he he i was hoping i would come across something like this! its always cool to see the inspiration behind the handles. so mine is pretty deep so bare with me. i will be quoting relevant info that i have found on the internet because if i explained it i dont think it would be as coherent.
Heru-ra-ha
"The half of the word of Heru-ra-ha, called Hoor-pa-kraat and Ra-Hoor-Khut." Liber AL vel Legis 3:35
The name Heru-ra-ha addresses a special Egyptian god that seems to be the two images of Horus in one body. Thus they are Ra-hoor-khuit, the hawk headed warrior, and Hoor-pa-kraat, the crowned and conquering child Harpocrates, seated on a lily pad.
Heru signifies Horus. Ra is the sun god. Ha is an Egyptian phonetic that seems to denote praise.
Crowley wrote that "the language suggests that Heru-ra-ha is the true name of the Unity who is symbolized by the Twins, Harpocrates and Horus." He added that "The doctrine of the dual character of the God is very important to a proper understanding of Him."
In the Book of Troth, Crowley introduces us to Heru-Ra-Ha when he comments on the Aeon Tarot card. He wrote:
"Around the top of the card is the body of Nuit, the star-goddess, who is the category of unlimited possibility; her mate is Hadit, the ubiquitous point-of-view, the only philosophically tenable conception of Reality. He is represented by a globe of fire, representing eternal energy; winged, to show his power of Going. As a result of the marriage of these two, the child Horus is born. He is, however, known under his special name, Heru-Ra-Ha. A double god; his extraverted form is Ra-hoor-khuit; and his passive or introverted form Hoor-pa-kraat. He is also solar in character, and is therefore shown coming forth in golden light."
article by: James Donahue
Heru-ra-ha
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heru-ra-ha (literally "Horus sun-flesh", among other possible meanings[1]) is a composite deity within Thelema, a religion adapted from the philosophy of François Rabelais in 1904 with the writing of The Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley.[2] Heru-ra-ha is composed of Ra-Hoor-Khuit and Hoor-par-kraat.[3] He is associated with the other two major Thelemic deities found in The Book of the Law, Nuit and Hadit, who are also godforms related to ancient Egyptian mythology. Their images link Nuit and Hadit to the established Egyptian deities Nut and Hor-Bhdt (Horus of Edfu).
Active aspect
Ra-Hoor-Khuit (Egyptian: Ra-Har-Khuti or possibly Ra-Har-Akht), more commonly referred to by the Greek transliteration Ra-Herakhty, means "Ra (who is) Horus on the Horizon."[4] An appellation of Ra, identifying him with Horus, this name shows the two as manifestations of the singular Solar Force. Ra-Hoor-Khuit or Ra-Hoor-Khut is the speaker in the Third Chapter of The Book of the Law. Some quotes from his Chapter:
* "Now let it be first understood that I am a god of War and of Vengeance." [5]
* "Fear not at all; fear neither men nor Fates, nor gods, nor anything. Money fear not, nor laughter of the folk folly, nor any other power in heaven or upon the earth or under the earth. Nu is your refuge as Hadit your light; and I am the strength, force, vigour, of your arms." [6]
* "I am the warrior Lord of the Forties: the Eighties cower before me, & are abased. I will bring you to victory & joy: I will be at your arms in battle & ye shall delight to slay. Success is your proof; courage is your armour; go on, go on, in my strength; & ye shall turn not back for any!" [7]
* "There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt." [8]
Within Thelema, Ra-Hoor-Khuit is called the Lord of the Aeon (which began in 1904 according to Thelemic doctrine), and The Crowned and Conquering Child.
According to the instructions that Crowley claimed to have received from the 8th Enochian Aethyr, the five-pointed "star of flame" symbolizes Ra-Hoor-Khuit in certain contexts.[9]
"Khuit" also refers to a local form of the goddess Hathor at Athribis,[10] who guarded the heart of Osiris.[11] "Khut" refers to the goddess Isis as light giver of the new year,[12] and by some accounts[13][14] can also mean the fiery serpent on the crown of Ra. This last meaning serves as a title of Isis in one of the hymns to "Isis-Hathor" at the Temple of Philae. Hathor also has the titles "Uraeus of Ra" and "Great Flame".[15]
Passive aspect
Hoor-pa-kraat (Egyptian: Har-par-khered), more commonly referred to by the Greek transliteration Harpocrates, means "Horus the Child"; Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris, sometimes distinguished from their brother Horus the Elder,[16] who was the old patron deity of Upper Egypt; the worship of the two gods became confused early in Egyptian history and the two essentially merged[citation needed]. Represented as a young boy with a child's sidelock of hair, sucking his finger. The Greeks,[17] Ovid and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn attributed Silence to him, presumably because the sucking of the finger is suggestive of the common "shhh" gesture. The author of The Book of the Law introduces himself as "the minister of Hoor-paar-kraat."[18]
Also known as "The Babe in the Lotus", Hoor Paar Kraat is sometimes thought of as the baby Ra-Hoor-Khuit[19] and sometimes as the younger brother of Horus.[20] The former view in the works of Aleister Crowley portrays Ra-Hoor-Khuit -- in place of the Golden Dawn's Osiris/Jesus -- as a model for the initiate, and thus describes attainment as a natural growth process, de-emphasizing the metaphor of death and resurrection. In the second view, the Golden Dawn placed Hoor Paar Kraat at the center of their Hall of Ma'at while the officers of the temple (one of whom represented Horus) revolved around him.
Combined form
The Cry of the First Aethyr in Crowley's Liber 418 presents Horus, the Crowned and Conquering Child, as the union of many opposites.
It is a little child covered with lilies and roses. He is supported by countless myriads of Archangels. The Archangels are all the same colourless brilliance, and every one of them is blind. Below the Archangels again are many, many other legions, and so on far below, so far that the eye cannot pierce. And on his forehead, and on his heart, and in his hand, is the secret sigil of the Beast. (fn: Sun and moon conjoined) And of all this the glory is so great that all the spiritual senses fail, and their reflections in the body fail.(...)This child danceth not, but it is because he is the soul of the two dances, --- the right hand and the left hand, and in him they are one dance, the dance without motion.
ok so the Heru is just a shortened version of Heru-Ra-Ha, but what about the 418?...
Abrahadabra
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abrahadabra is a word that first publicly appeared in The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema. Its author, Aleister Crowley, described it as the "the Word of the Aeon, which signifieth The Great Work accomplished." [1] This is in reference to his belief that the writing of Liber Legis heralded a new Aeon for mankind that was ruled by the god Ra-Hoor-Khuit (a form of Horus). Abrahadabra is, therefore, the "magical formula" of this new age. It is not to be confused with the Word of the Law of the Aeon, which is Thelema, meaning Will.
Mystical interpretations
Gematria
As with most things found in the mystical works of Aleister Crowley, the word Abrahadabra can be examined using the qabalistic method of gematria, which is a form of numerology, whereby correspondences are made based on numerical values.
* ABRAHADABRA = 418
* ABRAHADABRA has 11 letters
* ABRAHADABRA = 1+2+2+1+5+1+4+1+2+2+1 = 22
* The five letters in the word are: A, the Crown; B, the Wand; D, the Cup; H, the Sword; R, the Rosy Cross; and refer further to Amoun the Father, Thoth His messenger, and Isis, Horus, Osiris, the divine-human triad.
* Also 418 = ATh IAV, the Essence of IAO
* 418= BVLShKIN, or Boleskine
* 418= RA HVVR, or Ra Hoor
* 418= ∑(13-31)
* Abrahadabra is from Abrasax, Father Sun, which = 365 [5]
* 418 = 22 x 19 Manifestation
Other interpretations
In Aramaic this word roughly translates into "I will create as I speak."
* Had is the keyword of Abrahadabra. Had is another name for Hadit, the second Speaker in Liber Legis.
* "ABRAHADABRA is "The key of the rituals" because it expresses the Magical Formulae of uniting various complementary ideas; especially the Five of the Microcosm with the Six of the Macrocosm." [1]
* "Abrahadabra is the glyph of the blending of the 5 and the 6, the Rose and the Cross." [2]
Quotes from Liber Legis
* "Abrahadabra; the reward of Ra Hoor Khut." (AL III:1)
* "This book shall be translated into all tongues: but always with the original in the writing of the Beast; for in the chance shape of the letters and their position to one another: in these are mysteries that no Beast shall divine. Let him not seek to try: but one cometh after him, whence I say not, who shall discover the Key of it all. Then this line drawn is a key: then this circle squared in its failure is a key also. And Abrahadabra. It shall be his child & that strangely. Let him not seek after this; for thereby alone can he fall from it." (AL III:47)
* "The ending of the words is the Word Abrahadabra." (AL III:75)
...so 418 is the numerical representation of the Word of the Aeon of Heru-Ra_ha. there you guys go. and Heru418 is explained!
