r/thelema • u/StarburnedSun • 2h ago
The Three Wheels
On the Works card of the Thoth deck, there are three wheels depicted.
The wheels are a symbolic representation. I say they are symbolic, because they all have separate axes.
The true wheels share one, single axis. They are inter-dimensionally concentric wheels of equal circumference.
I will describe one part of this today, and if this post is received positively, I will continue with the rest.
I order to understand, we must begin with Hadit’s statement: “I am the axle of the wheel.”
Hadit is the axle of a wheel that is not. At least… not yet.
And if you consider him to be the axle of the wheel of R.O.T.A., you have spoken a truth at the expense of the truth. Because the greater truth, itself, is written in The Book of the Law, not in The Equinox.
And that truth — which I will make clear later, under the conditions stated here — illuminates the statement in The Equinox, referred to above, regarding the inner order of the A∴A∴: “From all time, therefore, there has been a hidden assembly, a society of the Elect, of those who sought for and had capacity for light, and this interior society was the Axle of the R.O.T.A.”
The key to this understanding is the statement “from all time.” It has a dual meaning. The mistake is in thinking Hadit makes up all that time, by being the axle of the wheel of R.O.T.A., with the A∴A∴. The truth is much, much more interesting: Hadit is all three the axel, every being represented by that axel, and one, single member of the inner order of the A∴A∴.
That third level I mention is reflective of an entirely different structure of reality. And the key to understanding this is in The Book of the Law.
I will address that in my next post, if this post is welcomed, and people express interest
But first, let’s return to the statement above that Hadit is the axle of a wheel that is not. At least… not yet.
“Not yet” is the crucial aspect here to understanding everything I have said so far.
This equates Hadit to the Ain, not the Ain Soph, which is what Crowley attributed him to.
By being the axel of a wheel that is not, Hadit also is not. And he says as much: “For I am perfect, being Not.”
As well, he says, “I am not extended,” emphatically dispelling the idea that he could be the Ain Soph, which is an extension of the Ain.