Liber 777 demystified - the Tables
Liber 777 is a set of tables of correspondences of the Golden Dawn attributions of the Tree of Life. Liber 777 is very concise, but it is also very abstruse; evidently written for the benefit of the Crowley, Allen Bennett and the other Adepti of the Golden Dawn rather for us, the great unwashed public.
There are actually six tables, which is not evident at first glance. For a start, even though Table 1 is at the beginning, it starts on the top right hand side of the page, and works across to the top of the left hand page, then back across for the bottom half of the right hand page, and then to the bottom of the left hand page. So, if you turn the page, you should always look to the top of the right hand page, rather than the top left.
If you are accustomed to hebrew or arabic, you are not much better off, because even though the flow across the page is from right to left, the tables start at the front of the book, rather than from the back. Confused? If someone can come up with a better explanation, please tell me.
Some of the tables do not run contiguously. So, for example, in my copy, Table 1 starts on page 3, then continues onto page 2, then page 5, page 4, and so on. Not surprisingly, mistakes occured, so the final columns of Table 1 appear after all the other tables, on page 37, with the columns going from left to right!
Matters are not helped by the use of Roman numerals; especially as the counting goes up from right to left...
So much for the tables and columns. Now it is time to mention the rows. Except for the late inclusions on page 37 and 38, there is always a Key Scale column on the far right that is composed of numbers. Table 1 starts from Zero, 0, and goes up to 32, with 31 and 32 duplicated. I will not go into the duplicated numbers 31bis and 32bis for now.
It is worthwhile remembering the numbers and their attribution to the Tarot Card (I have not mentioned the Tarot yet, but the Tarot is critical to understanding Liber 777, far more so than the Tree of Life.
The basic numbering from 0 to 32 encompasses all the Tarot Card in a very simple way. Zero or 0 is Nothing, and in many of the tables this row is empty. The numbers 1 to 10 are the Sephiroth, starting with Kether. 1 to 10 also signifies the Minor Card, with the Twos, Threes, Sixes and Tens also representing the Court Card. 11 to 32 represents the Major Arcana, starting with the Fool at 11. These tables do not have the Star and Emperor transposed - they were written probably by Crowley's mentor Allen Bennett who died long before the Book of the Law suggested that "Tzaddi is not the Star" .
To help the reader, in the original book some of the numbers in this column are offset to the left or right of centre. 11, 23 and 31, the Mother Letters, are set to the left, while the seven Planetary Card are to the centre, with the twelve zodiacal Card to the right.
Overview of Table 1
This has 57 columns and 32 rows with the extra Zero and 31bis and 32bis. It is the biggest table by far, and it could be that the intention was that all the attributions would be on this table.
Attributes of various alphabets
| Title | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew Names | The Hebrew names of numbers and letters | Hebrew Name of Letter | Q |
| English Names | English of Hebrew Name of Letter | Q | |
| Consciousness of Adept | 4 | ||
| God Names in Assiah | Associated with the Sephiroth | 5 | Q |
| Heavens of Assiah | 6 | Q | |
| English of Assiah | 7 | Q | |
| Orders of Qlippoth | 8 | Q | |
| The Sword and the Serpent | The Flaming Sword follows the Path of the Sephiroth as in a Lightning Flash. The Serpent of Wisdom follows the Paths of the Tree of Life upwards from Malkuth. There are no entries for these in the following tables. | 9 | Q |
| Mystic Numbers of the Sephiroth | 10 | Q | |
| Elements & Planetary rulers | 11 | ||
| Tree of Life | 12 | Q | |
| Paths of the | 13 | Q | |
| General attributes of Tarot | 14 | ||
| King Scale of Colour | 15 | Q | |
| Queen Scale of Colour | 16 | Q | |
| Emperor Scale of Colour | 17 | Q | |
| Empress Scale of Colour | 18 | Q | |
| Egyptian God | 19 | ||
| More Egyptian God | 20 | ||
| The Perfect Man | 21 | ||
| Hindu | 22 | ||
| The Forty Buddhist Meditations | 23 | ||
| Hindu and Buddhist results | 24 | ||
| Scandanavia | 33 | ||
| Greek | 34 | ||
| Roman | 35 | ||
| Christian Attributions | 36 | ||
| Animals, real and imaginary | 38 | ||
| Plants, real and imaginary | 39 | ||
| Precious Stones | 40 | ||
| Magical Weapon | 41 | ||
| Perfumes | 42 | ||
| Vegetable Drug | 43 | ||
| Mineral Drug | 44 | ||
| Magical Power, Western | 45 | ||
| Taoism | 46 | ||
| Kings and Princes of Jinn | 47 | ||
| Figures related to pure number | 48 | ||
| Linear figures, geomancy | 49 | ||
| Transcendental morality | |||
| Coptic Alphabet | A | ||
| Arabic Alphabet | A | ||
| Greek Alphabet | A | ||
| Magical formulae (see 41) | |||
| Diseases | |||
| Greek Alphabet | A | ||
| Arabic Alphabet | A | ||
The Four Elements
This table has only five rows, composed of the Mother Letters, à, î and ù and 31bis and 32bis, so we are dealing with the four elements plus Spirit. There are 26 columns.
| The Powers of the Elements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Letters of the Name | 54 | |
| The Elements and Senses | 55 | |
| Four Rivers | 56 | Q |
| Four Quarters | 57 | Q |
| Supreme Elemental Kings | 58 | |
| Archangels of the Quarters | 59 | Q |
| The Rulers of the Elements | 60 | Q |
| Angels of the Elements | 61 | Q |
| Kings of the Elemental Spirits | 62 | |
| The Four Worlds | 63 | Q |
| Secret Names of the Four Worlds | 64 | Q |
| Secret Numbers corresponding | 65 | Q |
| YHVH in the Four Worlds | 66 | Q |
| Parts of the Soul | 67 | Q |
| Demon Kings | 68 | |
| The alchemical Elements | 69 | |
| Attribution of the Pentagram | 70 | M |
| Wands Court Card | 71 | T |
| Cups Court Card | 72 | T |
| Swords Court Card | 73 | T |
| Disks Court Card | 74 | T |
| Five Elements (tatwas) | 75 | |
| Five Skandhas | 76 | |
| The Four Truths of Buddhism | 191 | |
| Bodily Functions | 192 | |
| The Body | 193 | |
The Planets
The seven planets and ten columns.
| Table III | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Planets and their numbers | 77 | Q |
| Intelligence of the Planet | 78 | |
| Spirit of the Planet | 79 | |
| Olympic Planetary Spirit | 80 | |
| Metals | 81 | |
| The Noble Eightfold Path | 82 | |
| The Attribution of the Hexagram | 83 | |
| Intelligence of the Planet | ||
| Spirit of the Planet | ||
| The Noble Eight-Fold Path | ||
Qabalistic and Angelic
The ten sephiroth, which has 54 columns. The attributions here are not the general ones known.
| Table IV | ||
|---|---|---|
| Divine Names of Briah | 84 | Q |
| Angels of Briah | 85 | Q |
| Choirs of Angels of Briah | 86 | Q |
| Palaces of Briah | 87 | Q |
| Translation of 87 | 88 | Q |
| The Revolution of YHVH in Briah | 89 | Q |
| The 42 fold names which revolves in the Palace of Yetsirah | 90 | Q |
| Saints or Adepts of the Hebrews | 91 | Q |
| Angels Foundations in the World of Yetsirah | 92 | Q |
| Heavens of Assiah | 93 | Q |
| English of Palaces of Assiah | 94 | Q |
| Contents of Palaces of Assiah | 95 | Q |
| The Revolution of YHVH in Yetsirah | 96 | Q |
| Parts of the Soul | 97 | Q |
| English of 97 | 98 | Q |
| Archangels of Assiah | 99 | Q |
| Angels of Assiah | 100 | Q |
| English of 100 | 101 | Q |
| Revolution of Adonai in Assiah | 102 | Q |
| Ten divisions of the Body of God | 103 | Q |
| The Ten Earths in Seven Palaces | 104 | Q |
| English of 104 | 105 | Q |
| The Ten Hells in Seven Palaces | 106 | Q |
| English of 106 | 107 | Q |
| Some Princes of the Qliphoth | 108 | Q |
| The Dukes and Kings of Edom | 109 | Q |
| Elements and Quarters () | 110 | Q |
| Sephirotic Colours (Dr Jellinck) | 111 | Q |
| Alchemical Tree of Life | 112 | Q |
| Alchemical Metals | 113 | Q |
| Passwords of the Grades | 114 | |
| Officers in a Masonic Lodge | 115 | |
| Egyptian Attributions of the Parts of the Soul | 116 | |
| The Soul (Hindu) | 117 | |
| The Chakras | 118 | |
| The Ten Fetters (Buddhism) | 119 | |
| Magical image of the Sephira | 120 | Q |
| The Grades of the Order | 121 | |
| The Ten Plagues of Egypt | 122 | Q |
| English of 8 | 123 | Q |
| The Heavenly Hexagram | 124 | |
| Seven Hells of the Arabs | 125 | |
| Their Inhabitants | 126 | |
| Seven Heavens of the Arabs | 127 | |
| Meaning of 127 | 128 | |
| Pairs of Angels ruling Wands | 129 | Q |
| Pairs of Angels ruling Cups | 130 | Q |
| Pairs of Angels ruling Swords | 131 | Q |
| Pairs of Angels ruling Coins | 132 | T |
| Title and Attributions of the Wands | 133 | T |
| Title and Attributions of the Cups | 134 | T |
| Title and Attributions of the Swords | 135 | T |
| Title and Attributions of the Disks | 136 | T |
Zodiacal powers and Attributes
Table 5 summarises the magical attributes of the twelve signs of the zodiac, including the angelic and goetic attributions.
| Table V - Zodiac Signs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Signs of the Zodiac | 137 | |
| Planets ruling Signs of the Zodiac | 138 | |
| Planets exalted in Signs of the Zodiac | 139 | |
| Twelve Banners of the Name | 140 | Q |
| The Twelve Tribes | 141 | Q |
| Angels ruling the Houses | 142 | Q |
| Twelve Lesser Assistant Angels in the Signs | 143 | Q |
| Angel Lords of the Triplicity in the Signs by Day | 144 | Q |
| Angels Lords of the Triplicity in Signs by Night | 145 | Q |
| Angels of the Decanates (Ascendant) | 146 | Q |
| Angels of the Decanates (Succedent) | 147 | Q |
| Angels of the Decanates (Cadent) | 148 | Q |
| Magical image of the Decan (Ascendant) | 149 | M |
| Magical image of the Decan (Succedent) | 150 | M |
| Magical image of the Decan (Cadent) | 151 | M |
| Perfumes (Ascendant) | 152 | |
| Perfumes (Succedant) | 153 | |
| Perfumes (Cadent) | 154 | |
| Goetic Demon of Decan (Ascendant) | 155 | M |
| Magical image of Goetic Demon of Decan (Ascendant) | 156 | M |
| Goetic Demon (Succedent) | 157 | M |
| Magical image of Goetic Demon (Succedent) | 158 | M |
| Goetic Demon (Cadent) | 159 | M |
| Magical image of Goetic Demon (Cadent) | 160 | M |
| Goetic Demon by Night | 161 | M |
| Magical image of Goetic Demon by Night | 162 | M |
| Goetic Demon by Night | 163 | M |
| Magical image of Goetic Demon by Night | 164 | M |
| Goetic Demon by Night | 165 | M |
| Magical image of Magical image of Goetic Demon by Night | 166 | M |
| Egyptian God of Zodiac (Ascendant) | 167 | |
| Egyptian God of Zodiac | 168 | |
| Egyptian God of Zodiac | 169 | |
| Egyptian God of Zodiac | 170 | |
| Egyptian God of Zodiac | 171 | |
| Egyptian God of Zodiac | 172 | |
| Genii of the Twelve Hours (Levi) | 173 | |
| Mansions of the Moon | 174 | |
The Powers of the Hebrew Alphabet
Table 6 will be more familiar since it details the basic attributions of the Tarot, such as the Hebrew letters to the Major Arcana, the Title of the Card, and descriptions.
| Table 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hebrew Letters | 175 | Q |
| Hebrew Numeration | 176 | Q |
| Yetsiratic Attribution | 177 | Q |
| Geomantic Intelligence | 178 | |
| Numbers printed on Tarot Trump | 179 | T |
| Title of Tarot Trump | 180 | T |
| Correct image of Tarot Trump | 181 | T |
| The Human Body | 182 | |
| Legendary Orders of Beings | ||
