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

THE COMPLETE GOLDEN DAWN SYSTEM OF MAGIC
thou art, chief letter in my name and foremost in all my designs, thou must remain
where and as thou art!'
Then came T and spake before the Eternal One: `Create the world by me, for in me
alone is thy goodness (Tobh) and uprightness, for attributes of Thee."I will not, Oh
Teth,'replied the Holy One, `use thee in the creation of the world, because the goodness
within thee is hidden and concealed from sight as it is written, `How great is Thy goodness
which Thou hidest from them that fear Thee.' Seeing thou wilt remain invisible to the world I
am about to create, and furthermore because of the goodness hidden within thee, the gates
of the temple will sink into the earth as it is written, `Her gates are sunk into the ground, ' and
besides all this, thou with thy comrade the letter Cheth (CH) composed sin. Therefore,
these letters will never enter in the names of the twelve holy tribes. On hearing these words
Ch went not before the Holy One, but returned at once to its place.
"Z then went up and urged its claim, saying: `Thy children will through me keep
the Sabbath, as it is written: Remember (Zecor) the Sabbath to keep it holy. Thou, Oh
Zain,' replied the Holy one, `art of too warlike a form, resembling as thou dost a spear. I
cannot use thee in the creation of the world.'
When Z heard this decision, like N it retired and gave place to V, who said: `I am a
letter in thy Holy name.' The Eternal One answered and said, `remain contented, Oh V
that together with H you are in the great name. I shall not choose you by whom to create
the world.'
" D . accompanied by G, went before the Divine Presence. To them it was said, `Let
it suffice you, that so long as you are conjoined and associated, there will always be the poor
on the earth who will need succor and help. Daleth (D) - poverty and Gimel (G) - help or the
benefactor. Therefore both of you keep together, the one helping the other.'(In the Hebrew
alphabet G and D are successive letters).
"Then came B and said : `Create the world by me, because I am the initial letter of
Beracha (blessing) and through me all will bless thee, both in the world above as in the
world below. " Truly, Oh B,' said the Holy One, `I will surely create the world by thee only.'
"Hearing these words, A remained in its place and went not into the Divine
Presence, who therefore exclaimed `Aleph (A) Aleph! why comest thou not before me as all
the other letters'?' Then replied A: `Lord and sovereign of the universe, it is because I have
observed that (B excepted) they have returned as they went, without success. Why therefore,
should I come before thee, since thou hast already given B the great and precious gift we
all of us craved and desired. Moreover, it becometh not the monarch of the universe to
withdraw and take back his presents from one subject and give them to another.' To these
words the Holy One responded: `Aleph, Aleph! Thou shalt be the first of all letters and my
unity shall be symbolized only by thee. In all conceptions and ideas human or divine, in
every act and deed begun, carried on and completed, in all of them shalt thou be the first, the
beginning.'
"Therefore did the Holy One make the letters of the celestial alphabet, capitals, and
those of the earthly, small, each corresponding to one another. Therefore also the Book of
Genesis begins with two words whose initials are B, viz/ : Berashith Bara (in the beginning
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