cosmology
Letters Of Creation
The twenty-two Hebrew letters as the building blocks through which God creates and sustains all existence.
176 passages · 6 traditions
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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…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel-g
“Heaven was created from the elementary fire (or ether) ש, the earth, comprising sea and land, from the elementary water, מ, and the atmospheric air from the elementary air, or spirit, א, which establishes the balance among them.
Thus were…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel-h
“Surrounding the black star are the signs of the zodiac symbolized by the twelve Simple Letters.
In the midst of this star is the Invisible Throne of the Most Ancient of the Ancients--the Supreme Definitionless Creator.
*** 8.
NOTE.
Knut…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel-i
“The simple letters correspond to twelve directions: east height, northeast, east depth; south height, southeast, south depth; west height, southwest, west depth; north height, northwest, north depth.
They diverge to all eternity and are th…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel-j
“He caused the letter ס(S) to predominate in sleep, crowned it, combined it with the others, and fashioned by them Sagittarius (the Archer) in the universe, the month Kislev in the year, and the stomach in the human body (male and female).…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel-k
“God is One above three, three are above seven, seven are above twelve, yet all are linked together.
9.
There are twenty-two letters by which the I AM (YAH), the Lord of Hosts, Almighty and Eternal, designed and created by three Sepharim (…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Fundamentals of Qabbalistic Cosmogony-j
“* * * The Zohar is a genesis of light; the Sepher Yetzirah is a ladder of truth.
Therein are expounded the two-and-thirty absolute symbols of speech--being numbers and letters.
Each letter produces a number, an idea and a form, so that ma…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Tree of the Sephiroth-a
“THE Tree of the Sephiroth may be considered an invaluable compendium of the secret philosophy which originally was the spirit and soul of Chasidism.
The Qabbalah is the priceless heritage of Israel, but each year those who comprehend its t…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Tree of the Sephiroth-d
“(2) Abba , the Great Father , is the term generally applied to Chochmah--Universal Wisdom--the first emanation of Kether, but, according to Ibn Gebirol, Chochmah represents the Son, the Logos or the Word born from the union of Kether and Bi…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Tree of the Sephiroth-e
“*** The Lesser Face is properly symbolized by the six-pointed star or interlaced triangles of Zion and also by the six faces of the cube.
It represents the directions north, east, south, west, up, and down, and also the first six days of C…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | An Analysis of Tarot Cards-d
“Since Aleph (the first Hebrew letter) has the numerical value of 1, its assignment to the zero card is equivalent to the statement that zero is equal to the letter Aleph and therefore synonymous with the number 1.
With rare insight, Court…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Rosicrucian Doctrines and Tenets-d
“Whereas the eyes, the nostrils, and the ears admit the wisdom of Nature into the mind, the tongue alone may give it forth.
In various ages there have been illumined ones who have seen, smelt, tasted, or heard the will of God, but it will s…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 2 (part 2)
“ANDROGONY: Key to the 2nd Septenary 133 7th Card--The Chariot (Zain) 135 8th Card--Justice (Cheth) 138 9th Card--The Hermit (Teth) 142 10th Card--The Wheel of Fortune (Yod) 145 11th Card--Strength (Kaph) 148 12th Card--The Hanged Man (Lamed…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter I (part 3)
“Understanding none of the truths which it possessed, it carefully abstained from altering them in an way, and treated the least attack made upon them as sacrilege.
Thus the Jews have transmitted intact to us the letters which form the Seph…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter I (part 4)
“Iesus Nazareus Rex Iudeorum are the opposite poles, scientific and religious, physical and metaphysical, of the same doctrine.
YOD-HE-VAU-HE (יהוה) is the word which indicates to you both, Freemasons and Kabbalists, the Unity of your origi…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter II (part 1)
“PART I.
GENERAL KEY TO THE TAROT, GIVING THE ABSOLUTE KEY TO OCCULT SCIENCE.
CHAPTER II.
יהוה THE SACRED WORD YOD-HE-VAU-HE.
The Kabbalah and the Sacred Word--The Yod--The He--The Vau--The second He--Synthesis of the Sacred Word.
ACCOR…”
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 II (part 3)
“The Vau The Median letter, the link , which unites the active to the passive.
The Affinity between the Ego and the Non-Ego = 6.
These three letters express the Trinitarian law of the Absolute.
The 2nd He The second He marks the passage f…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter IV
“CHAPTER IV. ANALOGY BETWEEN THE SACRED WORD AND NUMBERS. The Kabbalistic Word and the Series of Numbers--Explanation of the Tetractys of Pythagoras--Figuration of the General Law. NUMBERS AND THE KABBALISTIC WORD. This sequence of numbers 1…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter V (part 2)
“The first series will be formed of the ace, or 1, representing the active , of the 2 personating the passive , of the 3 for the neuter , and lastly of the 4, which represents the transition from one series to another.
1, 2, 3, 4 therefore…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter V (part 3)
“Ut us, however, return to our deduction, and by summing up the results obtained, we shall find-- Representations of the Yod : The King The 1 or Ace The 4 The 7 Representations of the He : The Queen The 2 The 5 The 8 Representations of the V…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VI (part 1)
“GENERAL KEY TO MINOR ARCANA CHAPTER VI.
THE KEY TO THE MAJOR ARCANA.
The Major Arcana--1st Ternary--2nd Ternary--1st Septenary--2nd Septenary--The Three Septenaries and the Ternary of Transition.
THE MAJOR ARCANA.
THE fundamental differ…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VI (part 2)
“FIRST SEPTENARY.--The application of one law to very different terms has led us so far; we must not abandon this system, but persevere and say-- If in one ternary exist an active term = yod , a passive term = he , and a neuter term = vau ,…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VII (part 1)
“CHAPTER VII.
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MAJOR AND MINOR ARCANA.
GENERAL AFFINITIES.
KEY OF THE TAROT.
Domination of the 1st Septenary--Affinities of the 2nd Septenary in the Tarot, Card by Card--Ditto of the 3rd Septenary--General Affinitie…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VII (part 2)
“Each element of this septenary thus rules over-- Arcanum 13 (+) Knight of Sceptres, (+) Knight of Swords, (-) Arcanum 16 (-) Knight of Cups, (+) Knight of Pentacles, (-) Arcanum 14 (+) Three of Sceptres, (+) Three of Swords, (-) Arcanum 17…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VII (part 3)
“Arcana 21-22 Ten of Sceptres ---- of Swords ---- of Cups ---- of Pentacles GENERAL FIGURE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAROT, SHOWING ALL THE AFFINITIES.
The absolute law.
Yod He Vau He is in the centre of the figure.
Each of the letters o…”
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 VIII (part 2)
“4--Passage from one series to another.
We can then represent the series in this way-- And what is true for each of the terms of a ternary is also true for the ternary taken as a whole , and this leads us to new considerations.
For the fir…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VIII (part 3)
“We may therefore say, more explicitly-- The 5th arcanum is: The reflex of yod considered negatively.
But what is yod considered negatively?
To find this out, I look in my left column at the letter yod , I seek in the secondary vertical co…”
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) | Chapter IX (part 6)
“Seven doubles (double because they express two sounds, the one positive strong, the other negative soft); The B (Beth) ב The G (Gimel) ג The D (Daleth) ג The Ch (Caph) כ The Ph (Pe) פ The R (Resh) ר The T (Tau) ט 3rd.
Lastly, twelve simple…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter X
“CHAPTER X. THE SYMBOLICAL TAROT. THE FIRST SEPTENARY, 1ST TO 7TH ARCANA. THEOGONY. Scheme of Work--Key to the 1st Septenary--The 1st Card of the Tarot the Origin of all the others--The three Principles of the Absolute--The Trinity--Figure o…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 14 (part 1)
“THE JUGGLER THE JUGGLER .
1.
א 1st Hebrew letter (Aleph).
ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FIRST CARD OF THE TAROT.
The Aleph hieroglyphically expresses Man himself as a collective unity, the master principle, ruler of the earth.
From th…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 14 (part 2)
“The men of the 2nd He , the multitude from which the other classes are continually recruited: the People.
The four great symbols are placed upon the table at random, and Man rules them and must arrange them; in the twenty-first arcana we s…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 14 (part 3)
“The Hebrew letters placed upon the upper line of this key indicate the origin of the card under consideration, the Hebrew letters placed above it indicate the exact meaning of the card.
1.
א The Juggler .
AFFINITIES SIGNIFICATIONS Primit…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 15
“THE HIGH PRIESTESS. THE HIGH PRIESTESS. 2. ב 2nd Hebrew letter (Beth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SECOND CARD OF THE TAROT. The Beth hieroglyphically expresses the mouth of man as the organ of speech. Speech is the production of man's i…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 16
“THE EMPRESS. THE EMPRESS. 3. ג 3rd Hebrew letter (Gimel). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE THIRD CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the letter Gimel is the throat, the hand of man half closed in the act of prehension. Hence it sig…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 17 (part 1)
“THE EMPEROR.
THE EMPEROR.
4.
ד 4th Hebrew letter (Daleth).
ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FOURTH CARD OF THE TAROT.
The hieroglyphic meaning of Daleth is the womb.
It suggests the idea of an object giving plentiful nourishment, the so…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 17 (part 2)
“AFFINITIES SIGNIFICATIONS Primitive Hieroglyphic: The Womb Kabbalah: CHESED Astronomy: Jupiter Day: Thursday Hebrew letter: Daleth (double) Reflex of God the Father THE WILL __________ Reflex of Adam THE POWER OBSERVATIONS Reflex of Natura…”
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 19 (part 1)
“THE LOVERS.
THE LOVERS.
6.
ו The 6th Hebrew letter (Vau).
ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SIXTH CARD OF THE TAROT.
The hieroglyphic sign for the Vau is the eye, all that relates to light and brilliancy.
The eye establishes the link bet…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 19 (part 2)
“The 4 balances the 5 and the 6.
The 5 ---------- the 4 and the 6.
The 6 ---------- the 4 and the 5.
Its signification proceeds from this:-- In the Divine .
The Equilibrium between Will and Intelligence-- BEAUTY (characteristic of the Ho…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 21
“7. ז 7th Hebrew letter (Zain). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SEVENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Zain expresses an arrow, and therefore it suggests the idea of a weapon , of the instrument which man uses to rule and conquer , a…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 22
“JUSTICE. JUSTICE. 8. ח 8th Hebrew letter (Heth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE EIGHTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Heth expresses a field. From it springs the idea of anything that requires labour, trouble, an effort. Continued…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 23
“THE HERMIT. THE HERMIT. 9. ט 9th Hebrew letter (Teth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE NINTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Teth represents a roof, and suggests the idea of a place of safety, a protection. All the ideas arising from…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 24
“THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. 10. י 10th Hebrew letter (Yod). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Yod is the finger of man; the forefinger extended as a sign of command. This…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 25
“STRENGTH. STRENGTH. 11. כ 11th Hebrew letter (Kaph). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ELEVENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Kaph is the hand of man, half closed and in the act of prehension, like the Gimel. But the Kaph…”
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) | Chapter XII
“CHAPTER XII. THIRD SEPTENARY. ARCANA 13-19. Key of the 3rd Septenary--The Mem and Death--The Nun and Temperance--The Samech and the Devil--The Ayin and the Lightning--struck Tower--The Tzaddi and the Moon. Summary of the 3rd Septenary--Cons…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 29
“DEATH. DEATH. 13. מ 13th Hebrew letter (Mem). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE THIRTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Mem is a woman, the companion of man, it therefore gives rise to ideas of fertility and formation. It…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 30
“TEMPERANCE. TEMPERANCE. 14. נ 14th Hebrew letter (Nun). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FOURTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic sense of the Nun is the offspring of the female; a son, a fruit of any kind, all things produced. This let…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 31 (part 1)
“THE DEVIL.
THE DEVIL.
15.
ס 15th Hebrew letter (Samech).
ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FIFTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT.
The Samech expresses the same hieroglyphic sign as the Zain (7th arcanum), that is to say, an arrow; a weapon of any k…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 31 (part 2)
“AFFINITIES SIGNIFCATIONS Primitive Hieroglyphic: Serpent Astronomy: Sagittarius Month: November Hebrew letter: Samech (simple) DESTINY Chance __________ FATALITY Result of the fall of Adam-Eve OBSERVATIONS NAHASH The Dragon of the Threshold…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 32
“THE FIRE OF HEAVEN (lightning). THE LIGHTNING-STRUCK TOWER. 16. ע 16th Hebrew letter (Ayin). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SIXTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The Ayin expresses the same hieroglyphic as the Vau (6), but materialized. It is the si…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 33
“THE STARS. THE STARS 17. פ 17th Hebrew letter (Phe). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SEVENTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The Phe expresses the same hieroglyphic meaning as the Beth (2nd card), but in a more extended sense. For, whilst the Beth si…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 34
“THE MOON. THE MOON. 18. צ 18th Hebrew letter (Tzaddi). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE EIGHTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic idea connected with the Tzaddi is the same as that of the Teth (9th card); but it chiefly signifies a term…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 37
“THE SUN. THE SUN. 19. ק 19th Hebrew letter (Qoph). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE NINETEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. HIEROGLYPHICALLY the Qoph expresses a sharp weapon, everything that is useful to man; defends him; makes an effort for him. The…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 38
“THE JUDGEMENT. THE JUDGEMENT. 20. ר 20th Hebrew letter (Resh). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TWENTIETH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Resh is the head of man , and it is therefore associated with the idea of all that po…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 39
“THE FOOL. THE MATE. 21. סה 21st Hebrew letter (Shin). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE UNNUMBERED CARD OF THE TAROT. The Shin expresses the same hieroglyphic meaning as the Zain (7th arcanum) and the Samech (15th): this is an arrow, an object…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 40
“THE WORLD. THE WORLD. 22. ת 22nd Hebrew letter (Tau). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CARD OF THE TAROT. The Tau has the same hieroglyphic meaning as the Daleth (fourth card), the womb; but it is chiefly the sign of reciprocity,…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XIV (part 9)
“In order to know, I seek in the vertical column containing the word Mother , and at the bottom I find Man or Humanity.
The Mother is the Active preserving Principle of Humanity .
3.
I add to the word Humanity the word placed in the small…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVI (part 1)
“CHAPTER XVI.
THE ASTRONOMICAL TAROT.
Egyptian Astronomy--The Four Seasons--The Twelve Months----The Thirty--six Decani--The Planets--Absolute Analogy with the Tarot--Figure containing, the Application of the Tarot to Astronomy--Key to the…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVI (part 2)
“Creative Decan .
Yod .
TWO.
2nd Decan or Passive Decan of the Month.
Forming or Preserving Decan .
He .
THREE.
3rd Decan or Equilibrist Decan .
Vau .
FOUR.
Transition between the third Decan of the actual series, to the first Deca…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVI (part 4)
“The Tarot is a deduction of the sideral book of Henoch , who is Henochia; it is modelled from the astral wheel of Athor , which is As-taroth , resembling the Indian ot-tara , the polar bear or arc-tura of the north; it is the major force (…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVI (part 5)
“For instance, the 2nd NORTH א ב ג ד ה ו ז ח ט י כ W 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 E E Juggler The High Priestess Empress Emperor Pope Lovers Chariot Justice Hermit The Wheel of Fortune Strength A S ש ת ר ק צ פ ע ס נ מ ל S T 0 21 20 19 18 17 16 15…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVI (part 6)
“With regard to the arcanum 0 (ש), which is unnumbered in the Tarot, although it is eminently passive in itself, it must not be included in the feminine series, for reasons easily discerned in the study of the exact signification of each arc…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVI (part 7)
“It is impossible for us to retrace through the darkness of the middle ages the origin of the twenty-two significative figures known as atouts , in the pack of seventy-eight cards by which the Gypsies claim to reveal the secrets of fate.
St…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 46 (part 1)
“THE DIVINE NAME IN THE TAROT.
By Ca.
BARLET.
The totality of the symbols which form the Tarot is distributed through a series of 78 plates or cards, instead of being presented in a single figure; the reason for this is, that the signific…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 46 (part 2)
“(Love, the fertile Power, the Being, ו); and in order that this Trinity may be repeated in the whole septenary of our distribution we will make it the root of 3 great divisions, representing the 3 terms of the Trinity, which will divide the…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 46 (part 4)
“outside the sphere)-- We will first separate some of the cards: the Knave of each of the 4 colours (ה), which, as the realization of the Trinity, King (י), Queen (ה), Knight (ו), serves as the transition from the quaternary to the ternary;…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 46 (part 5)
“He first descends through the spiritual decade (Sceptre and Cup) (see the figure), traversing numbers of increasing complexity: King, 1, 4, 7, then 10 By this 10, the multiple unity, limit of materialization, which unites the two portions o…”
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 46 (part 8)
“The first E, the celestial Mother (arcana II.), is found in the arcana VI., X., XIV.
and XVIII., that is to say, Beauty, Form, the Angel of Temperance, which balances the movements of life, and the aurora of the divine Sun; Diana the Moon.…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVIII (part 1)
“CHAPTER XVIII.
THE KABBALISTIC TAROT.
Deductions by Etteila upon the Book of Thoth--Example of the Application of the Tarot to the Kabbalah, the Hierogram of Adam by Stanislas de Guaita.
DEDUCTIONS BY ETTEILA UPON THE BOOK OF THOTH.
WE…”
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…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 48 (part 2)
“Lastly, in יהוה (IEVE), as in אדמ-הוה (Adam-Eve), Vau (ו) represents the fecundity of this union, and the last He (ה) symbolizes natura naturata (issued from natura naturans , increased by the mixed principle).
These four letters, יהוה (IE…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XXII (part 1)
“CHAPTER XXII.
CONCLUSION.
HAVING reached the end of our journey we must cast one rapid glance over the road we have followed, in order to give some account of the scope of our work.
Seeing that materialistic science was giving way, in sp…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XXII (part 2)
“The gigantic labours of Dupuis were fruitless, because he did not understand that the solar Myth was only a representation of the general law of evolution , and not that of the especial evolution of the sun.
The method of occult science is…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-j
“They sought the secret of the Great Work, the Philosophical Stone, the perpetual motion, the quadrature of the circle, the Universal Medicine - formulae which often saved them from persecution and hatred by causing them to be taxed with mad…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 1. The Candidate-f
“There is only one dogma in Magic, and it is this: The visible is the manifestation of the invisible, or, in other terms, the perfect word, in things appreciable and visible, bears an exact proportion to the things which are inappreciable by…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 2. The Pillars Of The Temple-a
“CHOKMAH DOMUS GNOSIS SCIENCE is the absolute and complete possession of truth.
Hence have the sages of all the centuries trembled before such an absolute and terrible word; they have hesitated in arrogating to themselves the first privileg…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Solomon-d
“Matthew, and in several Hebrew copies, as follows: “The sacred word MALKUTH substituted for KETHER, which is its kabalistic correspondent, and the equipoise of GEBURAH and CHESED, repeating itself in the circles of heavens called eons by th…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Tetragram-a
“GEBURAH CHESED PORTA LIBRARUM ELEMENTA IN Nature there are two forces producing equilibrium, and these three constitute a single law.
Here, then, is the triad resumed in unity, and by adding the conception of unity to that of the triad we…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 10. The Kabalah-b
“MALKUTH.-The Kingdom, meaning the universe, entire creation, the work and mirror of God, the proof of supreme reason, the formal consequence which compels us to have recourse to virtual premises, the enigma which has God for its answer - th…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 10. The Kabalah-c
“Here follows the religious and kabalistic key of The Tarot, formulated in technical verses after the mode of the ancient lawgivers: 1 א A Conscious, Active Cause in all we see, 2 ב And number proves the living unity.
3 ג No bound hath He w…”
Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 17. Astrology-b
“Paracelsus was perhaps the last of the great practical astrologers; he cured diseases by talismans formed under astral influences; he distinguished upon all bodies the mark of their dominant star; there, according to him, was the true Unive…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | Introduction-e
“Here is the common translation of the sacred text: “Now, the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.” But this is what Moses says: This signifies, according to the version of Fabre d'Olivet: “Now, or…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantacles-c
“We may remark, in passing, that the author of the Apocalypse, that key of the Christian Kabalah, composed the number of the beast, that is to say, of idolatry, by adding a 6 to the double senary of ABRACADABRA, which gives 18 kabalistically…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 17. The Writing Of The Stars-a
“WE have finished with infernus, and we breathe the fresh air freely as we turn to daylight after traversing the crypts of Black Magic.
Get thee behind us, Satan!
We renounce thee, with all thy pomps and works, and still more with all thy…”
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…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 17. The Writing Of The Stars-e
“Birth of Benjamin.
Day of preference and tenderness.
24.
Influence of Jupiter.
Birth of Japhet.
25.
Influence of Mercury.
Tenth plague of Egypt.
26.
Influence of Mars.
Deliverance of the Israelites and passage of the Red Sea.
27.…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 17. The Writing Of The Stars-f
“Hence they inferred that after a cycle of twelve periods Greece would be destroyed and desolated.
A short time before the sack of Jerusalem and its temple by Nebuchadnezzar, the Kabalists remarked eleven stars disposed in the following man…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-a
“THE END of our work is upon us; it is here that we must give the universal key thereof and utter its final word.
The universal key of magical works is that of all ancient religious dogmas - the key of the Kabalah and the Bible, the Little…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-c
“Hence came those Tarots, the antiquity of which, revealed to the erudite Court de Gebelin by the science of hieroglyphs and numbers, so exercised later the doubtful perspicacity and persistent investigation of Etteilla.
Court de Gebelin, i…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-d
“It is a word which expresses kabalistically the dogmatic and natural absolute; it is formed of the characters of the Monogram of Christ, according to the Greeks and Hebrews.
The Latin R or Greek P is found between the alpha and omega of th…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-e
“Symbol, THE EMPRESS, a woman, winged, crowned, seated and uplifting a sceptre with the orb of the world at its end: her sign is an eagle, image of the soul and of life.
She is the Venus-Urania of the Greeks and was represented by St.
John…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-f
“חBalance, attraction and repulsion, life, terror, promise and threat.
Hieroglyph, JUSTICE with sword and balance.
ט Good, horror of evil, morality, wisdom.
Hieroglyph, a sage leaning on his staff, holding a lamp in front of him and envel…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-g
“Other Tarots substitute a spinner unwinding destinies, and yet others a naked child mounted on a white horse and displaying a scarlet standard.
רVegetative principle, generative virtue of the earth, eternal life.
Hieroglyph, THE JUDGEMENT…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-h
“Who does not perceive in the golden table, crowned and supported by Cherubim which covered the Ark of the Covenant, the same symbols as those of the twenty-first Tarot Key?
The Ark was a hieroglyphical synthesis of the whole kabalistic dog…”
Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermes-i
“On a table in front of him, between an open book and a closed purse, are ten deniers or talismans, arranged in two lines of three each and a square of four; the feet of the table form two ח and those of the Juggler two inverted ר.
The obve…”
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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…”
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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…”
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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…”