“Woe to him who makes God to be unto like any mode or attribute…
Arthur Edward Waite (pages 35-36)
Woe more if he make Him like unto sons of man,
whose elements are earthly, and so are consumed and perish!
There can be no conception attained of Him (God) except in so far as He manifests Himself when exercising dominion by and through some attribute.”
Tag: The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah
What’s Inside?
“As fear is outwardly inferior to love,
The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah (page 342)
so love is inwardly inferior to fear.”
Ignoring The Divine
“They do not investigate the material of corruptible bodies; their generation operates independently of any foreign action, sustained by prayer and divine grace.”
The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah (page 451)
"...The symbol of chemistry is drawn from creation..."
“…who save and purify the divine soul enchained in the elements, and, above all, who separate the divine spirit confoundedy with the flesh.”
The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah (page 451)
Supernal
The Number Veil
“The Degree of Knight once existed
The device was:”*
among (this) fraternity
which were termed high by their disciples
and spurious
by some who resented innovations;
and especially those who led to nothing.
‘It defines the Kabbalist as a man
who has acquired the Sacerdotal Art
and The Royal Art
by the communication of the tradition.
Finding the Balance of Harmony
“The closest approximation to truth
is found usually
in the mean of extreme views.”
“In the light of fuller knowledge it
The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah (page 117)
will be thought that the claim has lapsed,
or only remains as a pious belief
prevailing among an uncritical minority. …
Whose mental bias predisposes them
to the defense of exploded views.
In such a case, however,
an indiscriminate rejection
is not much less superficial
than an unenquiring acquiescence of a non-proven claim.
The history of debated questions
of his kind
teaches another lesson,
and the closest approximation to truth
is found usually
in the mean of extreme views.”
What Happens To Man?
Mental and Emotional Maturity
“The Zohar explains it as follows:
The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah (page 203)
‘When man comes into the world,
it appears in him at that moment the evil spirit
which always arraigns him…
This evil spirit never forsakes man
from the day he is born into the world.
But the spirit comes to the man
from the clay he is made clean.
When does a man become clean?
At the age of thirteen years.
Then he joins himself with both spirits,
one on the right and one on the left,
and these are the two spirit
which are appointed
ever to remain by man.
If he strive after perfection,
the evil spirit is restrained,
so that the right rules the left
and both unite to secure him in all his ways.'”