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What is Qabalah?
Qabalah is:
(a)
A language fitted to describe certain classes of phenomena, and to express certain classes of ideas which escape regular phraseology.
(b)
An unsectarian and elastic terminology by means of which it is possible to equate the mental processes of people apparently diverse owing to the constraint imposed upon them by the peculiarities of their literary expression.
(c)
A system of symbolism which enables thinkers to formulate their ideas with complete precision, and to find simple expression for complex thoughts, especially such as include previously disconnected orders of conception.
(d)
An instrument for interpreting symbols whose meaning has become obscure, forgotten or misunderstood by establishing a necessary connection between the essence of forms, sounds, simple ideas (such as number) and their spiritual, moral, or intellectual equivalents.
(e)
A system of classification of omniform ideas so as to enable the mind to increase its vocabulary of thoughts and facts through organizing and correlating them.
(f)
An instrument for proceeding from the known to the unknown on similar principles to those of mathematics.
(g)
A system of criteria by which the truth of correspondences may be tested with a view to criticizing new discoveries in the light of their coherence with the whole body of truth.
— Aleister Crowley,
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