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-{{Style P-No indent|religions, from the Vedic to the Egyptian, from the Zoroastrian to the Jewish. In the case of the last-mentioned, the Kabalistic works offer abundant proof of this statement. The entire system of the Kabalistic numerals is based on the divine septenary hanging from the Triad (thus forming the ''Decade'') and its permutations 7, 5, 4, and 3, which, finally, all merge into the one itself&nbsp;: an endless and boundless Circle.}}
+{{Style P-No indent|religions, from the Vedic to the Egyptian, from the Zoroastrian to the Jewish. In the case of the last-mentioned, the Kabalistic works offer abundant proof of this statement. The entire system of the Kabalistic numerals is based on the divine septenary hanging from the Triad (thus forming the ''Decade'') and its permutations 7, 5, 4, and 3, which, finally, all merge into the {{Style S-Small capitals|one}} itself&nbsp;: an endless and boundless Circle.}}
-“&nbsp;The Deity (the ever Invisible Presence),” says the Zohar, “&nbsp;manifests itself through the ''ten ''Sephiroth which are its radiating witnesses. The Deity is like the Sea from which outflows a stream called wisdom, the waters of which fall into a lake named Intelligence. From the basin, like seven channels, issue the Seven Sephiroth. . . . . For ''ten equal seven&nbsp;: ''the Decade contains ''four ''Unities and ''three ''Binaries.” The ten Sephiroth correspond to the limbs of {{Style S-Small capitals|man}}. “&nbsp;When I framed Adam Kadmon,” the Elohim are made to say, “&nbsp;the Spirit of the Eternal shot out of his Body like a sheet of lightning that radiated at once on the billows of the ''Seven ''millions of skies, and my ''ten ''splendours were his limbs.” But neither the Head nor the shoulders of Adam-Kadmon can be seen&nbsp;; therefore we read in the ''Sephra Dzenioutha ''(the “&nbsp;Book of the Concealed Mystery&nbsp;”)&nbsp;:&nbsp;—&nbsp;
+“&nbsp;The Deity (the ever Invisible Presence),” says the Zohar, “&nbsp;manifests itself through the ''ten ''Sephiroth which are its radiating witnesses. The Deity is like the Sea from which outflows a stream called {{Style S-Small capitals|wisdom}}, the waters of which fall into a lake named Intelligence. From the basin, like seven channels, issue the Seven Sephiroth. . . . . For ''ten equal seven&nbsp;: ''the Decade contains ''four ''Unities and ''three ''Binaries.” The ten Sephiroth correspond to the limbs of {{Style S-Small capitals|man}}. “&nbsp;When I framed Adam Kadmon,” the Elohim are made to say, “&nbsp;the Spirit of the Eternal shot out of his Body like a sheet of lightning that radiated at once on the billows of the ''Seven ''millions of skies, and my ''ten ''splendours were his limbs.” But neither the Head nor the shoulders of Adam-Kadmon can be seen&nbsp;; therefore we read in the ''Sephra Dzenioutha ''(the “&nbsp;Book of the Concealed Mystery&nbsp;”)&nbsp;:&nbsp;—&nbsp;
 “&nbsp;In the beginning of Time, after the Elohim (the “&nbsp;Sons of Light and Life,” or the “&nbsp;Builders&nbsp;”) had shaped out of the eternal Essence the Heavens and the Earth, they formed the worlds six by six, the seventh being ''Malkuth'', which is our Earth (see ''Mantuan Codex'') on its plane, and the lowest on all the other planes of conscious existence. The Chaldean ''Book of Numbers ''contains a detailed explanation of all this. “&nbsp;The first triad of the body of Adam Kadmon (the three upper planes of the seven&nbsp;*) cannot be seen before the soul stands in the presence of the Ancient of Days.” The Sephiroth of this upper triad are&nbsp;:&nbsp;—&nbsp;“&nbsp;1, ''Kether ''(the Crown) represented by the brow of Macroprosopos&nbsp;; 2, ''Chochmah ''(Wisdom, a male Principle) by his right shoulder&nbsp;; and 3, ''Binah ''(Intelligence, a female Principle) by the left shoulder.” Then come the ''seven ''limbs (or Sephiroth) on the planes of manifestation, the totality of these four planes being represented by ''Microprosopus ''(the