Library / Jewish Mysticism / The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) ← 1g 1i → 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).
There is one judgment by balance (wherein are the two scales of merit and error), another judgment which is not made by balance; (and this is) the gentle judgment (whereby the Israelites are judged.
But also there is given) the judgment which is neither of the one nature nor of the other.
(Namely, the beautiful path.) [Of course the "beautiful path" is Tiphereth, the sixth Sephira.] 38.
(Further on it is written), Gen.
vi.
1.
"And it came to pass when man began to multiply upon the face of the earth." (Where by these words) ADM, Adam, began to multiply (there is understood Daath, or the knowledge, the soul of the beautiful path, to which Moses is referred; which sendeth down many lights into the bride, the earth, when the spouse ascendeth thither).
This is that which is written ( ibid .
3): BShGM, Beshegam , "in that also, he is flesh" (which word Beshegam , "in that also," by equality of numeration equalleth MShH, Moses ) Adam (namely) the supernal (Daath, or knowledge).
And it is written: "Upon the face of the earth" (which face of the earth is this, that the highest representation of the queen is the understanding, the mother, unto whose gates Moses ascended).
p.
107 39.
(Concerning this face, it is written) Exod.
xxxiv.
29: "And Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone" (where by the face the mother is understood; by the skin, the queen.) This is that which is said, Gen.
iii.
21: "Tunics of skin" (because by itself the kingdom is wanting in light).
40.
To shine (but when it is said "the face of Moses," the mother is understood, according to that passage, 1 Sam.
xvi.
13: "And Samuel took the horn of oil" (where by the oil, the wisdom, by the horn, or the splendour of the oil, the understanding is denoted).
For there is no anointing except by the horn (that is, every descent of unction is through the mother).
Hence it is said, Ps.
lxxxix.
18: "And in thy favour our horn shall be exalted." (Also) Ps.
cxxxii.
17: "There shall the born of David flourish" (that is, the queen shall receive the influx from the mother).
This is the tenth of the kings (that is, the path of the kingdom), and originateth from jubilee, who is the mother.
41.
For it is written, Josh.
vi.
5: "And it shall be when the horn of jubilee is sounded." This is the splendour of the jubilee, and the tenth (path) is crowned by the mother.
42.
(This is) the horn which receiveth the horn and the spirit, that it may restore the spirit of Yod He unto Yod He .
(That is, when the spirit is to be given unto Microprosopus, his mother contributed as much, which is QRN, Qaran , "the horn," the brilliancy, as the increase which he receiveth from the father.) And this is the horn of jubilee.
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Active Contemplationpraxis A form of meditation that uses imagery, imagination, or symbolic thought rather than purely empty stillness.
The text itself is an exercise in mystical exegesis, using symbolic thought to interpret scripture.
All passages → Anthropomorphismtheology Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
Attributes human features like 'face', 'horn', and gendered roles ('Mother', 'Queen') to divine principles.
All passages → Correspondencecosmology 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.
Maps scriptural texts (Exodus, Genesis) to divine structures (Mother, Queen), reflecting the 'as above, so below' principle.
All passages → Divine Hiddennesstheology The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.
The title 'Concealed Mystery' and the method of revealing hidden meanings emphasize divine concealment.
All passages → Divine Lighttheology The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.
[auto] References to 'many lights', 'face shone', and 'splendour' indicate divine illumination as a central motif.
All passages → Divine Marriagesoteriology The reunification of complementary divine principles (male-female, spirit-matter) as a symbol of wholeness and salvation.
Uses imagery of the 'bride', 'spouse', and 'Queen' receiving influx, symbolizing divine union.
All passages → Divine Sparkscosmology Fragments of divine light or spirit trapped inside material bodies, awaiting liberation and return to their source.
[auto] The text describes Moses sending down 'many lights' into the bride (earth), consistent with divine sparks.
All passages → Ein Softheology The infinite, unknowable aspect of the divine prior to and beyond all emanation; the hidden root from which the Sephirot unfold.
Implied as the ultimate source from which the Sephirot and lights emanate.
All passages → Emanation Hierarchycosmology 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] References to lights being sent down from a higher source (Daath/Moses) into the earth imply a hierarchical flow.
All passages → Gnosis Direct Knowledgesoteriology Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.
Emphasizes 'Daath, or the knowledge' as a central divine principle associated with Adam and Moses.
All passages → Hidden Sayingssoteriology Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.
[auto] The text states that scriptural verses are 'mystically intimated' and require esoteric interpretation.
All passages → Inner Lightanthropology The divine spark or luminous quality residing within the human person, potentially recognisable through introspection.
References the 'skin of his face shone' and lights sent into the bride, implying internal or reflected divinity.
All passages → Letter Meditationpraxis Contemplative practice focused on Hebrew letters as cosmic symbols or gates of divine power.
The use of gematria implies contemplative focus on the letters' values.
All passages → Letters Of Creationcosmology The twenty-two Hebrew letters as the building blocks through which God creates and sustains all existence.
Implies Hebrew letters carry structural meaning through the use of gematria to explain divine names.
All passages → Microcosm Macrocosmcosmology 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.
Identifies Microprosopus (Man) receiving spirit from Father and Mother, mirroring the divine structure.
All passages → Mystical Unionsoteriology The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.
The union of the spouse with the mother suggests a merging of divine principles.
All passages → Numerical Mysticismtheology Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.
[auto] The passage explicitly calculates the numerical equality between 'Beshegam' and 'Moses' using gematria.
All passages → Opposites Transcendedanthropology The dissolution of binary oppositions (male/female, inner/outer, above/below) as a mark of spiritual completion.
Describes a judgment that is 'neither of the one nature nor of the other' (the beautiful path).
All passages → Paradox As Teachingethics Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.
Uses the paradox of a judgment that is neither rigorous nor gentle to point to a higher truth.
All passages → Permutation Of Letterspraxis Combining, transposing, or cycling through letters or names as a meditative or theurgical technique.
Equating names via numeration involves manipulating letter values.
All passages → Return To Sourcesoteriology The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.
The ascent of the spouse to the mother implies a return to the divine origin.
All passages → Sacred Namestheology Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.
Treats Hebrew names (Moses, Beshegam) as having ontological power and equivalence through numeration.
All passages → Sefirot Treecosmology The diagrammatic arrangement of the ten Sephirot as a structured 'Tree of Life' mapping divine and cosmic forces.
Discusses relationships between specific Sephirot (Tiphereth, Kingdom, Mother) implying the structured Tree of Life.
All passages → Sephirotcosmology The ten attributes or emanations through which the Ein Sof (Infinite) reveals itself and creates the universe in Kabbalistic theology.
[auto] The text explicitly identifies Tiphereth as the sixth Sephira and discusses Daath in relation to it.
All passages → Spiritual Ascentpraxis A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.
Describes the 'spouse ascendeth thither' to the gates of the mother, indicating upward movement.
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