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listeth." The normal man is less than a straw.
"Similia similibus curantur," we find this Ruach also the symbol of the Spirit.
RVCh ALHIM, the Spirit of God, is 300, the number of the holy letter Shin. As
this is the breath, which by its nature is double, the two edges of the Sword,
the letter H symbolises breath, and H is the letter of Aries -- the House of
Mars, of the Sword: and H is also the letter of the Mother; this is the link
between the Sword and the Cup.>> {91}
The connection between Breath and Mind has been supposed by some to exist
merely in etymology. But the connection is a truer one.
undoubted that Ruach means primarily "that which moves or revolves," "a going,"
"a wheel," "the wind," and that its secondary meaning was mind because of the
observed instability of mind, and its tendency to a circular motion. "Spiritus"
only came to mean Spirit in the modern technical sense owing to the efforts of
the theologians. We have an example of the proper use of the word in the term:
Spirit of Wine -- the airy portion of wine. But the word "inspire" was perhaps
derived from observing the derangement of the breathing of persons in divine
ecstasy.>>
In any case there is undoubtedly a connection between the respiratory and
mental functions. The Student will find this out by practising Pranayama. By
this exercise some thoughts are barred, and those which do come into the mind
come more slowly than before, so that the mind has time to perceive their
falsity and to destroy them.
On the blade of the Magick Sword is etched the name AGLA, a Notariqon formed
from the initials of the sentence "Ateh Gibor Leolahm Adonai," "To thee be the
Power unto the Ages, O my lord."
And the acid which eats into the steel should be oil of vitrol. Vitrol is a
Notariqon of "Visita Interiora Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem."
That is to say: By investigating everything and bringing it into harmony and
proportion you will find the hidden stone, the same stone of the philosophers of
which mention has already been made, which turns all into gold. This oil which
can eat into the steel, is further that which is written, Liber LXV, i, 16: "As
an acid eats into steel . . . so am I unto the Spirit of Man."
Note how closely woven into itself is all this symbolism!
The centre of Ruach being the heart, it is seen that this Sword of the Ruach
must be thrust by the Magician into his own heart.
But there is a subsequent task, of which it is spoken -- Liber VII, v, 47.
"He shall await the sword of the Beloved and bare his throat for the stroke."
In the throat is Daath -- the throne of Ruach. Daath is knowledge. This final
destruction of knowledge opens the gate of the City of the Pyramids.
It is also written, Liber CCXX, iii, 11: "Let the woman be girt with a sword
before me." But this refers to the arming of Vedana with Sanna, the overcoming
of emotion by clarity of perception.
It is also spoken, Liber LXV, v, 14, of the Sword of Adonai, "that hath four
blades, the blade of the Thunderbolt, the blade of the Pylon, the blade of the
Serpent, the blade of the Phallus."
But this Sword is not for the ordinary Magician. For this is the Sword
flaming every way that keeps Eden, and in this Sword the Wand and the Cup are
concealed -- so that although the being of the Magician {92} is blasted by the
Thunderbolt, and poisoned by the Serpent, at the same time the organs whose
union is the supreme sacrament are left in him.
At the coming of Adonai the individual is destroyed in both senses. He is
shattered into a thousand pieces, yet at the same time united with the
simple
Taro is Pe, Mars, the Sword.)>>
Of this it is also spoken by St. Paul in his Epistle to the Church in
Thessalonica: "For the Lord shall descend from Heaven, with a shout, with the
voice of the Archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall
rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with
them into the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be for ever
with the Lord."
The stupid interpretation of this verse as prophetic of a "second advent"
need not concern us; every word of it is, however, worthy of profound
consideration.
"The Lord" is Adonai -- which is the Hebrew for "my Lord"; and He descends
from heaven, the supernal Eden, the Sahasrara Cakkra in man, with a "shout," a
"voice," and a "trump," again airy symbols, for it is air that carries sound.
These sounds refer to those heard by the Adept at the moment of rapture.
This is most accurately pictured in the Tarot Trump called "The Angel," which
corresponds to the letter Shin, the letter of Spirit and of Breath.
The whole mind of man is rent by the advent of Adonai, and is at once caught
up into union with Him. "In the air," the Ruach.
Note that etymologically the word {greek letters here: sigma-upsilon-nu},
"together with," is the Sanskrit "Sam;" and the Hebrew ADNI is the Sanskrit
ADHI.
The phrase "together with the Lord," is then literally identical with the
word Samadhi, which is the Sanskrit name of the phenomenon described by Saint
Paul, this union of the ego and the non-ego, subject and object, this chymical
marriage, and thus identical with the symbolism of the Rosy Cross, under a
slightly different aspect.
And since marriage can only take place between one and one, it is evident
that no idea can thus be united, unless it is simple.
Hence every idea must be analysed by the Sword. Hence, too, there must only
be a single thought in the mind of the person meditating.
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