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…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Fundamentals of Qabbalistic Cosmogonyi
“By the man of Ezekiel's vision is symbolized the World of Atziluth ; by the throne, the World of Briah ; by the firmament, the World of Yetzirah ; and by the living creatures the World of Assiah .
These spheres are the wheels within wheels…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Tree of the Sephirothf
“This is located where the horizontal line connecting Chochmah and Binah crosses the vertical line joining Kether and Tiphereth.
While Daath is not mentioned by the first Qabbalists, it is a highly important element and its addition to the…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | An Analysis of Tarot Cardsg
“The vehicle of the solar energy being numbered seven reveals the arcane truth that the seven planers are the chariots of the solar power which rides victorious in their midst.
The four columns supporting the canopy represent the four Might…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | An Analysis of Tarot Cardsh
“Above sits the immobile sphinx, carrying the sword of Justice and signifying the perfect equilibrium of Universal Wisdom.
Anubis is shown rising and Typhon descending; but when Typhon reaches the bottom, evil ascends again, and when Anubis…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | An Analysis of Tarot Cardsl
“Thirteen teardrops are falling from the solar face Levi, seeing in the two children Faith and Reason, which must coexist as long as the temporal universe endures, writes: "Human equilibrium requires two feet, the worlds gravitate by means o…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Rosicrucian Doctrines and Tenetsh
“The Rosicrucians were also the instigators of the French Revolution, but in this instance were not wholly successful, owing to the fact that the fanaticism of the revolutionists could not be controlled and the Reign of Terror ensued.
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T…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Freemasonic Symbolismi
“*** According to the ancient Rabbins, Solomon was an initiate of the Mystery schools and the temple which he built was actually a house of initiation containing amass of pagan philosophic and phallic emblems.
The pomegranates, the palm-hea…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. Magical Equilibriumd
“It is a fatal and inevitable operation, directed and made still more calamitous by elementary spirits and suffering souls, whose restless wills seek out sympathies in our weakness and tempt us, but not so much to destroy us as to win friend…”
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