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Transformative Pesach Prophecy
2008-04-19 00:28:00
?'? ????? ???"?Annwyn 14I woke up in the middle of the night last night with a vision imprinted upon my mind. In the vision, I was sitting at my office desk working on all the extra work that has been put upon me recently (which, by the way, I am successfully making my way through this immense sea of work). Ceridwen, the archetypal Celtic goddess of prophecy and transformation, walked through the doorway into my office. She had a look of controlled anger about her, as if she was restraining herself mightily against some injustice. She also had a halo, like the one she wears in my bronze statue of her cauldron and she (shown, click to enlarge). With Ceridwen's appearance, came the words "warning" and "the writers" (?-??????).The two messages were one essential communication, each message corresponding to the communication on a different perceptual level."Warning" was telepathic and completely encompassing and encircling, like Ceridwen's halo. It was non-local, yet focused sufficie...
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Pesach 5768. Out Of The Broom Closet.
2008-04-16 02:51:00
?'? ????? ???"?Annwyn 12I openly wore a pentacle at work today.Later, having dinner this evening with my parents, my father came right out and asked me between bites, "Are you studying to be a witch?""Actually, I am, " I said, "I'm a Jewish witch. A kabbalist, a shaman ...""What's that?" my father asked regarding the latter descriptor."You know ... a mystic ...""Oh, you mean, a witch," he said with a small chuckle, then the conversation went on to other topics.My children have all known for quite some time now that I am a Jewitch. But, I've never actually straight up informed my parents of my interest in combining witchcraft with Judaism.I am totally out of the broom closet!I have indeed been liberated this Pesach .
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The Solitary Scorpion
2008-04-13 02:43:00
?' ????? ???"?Annwyn 9In follow-up to my previous entry, Inside Out To Divine Consciousness, some interesting symbolic insights on the nature of the humble and solitary scorpion (who has a kotz in its tail, as do each of each the letters of ???):A summary of symbol meaning/associations for the Scorpion are as follows:TransitionDeath/DyingSexControlSo litary/Being AloneTreacheryPassionProtectionDefensiven essA potent message the Scorpion chooses to express is that of protection and/or isolation. In fact, they themselves are quite solitary - part of the reason why they symbolize the solitary.The Scorpion will mate in an exotic, dance of passion and control. The Scorpion sex dance is one of beauty, control, and calculation.Defensiveness/control/protect ion is evident in the Scorpion's appearance - which seems to say "Do not trifle with me." One look at this magnificent creature says "back off!" does it not?As another symbol of protection - we can consider the poisonous tip of the scorpi...

Inside Out To Divine Consciousness
2008-04-12 02:07:00
?' ????? ???"?Annwyn 8Encoding critical actions to Divine Consciousness , as described more explicitly in The Epiphany, turned inside out, ??? is the Divine Name ???.The 3-flamed letter shin (?) corresponds to the active collapse of created consciousness (of Beriyah, Yetzirah and Assiyah) into the point at the base of the letter. Thus, shin corresponds to the actions of consciousness corresponding to this portion of my poem (The Epiphany):allmythoughtsvavfeelingsvavques tionsvavanswersvavmeaningsbecoming beingmashing together, collapsing into my gutthena silenceThe letter yod (?) is not a mere point. Rather, the letter yod is a point with a little tail that curls around, as if it is turning inside out. Thus, the letter yod corresponds to that which breaks through into the silence as described in this portion of The Epiphany:cutting the bursting emptiness, wheneternity into a split mo-mentpercolatingthena rush ofa whirlwindbursting fullmore than I couldever understanding at oncecoming...
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Dilug Sh'lo b'Hadraga
2008-04-10 02:01:00
?' ????? ???"?Annwyn 6Googling "dilug" for some clue as to the significance of the quantum jump in consciousness I experienced during dinner Monday (see Dilug At Dinner), I found an interesting connection of my "dilug" (which was a quantized as opposed to a gradual energetic increase) to the observance of Pesach.At Chabadtalk, I found this on Pesach Sheni and dilug:See the muga maamor Lehavin Inyan Pesach Sheni, 5738, 2nd paragraph of ois beis.After explaining that the dilug of Pesach Sheni is both a dilug from a higher place (than Pesach), and the dilug itself is also greater, the Rebbe confronts your issue:Quote:According to this it is possible to connect the explanation above that Pesach Sheni is a higher level, which comes after the preparation of the avodah of Pesach Rishon, with the inyan that Pesach Sheni as it is b'pashtus, that it is a tikkun and hashlama for someone that didn't bring a korban Pesach. Because this that Pesach Sheni fixes and repays the lack that resulted...

Dilug At Dinner
2008-04-09 01:27:00
?' ????? ???"?Annwyn 5Yesterday, as I was eating dinner, for a few simple startling moments in time, a strange alteration of consciousness silently occurred. No one noticed, but I definitely felt it. For those few moments between bites of food, even as others were conversing, the entire psycho-physical world "jumped" to a higher state of being, feeling less dense, as if gravity had decreased it's pull on materiality, and "brighter", as if the fabric of all spacetime was crisper, clearer and without obstruction. Even my physical body felt as if it had the strength and lightness of a small child, full of easy vigor.My consciousness settled back after the initial "grand" jump into a higher energy level than before the jump had happened - sort of like a few steps forward and one step back, with a net gain. This experience of consciousness felt to me like an electron must feel when it jumps from from one quantum energy level to another - that is how it felt - quantum in nature.I've ...
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Reyah - A Friend Like Me
2008-04-07 02:25:00
?' ????? ???"?Annwyn 3In follow-up to my Craftwork entry, Another Like Me, I've found a word to describe the kind of witchy-friend I am looking for - a reyah (????) meaning a "close friend" of the same soul-stuff. Given the complexity of my soul, such a witchy companion may be hard to find around here. But, I can't, won't believe that no other like me exists. Somewhere out there is a reyah for me.
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Asnat Bat Dinah & The Malach Michael
2008-04-06 20:31:00
?' ????? ???"?Annwyn 2Interestingly, in follow up to both Michael And Me and Muvhak, there is precedent for the malach Michael "coming down" to a female. It is to Asnat, the daughter of Dinah and the granddaughter of Yaakov.The Eishet Chayil website writes on Asnat:Yaakov however, would not let them kill this child. He took a piece of metal and engraved on it the Divine name and the according to Tzedah LaDerech, the following words " Whoever marries this girl should know that his children will be descendants of Jacob." He placed it on a chain and put it around the child's neck. He then left her in the field under a bush. It is for this reason that she was named Asnath, from the Hebrew word "Seneh" which means bush. Chazal explain that the Malach Michael came down, took to the child ...Somewhat similarly, Michael "came down" to me. Also interesting within the midrashic account, is the information that Dinah, Asnat's mother, was six years old when she was "kidnapped". I was six yea...

Muvhak
2008-04-06 19:37:00
?' ????? ???"?Annwyn 2In follow up to the entry, Michael And Me about a shabbat dream from a week ago, two items in the news today of events which occurred this most recent past shabbat, link all together to the concept of the birth of messianic consciousness:Teacher & Student Do Not Come Down Safe & SoundFoxnews, Sunday, April 6, 2008LONGMONT, Colo. ? A skydiving instructor and his student died Saturday after a fall while doing a tandem jump over Vance Brand Municipal Airport, airport manager Tim Barth said."Everything was normal. The parachute was fine," said Barth, who went to the scene after the accident. Barth said that about 100 feet from the ground, the instructor made a turn to land, with the wind behind him. About 50 feet from the ground, he made another turn but was going too fast and was too steep, Barth said.Moses DiesCNN, Sunday, April 6, 2008LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Charlton Heston, who won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and ...

Michael And Me
2008-03-30 01:27:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 24I dreamt.Very simply, giants were on the prowl, looking for Michael . But the giants couldn't find him, because Michael came down, safe and sound with me.I woke up.??????? ?????? ??????? ???????? ??????? ?????????, ??????? ???-?????? ???????, ????????? ??? ?????, ?????? ???-????????? ???????? ????? ??? ????? ??????; ??????? ?????? ???????? ???????, ????-?????????? ??????? ?????????.

Foundation Of The Fire
2008-03-27 00:04:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 20Another tragic apopsi connection of my writings to immediate news events. This time it is of Monday evening's entry, The Witch's Room (which describes my altar as built upon a foundation of books) with this morning's 3-building fire downtown in my hometown, where the "foundation" of the fire was a bookstore. When the fire event was described to me, the actual words the person used were - "the foundation of the fire was in the bookstore."Bookstore Blaze Engulfs BusinessesMarch 26, 2008DANVILLE ? The sky above downtown Danville was filled with smoke this morning as firefighters battled a blaze at Danville Bookworld at 109 N. Vermilion St. The fire also destroyed Briars and Brambles at 105 N. Vermilion St.Fire fighters got the call about 10:17 a.m., and the building was fully engulfed when they arrived.At first, there were concerns that someone was inside the building, but those concerns were dismissed after a search. Medix was called to the scene, although...
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Beit Zayin - BenZion
2008-03-26 02:05:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 20Baruch dayyan emet. ???? ???? ???Another tragic link of my writing to immediate news events. This time, it is of my early afternoon entry Eishet Chayil Of The House Of Zayin to a tragic motor vehicle accident which happened that very same night, reported the next day in Vos Iz Neias and today in Jewish And Breaking News:Jewish Philanthropist Rabbi Benzion Dunner Dies In CrashA prominent member of Britain's Jewish community was killed in a two-car smash on the Spur Road at the weekend.Wealthy philanthropist Rabbi Benzion Dunner died instantly when his 175,000 Pound Bentley Arnage was in collision with a Toyota Celica on the south-bound carriageway, around one-and-a-half miles from the Ashley Heath roundabout.News of the 45-year-old's tragic death was immediately posted on Jewish websites and, in accordance with the religion, his funeral was held within 24 hours.Rabbi Dunner, from Golders Green in London, is believed to have been on his way to an event at ...

In A Good Heart, Find Good Peace
2008-03-23 21:35:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 17In my natal chart, Neptune is found in Libra which itself is in the third House of Communication where the future is brought together and molded.In Torah Temimah it was shown that Neptune corresponds to tov (???) meaning good.Libra corresponds to the Hebrew letter lamed (?). Lamed is mystically associated with the heart of Chavah, in which rests a protected place for peace to unfold. What kind of peace? Good peace, like the good heart (Neptune in Libra) which brings it together, molds and gives birth to it.
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True Witnesses
2008-03-23 18:17:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 17Experience (Heart, Soul)I became a living experiencing acting intelligence (??? Chavah, 19),Space (Teli, Universe)brought down through the ninth astrological sign of the zodiac (Sagittarius), into beingTime (Cycle, Year)with ten, during the tenth month of the Hebrew calendar (Tevet).A proof of this, true witnesses in the Universe, Year, Souland a rule of twelve (??), and seven and three:set in the Teli, the Cycle, and the Heart.Sefer Yetzirah 6:1
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Perfectly And Abundantly Made
2008-03-23 15:30:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 17Ten Sefirot of Nothingness, ten and not nine, ten and not elevenUnderstand with Wisdom, be Wise with Understanding ...??? ?????? ?????, ??? ??? ???, ??? ??? ???-??????? ????? ???? ?????Sefer Yetzirah 1:4The moon (?) is in Virgo (?) in the second House of Acquisition of the zodiac in my sidereal natal chart. What does this ?? mean? It literally means "with ten". With ten what, exactly? There is "nothing" to tell me what "ten" ?? is referring to. Wait, I understand now! I remember the words "ten sefirot of nothingness, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven" that I am made with.The word for "ten" in the above excerpt from Sefer Yetzirah is ???. The shoresh ??? means "enriching", "being abundant", and "complete unit".The word for "nine" in the above excerpt is ???. The shoresh ??? means "decrease" and "less than a complete unit".The word for "eleven" in the above excerpt is ???-????. Here is where the vessels may become shattered. ??? is the feminine form of "o...
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Aiming High
2008-03-22 21:05:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 16With all the high-sounding posts about messianic consciousness and Divine Awareness, some people may think I'm crazy and would like to knock me off my witchy "high horse". Actually, I'm not crazy, I'm just clearly a sidereal Sagittarius who aims high! I am the witchy high horse I sit on. LOL.Fundamentals of Sagittarius:Element: Fire (?), eternal SourceQuality: Mutable (yechidah), soul of self-sacrifice able to reveal messianic TorahRuling Planet: Jupiter (?), shabbat consciousnessSymbol: Archer & Bow (?), hishtavut/equinimity and Divine BlessingKeywords: Adventurous, Enthusiastic, Freedom-Loving, Spontaneous
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Cheshbon HaNefesh & The Secrets Of Time
2008-03-22 19:29:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 16At the cusp of the tenth zodiac house, the House of National Soul, rests the zenith of the natal chart known as Midheaven (Medium Coeli, MC). Midheaven, situated above the place of birth, is the superconscious point connecting the incarnating life-force to it's mission goals for the particular lifetime into which it is evolving. In my sidereal natal chart, Midheaven is set in Taurus (Shor).The mazal of Taurus (corresponding to the power of the letter vav) contains the pristine and rectified spiritual origin of the nefesh soul and brings out into purposeful revelation:radiance and lightthe powers of contemplation, introspection and calculationnatural healingmastering the secrets of timethe power to connect and interrelate all elements within creationThus, the "national" origin of my nefesh is represented by the Hebrew letter vav and my introspective Torah is a radiant, light-filled, healing, masterful, connectively creative vav-Torah.
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Eishet Chayil Of The House Of Zayin
2008-03-22 18:02:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 16There are two astrologically significant points in the seventh House of Zayin in my sidereal natal chart. They are, like Betzalel and Ohaliov, artistic talent in partnership with the Divine:Venus - kaf (?), the power to actualize potential and manifest rectified Will.Chiron - ????, artistic molder, from the shoresh ??? meaning to purify, repair and correct; the ability to rectify Will; from which is derived the word ???, meaning to be molded, to mold - in other words "chiron" brings down the ability to mold (purify and form) and be molded into (actualize) one's messianic spark, represented by nun-sofit.The House of Zayin in my natal chart is in Aquarius (Dlee, ?), which brings out the ability to draw Divinity into manifest revelation.The configuration of the seventh house offers insight into the Divine "I" as a helpmate to the personal "self" as described in the first house of the zodiac.

Categories Of Ignorance
2008-03-22 15:56:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 16Kabbalah teaches there are four categories of ignorance. They are passive ignorance, active ignorance, essential ignorance, and enlightened ignorance.Passive ignorance is easy to understand and easy to come by. It's what fills a person's head after a lifetime spent in front of a television set. It is the inevitable and automatic outcome of doing nothing with one's mind.The passively ignorant do not care to understand anything.Active ignorance is commonly mistaken for knowledge, so that although we imagine that we go to school in order to fill our heads with wisdom, we are really there to exchange one type of ignorance for another. Active ignorance is particularly deceptive because it parades in academic (or religious) trappings. Moreover, it often reflects immense scholarly effort and occasionally, true creative brilliance. It is, nonetheless, false, and its effects are as pernicious as those of passive ignorance.The actively ignorant think they compre...
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Stones Of Memory
2008-03-22 02:23:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 16My astrological sun sign using the tropical zodiac is Capricorn. However, the more accurate sidereal zodiac used by astronomers is the zodiac I have been using to interpret my natal birth chart. Using the sidereal zodiac, my astrological sun sign is Sagittarius.In my sidereal natal chart, there are 4 planets under the encircling embrace of Sagittarius (?), the sidereal sun sign of my birth. They are, in order:Jupiter - tav (?)Sun - dalet (?)Saturn - reish (?)Mercury - pei (?)The inner two planets, the Sun and Saturn (dweller, ??), are surrounded by Jupiter and Mercury (middle ear, ??). Significantly, the inner stone (dar, ??) called dweller establishes Malchut, and the satellite stone (socharet, ??) called middle ear establishes Binah. Together, they form the stones of memory.
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Purim Stones - Selection & Clarity
2008-03-21 01:49:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 15Just in time for Purim! I received the tumbled garnet stone, garnet earrings, and the garnet and onyx pendant I ordered a few days ago in the mail this afternoon. Garnet is my birthstone.Happy Purim!Related Walking On Fire Entries:Disasters That Never HappenedThe Contest That Never HappenedConsciousness Without DeathUp From The GraveHoly Holy Holy HostThe Holy Serpent & Creating The FutureScepter Of Selection Other Related Articles:Almog & CoralThe Pur Of PurimGarnet, The Pomegranate Stone Of Seven SpeciesOnyx, The Stone Of Clarity
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Light Of The Land
2008-03-20 22:21:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 14Today is Ostara (Alban Eilir), the Sabbat fire festival marking the vernal equinox, which fell at 12:48 AM this morning in my time zone. Ostara celebrates the light of the land (aur ha-aretz), the astronomical first day of spring and renewal.Aurora Borealis, The Northern Light s
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My Grandson The Prizewinning Author
2008-03-19 23:20:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 13I just received good news! My 8-year old eldest grandson Tyler won first place in our city's Young Author s contest, which included contestants from all area schools. His prizewinning story is titled Harry And Sam.American novelist, film screenwriter and poet William Faulkner, winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize for literature and two Pulitzer Prizes, is Tyler's kin through my mother's mother's father's ancestral line.Mazel tov to my grandson Tyler!
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Disasters That Never Happened
2008-03-18 12:58:00
?'? ???? ?' ???"?Raven 12I dreamt all night last night of tragedies, both personal and global, that never happened. At one point in the night, before I realized that these were things that could have but didn't happen, I woke up crying, tossing and turning before finally falling back asleep to dream more.I came to realize that these were things that never happened, and thus were not going to happen, because, of the personal things I was shown, all except one was of real events in my life over several decades ago that could have, but didn't result in the tragedy I saw. The only other personal event I was shown revolved around a current concern of mine - I was shown the tragic outcome. Consequently, as all the other tragic outcomes didn't happen, neither will this situation that I am concerned about have a tragic outcome. And neither will the global disaster I was shown - it too, isn't going to happen.I am so tired this morning.
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In The News: Searchers Look For The Pit
2008-03-16 19:07:00
?' ???? ?' ???"?Raven 10Ohmygosh. Correspondences to the pit uncovered in my shabbat morning vision and the incense compound entries from yesterday are right on top of "the news" today. CNN reports:Searchers Find Possible Graves At Manson CompoundMarch 16, 2008DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, California (AP) -- Bone-white stretches of salt, leached up from the lifeless soil, lay like a shroud over the high desert where a paranoid Charles Manson holed up after an orgy of murder nearly four decades ago.Results of just-completed follow-up (investigative forensic) tests suggest bodies could indeed be lying beneath the parched ground. The test findings -- described in detail to The Associated Press, which had accompanied the site search -- conclude there are two likely clandestine grave sites at Barker Ranch, and one additional site that merits further investigation.Afterward, Daniel Larson took up his part of the investigation. The head of the archaeology department at California State Uni...
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The Contest That Never Happened
2008-03-16 16:55:00
?' ???? ?' ???"?Raven 10I dreamt.A jousting match had been set up between the two "warring" factions of the kingdom to decide the singular united fate of the kingdom. Each side sent it's undefeated hero.I saw the dark knight holding his uniquely long jousting stick which glistened with radiant sparks of light at his side as he rode upon his dark steed into the place where the jousting match had been set up. He had never been defeated and was without a doubt that he would win this joust with the opposition's hero.Then, I was no longer watching him, I was upon my own light steed. With my equally uniquely long jousting stick which glistened with radiant sparks of light at my side, I rode up to the place where the jousting match had been set up. I had never been defeated and I knew without a doubt that I wouldn't be in this match either.I watched him watch her as she rode up to the place after he had already arrived. He saw her as a woman robed in light. He wasn't even going to tr...
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Consciousness Without Death
2008-03-16 01:28:00
?' ???? ?' ???"?Raven 10In Unblemished Mitzvah, I wrote that my soul is watered by a treasure of the hidden world, namely that known as Ein (???), meaning "nothing" or "without". Ein is the state of nothing which precedes conscious awareness of Ein Sof (??? ???, Without End). Conscious awareness of Ein Sof is known as Ein Sof Aur (??? ??? ???), the Light of Ein Sof.This shabbat morning, before I wrote the entry, Unblemished Mitzvah, I had a waking vision of resurrection, as described in a subsequent entry, Up From The Grave.Between Ein and Aur, between nothing and conscious awareness, in the name Ein Sof Aur, is the word Sof. Sof is usually translated as "end". Interestingly, another translation of "sof" is "death". Thus, a literal translation of Ein Sof Aur is "without death awareness". In other words, Ein Sof Aur is conscious awareness experienced within a state without death.Thus, my writings today have gone from Ein (Unblemished Mitzvah and Holy Holy Holy Host) to Ein Sof (Up ...
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Up From The Grave
2008-03-16 00:23:00
?' ???? ?' ???"?Raven 10As I was waking up this shabbat morning, I had the most strikingly clear vision. I was hovering over the the surface of the earth looking down into a pit-like place which had been dug. It looked like a grave that had been opened up through aeons of time. The shadowy place was so essentially peaceful and reverberated with an embracing accumulation of many ancient, ancient days. The earth in which the pit had been dug had the smell of timeless eternity. I can't describe the excited tranquility that ran through me as I looked down into the dug pit of the earth to see ...... an ancient box, like a sarcophagus. On it's dark lid was deeply inscribed a large pentacle of protection and identification. The sight was electrifying!I came awake as the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I felt I had touched a beautiful secret and was participating in a resurrection of that contained within the box.
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Holy Holy Holy Host
2008-03-15 19:39:00
?' ???? ?' ???"?Raven 9Tzav, Pakod, Meumah - Holy , Holy, HolyIn Unblemished Mitzvah I brought down the idea that the vulnerability of meumah to blemish (mum) is neutralized by the presence of tzav (command of mobilization), and that materiality neutralized of potential blemish is actualized through the endless action pakod. Remembering.Interestingly, as mentioned in the earlier entry, meumah and tzav each have a gematria of 92. The digit sum of 92 is 11. Eleven is the number of Temple incense spices corresponding to the rectification of Tohu (the state from which the vessels may shatter and become seemingly disconnected from Wholeness), the elevation of Tohu back into the realm of Holiness, and the "distillation and transformation of all corporeality and physicality into supernal luminescence."Torah instructs us not to duplicate the Temple incense compound for personal use, lest s/he be "cut off" (shattered and seemingly disconnected). In other words, the duplication of meumah imp...
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Unblemished Mitzvah
2008-03-15 17:52:00
?' ???? ?' ???"?Raven 9In Treasure From The Hidden World, in analysis of my natal birth chart, I wrote that the "water" flowing through my soul is an unblemished flowing treasure of the hidden world; that is, Consciousness flows through me as it existed before the shattering of the vessels which occurred in the world of Beriyah, the first world of nature "distinct" or apparently "separate" from the Divine. In other words, the heavens and the earth declare and testify my individuality to be a clear conduit for Divine Awareness, a realized tzelem of the Divine Above Nature, a ?????? of flawlessly lucid clarity.In kabbalah, the unblemished hidden world is known as the world of nothing (ein, ???), as opposed to the revealed world of something (meumah, ?????). The Torah story of the akeidah (binding of Yitzchak) informs us that "meumah" is the source of spiritual blemish (a mum).Meumah has a gematria of 92. Interestingly, there are 92 naturally occurring elements in nature, the world o...