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# Re: Re: YHVH-Tetragrammaton

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Re: YHVH-Tetragrammaton
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:24:35 -0800
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    Dear Olivier,

    >> Thank you all for your insights regarding the element-to-letter
    association of the YHVH. I'm still not quite clear as to whether the
    first "Heh" should correspond to Air or to Water, and am a bit puzzled
    with the seemingly different interpretations of Alexandre Moryason and
    Rawn. I suppose it will become more clear with practice and is probably
    not critical for me at this point. <<

    Instead of letting your query get stale by waiting till April to
    respond, I decided to reply today. :)

    Essentially this issue is of little practical importance at this stage.
    However, the discrepancy is fairly easy to explain.

    It comes down to the differences between *Jewish* kabbalah and Western
    Hermetic kabbalah. Moryason's thoughts relate only to Western Hermetic
    kabbalah whereas my own relate to Jewish kabbalah. As Peter pointed
    out, Bardon seems to have comprehended both: the Western Hermetic
    through his words and the Jewish through his KTQ diagram.

    In Jewish kabbalah, the tetragrammaton refers to the Four Worlds, not
    the "Elements". The attribution of Elements to the Letters of The Name
    is a non-Jewish, Western Hermetic invention. In other words, there are
    two separate traditions of these attributions and they are best treated
    as separate entities instead of trying to reconcile them.

    According to Jewish kabbalah, the Letters Aleph, Mem and Shin are
    "Mother Letters" which represent the three primal building blocks.
    [Plus, Jewish kabbalah has no Mother Letter for the Hermetic Earth
    Element.] These are not the same thing as the *four* Hermetic Elements.

    According to the Jewish scheme, the Yod equates to the World of
    Atziluth, Heh to the World of Briah, Vav to the World of Yetzirah, and
    the final-Heh to the World of Assiah. On the "Composite Tree" (which
    seeks to express all four Worlds on a single Tree of Life), the Letters
    of the Name correspond thusly: Yod = Kether & Chokmah, Heh = Binah, Vav
    = Tiphareth, and final-Heh = Yesod & Malkuth. From this perspective,
    it's easier to see why I equate the four *Hermetic* Elements as I do.

    Ultimately, which attributions you employ matters only when it comes to
    uttering The Name kabbalistically. At that point, you will *know* which
    is proper and these questions of theory will seem irrelevant. :)

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    25 Holiday 2004
    rawnclark@...
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