The author does not presuppose to make this anything more than a reference tool for those who would attempt to evaluate what has come to be called the New Aeon English Qabalah-Cipher 6, and so has refrained from excessive commentary and pedantic hyperbole. This work is little more than a transnumeration of each word (and selected phrases) of Liber AL vel Legis--The Book of the Law--as delivered to Aleister Crowley by that being whom called himself Aiwass. It is transnumerated according to what is considered to be the correct solution to the very puzzle posed by the entity in question, i.e. the "value and ordering of the English alphabet"--the English qabalah.

This work is presented chiefly because of an acute lack of any information on this subject, at least on this side of the Atlantic. Of the few American individuals we've contacted in this matter, only a few were even vaguely aware of the elusive puzzle's solution in 1974 and no one seemed aware of its significance. The dearth of materials available for analysis of the matter make things that much harder for the student who would wish to further evaluate this mystery. Seeing this obvious lack, the author dragged out an ancient BASIC language computer and proceeded to write a program to assign and calculate numeric values for each and every word in The Book of the Law for use as the code-reference. Of course, as no books seem to exist which evaluate and explore this system, the serious seeker must compile his own; here we have performed the most tedious of the work and so provide the student with his or her most important tool.

The work is organized such that the bulk of it is an alphabetical listing of the words used in Liber AL indexed to their numeric values, this being followed by a numeric listing of those values found and the words so valued. A list of selected phrases and amusing correspondences follows this, while this introduction as well as a short history of the material begin the volume.

The version of Liber AL used in this work was the same as that printed in Gems from the Equinox, as it was believed that this would suit the circumstances adequately. If there are any doubts in this, feel free to communicate that to the publishers as there is a second, expanded edition in progress and such input would be welcome.

Let us leave you then to your work with the firm reminder that, in this day and age, there's little excuse not to make your results available to all who could benefit.

Frater A.

3DEC95 Eugene, Oregon USA