220A1-0.ASC Title. In the first edition this Book is called L. L is the sacred letter in t

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Title.

    In the first edition this Book is called L.  L is the sacred letter
in the Holy Twelve-fold Table which forms the triangle that stabilizes
the Universe. See Liber 418. L is the letter of Libra, Balance, and
`Justice' in the Taro. This title should probably be AL, ``El'', as the
`L' was heard of the Voice of Aiwaz, not seen. AL is the true name of
the Book, for these letters, and their number 31, form the Master Key to
its Mysteries.

    In order that the ethical and philosophical comment should be
`understanded of the common people', without interruption, I have
decided to transfer to an Appendix all considerations drawn from the
numerical system of cipher which is interspersed with the more
straightforward matter of this Book. In that Appendix will be found an
account of the character of this cipher, called `Qabalah', and the
mysteries thus indicated; because of the impracticability of
communicating them in verbal form, and of the necessity of proving to
the student that the Author of the Book is possessed of knowledge beyond
any yet acquired by man.