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flows into all the vessels of the body, until it reaches those that
are called the ‘hosts’…And, that flow, after it is collected there, it
stays there, and then goes to that holy foundation. It is all white,
and therefore it is called ‘mercy’. And this mercy enters the Holy
of Holies, as it is written (Ps 133:3): ‘For there the Lord
commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.’
Here blessing and mercy are two of the original Hebrew names
for manna. 1396 Another is the charity of God.
Both the Zohar the Denudata, another Kabbalah text, describe
The Ancient of Days as having a furnace and three skulls. The prophet
Daniel, reputedly a great alchemist, wrote of the Ancient of Days in the
Book of Daniel: 1397
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days
did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his
head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and
his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth
from before him … and, behold, one like the Son of man came
with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days …
The Ancient of Days had only one eye known as the Eye of
Providence. It shone with blinding brightness.
The Ancient of Days’ sophistication is similar to Hephaestus’
legendary robotic smithy on Mount Olympus, where he manufactured
some sort of vehicle: 1398
He was making twenty tripods
To place around the walls of the fine hall:
He was fitting golden wheels under their bases,
So that they by themselves could enter (‘autòmatoi dysaiato’) the
gods’ meetings,
Then return home (‘pròs dôma neoìato’). It is wonderful to look
at!
…
Two golden maids …
Looking like living girls,
Had a mind in their breasts (‘nòos metà phresin’), they had voice
And strength.
…
He moved the bellows away from the fire,
And collected all tools he had worked with into a silver case;
Then with a sponge he dried his face, his hands,
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