Letter Meditation

The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1a

“CHAPTER V. 1. (It is written) Isa. i. 4: "Woe unto the sinful nation, unto the people heavy with iniquity, unto the seed of evildoers, &c." (Here the author of the "Siphra Dtzenioutha" reasoneth concerning the small word HVI, "woe," whi…”

The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1c

“And to it also pertain the following names, namely, the name) IH, Yah (whensoever it is written in full with A in this manner:) IVD HA, Yod Ha (and containeth the number of the numeral powers of the letters of the Tetragrammaton, namely, 26…”

The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1d

“5; "And thou shalt place upon me thine hand:" KPKH, Khephakha . (Where this word KPKH, if it be written according to the usual p. 100 custom KPK, Khephakh , yieldeth the number 120. But now by adding the paragogic H of the female, there…”

The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1e

“31: "And He was wise above every man." Because these are not classed with man. 21. (But when it is said) "And the Tetragrammaton gave him wisdom," then is understood the supernal He . (Because he gave unto him the influx of the wisdom of…”

The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1f

“[The letters of the Hebrew alphabet are divided into three classes, the three mothers as they are called, AMSh; the seven duplex letters, BGDKPRTh, so called because they are sometimes tenues and sometimes aspirates, according to whether th…”

The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1g

“The four wheels are their correlatives under the second Sephira, on their four sides--namely, the four elements of the air, fire, water, and earth, which are the abodes of the spirits of the elements, the sylphs, salamanders, undines, and g…”

The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1h

“35: "Ye shall not do iniquity in judgment, in dimension, in weight, and in measure." (Where these four are mystically intimated.) 37. (There is one) rigorous judgment (of severity),another that is not rigorous (that is, of the kingdom). T…”

The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1i

“And IVBL, Yobel , "jubilee," is H, He (the first He of the Tetragrammaton); and He is the spirit rushing forth over all (because the mother is the world to come, when in the resurrection all things will receive the spirit); and all things s…”

The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1d

“and must therefore be referable to the Edomite kings.] p. 48 19. And it hath proceeded out of that which hath undergone the curse, as it is written in Genesis v., 29, "From the earth which the Lord hath cursed." (The meaning is: That the…”

The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1h

“"And the Elohim said, let there be light, and there was light." (The sense may be sought from that Psalm xxxiii. 9) where it a written, "Since He Himself spake, and it was done." (First, therefore, is commemorated) the Path HVA, Hoa , (tha…”

The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1i

“unless he reads carefully what I have said in the Introduction concerning the Literal Qabalah under the heads of Notariqon and Temurah, to which therefore I refer him. Any four-lettered name is of course a tetragrammaton, but this term is…”

The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1j

“(Here a reason is adduced from the proposed text itself, showing how the last letter of this form of the Tetragrammaton, namely, I, Yod , may be said to symbolize the bride, since p. 57 [paragraph continues] God himself might behold in tha…”

The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1k

“[The "path of beauty," or Tiphereth, the sixth Sephira, is sometimes represented by V, Vau , and therefore sometimes stands for Microprosopus by itself; it is really the central Sephira of the group of six Sephiroth which compose him. The…”

The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1l

“(For the conception of the Microprosopus is more properly under the name of Jacob, whose wife is Rachel; and his cognomen, as it were, is Israel, whose wife is Leah.) p. 60 [The understanding is Binan, the third Sephira, which is referred…”

The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1m

“Woe, woe unto him who revealeth their nakedness! (Since this can be done by the faults of the inferiors, so that Microprosopus loseth this influx, whereby he is of so great power that he can seek to enshroud his mother; for that covering i…”

The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1n

“Furthermore, the circumstance of certain words being written defectively or redundantly is commented on in the Introduction, § 15. The term "square," or "square name." is sometimes applied to the Tetragrammaton. The p. 63 phrase "member…”

The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1o

“And the mother is illuminated (that is, in the second part of the ordinary averse Tetragrammaton, which consists of the letters IH, to the letter I, Yod , which hath the signification of the father, is added the letter H, He , which is the…”

Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation) | Section 1a

“Wescott, tr. (1887) CHAPTER 1 1. In two and thirty most occult and wonderful paths of wisdom did JAH the Lord of Hosts engrave his name: God of the armies of Israel, ever-living God, merciful and gracious, sublime, dwelling on high, who i…”

Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation) | Section 1b

“4.) 11. He selected three letters from the simple ones, and sealed them as forming his great Name, I H V and he sealed the universe in six directions. Five.- He looked above, and sealed the height, with I H V. Six.- He looked below, and…”

Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation) | Section 1c

“These three mothers again represent in the Microcosm or Human form, male and female; the Head, the Belly, and the Chest; the bead from the fire, the belly from water, and the chest from the air lieth between them. 5. These three mothers d…”

Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation) | Section 1d

“Resh, predominant in peace, crowned, combined, and formed Saturn in the Universe, the sixth day of the week, and the left nostril in man. Tau, predominant in beauty, crowned, combined and formed Jupiter in the Universe, the seventh day in…”

Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation) | Section 1e

“He produced Oin, predominant in Anger, crowned, combined, and formed Capricornus in the world, Tebet in the year, and the liver in man. 11. He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned, combined, and formed Aquarius in the world, Seb…”

The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter II (part 2)

“The ancients used a dot in the centre of a circle as the symbol of this idea, the representation of the Unity-principle ( the dot ) in the centre of eternity ( the circle , a line without beginning or end). According to these demonstration…”

The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VIII (part 1)

“PART II. SYMBOLISM IN THE TAROT. APPLICATION OF THE GENERAL KEY TO SYMBOLISM. CHAPTER VIII. INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF SYMBOLISM. The Symbols--The Primitive Terms--Key of Symbolism--Definition of the Sense of one of the Symbols--The…”

The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter IX (part 5)

“But the labours of Court de Gébelin , and above all of Fabre d'Olivet , are the most remarkable in this respect. In his Langue Hébraïque Restituée , this learned Initiate established the existence of primitive hieroglyphic signs from which…”

The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 18 (part 1)

“THE POPE. THE POPE. 5. ה 5th Hebrew letter (He). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FIFTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of He is aspiration, breath. It is by aspiration that life is incessantly maintained and created. Hence…”

The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 26

“THE HANGED MAN. THE HANGED MAN. 12. ל 12th Hebrew letter (Lamed). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TWELFTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Lamed designates the arm, and therefore it is connected with anything that stretches, that rais…”

The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 46 (part 6)

“The watery trigon ( , , ), corresponding to the Pentacle and to the letters ההה, comprising, this time, the final E of the name of 4 letters twice repeated, and the E of the name of 3 letters--the dominant character, the inferior feminine.…”

The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 48 (part 1)

“EXAMPLE OF THE APPLICATION OF THE TAROT TO THE KABBALAH. THE HIEROGRAM OF ADAM, BY STANISLAS DE GUAITA. In asserting that the hierogram of Adam conceals the most profound arcana of the living Universe, we shall not astonish those who have…”

Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 17. The Writing Of The Stars-b

“It was included in the work of Montfaucon on the religions and superstitions of the world, and also in the treatise upon Magic published by the mystic Eckartshausen. Scholars, moreover, are not agreed upon the configuration of the letters…”