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Lastly, in יהוה (IEVE), as in אדמ-הוה (Adam-Eve), Vau (ו) represents the fecundity of this union, and the last He (ה) symbolizes natura naturata (issued from natura naturans , increased by the mixed principle). These four letters, יהוה (IEVE), symbolize the quaternary of Mercavah , the six letters of Adam-Eve, אדמ-הוה, the senary of Bereschith . (Fragment of the Serpent of Genesis published in the Lotus of March 1888, p. 327, and 328 note .)
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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.

The text establishes symbolic correspondences between letters, numbers, and cosmic states (Mercavah, Bereschith).

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Cosmogonycosmology

Narratives or doctrines of cosmic origin — how heaven, earth, and the primordial deities first came into being. The Kojiki's deities born alone on the Plain of High Heaven, Voluspo's Ginnungagap, Genesis's tohu wa-bohu, the Timaeus's Demiurge fashioning the Receptacle, the Hesiodic Theogony, the Kalevala's egg-cosmogony, Egyptian Nun-and-Atum. Distinct from emanation_hierarchy (structural-ontological cascade), letters_of_creation (mechanism of creation), and apocatastasis/frashokereti (end-state restoration); cosmogony is temporally-narrative beginning.

References to Bereschith (Genesis) and the creation of Adam-Eve touch upon narratives of cosmic origin.

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Divine Marriagesoteriology

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

The 'fecundity of this union' between Adam and Eve alludes to the sacred marriage archetype.

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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.

The distinction between natura naturans and natura naturata implies a hierarchical flow of divine principle into created nature.

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Gendercosmology

The Hermetic doctrine that a masculine-feminine generative principle operates on every plane of being, not only the biological — present at all times as a structural feature of creation itself. Distinct from divine_marriage (a specific reunification event or symbol) and aeons (paired divine beings arranged in syzygies, not a universal structural claim).

The passage discusses the 'fecundity of this union' between Adam and Eve (male-female principles) represented by the letters.

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Letters Of Creationcosmology

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

The passage explicitly analyzes the Hebrew letters of the Tetragrammaton (יהוה) and Adam-Eve (אדמ-הוה) as symbolic building blocks representing cosmic principles.

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Numerical Mysticismtheology

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

The text directly correlates specific numbers (quaternary, senary) with divine names and creation narratives (Mercavah, Bereschith).

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Sacred Namestheology

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

The passage treats the divine name יהוה (IEVE) and Adam-Eve as carriers of specific ontological meanings and powers.

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