Visions & Voices - Errata

[Jim Eshelman]

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

Since V&V was released, I've been slowly rereading it for errata. We work hard to keep mistakes from creeping in, but there are always some things that get past. You have both my personal and institutional apologies for these.

Here are the errata I've identified. As far as I know, the list is complete. If anyone has found something I've missed, please add it here - the intention is that this top post become the master errata sheet.

Prologue 2
p. 4, para 1, line 10: Add space after dash.

Chapter 2
p. 46, para 3, line 4: The parenthesized alpha and beta should be italicized to be consistent with style throughout the rest of the book.
p. 78, 20th KHR should read Aeon / Fool / Moon, not Aeon / Chariot / Moon

Part I: Yetzirah
p. 112, para 1, line 5: Following 20 and 21, mark should be minutes sign ' rather than rounded single smart-quote
p. 146, horoscope: (Only an erratum because I meant something different: I meant to exclude the unnecessary Eastpoint on this chart, to sharpen the visual effect of the rising Mars.)
p. 176, Sidereal horoscope: Degree value is missing for Pluto. Should be 2°.
p. 179, line immediately above illustration: "LXXIV" should be "LXXXIV".
p. 179, next-to-last line: Hyphen should be after (to the right of) the Hebrew Aleph Lamed, not to the left.

Part II: Briah
p, 266, par 1, line 5: Comma after "crosshatched" should be a semi-colon.
p. 315, comment after {13.}, next-to-last line: "He the solar" should read "He is solar".
p. 318, last line before {22.}: Add space after dash.

Part III: Atziluth
p. 383, Sidereal horoscope: Minutes value of Mars is missing. Should be 05'.
p. 409, par after {31.}, line 4: Add "in" after "The Latin phrase"

Appendices
pp. 533 & 535: Running heads should say "Appendix C", not "Appendix A".
p. 543, last line: The single smart-quote after 01 should be a minute symbol '

Glossary
p. 554: Three entries are not in alphabetical order: Aeon, The; Aeon, Old; and Aeon, New

[Quintessence]

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

[krzysztof]

93

I have question relating to the table on page 53.

BAG is attributed to Aries, Taurus, and Leo.
In Weiser's edition of Liber 418 edited by Hymenaeus Beta, letter G (ged) is attributed to Cancer not to Leo.
Crowley's commentaries seem to follow Cancer attribution (for example see footnote 1 on page 46 when he analyses letters he + vau + chet and gets 19 ("Eve", "to manifest", "to shew forth".)

Also, in Visions & Voices letter P (mals)is attributed to Cancer but in Weiser's edition, that letter is attributed to Leo.
Again, Crowley's commentaries seem to support Leo attribution (for example see footnote 1 on page 100).

So it looks as if we have two letters changed. This is quite important problem because these attributions throw light on astrological interpretation of the aethyrs.

Which edition is correct?

Yours,
93 93/93
Krzysztof

[Jim Eshelman]

I have question relating to the table on page 53.

BAG is attributed to Aries, Taurus, and Leo.
In Weiser's edition of Liber 418 edited by Hymenaeus Beta, letter G (ged) is attributed to Cancer not to Leo.
Crowley's commentaries seem to follow Cancer attribution (for example see footnote 1 on page 46 when he analyses letters he + vau + chet and gets 19 ("Eve", "to manifest", "to shew forth".)

That point, and your further question further on about P, are addressed on p. 50 as follows:

CrazyMaker No. 2: Although Crowley knew the correct attribution of the Enochian P to Cancer (Moon waning) and G to Leo (Sun in north declination), and evidently had these clearly in mind at the time of receiving the visions published here, he reversed the attributions in his mind at the time of penning his comments. Based on evidence internal to the visions, this most likely was an error and not intentional. Therefore, his notes on any aethyr with a G or P in its name are sometimes misleading.

Also, he wasn't consistent on this G vs. P across the visions. A striking example is POP. Look across the range visions with these letters in the aethyr names and you'll see the pattern more clearly. In short: he goofed in his comments. It happens.

Aethyrs to examine with this in mind: G (Sun/Leo) appears in BAG only. P (Moon/Cancer) appers in ASP, POP, ZIP, and PAZ.

Thanks for your questions.

Which edition is correct?

My purpose was to present the accurate attributions, based on primary sources; in this sense, my table is 100% accurate. On the other hand, I suspect the purpose of the editors of the Weiser edition was to tabulate what was (erroneously) used by Crowley in his commentary. For that different purpose, their table is more accurate.

PS - On the issue of calculating the gematria of the names, you may wish to review my section beginning on p. 57.

[bdc]

currently reading this in conjunction with "the vision and the voice with commentary and other papers" (i.e. very s-l-o-w-l-y), i noticed that in chapter 3 - enochian magick - on page 54, regarding the calls, it says "calls 3-6 air, water, fire, earth (respectively)".
is the sixth call not assigned to the invocation of fire, not earth?

[Jim Eshelman]

is the sixth call not assigned to the invocation of fire, not earth?

Y'know, I think you're right. I'll double check when I get home but, from memory, I think you're right. The line should read "earth, fire," not "fire, earth."

Thanks for catching that. We'll fix it in the next printing.