- IPSOS
IPSOS, meaning "the same mouth", is the
magical formula of the Aeon of Ma'at as transmitted by Nema in her inspired magical work, "Liber Pennae Praenumbra ". It is used by theHorus-Maat Lodge and Kenneth Grant's Ordo Templi Orientis.Aeons
Within the system of
Thelema , history is broken down into a series of "Aeons", each with its own dominant concept of divinity and its ownmagical formula of redemption and advancement. According toAleister Crowley , the last three Aeons have been (1) the Aeon ofIsis , (2) the Aeon ofOsiris , and (3) the current Aeon ofHorus which began in 1904 with the writing of "The Book of the Law ".The future Aeon, which is seen to eventually replace the present one, is the Aeon of
Ma'at . According to some, such asCharles Stansfeld Jones (Frater Achad), the Aeon of Maat has already arrived.Meanings
According to Grant, the word "IPSOS" was received by initiates who were in communication with extraterrestrial intelligences. He equates the word with part of a cryptic
cipher in "Liber AL" (II, 76), "RPSTOVAL", by virtue of the fact that in the qabalistic art ofgematria , both evaluate to either 696 or 456, depending on whether an 'S' in each is taken as theHebrew letter "shin" or "samekh ".ee also
*Aeon
*Ma'at References
*Grant, Kenneth (1977). "Nightside of Eden". London; Frederick Muller Limited. ISBN 0-584-10206-2
*Nema (1995). "Maat Magick: A Guide to Self-Initiation". Weiser Books. ISBN 0-87728-827-5
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