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A form of meditation that uses imagery, imagination, or symbolic thought rather than purely empty stillness.

Engages in analytical meditation on the symbolic meaning of scriptural text and letters.

Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

Emphasizes that the Crown is hidden and no mention is made of it in the inferior realm.

The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.

Links the Superior Eden (hidden) with the Inferior Eden (manifested) through voice and wisdom.

Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.

Describes the Right and Left paths as benignity and severity which are united in equilibrium.

The Stoic and Plotinian doctrine that all parts of the cosmos are bound by hidden affinities, so that a movement in one part resonates through the whole; the metaphysical basis for astrology, magic, and divination.

Suggests hidden affinities between letters and divine states that resonate through the cosmos.

The infinite, unknowable aspect of the divine prior to and beyond all emanation; the hidden root from which the Sephirot unfold.

Refers to the hidden root from which the Sephiroth unfold without naming it directly.

The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.

Identifies 'Berashith' as speech or the word through which creation is manifested.

The human being as a small-scale image of the entire cosmos; the body, soul, and intellect mirroring the structure of the heavens and the divine — distinct from correspondence in that it makes the human the privileged mirror.

Denotes Adam as male and female reflecting the divine androgynous condition.

Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.

Reveals concealed meanings within ordinary words like 'Woe' to teach divine truths.

The diagrammatic arrangement of the ten Sephirot as a structured 'Tree of Life' mapping divine and cosmic forces.

Implies the structured arrangement of divine attributes from Crown to Kingdom with Right and Left paths.

Iamblichean ritual practice that engages the gods directly through consecrated material symbols and actions, on the premise that divine power descends into properly prepared matter — distinct from philosophical contemplation alone.

Implies that manipulating letters and names engages divine power and conditions of judgment.

The doctrine that all existence is ultimately one substance or one divine reality; non-duality as a theological claim.

States that the extreme paths of benignity and severity are united in one equilibrium.

Divine archetypal beings or eternal attributes dwelling within the Pleroma, often arranged in male-female syzygies.

[auto] Divine archetypal beings such as Microprosopus, father, mother, and son are described in syzygies.

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

[auto] The divine is described using human familial terms like father, mother, son, daughter, and Microprosopus (Small Face).

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

[auto] The title 'Concealed Mystery' and the phrase 'occultly Adam is denoted' emphasize divine concealment.

The reunification of complementary divine principles (male-female, spirit-matter) as a symbol of wholeness and salvation.

[auto] References to 'father and mother', 'Microprosopus and his bride', and the union of male and female principles.

A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.

[auto] The text outlines paths and relationships between divine figures like father, mother, and son.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

[auto] The passage relies on esoteric reasoning about letters to access hidden divine knowledge.

Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.

[auto] The text is titled 'Concealed Mystery' and interprets scripture 'occultly' to reveal inner truth.

Contemplative practice focused on Hebrew letters as cosmic symbols or gates of divine power.

[auto] The passage describes the contemplative reasoning concerning specific words and letters to reveal occult meaning.

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

[auto] The passage explicitly details how Hebrew letters (HVI, IVD, HH) form divine names and realities.

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

[auto] The text explicitly states 'Seven are the paths' in relation to the divine name.

The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.

[auto] The text describes the 'androgyn' as a condition where male and female are united.

Combining, transposing, or cycling through letters or names as a meditative or theurgical technique.

[auto] The author describes combining last/first and penultimate/second letters to produce new divine symbols.

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

[auto] The text focuses on the Tetragrammaton and other letter combinations as powerful divine names.

The ten attributes or emanations through which the Ein Sof (Infinite) reveals itself and creates the universe in Kabbalistic theology.

[auto] Explicitly names Kether (Crown) and Malkuth (Kingdom) as Sephiroth within the divine structure.