08-10-2008, 12:00 AM
http://magick.elysium.com.ar/library/fi ... stical.pdf
Eheieh, I Am That I Am, pure being, is the God-name of Kether, and its magical
image is an ancient bearded king seen in profile. The
Zohar says of this ancient bearded
king that he is all right side; we do not see the magical image of Kether full-face, that is
to say complete, but only partially. There is an aspect which must ever be hidden from us,
like the hidden side of the moon. This side of Kether is the side that is towards the
Unmanifest, which the nature of our manifested consciousness prevents us from
comprehending, and which must ever be a sealed book to us. But accepting this limitation
we may gaze in contemplation upon the aspect of Kether, the profile of the ancient
bearded king, presented to us reflected downwards into form.
19. Ancient is this king, the Ancient of Ancients, the Ancient of Days, for he was from
the beginning, when countenance beheld not countenance. A king he is, because he rules
all things according to his supreme and unquestioned will. In other words, it is the nature
of Kether that conditions all things, because all things are evolved from it. Bearded he is,
because in the curious symbolism of the rabbis every hair of his beard has significance.
20. The manifestation of the forces of Kether in Briah, the world of archetypal mind, is
said to be through the archangel Metatron, the Prince of Countenances, who tradition
avers was the teacher of Moses. The
Sepher Yetzirah says of the Tenth Path, Malkuth,
that "it causes an influence to flow from the Prince of Countenances, the archangel of
Kether, and is the source of illumination of all the lights of the universe." Thus plainly do
we learn that not only does spirit flow out into manifestation in matter, but matter by its
own energy draws spirit into manifestation, an important point for the Practitioner of
magic, for it teaches him that he is justified
in his operations and that man is not required to wait upon the word of the Lord, but may
call upon God to hear him.
Eheieh, I Am That I Am, pure being, is the God-name of Kether, and its magical
image is an ancient bearded king seen in profile. The
Zohar says of this ancient bearded
king that he is all right side; we do not see the magical image of Kether full-face, that is
to say complete, but only partially. There is an aspect which must ever be hidden from us,
like the hidden side of the moon. This side of Kether is the side that is towards the
Unmanifest, which the nature of our manifested consciousness prevents us from
comprehending, and which must ever be a sealed book to us. But accepting this limitation
we may gaze in contemplation upon the aspect of Kether, the profile of the ancient
bearded king, presented to us reflected downwards into form.
19. Ancient is this king, the Ancient of Ancients, the Ancient of Days, for he was from
the beginning, when countenance beheld not countenance. A king he is, because he rules
all things according to his supreme and unquestioned will. In other words, it is the nature
of Kether that conditions all things, because all things are evolved from it. Bearded he is,
because in the curious symbolism of the rabbis every hair of his beard has significance.
20. The manifestation of the forces of Kether in Briah, the world of archetypal mind, is
said to be through the archangel Metatron, the Prince of Countenances, who tradition
avers was the teacher of Moses. The
Sepher Yetzirah says of the Tenth Path, Malkuth,
that "it causes an influence to flow from the Prince of Countenances, the archangel of
Kether, and is the source of illumination of all the lights of the universe." Thus plainly do
we learn that not only does spirit flow out into manifestation in matter, but matter by its
own energy draws spirit into manifestation, an important point for the Practitioner of
magic, for it teaches him that he is justified
in his operations and that man is not required to wait upon the word of the Lord, but may
call upon God to hear him.