The Kabbalah Unveiled — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (from Knorr von Rosenroth's Latin) (1887)

1027. And were it not that they could be conjoined, the world could not suffer them ; whence the Ancient of the Ancient Ones, the Concealed by all things, separateth the one from the other, and associateth them together so that at once they may be mitigated.

1028. And when He wisheth to separate them He causeth an ecstasy (or trance , cf. Gen. ii. 21) to fall upon Microprosopus, and separateth the Woman from His back.

1029. Ami He conformeth all Her conformations, and hideth Her even unto Her day, on which She is ready to be brought before the Male.

1030. This is that which is said, Gen. ii. xxi. : “ And Tetragrammaton Elohim caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept.”

1031. What is this, “And he slept?” This is that which is written, Ps. xliv. 24: “Awake! wherefore sleepest thou, 0 Tetragrammaton ? ”

1032. And He taketh away one of his sides. What is this one ? This is the Woman.

1033. And She is taken away and conformed; and in Her place is inserted Mercy and Benignity.

* See “ Book of Concealed Mystery,” ante , ch. iii. § 27.

KABBALAH.

1034. Like as it is said : “ And he hath shut up flesh before her.” Ezek. xxxvi. 26: uAnd I will take away from you the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.”

1035. And when He wisheth to introduce the Sabbath, then did He create the spirits, and the malignant demons, and the authors of disturbance ; neither at first did He finish them, until the Mother could come into Her formation, and could sit before Him.

1036. When She could sit before Him, He ceased from those creatures, and they were not completed because the Mother sat before the King, and they were associated together face to face.

1037. Who shall enter between Them? Who shall stir up war between Them mutually ?

1038. Because the Arcanum of the matter is hidden in the time of the disciples of wisdom, who know our Arcanum, from Sabbath unto Sabbath.

1039. And when They are associated together, then are They mutually mitigated in that day on which all things are mitigated. And therefore are the judgments mitigated mutually and restored into order, both superiors and inferiors.

CHAPTER XLIII.

CONCERNING THE JUDGMENTS.

1040. Also, we have learned in the “ Book of Concaaled Mystery ” that when the Most Holy Ancient One desired to see whether the judgments could be mitigated, and whether these two could adhere together, that then from the side of the Woman there went forth a vehement judgment, which the world could not bear.

* See “Book of Concealed Mystery,” cli. iii. §§ 27-31.

THE GREATER HOLY ASSEMBLY.

1041. Whence it is written : “ And Adam knew Eve his wife ” (Gen. iv. 1 ). And she conceived and brought forth QIN, Qain , and said : “ I have acquired a man with Tetr agr ammaton . 5 ’

1042. And She was not perfect, because She had not been mitigated, and the powerful serpent had transmitted unto Her the pollution of severe judgment ; and therefore She could not be mitigated.

1043. When therefore this man Qain proceeded from the side of the Woman, he went forth vigorous and severe ; severe in his judgment, rigorous in his judgment.

1044. But when he had gone forth, She Herself became thereafter weaker and more gentle. And there went forth another and gentler birth.

1045. And the former one was removed, which was so vehement and rigorous that all the judgments could not be mingled together before Her.

1046. Come and see. What is written? “And it came to pass when they were both in the field.” “ In the field,” which is known to be the supernal [field) ; “ in the field,” which is called the field of the apple-trees.

1047. And this judgment hath conquered his brother because he is stronger than he, and hath subdued him, and hath concealed him in his own power.

1048. Then therefore, that Holy God was stirred up regarding this — may His Name be blessed ! — and took him away from the midst before him, and placed him in the mouth of the Great Abyss.

1049. And enclosed his brother by immersion in the
Great Sea, so that he might temperate the supernal tears.

1050. And from them men descend in the world according to their path.

1051. And although they are concealed, yet are they extended mutually in themselves and from one body.

1052. And from that body descend the souls, NShM- ThHYN, of the impious, of the sinners, and of the hardened in spirit.

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KABBALAH.

1053. From them both at once, dost thou think ?
No ; but one floweth down from the one side, and
another from the other.