postmodern Satanism

The thesis to be established is as follows: the number cipher in ALIII:76 has no single irrefutable solution, and this is a directconsequence of the repudiation of gematria necessitated by the NewAeon. This will be established through the identification of a subtextin Liber AL itself, the elements of which give strong hints in thisdirection, and when taken together as a group are considered by thisauthor to be solidly established toward the thesis.Exegesis of key verses establishing the ThesisI:4 – Every number is infinite; there is no difference.Exegesis: Infinite means lacking finite particularities, or de-limitation.Due to this common identity beyond measure, particular numbers,which are the foundation of gematria, are indifferentiable from oneanother symbolically - each is linked to all the rest.I:22 – Now, therefore, I am known to ye by my name Nuit, and tohim by a secret name which I will give him when at last he knowethme. Since I am Infinite Space, and the Infinite Stars thereof, do yealso thus. Bind nothing! Let there be no difference made among youbetween any one thing & any other thing; for thereby there comethhurt.Exegesis: The secret name is the cancellation of name itself, thenonduality of the all-pervasiveness and simultaneous non-being ofNuit. “When at last . . .” indicates that a level of understanding hewould never attain (see I:54 below) is being communicated - it is aprophecy void of fulfillment, which is itself indicative of what is beingprophesied. Thus “let no difference be made . . .” is a directrepudiation of the gematrial measurements and differentiations whichare largely definitive of the theoria of Crowley and his orthodoxsuccessors. This meaning is reinforced in the injunction “bindnothing,” which indicates the limitation through naming, and thereflexive properties of language itself. These are key themes in thissubtext of AL under present consideration.I:23 – But whoso availeth in this, let him be the chief of all!Exegesis: Again, this is a reference to the fact that Crowley would not