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# Re: Magic of IHVH?

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- Subject: Re: [BardonPraxis] Magic of IHVH?
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 19:08:58 -0700
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    Dear M.,

    >> Could you please supply a brief definition of IHVH? I can't seem to
    find one! How does it relate to Hermetics, if at all? <<

    Sure. :)

    IHVH is the "Unspeakable (or Unspoken) Name of G-d" in the Jewish
    tradition and is central to Kabbalah. It is unspeakable for many
    reasons, one of which is that it is composed only of consonants and was
    not given the vowel points that make its consonants speakable.

    IHVH represents the entire Creation as a whole, both the eternal and the
    temporal realms. Each of the four Letters in The Name (IHVH is often
    referred to as "The Name" and when one reads the Torah, the appellation
    "Adonai" -- "Lord" -- is substituted) has its own set of
    correspondences, which when put together as The Name, describe the
    various levels of Existence, Consciousness or Being.

    In many ways, IHVH is the Jewish equivalent of the Hermetic's
    Quadrapolar Magnet, since each Letter can be said to correspond to one
    of the Elements.

    Here are a few correspondences, many of which have direct relevance to
    Hermetics --

    "I" - the 10th Letter of the Hebrew Alephbet, 'Yod':
    Kabbalistic World of Atziluth (Realm of Archetypes), the Sephirot
    Kether (#1-Crown) & Chokmah (#2-Wisdom), the Pillar of Mercy, Fire, the
    Masculine Principle, Electric Fluid, Akashic Realm.

    "H" - the 5th Letter of the Hebrew Alephbet, 'Heh':
    Kabbalistic World of Briah (Realm of Creation), Sephirot Binah
    (#3-Understanding), Pillar of Severity, Water, Feminine Principle,
    Magnetic Fluid, Mental Realm.

    "V" - the 6th Letter of the Hebrew Alephbet, 'Vav':
    Kabbalistic World of Yetzirah (Realm of Formation), Sephirot
    Tiphareth (#6-Beauty), Pillar of Equilibrium, Air, Neutral Principle,
    Electro-Magnetic Fluid, Astral Realm.

    "H" final - Again the 5th Letter of the Hebrew Alephbet, 'Heh':
    Kabbalistic World of Assiah (Realm of Making), Sephirot Malkuth
    (#10-Kingdom), Earth, Principle of Combination, Material Realm.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    26 Jun 2003
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