Second Knowledge Lecture (1=10)
(in note form)
The Three Principles (gunas):
Sulphur (rajas) (active)
Mercury (sattvas) (balancing)
Salt (tamas) (passive)
The Planetary Metals
Silver, Gold, Mercury, Copper, Iron, Tin, Lead
Alchemical Terms
Sol Philosophorum
The Pure Living Alchemical Spirit of Gold
the refined essence of heat and fire
Luna Philosophorum
The Pure Living Alchemical Spirit of Silver
the refined essence of heat and moisture
The Green Lion
The Stem and Root of the Radical Essence of Metals
The Black Dragon
Death, Putrefaction, Decay
The Red King
The Qabalistic Microprosopus of Tiphareth
The White Queen
The Qabalistic Bride of Microprosopus, Malkah
The Four Orders of the Elements:
Gnomes
Sylphs
Undines
Salamanders
The Kerubim,
the Living Powers of Tetragrammaton on the Material Plane, and the Presidents of the Four Elements.
Operating through the Kerubic (fixed) Signs:
Air----------Man--------Aquarius
Fire---------Lion---------Leo
Earth--------Bull----------Taurus
Water-------Eagle---------Scorpio
Tetragrammaton, the Four Lettered Name
YHVH
The Laver of Water of Purification refers to the waters of Binah, the Female Power reflected in the Waters of Creation.
The Altar of Burnt Offering for the sacrifice of animals symbolizes the Qlippoth, or Evil Demons of the plane coniguous to and below the Material Universe. It points out that our passions should be sacrificed.
The Qlippoth are the Evil Demons of Matter and the Shells of the Dead.
The Altar of Incense in the Tabernacle was overlaid with gold. Ours is Black to symbolize our work which is to seperate the philosophic Gold from the Black Dragon of Matter.
The Twenty-Two Paths are bound together by the Serpent of Wisdom. It unites the Paths but does not touch any of the Sephiroth, which are linked by the Flaming Sword.
The Flaming Sword is formed by the Natural Order of the Tree of Life. It resembles a Flash of Lightning.
Together the Sephiroth and the Twenty-Two Paths form the 32 Paths of the Sefer Yetzirah, or Book of Formation.
The Two Pillars on either side of the Altar represent:
Active: The White Pillar on the South Side. Male. Adam. Pillar of Light and Fire. Right Kerub. Metatron.
Passive: The Black Pillar on the North Side. Female. Eve. Pillar of Cloud. Left Kerub. Sandalphon.
THE SECOND MEDITATION
Straight Line to Square to Cube
Minerals and Crystals
Salt
Earth Spirits
Earth Triplicity
Bull Virgin Goat
(Kerubic Earth - Mutable Earth - Cardinal Earth)
The Four Worlds of the Qabalah:
ATZILUTH Archetypal (Pure Diety)
BRIAH Creative (Archangelic)
YETZIRAH Formative (Angelic)
ASSIAH Action--Matter, Man, Shells, Demons
The Houses (Heavens) of the Material World (Assiah):
1. Primum Mobile
2. Sphere of the Zodiac
3. Sphere of Saturn
4. Sphere of Jupiter
5. Sphere of Mars
6. Sphere of the Sun
7. Sphere of Venus
8. Sphere of Mercury
9. Sphere of the Moon
10. Sphere of the Elements
DIVINE NAMES, ARCHANGELS, AND ANGELS
(Sphere - Divine Name - Archangel - Choir of Angels)
Kether - Eheieh - Metatron - Chayoth ha-Qadesh
Chokmah - Yah - Raziel - Ophanim (Wheels)
Binah - Yhvh Elohim - Tzaphkeil - Aralim (Thrones)
Chesed - El - Tzadkiel - Chashmalim (Lightbearers)
Geburah - Elohim Gibor - Kamael - Seraphim (Firey Ones)
Tiphareth - Yhvh Eloah VeDaath - Raphael - Melekim (Kings)
Netzach - Yhvh Tzabaoth - Haniel - Elohim (Mighty Ones)
Hod - Elohim Tzabaoth - Michael - Beni Elohim (Sons of the Mighty Ones)
Yesod - Shaddai El Chai - Gabriel - Kerubim (Strong Ones)
Malkuth - Adonai ha-Aretz - Sandalphon - Ashim (Virile Ones)
PLANETARY NAMES, ANGELS, INTELLIGENCES AND SPIRITS
(Planet - Hebrew Name - Angel - Intelligence (+) - Spirit (-))
Saturn - Shabbathai - Cassiel - Agiel - Zazel
Jupiter - Tzedek - Sachiel - Lophiel - Hismael
Mars - Madim - Zamael - Graphiel - Bartzabel
Sun - Shemesh - Michael - Nakhiel - Sorath
Venus - Noagh - Hanael - Hagiel - Kedemel
Mercury - Kokab - Raphael - Tiriel - Taphthartharath
Moon - Levannah - Gabriel - Malkah be Tarshisim ve-ad Ruachoth Schechalim - Schad Barschemoth ha- Shartathan