The Kabbalah Unveiled — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (from Knorr von Rosenroth's Latin) (1887)
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44. (Now he tumeth to the last part of this square, which is I, Yod, alone, and saith), I, Yod , remaineth one and alone (in order that it may show that all flow out from the one single letter I, Yod , which is in the form of a point, yet partaking of three parts, concerning which see elsewhere ; yet in this place denoting only the woman, or the kingdom, wherein are contained all the supernals.)
[Yod at the end of the Tetragrammaton denotes the synthesis the circular movement by -which the end returns to the beginning. In the secret qabalistical alphabet iknown as the “celestial alphabet,” Yod is represented by three circles at the angles of an equilateral triangle with the apex uppermost. Malkuth, the tenth Sephira, of course receives the influx of all the other Sephiroth (see Table showing the reception and transmission of the Sephiroth in the four worlds.]
45. And then (if now the Tetragrammaton be not considered in the manner just described, but in this manner of instituting the square, IHYI, IHY, IH, I,
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then Yod also is in a certain sense solitary, but in a plainly contrary sense. For it ascendeth in its path upwards and upwards. (That is, it doth not so much receive the higher sense, in order that it may denote the beautiful path or the foundation ; but the highest , that is, the father or the wisdom.) The woman is again hidden. (That is, in this instance, the former meaning by which it denoted the bride of Microprosopus, namely, the last letter of the above-written form of the Tetragrammaton, ceaseth in itself.)
[This is in the converse manner. The letter I no longer signifies the bride when it ceases to be the final letter of a Tetragrammaton.j
4 6. And the mother is illuminated (that is, in the second part of the ordinary averse Tetragrammaton, which consists of the letters IH, to the letter I, Yod , which hath the signification of the father, is added the letter H, He , which is the mother, and because these two are combined by themselves, hence that luminous influence is denoted wherewith the understanding is imbued by the supernal wisdom) ; and is opened out into her gates (that is, if these two letters be bound closely together, then out of the dead the pentad originateth the number 50, by which are denoted the fifty gates of the understanding ; these are said to be opened because the letter H, He , is last and unprotected, not being shut in by any other succeeding letter.)
[This is taking the letters IH separate from the rest of the Tetragrammaton, but themselves conjoined. And as I = io and H= 5, these two conjoined (multiplied together) give N = 50. And these are the fifty gates or properties of the understanding. These are opened, because in the word IH, Yah, the letter H is last, not being shut in, as by YH in the Tetragrammaton IHYH, or Y in the trigram IHY.]
47. The key is added which containeth six, and closeth its gate. (That is, in the third part of this averse form, which is IHY, the letter H is not altogether the last ; but V, the third letter of the Tetragrammaton, closeth it in on the other side, whereby are denoted the six members of the Microprosopus, superinvesting the six members of the mother in such a manner that her last gate, which is the path of glory, HVD, Hod , is closed, and combined with the remainder, which are — Benignity, Severity, Beauty, Victory ; drawing their existence singly out of the decad.)
[In the Trigrain IHV, Y may be called the key, because it closeth the fifty gates symbolized by IH, by coming next to H, so as to close or shut in that letter between itself and I. By “ the decad ” is meant the ten Sephiroth, which are symbolized by the numerical value of I, which is 10.
48. And it applieth to the inferiors and to this part. (Or, as others read, “ it applieth to this side and to that.” Now, the discourse is concerning the fourth part of the square, where the name is complete, whether WTitten as H or as I in the last path ; so that, nevertheless, the bride of Microprosopus may be added. Therefore on either side hath Microprosopus a connecting link, for he superinvesteth the mother from the supernal part, so that he may receive her into himself as his soul ; and he also again is covered by his bride from the inferior part, so that he in his turn may himself become her soul.)
[The bride, the inferior H, He, is said to be a reflection of the mother, the supernal H, He, in the Tetragrammaton; just as Microprosopus is said to be the reflection of Macroprosopus.]