Chapter 4

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of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: hardness, strength and weakness.

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symbolize wisdom, wealth, fruitfulness, life, dominion, peace and beauty.

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Seven double letters serve to signify tho antithesis to which human life is exposed. The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruit- fulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness.

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The seven double consonants are analogous to the six dimensions: height and depth, East and West, North and South, and the holy temple that stands in the centre, which carries them all.

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six, they are seven and not eight; reflect upon this cul ete 1 tatu cal eta teu Ciu clio actu qaq Laval Can: (dat a Sito (at. Ede, acu Cen aea. ald Cou actu era icc ace ole CuO actu Acco A1. 100 acl Cul eco Cun 286 fact, inquire about it, and make it so evident, that”? tho Creator acknowledged to on His throne The seven double consonants, stamina, having been designed and established, combined, weighed, and changed by God, He formed by them: seven planets in the world, seven days in the year, seven gates, openings of the senses, in man, male and

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The seven planets in the world are 39 Saturn, Jupi- ter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. Seven days in the year are tho seven days of the week; seven gales in man, male and female, are: two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and the mouth.

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First Division. He let the letter 3 predominate in wisdom, crowned it, combined one with the other and formed by them: the moon in the world, the first day in the year, and the right eye in man, male and

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SECOND Division. He let the letter 3 predominate in wealth, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them: Mars in the world, the second day in the year, and the right ear in man, male and lALGL iku Elo ALd ema atu 4 Cra totu: cade (dac a, inil Bang eta ocu: Elo acc Gan Cou: acl DO aos, tiba dtu: Een Lack tuwa dac Cac Een cium ical Cac Ton Division. He let the letter predominate in producibility, crowned it, combined ono with the other, and formed by them: the sun in tho world, the third day in the year, the right nostril in man, male and female.

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Fourt Drvigrow. He let the letter 5 predominate in life, crowned it, combined one with tho other, and formed by them: Venus in the world, the fourth day in the year, and the loft eyo in man, male and

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Division. He let the letter predominate in dominion, crowned it, combined ono with tho other, and formed by them: Mercury in the world, the fifth day in the year, and the left ear in man, male and

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SixrH Division. He let tho letter 5 predominate in peace, crowned it, combined ono with the other, and formed by them: Saturn in the world, the sixth day in the year, and the left nostril in man, male and

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SEVENTH Division. let the letter predominate in beauty, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them: Jupiter in the world, the seventh day in the year, and the mouth of man, male and female. Deo Den misi cux yaw 81 BEPHER YEZIRAH.

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designed seven worlds seven heavens, seven lands, (probably seven seas, (probably around seven rivers, seven deserts, seven days a week, seven weeks from Passover to Pente- cost, there is a cycle of seven years, the seventh is the release year, and after seven release years is bilee. Hence, God loves the number seven under the whole heaven.’ (In the whole

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Two stones build two houses, three stones build six houses, four build twenty-four houses, five build one hundred and twenty houses, six build seven hundred and twenty houses and seven build five thousand and forty?? houses. From thence further go and reckon what the mouth cannot express and the ear cannot hear.