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meaning of "vision, apparition" is W3. see 3 10,<br />

120,536.<br />

' 2 Anything completed, prepared or made.<br />

Specifically, vase or vessel. Refers to the secret<br />

vessels of alchemy, as symbolized by the vase in<br />

Key 14. It contains the "fiery, three-fold water"<br />

with which the great work is accomplished. With<br />

different pointing: article, object, thing; utensil;<br />

garment; jewel; ornament; implement, tool;<br />

weapon, armor. A ship, just as we speak of a<br />

ship as a "vessel". Even dress (of men), and<br />

trappings (of animals) are sometimes designated<br />

by keliy. Something prepared and therefore<br />

almost all variations of the ideas of a prepared<br />

apparatus or instrument. With different pointing:<br />

18'~ Shem ha-Mephorash, short form. see 91,<br />

100,800, & Appendix 10.<br />

32% Traditional law. Practice, adopted<br />

opinion, Rule; tradition (opposed to Aggadah).<br />

Not to be confused with the Paradosis (666)<br />

condemned by Jesus. It is the secret oral<br />

tradition. So Qabalists interpret the word.<br />

Exoteric Judaism means no more by it than the<br />

legalistic "traditions of men" collected in the<br />

Talmud.<br />

behold! "The glory of the Heavenly son<br />

shall all men behold." [Book of Tokens] With<br />

different vowel points: to give pleasure or<br />

benefit, to please.<br />

Nft? basket (metaphor for prosperity).<br />

.Inn Nltl She is thy Life. In Proverbs 4:13:<br />

"Take fast hold of instruction, let her not go;<br />

keep her, for she is thy life." see 540, 12, 18.<br />

'1 lament, wailing. In Ezekiel 27:32: "And in<br />

their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for<br />

thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is<br />

like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the<br />

sea?"<br />

"Root analogous to the roots Nf [youth,<br />

newness], 7lf [young fresh] and 'I3 [aversion,<br />

disgust] whose expression it manifest. The<br />

Arabic word indicates the state of that which is<br />

raw." [d'olivet, 1976, pp. 400-401 .]<br />

;P;s+ Yelahiah. 44'h name of Shem ha-<br />

Mephorash. Associated with the 1" decanate of<br />

Pisces and the 8 of Cups. Meaning: "Abiding<br />

forever." Offers protection to magistrates, trials.<br />

Protects against armies, gives victory. The<br />

individual is fond of travel and learning. All their<br />

undertakings are crowned with success;<br />

distinguished for military capabilities and<br />

courage. Negative influence: Wars.<br />

nitre (Lt). alchemical term as a stage of salt.<br />

Fideus (Lt). of faith, faithful. Part of phrase. see<br />

146.<br />

61 (prime)<br />

11. The negative conceiving itself as a positive.<br />

[Crowley, 1977, p. xxv].<br />

TN en or ain. Naughtness, nothing. 1" veil of the<br />

absolute. The primal darkness before<br />

manifestation. The latent state of cosmic night,<br />

containing potencies of the supernal triad. Aleph:<br />

pure Spirit or creative power, Unity; Yod: the<br />

Formative power of Spirit - The word related to<br />

Chokmah; Nun: the reproductive potency of the<br />

Cosmic Mother. The absolute as a living mind,<br />

the root-source of all substance and energy,<br />

protecting, guarding and teaching its<br />

manifestations. see 3 1, 538,48, 7 1 1.<br />

I. Thus N';, (not, No-Thing) are the usual sign<br />

for nothing and for not. This nothing is all. It is<br />

the darkness of m Ain (61), or 58 increased by<br />

30, and the time shall come when human speech<br />

shall show this forth. Ain and its numeral value<br />

expresses the thought that in the future men<br />

would express the idea which is written 5N, so<br />

that a-1-1, the English word, does exactly fulfill<br />

this. ALL in English stands exactly for what<br />

Qabalists mean by Ain (6 1). see 3 1, 7 13, 50, 106<br />

and 29.<br />

11. The two primal elements as Adam and Eve<br />

supply the key also to the magical complex that<br />

was reared on the polarity of the sexes. Adam,<br />

45, and Eve, 16, when combined produce Ain,<br />

61, which is the source of manifestation as the<br />

Eye of the Void. [Grant, 1994, p. 65.1

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