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yelwor Cretsiel Ayb
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Bssal Cn inoitacilbup
.IV V. .VI .III .II .I
citsyM VI .loC fo hsilgnE fo snevaeH ehT II .loC fo hsilgnE semaN werbeH yeK
srebmuN haissA bmuN fo sre Scale .
e hfto .sretteL dna
htorihpeS
gnihtoN }wa
0 — — ti moiNL [ws }ya 00
.X. Vs.sLeltimiL rwa [ws }ya
1 elib omMumi r fPeorehpS \ylglgh tycar nworC rtk 11
3 er efhc opaeSihdtoZ twlzm modsiW hmkj 22
6 nrut a fSeorehpS yatbc gnidnatsrednU hnyb 33
10 rehpS ret i epfuoJ qdx Mercy dsj 44
15 sr a fMeorehpS \ydam htgnertS hrwbg 55
21 l o fSeorehpS cmc Beauty trapt 66
28 suneVf oerehpS hgn yrotciV jxn 77
36 yrucr e fMeorehpS kbwk ruodnelpS dwh 88
45 an u fLeorehpS hnbl noitadnuoF dwsy 99
55 stneme leE h fteorehpS twdwsy \lj modgniK rwklm 1100
66 riA jwr xO [la 11
78 yrucreM ihpeS wollof stenalP[ - esuoH tib 12
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91 anuL Camel lmg 13
105 suneV rooD tld 14
120 seirA hlt wodniW hh 15
136 suruaT rwc Nail ww 16
153 inimeG \ynwat drowS }yz 17
171 Cancer }frs ecneF tyj 18
190 oeL hyra tnepreS tyf 19
210 ogriV hlwtb dnaH dvy 20
231 retipuJ Palm [k 21
253 arbiL \ynzam da oxGO dml 22
276 Water \ym Water \ym 23
300 oiprocS brqu hsiF }wn 24
325 suirattigaS tcq porP ]ms 25
351 nrocirpaC ydg eyE }yu 26
378 sraM htuoM hp 27
406 suirauqA yld hsiF -kooh ydx 28
435 secsiP \ygd Back of head [wq 29
465 loS Head cyr 30
496 Fire ca htooT }yc 31
528 nrutaS )naitpy gsE au(aT wt 32
— htraE ta — wt 32si b
— Spirit }ra — }yc 31si b
.VX .VIX .IIIX .IIX .IX X
Secret .sdlr orWu oeFhT sfto reahPT m utNerceS - stneme leEhT e hsTretteL
f osemaN l ueohSt erro csreb - sesn edSna e hfto
ru oeFht gnidnops .emaN
.sdlroW
hm edvlir to,aWhmarroiFzteY jwr 45 D ,lrlieAmS w 1111
gs Briah, Creative World hmcn 63 C Water, Taste h 2233
bu ,htuliztA lapytehcrAdlroW hyj 72 B ,eriFthgiS y 3311
}b ,hais slAairetaMdlroW cpn 52 Ehc u,ohTt raE # 3322si b
— — hdyjy — A g,ntiirraiepHS c 3311si b
.IVX .XI IV .II .IIV
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srebmuN .spmur Ttora Tno .IIV de ssutnelaviu qhEsilgnE
in this Article.
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eh TefeicLroF hyj 22 IIX 40, 600 M \ m 2233
noititu tenhIT hmcn 33 IIIX 50, 700 N } n 2244
44 VIX 60 S s 2255
55 VX 70 O u 2266
66 IVX 80, 800 P [ p 2277
ehT Intellect jwr
77 IIVX 90, 900 Tz { x 2288
88 IIIVX 100 Q q 2299
99 XIX 200 R r 3300
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IXX 400 hT t 3322
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EHT ELPMET FO NOMOLOS EHTGNIK
( deunitnoC )
taerG sa erew retarF s’.P stnemhsilpmocca ni eht tneicna secneics fo eht ,tsaE yltfiws
dna yleruces sa eh dah dessap ni a erab raey eht suoudra daor hcihw os ynam liaf ot
traverse i n ,emitefil deifsitas sa flesmihsaw — in a sense — with his own progress, it
saw ton tey yb eseht shtap taht eh saw denitsed ot hcaer eht emilbuS dlohserhT fo eht
citsyM .elpmeT roF hguoht ti si ,nettirw oT“ eht gnirevesrep latrom ehtd esselb
immortals are s ”,tfiw ,tey erew ti ,esiwrehto on latrom revewoh gnirevesrepd luoc
attain the immortal shore. As it is written in the Fifteenth Chapter of St. Luke’s
Gospel, “And when he was yet afar off, his Father saw him and ran.” Had it not been
,os eht yraewgidorP ,la detsuahxe yb sih ylrae sehcuabed lartsa( snoisiv dna )cigam
and his later mental toil (yoga) would never have had the strength to reach the House
of his Father.
One little point St. Luke unaccountable omitted. When a man is as hungry and weary
s aswa the Prodigal, he is apt to see phantoms. He is apt to clasp shadows to him, and
cry: “Father!” And, the devil being subtle, capable of disguising himself as an angel
fo ,thgil t isevoh eelbhatgido roPt evah emos tset fo.hturt
emoS taerg scitsym evahal di nwod eht ,wal tpeccA“ on regnessem fo ”,doG hsinab
all, until at last the Father himself comes forth. A counsel of perfection. The Father
himself does send messengers, as we learn in St. Mark xii.; and if we stone them, we
may perhaps in our blindness stone the Son himself when he is sent.
oS taht si on niav lesnuoc fo .tS“ ”nhoJ( 1 iv. John 1 eb yeht rehtehw ,stirips eht yrT“ ,)
fo ”,doG on ekatsim nehw .tS“ ”luaP smialc eht tnemnrecsid fo stiripS ot eba
principal point of the armour of salvation ( 1 C or. xii. 10).
woN woh dluohs retarF .P ro rehtona tset eht hturt fo yna egassem gnitroprup ot emoc
from the Most High? On the astral plane, its phantoms are easily governed by the
Godthe Robes, the Weapons, Elemental the Pentagram, -childisuch and forms, .syot hs
We set phantoms to chase phantoms. We make our Scin - aceaL 1 pure and hard and
theb ut igsl isthgtvelyKee oeairwrrttlniiitih lldgntthoe ia;ghaeu ku ,ib soeg nl f h,e t er
King’s daughter, the Nephesch adorned: she is not the King himself, the Hol hc ayuR
or mind of man. As as we have seen in our chapter on Yoga, 2 this mind is a very
aspen; and as we may see in the last chapter of Captain Fuller’s “Star in the West,”
siht dnim si a yrev tipkcoc fo.noitcidartnoc
What then is the standard of truth? tahW stset llahs ew ylppa ot ,noitalever nehw ruo
stset fo ecneirepxe evah neeb dnuof ?gnitnaw fI I tsum tbuod ym seye tahte vah
devres em ,llew( no eht )elohw rof os ynam ,sraey tsum I ton hcum erom tbuod ym
lautirips ,noisiv ym noisiv tsuj nepo ekil a ,s’ebab ym no idseitvsetnu ynbosirapmoc
dna dezicitircnu yb?nosaer

1 nAiahcra c naigiewro N,mret ylesoo lgninihs “”.tsohg yelwor Cdeworrob ti morf arewluB - nottyLl evon
(Zanoni ro AS trangeS tory ”ydoB lartsA“ eht etoned ot ti desu dna ) hcihw rebmemer tonnac I , – T.S.
2 fo tnemllatsni suoiverp ehT TemploeSf o lomotnh Kei ng ni , Eq uinox (I 4) – T.S.
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yb dootsrednu ylreporp ,taht ecneics a ,su dia nac taht ecneics eno si ereht ,yletanutroF
the initiated mind, is as absolute as mathematics, more self - supporting than
,yhposolihp acneics e fo eht tirips ,flesti esohw rehcaet si ,doG esohw dohtems i
simple as the divine Light, and subtle as the divine Fire, whose results are limpid as
dtihveWi anteae lrl, - embrdatichavieAsdsinta i ionghnarTvle edEs,rii a undrte th h .
is the source, and Economy the course, of that marvellous stream that pours its living
watersi ntot heO ceano fa podeicticc ertainty,t heT rutht hati si nfinitei ni tsi nfinitya s
the primal Truth which which it is identical is infinite in its Unity.
deeN ew yas taht eweps ka fo eht yloh ?halabaQ O ecneics ,terces ,eltbusd na
sublime, who shall name thee without veneration, without prostration of soul, spirit,
dna ydob erofeb yht enivid ,rohtuA tuohtiw noitatlaxe fo ,luos ,tirips dna ydob sa yb
esnh iityH aerbhuto vsaifH lustral and illimitable Light?
tI tsum tsrif ereh eb nekops fo eht ciretoxE halabaQ ot eb dnuof ni ,skoob a llehs fo
taht tcefrep tiurf fo eht eerT fo .efiL txeN ew lliw laed htiw eht ciretos esgnihcaet fo
it, as Frater P. was able to understand them. An d fo eseht ew llahs evig ,selpmaxe
showing the falsity and absurdity of the uninitiated path, the pure truth and
ssen eflob aennheotd.sdyaiaehWr
For the student unacquainted with the rudiments of the Qabalah we recommend the
rt n’Is“r e y hf d.to.uSaLtMs of books principal three the of translation his to oduction”
the Zohar, 3 no itc usod’ totdrtnto anceIth“ styedWutS fo ” .ehhatlab aQ eeWrutn eovt
dneppa a wef snoitatouq morf eht remrof ,tnemucod hcihw lliw wohs eht yratnemele
principles of calculation. .sr’Dtt oeclttsteiWl koob ysl ilealpbiacunlia rvrpof sti elba
defence of the Qabalah as against exotericism and literalism.
parts:t hree intod ivided is . . . is Qaballiathe ral The ayrfmg, airtameG ; }wqyrfwn, Notariqon dna ;
hrwmt, harumeT .
Gemetria is a sisehtatem fo eht keerGdrow grammateia. It is based on the relative numerical
dereredisnoc era seulav laciremun ralimis fo sdroW .dekramer erofeb evah I sa ,sdrow fo seulav
hT .sesarhp ot dednetxe osla si yroeht siht dna ,rehto hcae fo yrotanalpxe eb ot tulhsee t ter Shin ,
c, is 300 , dna si tnelaviuqe ot eht rebmun deniatbo yb gnidda pu eht laciremun seulav fo eht
letters of the words \yhla jwr, Ruach Elohim , the Spirit of the Elohim; and it is therefore a
lobmys fo eht tirips fo eht .miholE roF r = 200, w = 6, j = 8, a = 1, l = 30, h = 5, i = 10, m = 40 ;
total = 300 sdrow eht ylralimiS . dja, dahcA dna enO ,ytinU , hbha, habehA = hcae ,evol , 13 r o;
a = 1, j = 8, d = 4, total = 13 ; dna a = 1, h = 5, b = 2, h = 5, total = 13 . ,n iea hgetAma nfo eht
legna }wrffm, Metatron , dna eht eman fo eht ,ytieD ydc, Shaddai , hcae ekam 314 ; os eh teno si
nekat sa lacilobmys fo eht .rehto ehT legna nortateM si dias ot evah neeb eht rotcudnoc fo eht
nerdlihc fo learsI hguorht eht ,ssenredliw fo mohw doG ,syas yM“ emaN sini him.” With
regard to Gematria of phrases (Gen. xlix, 10), hlyc aby, abeYholihS = 358, which is the
noitaremun fo eht drow jycm, Messiah .4 Thus also the passage, Gen. xviii. 2 hclc hnhw,

3 .e.i The Kaballah Unveiled . sA melohcS( Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism ) dna srehto evahd etniop
,tuo eht e ed reshtttaclasr ntya brstreht a eMyrla lyalurt icraaofnim ni eh temehcs fo eht Zohar y lab(anosaer
alsnart hsilgnE etelpmoc )semulov otrauq evif seipucco hcihw fo noit – T.S.
4 ehT etouq morf ,siseneG ni s’bocaJ gnisselb ot ,haduJ si yllareneg nekat sa eht tseilrae ecnerefer ote ht
elcitra siht ni retal dessucsid era 853 fo sgninaem rehtO .haisseM – T.S.
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anneheVahsilahS , “And lo, three men,” equals in numerical value laprw layrbg lakym wla,
olE leahkiM leirbaGev -leahpaR , “These are Michael, Gabriel and Raphael;” for each phrase =
701 ynam sa yllaicepse ,airtameG fo erutan eht raelc ekam ot eciffus lliw secnatsni eseht kniht I .
reht olliw eb dnuof ni eh tesruoc fo ehte g.nkiruoswn
noqiratoN si devired morf eht nitaL drow notarius , a shorthand writer. Of Notariqon there are
owt .smrof nI eht tsrif yreve rettel fo a drow si nekat rof eht laitini ro noitaiverbba fo rehtona
,drow os taht morf eht srettel fo a drow anetnes ec yam eb .demrof suhT yreve rettel fo eht
drow tycarb, Berashith obtainw e andw ord, a oifn ititahle made Giesn esiisn, worfdi rstt he ,
hrwt larcy wlbqyc \yhla har tycarb, eB - htihsaR ihaR miholE olebeuqeyehSl earsI
Torah , nI“ genhitnn iegh etmbiholEs wa t alhe tad rltsupIoewc ceah t”.waL
nI siht noitcennoc I yam evig xis yrev gnitseretni snemiceps fo noqiratoN demrof morfs iht
dermoaws tycarb by Solom Meir ben Moses, a Jewish Qabalist, who embraced the Christian
fiani th 1665P fo eman eht koot dna , yb dna ,ycnednet naitsirhC a evah lla esehT .ereguR repsor
rieht snaem repsorP detrevnoc rehtona ,weJ ohw dah ylsuoiverp neeb ylrettib desoppoo t
Christianity. The first is \ymt djy \tcwlc ba jwr }b, dmaehhcte eYnhhec sBa,oublRAahS
mimehT : ehT“ ,noSht e Spirit, the Father, Their Trinity, Perfect Unity.” The second is wdwbut
djy \tcwlc ba jwr }b, odobuahT dahceY mehtehsolahS ,bA hcauR neB Spirit, the Son, “The :
is third ThTer initTyh.e”i wro rsehqiupa llsyh all ye Father, the wdwbut uwcy wmc rca ywncar
yrwkb, irokeB inuhsaR rehsA omahS hauhseYodobuahT : eY“ llahs pihsrow yMtsrif - , nyrMob
first, whose Name is Jesus.” The fourth is wdwbut uwcy wmc rca }br awbb, n aabobbaeRB
rahsA omahS hauhseYodabuahT : nehW“ eht retsaM si emoc esohw emaN si suseJ eylahs l
worship.” The fifth is, hwrcat uwcy dltc rjba hywar hlwtb, Betulah Raviah Abachar
dela hhtaehuhahSosrehYsarhT llah se ydn a,suse Jhtro fgnir bo tyhtro wnigri vaesooh clli wI “,
call her blessed.” The sixth is, wlksy uwcy ypwgc rttsa \ypxr tgwub, oguaeB th Ratzephim
rattassA ipogehS hauhseYolekahT l,r lsoea lfyh)as hodtcei kwf ealnkbeia( sc ey, ldaIlim“ihw
”. y ,dysomu bsteaJe
nac ytinaitsirhC fo senirtcod eht nopu gniraeb sa secnetnes eseht fo ecnatropmi lacitsilabaQ ehT
yldrah .edbetarrevo
ehTces dno mrof fo noqiratoN si eht tcaxe esrever fo eht .tsrif yB siht eht laitini ro slanif ro
,htob ro eht ,slaidem fo a ,ecnetnes era nekat ot mrof a drow ro .sdrow suhT eht halabaQ si
called hrtsn hmkj, mahkohCharhteseN , “the secret wisdom”; and if we take the initials of
eseht owt sdrow j and n ew mrof yb edhn todc nenisok q fieorh atdtrooNw }j, nehC , “grace.” 5
Similarly, from the initials and finals of the words hmymch wnl hluy ym, Mi Iaulah Leno ha -
hamiyamahS , ohW“ llahs og pu ot ”?nevaeh ymonoretueD(xx x, 12 ) era smrof hlym, Milah ,
”,noisicmucriC“ dna hwhy , eht ,notammargarteT gniylpmi taht doG htah deniadro noisicmucric
s ae .hynta ewovtaeh
Temurah is permutation. According to certain rules, one letter is substituted for another letter
gnidecerp rolof gniwol ti ni eht ,tebahpla dna suht morf eno drow rehtona drow foy llatot
tnereffid yhpargohtro yam eb .demrof suhT eht tebahpla si tneb yltcaxe ni ,flah ni eht ,elddim
o rettel tsrif eht yletanretla gnignahc yb neht dna ;rehto eht revo tup si flah eno dna two first the r
srettel ta eht gninnigeb fo eht dnoces ,enilytnewt - owt snoitatummoc era .decudorp esehT era
dellac eht elbaT“ fo eht snoitanibmoC fo hpurizT( [wryx)”. For example’s sake, I will give the
do hdteelmlac tbla, Albath ,:suht

5 ,airtameG yB }j=5 krow tneserp eht fo rebmun eht ecneh ;8 – T.S.
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11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
k y f j z w h d g b a
m n s u p x q r c t l
hcaE dohtem sekat sti eman morf eht tsrif owt sriap gnisirpmoc ,ti eht metsys fo sriap fo srettel
being the groundwork of the whole, as either letter in a pair is substituted for the other letter.
,suhT yb ,htablA morf jwr, hcauR , si demrof uxd, uazteD . ehT seman fo eht rehtoytnewt - eno
sdoht e:mera tgba, tdga, gbda, dbha, hbwa, zbja, jbfa, fbya, ybka, kbla, lbma, mbna,
nbsa, sbua, ubpa, pbxa, xbqa, rbcaand cbtasum eseht oT . modes the added be t dgba
and \bla . nehT semoc eht lanoitaR“ elbaT fo ”,hpurizT rehtona tes fo ytnewt - owt
.snoitanibmoc 6 erehT era osla eerht selbaT“ fo eht ”,snoitatummoC nwonk ylevitcepser sa eht
,thgiR eht ,esrevA dna eht .ralugerrI oT ekam yna foeseht , a square, containing 484 squares,
shmoalbtuadeehlnet edd,t w erris“tt FiRthonieerT.gn a h btwl reati”lht peeh aabcertfo rsosm
thgi ro t:tfe lni edhnt omcoersf sfeora uoqds eh tema st unbi ghetbiw b and end with a; in the
third begin with g and end with b ; dna os .on roF eht esrevA“ ”elbaT etirw eht tebahpla morf
thgir ot tfel ,sdrawkcab gninnigeb htiw t and ending with a ; ni eht dnoces wor nigeb htiw c
and end with t , .c& ehT raluger r”Ie“lbaT dluow ekat oot gnol ot.ebircsed 7 Besides all these,
there is the method called qrct, Thashraq , hcihw si yl pgmniistirw a .dsrdorwawkcab
erehT si eno erom yrev tnatropmi ,mrof dellac eht halabaQ“ fo eht eniN ”srebmahCro
rkb qya, qiArakeB :.de m rs tousIfhit
300 30 3 200 20 2 100 10 1
c l g r k b q y a
600 60 6 500 50 5 400 40 4
\ s w ] n h t m d
900 90 9 800 80 8 700 70 7
{ x f [ p j [ u z
I evah tup eht noitaremun fo hcae rettel evoba ot wohs eht ytiniffa neewteb eht srettel ni hcae
.rebmahc semitemoS siht si desu sa a ,rehpic yb gnikat ehtoitrop sn fo eht erugif ot wohs eht
rettel yeht ,niatnoc gnittup eno tniop rof eht tsrif ,rettel owt rof eht ,dnoces.c& 8 Thus the right
gni n,iealtgnnoac qyawia,ln ls wftelohrere t ter qAgain, it. within points or dots three have it if
a square will answer fo r h, n ro ] , gnidrocca ot rehtehw ti sah ,eno ,owt ro eerhts tniop
respectively placed within it. So also with regard to the other letters. But there are many other
syaw fo gniyolpme eht halabaQ fo eht eniN ,srebmahC hcihw I evah ton ecaps ot .ebircsed I
w lli ylerem ,noitnem sa na ,elpmaxe taht yb eht edom fo arumeT dellac cbta, Athbash, it is
found that in Jeremiah xxv, 26 , eht drow kcc, hkahsehS sezilob m,ys lbb, lebaB .
Besides all these rules, there are certain meanings hidden in the epahs of the letters fo eht
taht morf tnereffid gnieb drow a fo dne eht ta rettel ralucitrap a fo mrof eht ni ;tebahpla werbeH
which it generally bears when it is a final letter, or in a letter being written in the middle of a
drow nyil lrdaee r tsaeycunlaenrgoa htca ehtdne ia;nnl ye tteolrre tterbse inwgr ittseiainn z e
smallero rl argert hant her esto ft hem anuscript,o ri na l etterb eingw rittenu psided own;i nt he

6 Athbash dna Abgath .selbat htob ni raeppa Abgad ,elbat lanoitaR eht ni sraeppa Albam rehtien ni – T.S.
7 llA eseht selbat raeppa ni s’appirgA Occult Philosophy ( yletaidemmi retfa .bil III .pac XX V ) . llAht si
sgnoleb yliramirp ot eht mlaer fo ;yhpargotpyrc deedni eht erianigiV ,rehpic dleh elbakaerbnu litnue ht
’elbaT thgiR‘ eht fo noisrev nitaL a sesu ,enignE egabbaB eht fo tnempoleved – T.S.
8 ,ylevitanretl Aon stniop rof eht ,tsrif eno rof eht ,dnocesowt rof eht ;driht siht si eht noisrev nevigy b
elpicnirp ralimis a no desab si rehpic ”hcrA layoR“ cinosaM ehT .appirgA – T.S.
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snoitairav dnuof ni eht gnilleps fo niatrec ,sdrow hcihw evah a rettel erom ni emos secalp naht
ev ayheht n i; s srdeeeihvttr ioenrsi abnioiluce penhotitis ofpo yna fo eh tstniop r,ostne cdcnaa
in certain expressions supposed to be elliptic or redundant.
For example, the shape of the Hebrew letter hpelA , a , si dias ot esilobmys a uaV , w, between a
doY , y, a nd a htelaD , d; and thus the letter itself represents the word dwy, doY . Similarly the
shape of the letter eH , h, represents a htelaD , d, with a doY , y, written at the lower left -hand
,.rce&nroc
,xi haiasI nI 6, 7 drow eht , hbr\l, habrameL iylpitlum rof , character the with written is ng, \(M
final) in the middle of the word, instead of the ordinary initial and medial m ecneu q. eeshnToc
fo siht si taht eht latot laciremun eulav fo eht ,drow detsni fo gnieb 30 + 40 + 200 + 2 + 5 = 277,
is 30 + 600 + 200 + 2 + 5 = 837 = yb( )airtameG lz tt, Tat Zal , eht esuforP .reviG ,suhT yb
wtrhiet ing meM tnereffid a raeb ot edam si drow eht ,retcarahc yranidro eht fo daetsni lanif a sa
qabalistical meaning.
. . . . . . . . . . . .
tI si ot eb rehtruf detoniw th regard to the first word in the Bible, tycarb, Berashith , that the
first three letters, arbTrinity: the of persons three the of names the of letters initial the are , }b,
neB , eh t;noS jwr, hcauR , the Spirit; and ba, bA , the Father. Furthermore the fir st letter of the
Bible is b, which is the initial letter of hkrb, hahkareB , ;gnisselb dna ton a , hcihw si taht fo
rra, Arar , .gnisruc ,niagA eht srettel fo Berashith , taking their numerical powers, express the
eht dna noitaerC eht neewteb sraey fo rebmun :suht ,tsirhC fo htriB b = 2000, r = 200, a = 1000,
c = 300, y = 10, and t = 400 : latot = 3910 years, being the time in round numbers. 9 ociP alled
Mirandola 01 sevig eht gniwo lglnoifkrow tuo fo tycarb : yB gninioj eht driht ,rettel a, to the
first, b, ba, A b , Father is obtained. If to the first letter, b, doubled, the second letter, r, be
added, it makes rbb, eb - Bar , in or through the Son. If all the letters be read except the first, it
sekam tycar, Rashith , the beginning. If with the fourth letter, c, the f irst b and the last t be
counted, it makes tbc, htebeheS , the end or rest. If the first three letters be taken, they make
arb, areB , .detaerc ,fI gnittimo eht ,tsrif eht eerht gniwollof eb ,nekat yeht ekam car, Rash ,
.daeh ,fI gnittimo eht owt ,tsrif ehtn tx eowt ,e nbye ekehavttig ca, Ash , .erif fI eh thtruo fdna
evig yeht ,denioj eb tsal tc, htehS first, the before put be letter second the if Again, foundation. ,
makiets br, baR gives it fourth, and fifth the placed be third the after If great. , cya, Ai sh man.,
fI ot eht owt tsrif eb denioj eht owt ,tsal yeht evig tyrb, Berith , .tnanevoc dnA fi eht tsrif eb
added to the last, it gives bt, behT , hcihw ssiemit edmeossu rof bwt, bohT .do o,g
. . . . . . . . . . . .
There are three qabalistic veil s fo eht evitagen ,ecnetsixe dna ni sevlesmeht yeht etalumrof eht
neddihsaedi fo eht htorihpeS ton tey dellac otni ,gnieb dna yeht era detartnecnoc ni ,rehteK
e xtwphililasli. n I Septhhi er oothifhid .de tdahesen M aolftk huet hi sse tnhsies i wnh ich ehT
the is existence negative the of veil first }ya, Ain ,srettel eerht fo stsisnoc drow sihT .ytivitageN ,
which thus shadow forth the first three Sephiroth or numbers. The second veil is the [ws }ya,
Ain - Soph , the Limitless. This title consists of six letters and shadows forth the idea of the first
six Sephiroth or numbers. The third veil is the rwa [ws }ya, AurSoph Ain tLhi,em itleLsisg h t.

9 revewoH siht sevlovni gnitnuoc eht driht rettel tub( ton eht )dnoces sa tirw egral rof hcihw erehts i
oC .tnarraw on yletulosba teg ew egral tirw sa hteB laitini eht ylno gnitnu tycarb=2 911 – T.S.
10 sih nI Heptaplus .
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their in course of but Sephiroth, nine first the symbolizes and letters, nine of consists again This
hidden id ae .ylno tuB nehw ew hcaer eht rebmun enin ew tonnac ssergorp rehtraft uohtiw
gninruter ot eht ,ytinu ro eht rebmun ,eno rof eht rebmun net si tub a noititeper fo ytinu ylhserf
devired morf eht ,evitagen sa si tnedive morf a ecnalg ta sti yranidroeserper noitatn ni cibarA
numerals, where the circle 0 represents the Negative, and the 1 the Unity. Thus, then, the
sseltimil naeco fo evitagen thgil does not proceed from a centre, for it is centreless, but it
ertnec a setartnecnoc t fo eno rebmun eht si hcihw , Crown, the Kether, Sephiroth, manifested he
the First Sephira; which therefore may be said to be the Malkuth or number ten of the hidden
alcahnSe MaemasO“KTwpil irKehrhMckn,etuiiiaaau ithsntrllnts he ieok dh ersrtu ,r. ht ”.h
f soteaatmeuorphgeTr( Vaughan, better known as Eugenius Philalethes) say (in Euphrates, or
ehT sretaW fo ehttsaE ,) yltnerappa gnitouq morf :sulcorP tahT“ eht nevaeh si ni eht ,htrae tub
manner.heavenly a after but heaven, the in is earth the that and manner; earthly an after in But ”
,nwohs erofeb evah I sa ,noitinifed fo elbapacni tcejbus a si ecnetsixe evitagen sa hcum sa 11 iist
etarapes a sa naht ytinu fo rebmun eht morf kcab gnidneped sa stsilabaQ eht yb deedisnoc rehtar
noitaredisnoc ;morfereht eroferehw yeht yltneuqerf apply the same terms and epithets
fo tneicnA ehT“ ”,delaecnoC eht fo delaecnoC ehT“ era stehtipe hcuS .rehtie ot yletanimircsidni
”t” , n, .tteeesycnsn hiel&eoOetcnoiMhnOHc“tAnA
I must now explain the real meaning of the terms Sephira and Sephiroth. The first is singular,
the second is plural. The best rendering of the word is “numerical emanation.” There are ten
,htorihpeS hcihw era eht tsom tcartsba smrof fo eht net srebmun fo eht lamicedelacs — i.e. the
numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Ther ,erofe sa ni eht rehgih scitamehtam ew nosaerf o
srebmun ni rieht tcartsba ,esnes os ni eht halabaQ ew nosaer fo eht ytieD yb eht tcartsba smrof
fo eht ;srebmun ni rehto ,sdrow yb eht twryps, Sephiroth . It was from this ancient Oriental
gah tty aPyhrtoeht saro devired sih laci rceimluonbmy.ssaedi 21
gnomA eseht ,htorihpeS yltnioj dna ,yllareves ew dnif eht tnempoleved fo eht snosrepd na
setubirtta fo .doG fO eseht elamef era emos dna elam era emos rehto ro nosaer emos rof ,woN .
tseb nwonk ot ,sevlesmehtht e srotalsnart fo eht elbiB evah dedworc tuo fo ecnetsixed na
derehtoms pu yreve ecnerefer ot eht tcaf taht eht ytieD si htob enilucsam dna .eninimef yehT
have translated a feminine plural ay b massciunlgiunlea r yehT .miholE drow eht fo esac eht ni
,evah however, left an inadvertent admission of their knowledge that it was plural in Genesis i,
26 : dnA“ eht miholE :dias teL su ekam ”.nam niagA .v( 27 ,) woh dluoc madA eb edam ni eht
egami fo eht ,miholE elam dna ,elamef sselnu eht miholE erew elam dnalamef e ?osla ehT
dlrow miholE si a larulp demrof morf eht eninimef ralugnis hla, Eloh , yb gnidda \y to the
.drow tuB ni sa hcum sa \yaddheedr e ism aspaclntuudthlr eeiar nlme,utio shnfuea a tliilosyn
ot a eninimef ,nuon ti sevig ot eht drow miholE ehtsnes e fo a elamef ycnetop dedda ota
enilucsam ,aedi dna ybereht elbapac fo gnicudorp na .gnirpsffo ,woN ew raeh hcum foe ht
reh tdanFa eh t,no Stub ew grnaiehh tfoon erhetht osnMni oy ir egafhinotlie drerho t.yad tuB
in the Qabalah we find that the Ancie tn fo syaD smrofnoc flesmiH ylsuoenatlumis otnie ht
Father and the Mother, and thus begets the Son. Now, this Mother is Elohim. Again, we are
usually told that the Holy Spirit is Masculine. But the word jwr, hcauR , Spirit, is feminine, as
sraeppa morfeht gniwollof egassap fo eht rehpeS :harizteY \yyj \yhla rwr tja, Achath
,eninimef( ton ,dahcA )enilucsam hcauR miholEmiyyahC : enO“ si si ehS the Spirit of the
”.e fmfiioLholE

elcitr1a 1tneserp eht morf yelworC yb dettimo ylluficrem segassap nI – T.S.
12 d nesevevll ioaetGvchinstiemisti prima faciæ raf erom ylekil taht eht ylrtaseilabaQ shcu ss (a reohhttua
eht fo SepheYre tzirah msicitsym rebmun naerogahtyP yb decneulfni erew ) – T.S.
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