In all conceptions and ideas human or divine, in every act and deed begun, carried and completed, in all of them shalt thou be the first, the beginning.” Therefore did the Holy One make the letters of the celestial alphabet capitals, and those of theĮarthly small, each corresponding to one another. Moreover, it becometh not the monarch of the universe to withdraw and take back his presents from one subject and give them to another.” To these words the Holy One responded: “Aleph, Aleph! Thou shalt be the first of all letters and my unity shall be symbolised only by thee. Why therefore, should I come before thee, since thou hast already given Beth the great and precious gift we all of us craved and desired. “I will surely create the world by thee only.” Hearing these words, Aleph remained in its place and went not to the divine presence, who therefore exclaimed “Aleph, Aleph! Why commest thou not before me as all the other letters?” Aleph replied: “Lord and sovereign of the universe, it is because I have observed that, except for Beth, they have returned as they went, without success. Beth moved forward to make his case and said: “Create the world by me, because I am the initial letter of Beracha (blessing) and through me all will bless thee, both in the world above as in the world below.” “Truly Beth,” said the holy one. The Divine Presence listened to their pleas before giving his reasons why each letter would not be chosen, returning them to their previous position in the alphabet, until only B (Beth) and A (Aleph) remained. Therefore the creation of the world cannot, must not, be through thee.” One by one the letters made their case to the Divine Presence on why he should create the world by them. Thou thyself are called Emeth and therefore it will become thee to begin and create the world by me.” The Divine Presence replied: “Thou, oh Tav, are indeed worthy, but I cannot create the world by thee: for thou art destined to be the characteristic emblem borne by (death), of which you art the final letter. First, the letter Tav (th) appeared before the Divine Presence and said: “Let it please thee to create the world by me, as I am the the final letter of the word Emeth (truth), which is graven on thy signet ring. When the Divine Being willed to create the world, all the letters appeared before his presence in their reverse order. For 2,000 years before the creation of the world, the letters were concealed and hidden, being objects of divine pleasure and delight. It relates the story of how God ordered the letters of the alphabet at the moment of Creation.
This edited version of The Celestial Alphabet is taken from the Serfira Ha Zohar, a Holy book of prime importance in Jewish mysticism and considered second only to the Talmud. The creator of this divine alphabet according to Cabala is of course God. Having psychologically embedded themselves within mankind’s prehistoric subconscious, they enable even the most illiterate human to retain such distant memories of their origins. This answer, although not technically correct, is a reminder of the archaic resonance of such signs. However, when asked about the magic origins of the alphabet, the uninitiated will reply that the letters are probably derived from drawings of the stars, as in the signs of the Zodiac, and ordered accordingly. 58 5įoreword AT THE BEGINNING of the 21st century, the majority of westernised people live in material ignorance of the spiritual truths of our occult heritage.
MAGIC WRITING The Hermetic Science of the early Christian ages, cultivated by the Arabs, studied by the Chiefs of the Templars, and embodied in certain symbols of the higher degrees of Freemasonary, may be accurately defined as the Cabala in active realisation, or the Magic of Works.
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