praxis
Permutation Of Letters
Combining, transposing, or cycling through letters or names as a meditative or theurgical technique.
46 passages · 4 traditions
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◆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 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 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…”
◆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…”
◇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…”
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◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israele
“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 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 Israelh
“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 Tree of the Sephirothg
“Thomas Maurice reproduces the above engraving, which is modification of the elaborate tree on the preceding page.
The Sephiroth are here superimposed, decreasing in size as they decrease in power and dignity.
Thus, the Crown is the greate…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Qabbalistic Keys to the Creation of Manb
“Nicephorus Callistus declared the Gospel according to St.
John to have been discovered in a cavern under the Temple at Jerusalem, the volume having been secreted "long anterior to the Christian æra." The existence of interpolated material…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | An Analysis of Tarot Cardsa
“OPINIONS of authorities differ widely concerning the origin of playing cards, the purpose for which they were intended, and the time of their introduction into Europe.
In his Researches into the History of Playing Cards, Samuel Weller Sing…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 2. The Pillars Of The Templea
“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) | 4. The Tetragrama
“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) | 4. The Tetragramb
“The Great Magical Agent is the fourth emanation of the life-principle, of which the sun is the third form - see the initiates of the school of Alexandria and the dogma of Hermes Trismegistus.
In this way the eye of the world, as the ancien…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 7. The Fiery Swordb
“The scenes which succeed one another in this wonderful prophetic epic are so many pantacles, the keys of which are the ternary, the quaternary, the septenary and the duodenary.
Its hieroglyphic figures are analogous to those of the Book of…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 10. The Kabalahb
“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 Kabalahd
“5 GEBURAH.
The four Fives.
Four times four sins avenged His justice sum.
6 TIPHERETH.
The four Sixes.
Four rays unclouded make His beauty known.
7 NETSAH.
The four Sevens.
Four times His conquest shall in song be shown.
8 HOD.
The…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 12. The Great Worka
“DISCITE CRUX THE Great Work is, before all things, the creation of man by himself, that is to say, the full and entire conquest of his faculties and his future; it is especially the perfect emancipation of his will, assuring him universal d…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 21. Divinationa
“DENTES FURCA AMENS THE AUTHOR of this book has dared many things in his life, and never has fear retained his thought a prisoner.
It is not at the same time without legitimate dread that he approaches the end of the magical doctrine.
It i…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantaclesb
“Nature is not outraged with impunity, and no one can play safely with unknown and incalculable forces.
It is this consideration which has led and will ever lead us to deny the vain curiosity of those who would see in order that they may be…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantaclesc
“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) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcererse
“The most simple, in our opinion, connects it with the Jewish Sabbath, for it is certain that the Jews, most faithful depositaries of the secrets of the Kabalah, were almost invariably the great masters in Magic during the Middle Ages.
The…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 17. The Writing Of The Starse
“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) | 22. The Book Of Hermesd
“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 Hermesg
“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 Hermesi
“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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◆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 FIRST
“The truth also is the power which (is) in Elisabet, namely Iohannes, this who came, he preached of the way of the truth, namely thee: who preached before thee.
And again the mercy with the truth which met one another, are thou my Lord who…”