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afraid of thee.'
828. The Name of the Lord is this very Name of Tetragrammaton, which formeth the canals and hollows of
the phylacteries.
829. "And therefore is it said: 'Wisdom crieth without,' Prov. i. 20, because it is herein found (i.e., in
Microprosopus).
830. "For truly the Ancient of the Ancient Ones, even He who is concealed with all concealments, is not
found, neither doth His wisdom come forth (openly); seeing that His wisdom is concealed in all, and doth not
make itself manifest.
831. "And since there are four (forms of the) brain associated together, and that herefrom, even from
Microprosopus, there flow down four fountains in four directions, and that they are all distributed from one
fountain, which proceedeth from them all, therefore are there four.
832. Also we have learned: From the Wisdom which is comprehended in the Quaternary the hairs flow down,
which hang in curls upon curls, and all are strong and close, and they extend and flow down singly each in its
own direction.
833. "And so many thousand thousand myriads of myriads depend from them that they are innumerable.
834. "This is that same which is written, Cant. v. 11: 'His locks are bushy, ThLThLIM, Teltelim,' as if it were
ThLI ThLIM, curls heaped upon curls.
835. "And all are strong and close (fit) for breaking ( whatsoever is opposed to them), hard as the rock, and as
hardest stone.
836. "Until they can make openings in the skull, and the fountains can flow down beneath the locks, those
strong fountains flow forth in separate directions, and in separate ways.
837. "And because those locks are black and obscure, it is written, Job xii. 22: 'He discovereth deep things
out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.'
838. "Also we have learned that those hairs of the beard are so much harder than those hairs of the head,
because these alone make themselves so prominent, and are easily found, and are hard in their paths.
839. "Wherefore sayest thou that they are hard? Is it because they all symbolize Judgment? By no means; for
truly in those dispositions Mercy as well as Judgment is found.
840. "When the thirteen fountains of the rivers of oil descend, all these are mercies.
841. "But yet we have learned that all those hairs of the beard are hard. Wherefore? Those which symbolize
mercies necessarily must be hard in order to divert the course of Judgment.
842. "And all those which denote Judgment, are also firm; and therefore it is necessary in every instance that
they should both be hard. 843. "When the Universe hath need of Mercy, mercies are strong, and prevail over
Judgment; but when it requireth Judgment, Judgment is strong, and prevaileth over Mercy; and therefore is it
necessary that in each instance they should be firm and strong.
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844. "And whensoever Mercy is required, those hairs which symbolize Mercy stand forth, and the beard is
evident in those hairs only (otherwise, is contained by those hairs only), and all are abundant mercies.
845. "But when Judgment is required the beard is evident in those hairs only (which denote judgment), and all
consist in judgments.
846. "But when that holy white beard is uncovered, all these ( hairs denoting Mercy) and all those (hairs
denoting Judgment) are alike illuminated and made brilliant, like as when a man cleanseth himself in a deep
river from his uncleanness.
847. "And all consist together in Mercy, and there is no Judgment to be found at all.
848. "And when all those nine forms shine together, all are made white with Mercy.
849. "And therefore Moses saith in another place, Num. xiv. 18: 'Tetragrammaton is ARK APIM, Arikh
Aphim, long-suffering ( literally long of nose), and of great mercy.'
850. "And that which he had said concerning truth, Exod. xxxiv. 6, he addeth not (in this passage), because
the Arcanum of the matter is these nine measurements which shine down from the Ancient of Days into
Microprosopus.
851. "For when Moses in the second passage rehearseth these praises of God, Num. xxiv. 18, he enumereth
the nine conformations; and these are the conformations of the beard, even those which are found in
Microprosopus, and descend from the Ancient of Days and shine down into Him.
852. "The word AMTh, Emeth, Truth, therefore dependeth from the Ancient One; whence in this passage
Moses saith not: 'And in truth.'
853. "We have learned that the hairs of the head of Microprosopus are all hard and curling, and not soft.
854. "For we see that in Him three forms of the brain are found in the three cavities (of the skull), which shine
forth from the hidden and concealed brain.
855. "And because the brain of the Ancient of Days is tranquil and quiet, like good wine upon the tees, hence
all His hairs are soft, and anointed with excellent oil.
856. "And therefore is it written, Dan. vii. 9: 'His head like pure wool.'
857. "But those which are in Microprosopus are partly hard, and partly not hard, because they all hang down,
and are not diverted from their course.
858. "And therefore Wisdom floweth forth and proceedeth ( therefrom); but it is not the Wisdom of
Wisdom, for that is quiet and tranquil.
859. "For we have learned that no one knoweth the brain of the Ancient of Days save Himself alone. 860. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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