Gaining energy from the Tarot Spirits of Liber 231
We all need energy. Energy enables us to do things in our life. With energy we are sharper, clearer, optimistic, dynamic, inspirational, and so many other things. Energy is even more important when it comes to magic, but this is an area that has not been addressed, until now.
While I was writing Tarot and the Magus, the Spirits of Liber 231, a document of mysterious origins by Aleister Crowley. The fact that these Spirits turned up without any kind of invocation and evocation on my part (the book was supposed to be for beginners!) - proved a turning point. These Spirits have been ignored simply because nobody knew their origins, but at their insistence, I started researching Crowley's writings. Eventually, many secrets were revealed - see my book, Tarot and the Magus. A few days after the Spirits of Liber 231 revealed themselves to me, the Goetic Spirits also turned up, saying they were 'cousins', and did not want to be left out!
Liber 231 - secret powers of the Tarot
The Spirits of Liber 231 are the secret powers behind the Major Arcana of the Tarot. Previously these spirits could only be contacted after much time and effort using ritual magick (see Kenneth Grant's Nightside of Eden and Linda Falorio's Shadow Tarot). Now, they are all available to the user in safe controlled conditions. The powers of the Major Arcana found in Liber 777 are listed after each verse.
0.
A, the heart of IAO, dwelleth in ecstasy in the secret place of the thunders.
Between Asar and Asi he abideth in joy.
Fool: Divination. Foolish actions, for gain or loss
1.
The lightnings increased and the Lord Tahuti stood forth. The Voice came
from the Silence. Then the One ran and returned.
Magus: Miracles of healing, gift of tongues, Knowledge of sciences. Manipulation, communications, wheeling and dealing
2.
Now hath Nuit veiled herself, that she may open the gate of her sister.
High Priestess: Clairvoyance, divination by dreams. Fluctuation and change. Problems with timing events
3.
The Virgin of God is enthroned upon an oystershell; she is like a pearl,
and seeketh Seventy to her Four. In her heart is Hadit the invisible glory.
Empress: Love-philtres. Seeing the big picture
4.
Now Riseth Ra-Hoor-Khuit, and dominion is established in the Star of the
Flame.
Emperor: Consecrations. War, authority. Swift, impermanent action. Overconfidence
5.
Also is the Star of the Flame exalted, bringing benediction to the universe.
Hierophant: The secret of physical strength. Endurance, work. Help from superiors
6.
Here then beneath the winged Eros is youth, delighting in the one and the
other.
He is Asar between Asi and Nephthi; he cometh forth from the veil.
Lovers: Bilocation, prophecy. Indecision, instability, superficiality
7.
He rideth upon the chariot of eternity; the white and the black are harnessed
to his car. Therefore he reflecteth the Fool, and the sevenfold veil is
reveiled.
Chariot: Power of casting Enchantments. Victory, success. Chain of command
8.
Also came forth mother Earth with her lion, even Sekhet, the lady of Asi.
Lust: Power of Training Wild Beasts. Courage, strength, magical power
9.
Also the Priest veiled himself, lest his glory be profaned, lest his word
be lost in the multitude.
Hermit: Invisibility, Parthenogenesis, Initiation. A virgin. Retirement from current events
10.
Now then the Father of all issued as a mighty wheel; the Sphinx, and the
dog-headed god, and Typhon, were bound to his circumference.
Fortune: Power of acquiring Political and other Ascendency. Change of fortune
11.
Also the lady Maat with her feather and her sword abode to judge the righteous.
For Fate was already established.
Justice: Works of Justice and Equilibrium. Lawsuits, treaties. Look before action
12.
Then the holy one appeared in the great water of the North; as a golden
dawn did he appear, bringing benediction to the fallen universe.
Hanged Man: The Great Work, Talismans, Crystal-gazing. Suspension, death, suffering
13.
Also Asar was hidden in Ammenti; and the Lords of Time swept over him with
the sickle of death.
Death: Necromancy. Time, age, unexpected change, death
14.
And a mighty angel appeared as a woman, pouring vials of woe upon the flames,
lighting the pure stream with her brand of cursing. And the iniquity was
very great.
Art: Transmutations. Success after complex manoeuvres
15.
Then the Lord Khem arose, He who is holy among the highest, and set up
his crowned staff for to redeem the universe.
Devil: The Witches Sabbath, so called, the Evil Eye. Unscrupulous ambition, strength
16.
He smote the towers of wailing; he brake them in pieces in the fire of
his anger, so that he alone did escape from the ruin thereof.
Tower: Works of Wrath and Vengeance. Danger, death
17.
Transformed, the holy virgin appeared as a fluidic fire, making her beauty into a thunderbolt.
Star: Astrology. Unexpected help, renewal
18.
By her spells she invoked the Scarab, the Lord Kheph-Ra, so the waters
were cloven and the illusion of the towers was destroyed.
Moon: Bewitchments, casting Illusions. Threshold of significant change
19.
Then the sun did appear unclouded, and the mouth of Asi was on the mouth
of Asar.
Sun: The Red Tincture, Power of Acquiring Wealth. Glory, riches. Enlightened civilization
20.
Then also the Pyramid was builded so that the initiation might be complete.
Aeon: Evocation, Pyromancy. Learn from the past and prepare for the future
21. And in the heart of the Sphinx danced the Lord Adonai, in His garlands of roses and pearls making glad the concourse of things; yea, making glad the concourse of things.
Universe: Works of Malediction and Death. Reward for works accomplished.
The Liber 231 Crystal is programmed with all 44 Spirits and can be used to explore their world.