Searching...
Showing 1-1
Passages similar to: The Three Principles of the Divine Essence — Chapter 20: Of Adam and Eve's going forth out of Paradise, and of their entering into this World. And then of the true Christian Church upon Earth, and also of the Antichristian Cainish Church.
Source passage
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 20: Of Adam and Eve's going forth out of Paradise, and of their entering into this World. And then of the true Christian Church upon Earth, and also of the Antichristian Cainish Church. (41)
And the Keeper of the Garden is the Cherubim, the Cutter off of the Source [or Quality] of the Stars, which holds the four Elements for a while, and then breaks them, and with its bitter Sharpness severs them from the Soul, and passes away itself also with its Sword. This [Keeper] is here in the Way, that we cannot come to the Tree of the eternal Life; he is in the Midst, and suffers us not to come into Paradise. The gross Garden of Eden (which is our earthly Flesh) is the Hedge [or Fortification] before the Garden,
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Qabbalistic Keys to the Creation of Man (40)
Man, the banished Adam, seeks to pass from the outer court of the Sanctuary (the exterior universe) into the sanctum sanctorum, but before him rises...