the Chicken
____________________________________
__MCMLXX__|___MCMLXXI___|_MCMLXXII__
__________|_____________|___________
____BAH___|___Entrance__|______8____
___AChVH__|__Fraternity_|_____20____
____HMV___|__To Ferment_|_____50____
__________|_____________|___________
The exoteric significance is that of the Aspirant Chicken having undergone his first initiation, entering his new life-path (BAH, Entrance) and joining with his brothers (Fraternity) that they may develop together (ferment) unto the next level of initiation.
The esoteric significance, however, is that the Chicken has crossed the road and is standing at the entrance (Entrance) to a frat party (Fraternity) where he will indulge himself in many aromatic cigarettes and sacred kegs (Ferment)*5 leading the chicken inevitably toward communion with: -
__AYVAS__|__The Angel of Ra-Hoor-Khuit__|___78___
The third cycle of the Formula of the Chicken
Having achieved a much higher level of the Formula the analysis now changes format by some small degree, for we are fast approaching a threshold which none but myself has ever even heard of and which must be kept secret at all cost to the Aspirant Chicken for if some Black Lodge has got wind of the operation, it may send a spirit, full of hypocritical submission, to destroy the Chicken*6.
At this third cycle of the formula we find that: ABH = To Will = 8; the number 20 in this scheme introduces a new element into the personal sphere of the Aspirant Chicken, that of the Thirty-Two Paths of Wisdom: The Twentieth (20) Path is the Intelligence of Will, and is so called because it is the means of preparation of all and each created being, and by this intelligence the existence of the Primordial Wisdom becomes known. KL = All = 50
Here we have the idea of Actively Willing, upon the Path of the Intelligence of Will, in connection to the All. In this level of the formula the attainment represented by the number 78 is clearly an identification of the self with the entirety of the manifestations of the Ultimate through the Four Worlds as evidenced in the ancient glyph of the Hebrew mystics known to all as the Tree of Life, insomuch as the number of the cards in the wheel of the Tarot equals 78: - clearly here is indicated that if it be his True Will the Aspirant Chicken will become one with the universe.
The reader will please note that there is a far deeper mystery lying beyond this so-called ultimate attainment; for more information on this subject the reader is hereby referred to any book from my back catalogue which I have not thusfar shamelessly plugged*7.
The revealing of my superiority is at an end
TO MEGA THERION : The Beast 666; MAGUS A A who is The Word of the Aeon THELEMA; whose name is called V.V.V.V.V. A A in the City of the Pyramids; etc...etc...etc...
_________
Footnotes
*1 - for an explanation on the significance of anagramatical correspondences within the exoteric and esoteric forms of the literal Qabalah, namely Gematria, the reader is referred to Equinox vol.13 no.87
*2 - for a comprehensive listing of magickal grades the reader is referred to Liber X MENFI TING by the Master Therion
*3 - for more examples of my genius in action I refer the reader to Liber XN Bey Kon: an analysis of the ritual preparation of the Breakfast of the Prophet and his Dog on the first morning of the New Moon
*4 - The reader should have his copies of Sepher Sephiroth and 777 to hand if he expects to grasp even a glimpse of a shadow of my brilliance
*5 - As it is written in Liber Al vel Legis II:22 'To worship me take wine and strange drugs...'
*6 - For more on hypocrisy, see The Confessions of Aleister Crowley
*7 - For more examples of shameless plugging the reader is referred to each and every footnote I have ever written
This was originally written by a friend of mine and it actually makes a scary kind of sense. All of the associations are 'correct' from a Qabalistic standpoint...