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The Zohar teaches that it is the primordial elements — the trinity of Fire, Air and Water — the four cardinal points, and all the Forces of Nature, which form collectively the Voice of the Will ''Memrab'', or the “ Word,” the Logos of the Absolute Silent all. “ The indivisible point, limitless and unknowable ” spreads itself over the endless space, and thus forms a veil (the Mulaprakriti of Parabraham) which conceils this Absolute point. (''Vide infra''). | The Zohar teaches that it is the primordial elements — the trinity of Fire, Air and Water — the four cardinal points, and all the Forces of Nature, which form collectively the Voice of the Will ''Memrab'', or the “ Word,” the Logos of the Absolute Silent all. “ The indivisible point, limitless and unknowable ” spreads itself over the endless space, and thus forms a veil (the Mulaprakriti of Parabraham) which conceils this Absolute point. (''Vide infra''). | ||
In the cosmogonies of all the nations it is the “ Architects ” synthesized by Demiurgos (in the Bible the “ Elohim ”), who fashion Kosmos out of Chaos, and who are the collective ''Theos'', “ male-female,” Spirit and matter. “ By a series ( | In the cosmogonies of all the nations it is the “ Architects ” synthesized by Demiurgos (in the Bible the “ Elohim ”), who fashion Kosmos out of Chaos, and who are the collective ''Theos'', “ male-female,” Spirit and matter. “ By a series (''yom'') of foundations (''hasoth'') the Alhim caused earth and heaven to be ” (Gen. ii., 4). In the Bible it is first ''Alhim'', then Jahva-Alhim, and finally Jehovah — after the separation of the sexes in chapter iv. of Genesis. It is noticeable that nowhere, except in the later, the ''last ''Cosmogonies of our Fifth race, is the ineffable and unutterable {{Style S-Small capitals|Name}} ‡ — the symbol of the Unknown Deity, which was used only in the {{Style S-Small capitals|Mysteries}} — used in connection with the “ Creation ” of the Universe. It is the “ Movers,” the “ Runners,” the ''theoi ''(from ''θέειν'', “ to run ”), who do the work of formation, the “ Messengers ” of the manvantaric law, who have now become in Christianity the “ messengers ” (malachim) ; and it seems the same in Hinduism or early Brahmanism. For it is not Brahmâ who creates in the ''Rig Veda'', but the Prajâpati, the “ Lords of Being,” who are the ''Rishis ; ''the word ''Rishi ''(according to Professor Mahadeo Kunte) being connected with the word to move, to lead on, applied to them in their terrestrial character, when, as Patriarchs, they lead their hosts on the Seven Rivers. | ||
Moreover, the very word “ God ” in the singular, embracing all the gods — or ''theos ''from ''theoi'' — came to the “ superior ” civilized nations from a strange source, one entirely and as pre-eminently ''phallic ''as the | Moreover, the very word “ God ” in the singular, embracing all the gods — or ''theos ''from ''theoi'' — came to the “ superior ” civilized nations from a strange source, one entirely and as pre-eminently ''phallic ''as the | ||