written, samhane 2007

To whom it may concern,

A simple search on a web browser will reveal many attempted solutions
to the so called "riddle" in liber legis (chapter 2, verse 76 of The
Book Of The Law).

Here is the riddle again, along with Aleister's comment:

Liber AL:

75.
Aye! listen to the numbers & the words:

76.
4 6 3 8 A B K 2 4 A L G M O R 3 Y X 24 89 R P S T O V A L. What
meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor shalt thou know ever.
There cometh one to follow thee: he shall expound it. But remember, o
chosen one, to be me; to follow the love of Nu in the star-lit heaven;
to look forth upon men, to tell them this glad word.

Comment:

75.
This passage following appears to be a Qabalistic test (on he regular
pattern) of any person who may claim to be the Magical Heir of The
Beast. Be ye well assured all that the solution, when it is found,
will be unquestionable. It will be marked by the most sublime
simplicity, and carry immediate conviction. (The above paragraph was
written previous to the communication of Charles Stansfeld Jones with
regard to the 'numbers and the words' which constitute the Key to the
cipher of this Book. See the Appendix to these comment. I prefer to
leave my remark as it originally stood, in order to mark my attitude
at the time of writing).

76.
It is the prophet, the 'forth-speaker' who is never to know this
mystery. But that does not prevent it from lying within the
comprehension of the Beast, kept secret by him in order to prove any
one who should claim sonship.

With all suitable fan-fare (that is: none), I have decided to
explicitly state to the Thelemite community the solution to the riddle
this Samhane of 2007. I must emphasise that it is not I who has
solved this riddle. The riddle was solved long ago by someone whom
most Thelemites have either ignored, ridiculed or are otherwise
oblivious to.

After stating the solution explicity, I shall draw your attention to
clues within the Book of The Law and Aleister's writings that point to
this solution. The solution carries immediate conviction through the
context of the riddle itself, but it may help some people to see these
background signs too. After this, I shall state the identity of the
person who revealed the solution.

The solution to the riddle is that the numbers and words mean nothing
what so ever.

So there you have it.

Here are some reminders whilst you ponder:

1. Chapter 1, verse 46 states that "Nothing is a secret key of this
law."

2. " Be ye well assured all that the solution, when it is found, will
be unquestionable. It will be marked by the most sublime simplicity,
and carry immediate conviction." If you attempt to explain this using
Qabalistic analysis, inevitably there will be the possibility of the
solution being open to questions of interpretation, and no Qabalistic
analysis will ever be sublimely simple. Aleister only said that the
"passage following APPEARS to be a Qabalistic test". In fact, the
solution is not a Qabalistic test at all; and in fact there is nothing
in it at all to imply Qabalistic intent. Another proof that 'nothing'
is the only simple solution is that the character that is commonly
represented as a 'G' is actually a strange drawing like a capital C
with lines attatched to the ends. It should be obvious that no simple
explanation will be able to provide clear meaning to this because of
its sheer irregularity, and the injunction not to 'change so much as
the style of a letter' means that it shouldn't just be interpreted as
a 'G' - it is quite clearly NOT a 'G' ! Also, at the end of the book
Aleister writes "Paste the sheets from right to left and from top to
bottom: then behold!" Anybody trying to do so with an open mind will
behold nothing at all but misarranged handwriting; an Aleistarian
sense of humour coming through there, perhaps.

3. Aleister said "But that does not prevent it from lying within the
comprehension of the Beast, kept secret by him". This is a clear
indication that Aleister did know the solution (else why bother adding
this clause in at all ?). When we combine this with the text of the
riddle itself ("What meaneth this, o prophet? Thou knowest not; nor
shalt thou know ever.") we have the clear assertion that Aleister does
know the solution, but doesn't know what it means, nor will he ever
know what it means. That is another way of saying that Aleister knows
that it doesn't mean anything at all.

4. The Comment to The Book Of The Law contains the following
statements: "The study of this Book is forbidden. It is wise to
destroy this copy after the first reading. Whosoever disregards this
does so at his own risk and peril. These are most dire. Those who
discuss the contents of this Book are to be shunned by all, as centres
of pestilence." This mysterious advert only makes sense if the book
is somehow not what it seems. If the riddle means nothing, the clear
implication is that the Book of the Law is something other than what
it seems. The Comment fits perfectly with the fact.

The name of the person who revealed this is encoded in the following
cipher: uejrrwjxkoyq.

I have delivered this message to a number of forums and thelemic
organisations all at the same time. For those who do not delete the
message, and for those who present it to the world, I will submit the
key to this cipher and thereby reveal the name of the heir on the
festival of Imbolc, the second of February 2008.

Happy Samhane to you all. 02-Nov-2007