The Kabbalah Unveiled — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (from Knorr von Rosenroth's Latin) (1887)
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£ The meaning is, that Father and Mother are contained in the Son ; for these are the second, third, and sixth Sephiroth— i.e., 2, 3, and 6; and both 2 and 3 are contained in 6, for 2 x 3 =■ 6.
§ The reflexive essence of Kether, the Crown, which operates in Ckokmah. and Binah.
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Head, and that Son taketh all things, and becometh the heir of all.
306. And He passeth on His inheritance unto the
Daughter, and the Daughter is nourished by Him. But,
properly speaking, henceforth {from the 'parents ) doth the
Son become the heir, and not the Daughter.
307. The Son becometh the heir of His Father and of His Mother, and not the Daughter, but by Him is the Daughter cherished.
308. As it is written, Dan. iv. 12 : “ And in that tree food for all.”
309. And if thou sayest all, assuredly He as well as
She are called TzDIQ, Tzeclig , Just, and TzDQ, Tzedeg ,
Justice, which are in one and are one.
310. All things are thus. Father and Mother are mutually contained in and associated with Themselves.
3 1 1 . And the Father is the more concealed {of the two) , and the whole adhereth unto the Most Holy Ancient One.
312. And dependeth from the Holy Influence, which is the Ornament of all Ornaments.
313. And they, the Father and the Mother, constitute the abode, as I have said.
314. As it is written, Prov. xxiv. 3, 4 : “ Through Chokmah is the abode constructed, and by Thebunah is it established, and in Daath shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”
315. Also it is written, Prov. xxii. 18: “ For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep (Daath) within thee.”
316. This is the system of all things, even as I have said, and (all things) depend from the Glorious Holy Influence.
317. Babbi Schimeon said : In the ( former ) Assembly I revealed not all things, and all those things have been concealed even until now.
318. And I have wished to conceal them, even unto the world to come, because there also a certain question will be propounded unto me.
THE LESSER HOL Y ASSEMBL V.
319. As it is written, Isa. xxxiii. 6: “And
Chokmah and Daath shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of saltation ; the fear of Tetragrammaton is His treasure,” &c., and they shall seek out Wisdom, Chokmah.
320. Now truly thus is the will of the Most Holy and Blessed God, and without shame will I enter in before His palace.
321. It is written, 1 Sam. ii. 3: “Since AL
DOVTh, El Booth * is Tetragrammaton.” Daoth, or of Knowledges (plural), properly speaking, for He acquiretk Daoth by inheritance.
322. Through Daoth are all His palaces filled, as it is written, Prov. xxix. : “ And in Daath shall the chambers be filled.”
323. And therefore Daath is not furthermore revealed, for It occultly pervadeth Him inwardly.
324. And is comprehended in that brain and in the whole body, since “ El Daoth is Tetragrammaton.”
325. In the “Book of the Treatise” it is said concerning these words, “ Since El Daoth is Tetragrammaton,” read not DOVTh, Booth , of knowledges, but ODVTH,f E cloth, of testimony.
326. For HVA, Hoo , He Himself, is the testimony of all things, the testimony of the two portions.
327. And it is said, Ps. lxxviii. 5 : “ And He established a testimony, ODVTh, in Jacob.”
328. Moreover, also, although we have placed that matter in the “ Book of Concealed Mystery,” still also there what is mentioned of it is correct, and so all things are beautiful and all things are true.
329. When the matter is hidden, that Father and Mother contain all things, and all things are concealed in them.
330. And they themselves are hidden beneath the
* Plural of Daath.
t By Metathesis.
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Holy Influence of the Most Ancient of all Antiquity ; in
Him are they concealed, in Him are all things included.
331. HYA, Hoa, He Himself, is all things; blessed be Hoa, and blessed be His Name in eternity, and unto the ages of the ages.
332. All the words of the conclave of the Assembly are beautiful, and all are holy words — words which decline not either unto the right hand or unto the left.
333. All are words of hidden meaning for those who have entered in and departed thence, and so are they all.
334. And those words have hereunto been concealed; therefore have I feared to reveal the same, but now they are revealed.
335. And I reveal them in the presence of the Most Holy Ancient King, for not for mine own glory, nor for the glory of my Fathers house, do I this ; but I do this that I may not enter in ashamed before His palaces.