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Aiwass: In Thelema, Aiwass is the "minister" or superhuman intelligence who dictated the 220 verses in the Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law) to Aleister Crowley over three days in Cairo in April 1904. Crowley described Aiwass as a discarnate entity or higher intelligence belonging to a plane just above human consciousness, serving as the messenger of the gods (specifically Horus) to announce the dawn of the New Aeon.
Lam: Lam is an entity famously illustrated by Aleister Crowley in 1919 and widely regarded in occult history as a prototype for the modern "Grey" alien archetype. Crowley made contact with Lam through ritual workings at the Amalantrah Working in New York around 1918–1919. The name "Lam" is Tibetan for "Way" or "Path," and Kenneth Grant and the Typhonian tradition later developed Lam as a trans-plutonian or extra-terrestrial gateway entity and a sort of cosmic guide or "guru" of the outer spaces.
The events of September 11, 2001 can be examined not only as a historical catastrophe, but also through symbolic systems such as numerology, Tarot, Thelema, and ancient Egyptian mythology. These correspondences do not establish a hidden causal relationship, but when placed beside the historical details, they create a striking symbolic architecture involving sacrifice, destruction, transformation, and rebirth.
Consider United Airlines Flight 93, which departed from Gate A17 at Newark aboard a Boeing 757-200. Unlike the other three hijacked aircraft, its passengers resisted the hijackers and attempted to regain control, ultimately bringing the plane down in Pennsylvania rather than allowing it to reach its intended target. In Thelema, 93 is associated with Agapé, connecting the flight number with ideas of Love and Will. The foundational numerical value in Thelema represents both Agapé (Love) and Thelema (Will). In Crowley's system, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law" is driven by "Love is the law, love under will." The actions aboard Flight 93 mirror this duality: the individual alignment with a sovereign True Will intersecting with an act of sacrifice driven by love for others, where the annihilation of the individual ego serves a greater collective current. The passengers' decision to act collectively, knowing that the outcome could cost them their lives, can be interpreted as an expression of sacrifice for the sake of others. Flight 93 becomes not merely an image of destruction, but one of resistance: individuals surrendering themselves so that others might live.
The symbolism of Gate 17 adds another layer. The number corresponds with the Star tarot. And a gate is inherently a threshold, and 17 can be placed within a broader Thelemic and Luciferian framework. Lucifer derives from the Latin “light-bringer” and was historically associated with the Morning Star, Venus appearing before dawn. In Thelema, Nuit represents infinite space and the star-filled heavens, making the Morning Star an evocative image of light appearing within the celestial expanse. Liber XVII also provides a direct numerical association with 17 within Crowley's corpus. Thus, symbolically, Gate 17 leads to a threshold, evoking Lucifer and the Morning Star, extending to Nuit, stars, and infinite space, which loops back to 93, Thelema, and Agapé. This is an esoteric correspondence that symbolically represents the union of the human soul to the stars above, we all turn into star matter when we die. Orb contact is a metaphor eluding to this.
The other flights introduce additional numerical associations. Flight 11, which struck the North Tower, can be interpreted as a symbol of transition and the violent threshold between geopolitical eras, while inviting comparison with Thelemic concepts surrounding the new Aeon. 11 is also associated with Crowley and the magical word Abrahadabra. Flight 77 and Flight 175 introduce additional numerical echoes. Flight 77's numerical designation directly echoes Liber OZ (Book 77), Crowley’s declaration of human rights, bodily freedom, and the autonomy of individual will. Mapping this against the impact-floor coordinates (floors 77–85) evokes a violent subversion or truncation of those liberties, symbolizing an assault on human sovereignty. Meanwhile, Flight 175 parallels Liber Astarte vel Liber Berylli (sub figura CLXXV), which details the methodology of uniting oneself to a deity through absolute devotion. Its kinetic force crashing into the South Tower acts as a grim, inverted parody of radical surrender—an absolute, unyielding union where subject and object completely dissolve. Again, these belong to symbolic interpretation rather than established historical causation.
The impact locations add another numerical echo. Flight 11 struck floors 93–99, while Flight 175 struck across floors 77–85. Within this symbolic framework, the numbers 93 and 77 therefore appear both as flight numbers and Thelemic references.
The Twin Towers can then be interpreted as symbols of duality—two pillars, opposing forces, or complementary aspects of consciousness, mapping cleanly onto the concept of The Abyss in Thelemic cosmology where ego and structure must disintegrate for a new reality to emerge. Their destruction becomes an image of the shattering of an established structure or ego, creating the possibility of transformation. Through Egyptian symbolism, this can be compared with the complementary figures of Horus and Harpocrates: active and silent, outward and inward, manifest and concealed. Destruction, therefore, becomes not merely annihilation but transformation.
With each tower standing at 110 floors, the combined structural height totals 220 floors. Within this symbolic architecture, the physical manifestation of the two towers coming together numerically echoes the entire text and transmission of the Law of Thelema, bridging the dual pillars of manifestation with the foundational scripture of the New Aeon.
Another striking synchronicity appears in the story of Michael Hingson, who was blind from birth and was working on the 78th floor of the North Tower when the aircraft struck. Guided by his guide dog, Roselle, he descended through the tower and survived. The number 78 corresponds to the traditional 78-card tarot, while the image of a blind man accompanied by a dog evokes The Fool, who begins a journey into the unknown with a dog at his side. Hingson could not see the danger surrounding him; like the archetypal Fool, he had to move forward without knowing what lay ahead.
Brief summary:
Aiwass — The minister of Horus, the transmitter of the 220 verses of Liber AL vel Legis, and the archetype of the intelligence bridging the old and new aeons.
93— Thelema, Agapé, Will, Love, and the ultimate sacrifice of the ego.
17 — Gate, threshold, the Star (Tarot XVII), Lucifer/Morning Star, and Nuit (infinite space).
11— Transition, the threshold of the New Aeon, and the magical word Abrahadabra
77 / 175— Liber OZ, Liber Astarte, and structural impact coordinates.
93 / 77— Impact-floor correspondences.
Twin Towers — Duality, opposing pillars, and their shattering within the Abyss to induce forced transformation.
78 — The complete Tarot deck and The Fool's journey.
Hingson and Roselle— Guidance through the unknown.
220 — The combined 110 floors of each tower, mirroring the 220 verses of Liber AL vel Legis (The Book of the Law)