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Letters Of Creation

The twenty-two Hebrew letters as the building blocks through which God creates and sustains all existence.

176 passages · 6 traditions
western_esoteric: 107 passageswestern_esoteric107theosophy: 36 passagestheosophy36jewish_mysticism: 28 passagesjewish_mysticism28neoplatonism: 2 passagesneoplatonism2renaissance_hermeticism: 2 passagesrenaissance_hermeticism2gnosticism: 1 passagegnosticism1
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The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Bembine Table of Isis-c
For as in the Supreme Mind everything is simultaneous and spaceless, the future is therefore present in that Mind; and they thought that while the human mind was absorbed in the Supreme by contemplation, by that union they were enabled to k…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Bembine Table of Isis-d
The cipher appearing upon this card would substantiate this interpretation, for the cipher, or circle, is emblematic of the superior sphere from which issue the lower worlds, powers, and letters. Westcott carefully collected the all too me…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Bembine Table of Isis-e
"The Isiac Tablet, writes Levi, is a Key to the Ancient Book of Thoth, which has survived to some extent the lapse of centuries and is pictured to us in the still comparatively ancient set of Tarocchi Cards. To him the Book of Thoth was a…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Human Body in Symbolism-g
As life precedes light, its only symbol is darkness, and darkness is considered as the veil which must eternally conceal the true nature of abstract and undifferentiated Being. In ancient times men fought with their right arms and defended…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel-a
ALBERT PIKE, quoting from Transcendental Magic , thus sums up the importance of Qabbalism as a key to Masonic esotericism: "One is filled with admiration, on penetrating into the Sanctuary of the Kabalah, at seeing a doctrine so logical, so…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel-d
The third volume used as a reference was the Sepher Yetzirah , by the late Win. Wynn Westcott, Magus of the Rosicrucian Society of England. The fourth was the Sepher Yetzirah , or The Book of Creation, according to the translation in the…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel-e
Concerning the number (10) of the spheres of existence (Sephiroth) out of Nothing, seal up your lips and guard your heart as you consider them, and if your month opens for utterance and your heart turns towards thought, control them, return…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel-f
Chapter Two 1. There are twenty-two basic (sounds and) letters. Three are the first elements (water, air, fire), fundamentals, or mothers; seven are double letters; and twelve are simple letters. The three fundamental letters אמשhave as…”
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The Secret Doctrine | Page 6 (part 3)
The Lotus thus typifies the life of man and also that of the Kosmos; for the Secret Doctrine teaches that the elements of both are the same, and that both are developing in the same direction. The root of the Lotus sunk in the mud represen…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 7 (part 7)
( c ) The ancients represented it by a serpent, for "Fohat hisses as he glides hither and thither" (in zigzags). The Kabala figures it with the Hebrew letter Teth , whose symbol is the serpent which played such a prominent part in the Myst…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 8 (part 2)
Latent, during Pralaya, and active, during Manvantara, the "Primordial" proceed from "Father-Mother" (Spirit-Hyle, or Ilus ); whereas the other manifested Quaternary and the Seven proceed from the Mother alone. It is the latter who is the…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 8 (part 3)
"Ten is the Mother of the Soul, for Life and Light are therein united," says Hermes. "For number one is born of the Spirit and the number ten from matter (chaos, feminine); the unity has made the ten, the ten the unity" ( Book of the Keys…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 8 (part 4)
He designed and hewed therewith the throne of glory and the wheels, and the seraphim and the holy animals and the ministering angels, and of the three He founded his dwelling, as it is said, He makes his angels spirits and his servants fier…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 9 (part 4)
This esotericism is the common property of all, and belongs neither to the Aryan 5th Race, nor to any of its numerous Sub-races. It cannot be claimed by the Turanians, so-called, the Egyptians, Chinese, Chaldeans, nor any of the Seven divi…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 16 (part 10)
B.] -- according to his organic capacities. ( e ) It is the guiding Force in the Cosmic and terrestrial elements. It resides in the Fire provoked out of its latent into active being; for the whole of the seven subdivisions of the * * * pr…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 17 (part 3)
the races, human and animal, are as fully treated here as the writer is able to treat them. The proofs brought forward in corroboration of the old teachings are scattered widely throughout the old scriptures of ancient civilizations. The…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 19 (part 5)
Thus they translate verse 16: "He also, having made the subtile parts of those six (the Great Self and the five organs of sense) of unmeasured brightness, to enter into the elements of Self ( Atmamatrasu ) created all beings." When, accordi…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 21 (part 2)
In his "Revelation," speaking of divine mysteries expressed by means of letters and numbers, Marcus narrates how the "Supreme Tetrad came down unto me (him) from the region which cannot be seen nor named, in a female form , because the worl…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 24 (part 3)
This is corroborated by the writer of the said intensely learned and Kabalistic revelation himself, when he closes the above-quoted passages by adding: -- "If to these organs as symbols of creative cosmic agencies the idea of the origin of…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 24 (part 4)
, 10.)* Besides which the Hebrew sacred name of God applied to this letter M is Meborach , the "Holy" or the "Blessed," and the name for the water of the Flood is M ' bul. A reminder of the " three Maries" at the Crucifixion and their conn…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 25 (part 3)
would be either the phallus or the phallus and yoni, . . . or male and female. Indeed, the words translated by the generalizing terms male and female, in the 27th verse of the 1st chapter of Genesis are . . . sacr and n ' cabrah , or…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 25 (part 4)
But the signification is, that it is androgyne or hermaphrodite, that is phallus and yoni combined, the number 10, the Hebrew letter Jod , the containment of Jehovah. She, or rather she-he, gives the minutes of the same circle of 360 degre…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 26 (part 4)
The early Christians -- besides the Ophite Gnostics -- had their dual Logos: the Good and the Bad Serpent, the Agathodaemon and the Kakodaemon. This is demonstrated by the writings of Marcus, Valentinus, and many others, and especially in…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 28 (part 8)
Moreover, the three metaphysical Sephiroth or " the periphrasis of Jehovah " are not Jehovah; it is the latter himself with the additional titles of Adonai, Elohim, Sabbaoth, and the numerous names lavished on him, who is the periphrasis of…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 28 (part 10)
, a fiery serpent, the Gnostic Agathodaemon probably.* As explained, the "sacred animals" and the Flames or "Sparks" within the "Holy Four" refer to the prototypes of all that is found in the Universe in the Divine Thought , in the R OOT, w…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 29 (part 3)
For which his mother coolly puts him down by saying, "Do not lie, Ildabaoth, for the father of all, the first man ( Anthropos ) is above thee , and so is Anthropos , the Son of Anthropos " (Irenaeus, b. I, ch. xxx., 6). This is a good pr…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 48 (part 5)
A "Day" of Brahma equals 4,320,000,000 years, as also a "Night" of Brahma, or the duration of Pralaya, after which a new S UN rises trium- [[Footnote(s)]] ------------------------------------------------- * Every scholar is aware, of course…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 52 (part 9)
113 to 355, have to be specialised.* But this last ratio is but a modified form of light or 20612 to 6561, as a '[[ pi ]]' value, being only a variation of the same (that is 20612 to 6561 is 31415 to one, or Alhim or God) -- and in such a m…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 53 (part 3)
de Quatrefages, there is proof that since the post-tertiary period and even before that time -- since many Races were already scattered during that age on the face of the Earth -- man has not altered one iota in his physical structure. And…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 54 (part 5)
The first is from the Book of the Concealed Mystery: -- (429.) From a Light-Bearer (one of the seven sacred planets) of insupportable brightness proceeded a radiating Flame, dashing off, like a vast and mighty hammer, those sparks which wer…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 56 (part 8)
If from Greek mythology we pass to the Mosaic allegories and symbolism, we shall find a still more striking corroboration of the same tenet under another form. Unable to trace in Genesis the "Egg-born," we shall still find there unmistakab…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 56 (part 9)
) Seth represents the later Third Race. To screen the real mystery name of AIN-SOPH -- the Boundless and Endless No-Thing -- the Kabalists have brought forward the compound attribute- appellation of one of the personal creative Elohim, who…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 56 (part 10)
26, after Adam, the first androgyne, after Adam Kadmon, the sexless (the first) Logos, Adam and Eve once separated, come finally Jehovah-Eve and Cain-Jehovah. These represent distinct Root-Races, for millions of years elapsed between them.…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 69 (part 10)
Every text relates to, and has to be rendered from, one of the following standpoints -- 1. The Realistic plane of thought; 2. The Idealistic; 3. The purely Divine or Spiritual. The other planes too far transcend the average consciousnes…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 78 (part 1)
The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky -- Vol. 2 [[Vol. 2, Page]] 459 THE "GOD" SUB ROSA. § VII. THE "HOLY OF HOLIES." ITS DEGRADATION. T HE Sanctum Sanctorum of the Ancients, i.e ., that recess on the Western side of the Temple whic…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 78 (part 4)
2, Page]] 465 THE "FOUR-FACED" BRAHMA. made plain to any one who reads " The Source of Measures, " or " Hebrew Egyptian Mystery, " and understands the undeniable, clear, and mathematical proofs that the esoteric foundations, or the system…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 81 (part 7)
When the Chaldeans broke into the sanctuary and beheld this most astounding emblem, they naturally enough exclaimed, 'Is this your God, of whom you boast that He is such a lover of purity?' " (p. 441.) King thinks that this tradition "savo…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 84 (part 1)
The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky -- Vol. 2 [[Vol. 2, Page]] 536 THE SECRET DOCTRINE. § XXII. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE MYSTERY-NAMES IAO AND JEHOVAH, WITH THEIR RELATION TO THE CROSS AND CIRCLE. W HEN the Abbe Louis Constant -- know…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 84 (part 2)
As each Persian Dev is chained to his planet (see Origen's Copy of the Chart), so each Hindu Deva (a "Lord") has its allotted portion, a world, a planet, a nation or a race. Plurality of worlds implies plurality of gods. We believe in the…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 84 (part 12)
In this extraordinary sculpture and painting one sees the disc of the Sun beaming upon an ansated cross placed upon a cross of which those of the Calvary were perfect copies. The ancient MSS . mention these as the "hard couches of those w…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 85 (part 1)
The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky -- Vol. 2 [[Vol. 2, Page]] 563 THE SEVEN THUNDERS. § XXIII. THE UPANISHADS IN GNOSTIC LITERATURE. We are reminded in King's "Gnostics" that the Greek language has but one word for vowel and voic…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 86 (part 1)
The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky -- Vol. 2 [[Vol. 2, Page]] 573 THE GNOSTICS AND PYTHAGORAS. § XXIV. THE CROSS AND THE PYTHAGOREAN DECADE. T HE early Gnostics claimed that their Science, the G NOSIS, rested on a square, the ang…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 87 (part 3)
Now it is a mysterious fact that in the higher and now terrestrial Vertebrata . . . many normal and abnormal processes have one or more weeks (septenates) as their periods . . . such as gestation of mammals, the duration of fevers," e…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 87 (part 6)
The Tetraktis reflecting upon its own essence, the first unit, productrix of all things, and on its own beginning, saith thus: Once one, twice two, immediately ariseth a tetrad, having on its top the highest unit, and becomes a Pyramis, who…”
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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) | 1b
If the reader turn to the introduction, to the Table showing the Sephiroth arranged in three pillars, he will see that Malkuth is, as it were, the antithesis of Kether; and hence it is said that "Malkuth is Kether after another manner." And…”
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…”
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Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VIII-aw
112 . Proclus on the First Alcibiades observes, “that about every God there is an innumerable multitude of dæmons, who have the same appellations with their leaders. And that these are delighted when they are called by the names of Apollo…”
Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VIII-ba
of my translation of Plato, where many of these names are beautifully unfolded from the MS. Scholia of Proclus on the Cratylus. 127 . See the additional notes at the end of vol. v. of my translation of Plato, and also the notes to my t…”
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Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXIV — Of the Proportion, Correspondency, and Reduction of Letters to the Celestial Signs and Planets, According to Various Tongues, and a Table Thereof | Chapter LXXIV, Section 1a
CHAPTER LXXIV. Of the Proportion, Correspondency, and Reduction of Letters to the Celestial Signs and Planets, According to Various Tongues, and a Table Thereof . God gave to man a mind and speech, which (as saith Mercurius Trismegistus)…”
Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXIV — Of the Proportion, Correspondency, and Reduction of Letters to the Celestial Signs and Planets, According to Various Tongues, and a Table Thereof | Chapter LXXIV, Section 1b
He, therefore, that will find them out, must by each joining together of the letters so long examine them, until the voice of God is manifest, and the framing of the most sacred letters be opened and discovered; for hence voices and words h…”
gnosticism1
Pistis Sophia | Document FOURTH-a
A PART OF THE BOOKS OF THE SAVIOUR [318 ] It happened therefore, they having crucified our Lord Jesus, He rose out of those who are dead on his third day, gathered unto him his disciples, they prayed him, saying, Our Lord be compassionate t…”