In Thelemic gematria, the number 156 is the numerical value of Babalon, representing the spiritual macrocosmic energy and the Holy Grail. Composed of 156 stones in total. 93 beads of Lapis Lazuli are divided into 3 loops of 31 (the gematric key for Liber AL), and the rest are 63 beads of Onyx, representing the numerical expansion value of SAG 63, the second of the Four Worlds (the Creative World, associated with the element of Water and the intellect). Also, the hidden gematria of the Sepher Sephirot and Abadon. It is accompanied by the Star of Babalon, which represents the “Seven Heads of the Beast” and the seven letters in the name B-A-B-A-L-O-N.
The formula 156 of the heptagram on the sigil and the prayer bead is the method by which the magician pours their entire ego, symbolized by their life force or “blood,” into the Holy Grail (the chalice of Babalon or of the Grail) to achieve spiritual death and rebirth as a Babe of the Abyss.
Length: 123 cms + 5 cms Star of Babalon
