Aiwaz

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Aiwaz (also Aiwass ) is according to the occultist Aleister Crowley the name of an Egyptian god who acted as his holy guardian angel and is said to have dictated the text of his book Liber AL vel Legis to him. The name Aiwaz sounds phonetically similar to English. I was ("I was"); probably a hidden allusion to its authorship. This speculation comes up with several biographers and commentators. So the term would be a mystification of Crowley.

Liber AL vel Legis

Aiwaz is mentioned once in the Liber AL vel Legis . Behold! it is revealed by Aiwass the minister [sic] of Hoor-couple-kraat. ("See! It is revealed through Aiwass, the envoy of Hoor-paar-kraat .") Aiwaz, as Crowley understood it, was the mediator between Hoor-paar-kraat (Greek: Harpokrates ) and himself. The form, the Aiwaz assumed was the apparition of Ra-Hoor-Khuit , the active and preaching form of Harpocrates. In Crowley's mysticism, the latter represents the silent and passive aspect of Horus .

Crowley wrote that Aiwaz was floating in a kind of cloud and "appeared to be a tall, dark man in his thirties, well-built, strong and lively, with the face of a cruel ruler and veiled eyes so that her beam would not spoil where he was looking". Crowley described his voice as "a deep voice, melodious and expressive, solemn, sensual, tender or angry, whatever the content [of the Liber AL vel Legis] suited".

meaning

Crowley was convinced that Aiwaz the idea of Thelema and the formula of the Aeon ( ABRAHADABRA put it) what Crowley by the Greek and the Hebrew Kabbalah eruierte. For him, Aiwaz and his message (the Liber AL vel Legis) were “not a disturbance of the spiritual balance [...], but the means to correct an imbalance”, which he believed he recognized in the work of the major religions.

Invocation

The invocation of Aiwaz was incorporated into some rituals by Crowley, such as: B. in his Liber V vel Reguli . As a result, it also plays a role in some rituals of the Ordo Templi Orientis and the Astrum Argenteum .

interpretation

There is no agreement on who or what Aiwaz actually is. Occultist Israel Regardie believes he embodies the deepest and most profound parts of Crowley's own mind. Kenneth Grant , a student of Crowley, on the other hand, is of the opinion that it is an alien from Sirius . Grant is said to have selected a portrait painted by Crowley of a human-like being with a very large back of the head and almond-shaped eyes named "Lam", whereupon Crowley is said to have mumbled "Aiwaz". Grant understood this to mean that Aiwaz and Lam were at least closely related. As a result, a little widespread "cult of lam" emerged as an undercurrent of the thelemic movement.

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  1. ↑ AL I: 7.
  2. ↑ The Equinox of the Gods , Chapter 7 (5. The actual writing.)
  3. ^ Robert Anton Wilson : Lexicon of Conspiracy Theories. Conspiracies, intrigues, secret societies . Updated new edition, Westend, Frankfurt am Main 2016, p. 35.