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Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Tree of the Sephiroth (74)
The Tetragrammaton, or the four-lettered Name of God, written thus יהוה, is pronounce Jehovah. The first letter is י, Yod, the Germ, the Life, the Flame, the Cause, the One, and the most fundamental of the Jewish phallic emblems. Its numerical value is 10, and it is to be considered as the 1 containing the 10. In the Qabbalah it is declared that the a Yod is in reality three Yods, of which the first is the beginning, the second is the center, and the third is the end. Its throne is the Sephira Chochmah (according to Ibn Gebirol, Kether), from which it goes forth to impregnate Binah, which is the first ה, He. The result of this union is Tiphereth, which is the ו Vau, whose power is 6 and which symbolizes the six members of the Lesser Adam. The final ה, He, is Malchuth, the Inferior Mother, partaking in part of the potencies of the Divine Mother, the first He. By placing the four letters of the Tetragrammaton in a vertical column, a figure closely resembling the human body is produced, with Yod for the head, the first He for the arms and shoulders, Vau for the trunk of the body, and the final He for the hips and legs. If the Hebrew letters be exchanged for their English equivalents, the form is not materially changed or the analogy altered. It is also extremely significant that by inserting the letter ש, Shin, in the middle of the name Jehovah, the word Jehoshua, or Jesus, is formed thus:
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter VI: The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle and Its Furniture. (8)
Further, the mystic name of four letters which was affixed to those alone to whom the adytum was accessible, is called Jave, which is interpreted,...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter V:(3)
Three mothers, seven double and twelve simple, these are the twenty-two letters with which I H V H Tetragrammaton, that is our Lord of Hosts,...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter I:(1)
In two and thirty most occult and wonderful paths of wisdom did JAH the Lord of Hosts engrave his name: God of the armies of Israel, ever-living God,...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVI: Gnostic Exposition of the Decalogue. (34)
And, in fine, the Decalogue, by the letter Iota, signifies the blessed name, presenting Jesus, who is the Word.
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter I:(11)
He selected three letters from the simple ones, and sealed them as forming his great Name, I H V and he sealed the universe in six directions.
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter V:(1)
The simple letters are twelve, namely: He, Vau, Zain, Heth, Teth, Yod, Lamed, Nun, Samech, Oin, Tzaddi, and Quoph; they represent the fundamental...
Sefer HaBahir
Verses (26)
Rabbi Amorai said: What is the meaning of the verse (Exodus 15:3), "God is a man (אִישׁ) of war"? Mar Rahumai said to him: Great master, do not ask...
Pistis Sophia
Chapter 136. (The interpretation ofiaō)
And Jesus made invocation, turning himself towards the four corners of the world with his disciples, who were all clad in linen garments, and saying: ...
Sefer HaBahir
Verses (8)
Why did God add the letter ה to Abraham's name, rather than any other letter? This was so that all parts of man's body should be worthy of life in...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 22: Of the New Regeneration in Christ [from] out of the old Adamical Man. The Blossom of the Holy Bud. The noble Gate of the right [and] true Christianity. (76)
His Name Jesus shows it more properly in the Language of Nature; for the Syllable Je is his Humbling [In-coming] out of his Father, into the...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter IV:(1)
There were formed seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Tau, each has two voices, either aspirated or softened. These are the...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 22: Of the New Regeneration in Christ [from] out of the old Adamical Man. The Blossom of the Holy Bud. The noble Gate of the right [and] true Christianity. (73)
In the Language of Nature it sounds right; but our Tongue [we have] from this World does but stammer it, and cannot name it according to our Understan...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter I:(10)
Second, from the Spirit he made Air and formed for speech twenty-two letters, three of which are mothers, A, M, SH, seven are double, B, G, D, K, P,...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter I:(2)
Ten are the numbers, as are the Sephiroth, and twenty-two the letters, these are the Foundation of all things. Of these letters, three are mothers,...
Pistis Sophia
[THE NOTE OF A SCRIBE] (A note by a later hand, copied from another scripture)
Write them with a sign, that the Sons of God may be revealed from here on. This is the name of the Immortal: aaa , ōōō ; and this is the name of the V...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter I:(9)
These are the ten emanations of number. One is the Spirit of the Living God, blessed and more than blessed be the name of the Living God of Ages. The...