cosmology
Magical Equilibrium
The balance of two contrary forces as the structural law of cosmos and operation — Lévi's equilibrium, expressed in Kabbalah by the senary: the will of God in its first cause, liberty in man, mathematical equilibrium in matter; the twofold vibration required to direct the Astral Light safely.
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◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Isis, the Virgin of the Worldh
“The girdle is joined together in front by four golden plates (the elements), placed in the form of a square.
This signified that Isis, or Nature, the first matter (alchemical terminology), was the essence- of the four elements (life, light…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Pythagorean Mathematicsj
“Wynn Westcott says of the duad: "it was called 'Audacity,' from its being the earliest number to separate itself from the Divine One; from the 'Adytum of God-nourished Silence,' as the Chaldean oracles say." As the monad is the father, so t…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Pythagorean Mathematicsk
“The tetrad--4--was esteemed by the Pythagoreans as the primogenial number, the root of all things, the fountain of Nature and the most perfect number.
All tetrads are intellectual; they have an emergent order and encircle the world as the…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Pythagorean Mathematicsl
“Therefore, they chose the five-pointed star, or pentagram, as the symbol of vitality, health, and interpenetration.
It was customary for the philosophers to conceal the element of earth under the symbol of a dragon, and many of the heroes…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Flowers, Plants, Fruits, and Treese
“Man's veneration for trees as symbols of the abstract qualities of wisdom and integrity also led him to designate as trees those individuals who possessed these divine qualities to an apparently superhuman degree.
Highly illumined philosop…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Stones, Metals and Gemsf
“Standing before the gate of King Solomon's Temple, these columns had the same symbolic import as the obelisks before the sanctuaries of Egypt.
When interpreted Qabbalistically, the names of the two pillars mean "In strength shall My House…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israelf
“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 Israelg
“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…”
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