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lJ?l trembling. see Exodus 15: 15. 276<br />

shepherd, to graze a flock; friend,<br />

companion; evil.<br />

39th name of Shem ha-Mephorash, short<br />

form. see 306 & Appendix 10.<br />

f? %' River of judgement; fluvius iudicum<br />

[K.D.L.C.K. p. 1771. The Aesch Mezareph: yar<br />

din is the river of judgement flowing out of the<br />

north. [Westcott, 1997, p. 91 On the Cube of<br />

Space, the northern face is attributed to Mars; the<br />

path of Shin (Key 20, Judgment) connects the<br />

northern (Mars) and southern (Sun) faces. The<br />

Mars force must be directed to the Sun via<br />

transformation and resurrection (Shin) to avoid<br />

"evil".<br />

P'rYlN On the rear, hindmost, backward<br />

posterior. K.D.L.C.K. (p.72) "Which pertains to<br />

Malkuth, and it is so-called because it is last (in<br />

order) from the Atziluth plane."<br />

;PJj ;Rrl domicilum pulchrum; beautiful<br />

dwelling [K.D.L.C.K. p.3951. A reference to the<br />

2"* Heh of IHVH, which pertains also to<br />

Malkuth, and is one of the names for the divine<br />

presence, Shekinah, who is moreover called the<br />

stone, ll (pearl) and the beautiful dwelling; that<br />

is, when she departs form her archetypal home in<br />

, Binah to dwell in the kingdom of God. The<br />

divine presence brings the friendship of the<br />

father.<br />

IQlO scripture [Crowley, 1977, p. 321. This<br />

word is not found in scripture.<br />

Of '10 d'olivet: The circumferential sign joined<br />

to that of movement proper, constitutes a root<br />

which issue all ideas of disorder, perversion,<br />

contortion, apostasy; also those of force,<br />

audacity, return, education, new direction etc ...<br />

That which is disordered, rebellious, re)actory;<br />

which leaves its sphere to cause trouble, discord;<br />

that which is vehement, audacious, independent,<br />

strong: that which distorts, turns aside, takes<br />

another direction; is corrected etc. Of ID he says:<br />

That which arrest, which opposes resistance."<br />

[d'olivet, 1976, pp. 412,357.1<br />

319<br />

Jehovah (IHVH) our righteousness.<br />

Jeremiah 23:6: "In the days Judah shall be saved,<br />

and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name<br />

whereby he shall be called the Lord of<br />

righteousness." Recall that Judah is connected<br />

with the sign of Leo = heart or Sun = alchemical<br />

digestion. Israel means "he shall rule as God".<br />

Righteousness is linked with Chesed, Mercy, the<br />

sphere of cosmic memory, or Jupiter. see 30,<br />

180 1 (Greek).<br />

m D the Moon. Chesed is the sphere of the<br />

cosmic moon, wherein the waters of memory are<br />

gathered. see 87.<br />

723 a cithara; harp, lyre; violin. Connected<br />

with the physical body.<br />

"So this thy body is the instrument whereon may<br />

be played the song of life. Nay, it is more than<br />

this; for on this harp of ten thousand strings, the<br />

wind of the spirit moveth ever, and soundeth<br />

night and day the melodies and harmonies of the<br />

eternal song. Yet few there be with ears to hear,<br />

for that hearing is too often dulled by the noisy<br />

clamor of the world's illusion." [Book of Tokens:<br />

Epilog - Malkuth]<br />

fm Achodaraon. Lesser angel governing<br />

the triplicity by night of Libra. Note that Libra<br />

corresponds to the letter Lamed, the ox-goad,<br />

whose primary meaning is "to teach, instruct."<br />

The one teacher is life, helping its creation<br />

through recollection. see 74,926.<br />

I'Itl- Ariton. Demon king of water and the<br />

west. Water indicates receptivity; the west is the<br />

direction of manifestation. Note also by adding<br />

Heh to '%, the first three letters of this word, we<br />

obtain lion (216). The final three letters,<br />

fvt? = 65, the value of 0;1, hush, keep silence.<br />

The lion is the animal nature; silence is one way<br />

to conserve energy for constructive work.<br />

Demon suggest subconscious imbalance,<br />

resulting in negative aspects of these qualities. In<br />

the Tarot minor arcana this decanate is assigned<br />

to the 5 of Wands. This represents the operation<br />

of Geburah, sphere of volition or Mars, in<br />

Atziluth, the archetypal world of ideas. When ill-<br />

aspected, as here, this can indicate cruelty,<br />

violence, lust and prodigality. The remedy is to

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