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Israel Regardie - The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.pdf

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VOLUME THREE<br />

is multiplied, such as a very large Aleph represents 1000, a very large Beth 2000, and<br />

so on. When practising how to draw Hebrew letters the student would do well to make them<br />

on lined sheets. Also remember that these letters are written from right to left. <strong>The</strong> Order<br />

also teaches that these are Holy symbols and therefore should be carefully drawn and<br />

square.<br />

TABLE OF FINAL LETTERS<br />

<strong>The</strong> Dagesh is a dot or point placed in some <strong>of</strong> the Hebrew letters. It changes the<br />

sound value <strong>of</strong> the letter. In modern Hebrew script it represents a vowel; however it is not<br />

used in this book. S. R. M. D. asserts it is a late invention to standardise pronunciation.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Hebrew Qabalists referred the highest and most abstract ideas to the emanations<br />

<strong>of</strong> Deity. <strong>The</strong>re are ten emanations. Each one is a Sephirah, the plural being Sephiroth. When<br />

arranged in a certain manner, they form what is called the Etz Chayim or <strong>The</strong> Tree <strong>of</strong> Life.<br />

THE ETZ CHAYIM OR THE TREE OF LIFE<br />

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