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The 72-fold Name of God - Holy Order of the Golden Dawn Canada

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Rabbi Abraham Abulafia describes in his book "Chayey Ha'Olam Ha'Bah" a<br />

Qabalistic method <strong>of</strong> meditating on <strong>the</strong> <strong>72</strong> names. I will not include <strong>the</strong> details in<br />

this article, but only <strong>the</strong> method <strong>of</strong> marking <strong>the</strong> names with vowel points <strong>the</strong><br />

letters.<br />

Each Hebrew letter has a name, as do <strong>the</strong> letters <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r languages. In Hebrew,<br />

<strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> each letter's name starts with that letter, that is Aleph's name starts<br />

with an Aleph, Bet's name starts with a Bet, etc. <strong>The</strong> letters in <strong>the</strong> <strong>72</strong> <strong>fold</strong> name <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>God</strong> are given <strong>the</strong> same vowel points as <strong>the</strong>y are given in <strong>the</strong> letters' names. As <strong>the</strong><br />

Aleph in Aleph's name is marked with a Kamatz, all <strong>the</strong> Alephs in <strong>the</strong> <strong>72</strong> <strong>fold</strong><br />

name <strong>of</strong> <strong>God</strong> are marked with a Kamatz, etc. <strong>The</strong> result is given in <strong>the</strong> following<br />

table -<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>72</strong> <strong>Name</strong>s with Vowel Points<br />

כָ‏ הֵ‏ תָ‏ אָ‏ כָ‏ אָ‏ לָ‏ לָ‏ הֵ‏ מֵ‏ הֵ‏ שִ‏ עָ‏ לָ‏ מֵ‏ סָ‏ יֹטֵ‏ יֹלָ‏ יֹ‏ וָ‏ הֵ‏ וָ‏<br />

הֵ‏ קֹמֵ‏ הֵ‏ רֵ‏ יֹ‏ מֵ‏ בֵ‏ הֵ‏ יֹזָלָ‏ הֵ‏ הֵ‏ עָ‏ לָ‏ אָ‏ וָ‏ אָ‏ לָ‏ דַ‏ הֵ‏ זָיֹ‏<br />

חֵ‏ הֵ‏ וָ‏ מֵ‏ לָ‏ הֵ‏ יֹיֹיֹ‏ נֻלָ‏ כָ‏ ‏ֵפהֵ‏ לָ‏ לָ‏ וָ‏ וָ‏ כָ‏ לָ‏ יֹ‏ לָ‏ אָ‏ וָ‏<br />

וָ‏ שִ‏ רֵ‏ לָ‏ כָ‏ בֵ‏ אָ‏ וָ‏ מֵ‏ רֵ‏ יֹיֹ‏ שִ‏ אָ‏ הֵ‏ יֹרֵ‏ תָ‏ הֵ‏ אָ‏ אָ‏ נֻתָ‏ הֵ‏<br />

יֹיֹזָ‏ רֵ‏ הֵ‏ עָ‏ חֵ‏ עָ‏ מֵ‏ אָ‏ נֻיֹ‏ מֵ‏ נֻדַ‏ כָ‏ וָ‏ קֹ‏ לָ‏ הֵ‏ חֵ‏ יֹחֵ‏ וָ‏<br />

מֵ‏ יֹהֵ‏ עָ‏ שִ‏ לָ‏ עָ‏ רֵ‏ יֹ‏ סָ‏ אָ‏ לָ‏ יֹלָ‏ הֵ‏ וָ‏ וָ‏ לָ‏ מֵ‏ יֹכָ‏ הֵ‏ הֵ‏ הֵ‏<br />

‏ֵפוָ‏ יֹ‏ מֵ‏ בֵ‏ הֵ‏ נֻיֹתָ‏ נֻנֻאָ‏ עָ‏ מֵ‏ מֵ‏ הֵ‏ חֵ‏ שִ‏ דַ‏ נֻיֹ‏ וָ‏ הֵ‏ וָ‏<br />

מֵ‏ חֵ‏ יֹ‏ עָ‏ נֻוָ‏ יֹהֵ‏ הֵ‏ וָ‏ מֵ‏ בֵ‏ מֵ‏ צָ‏ רֵ‏ הֵ‏ רֵ‏ חֵ‏ יֹיֹלָ‏ נֻמֵ‏ מֵ‏<br />

מֵ‏ וָ‏ מֵ‏ הֵ‏ יֹיֹ‏ יֹבֵ‏ מֵ‏ רֵ‏ אָ‏ הֵ‏ חֵ‏ בֵ‏ וָ‏ אָ‏ יֹעָ‏ מֵ‏ נֻקֹ‏ דַ‏ מֵ‏ בֵ‏<br />

In Athanasius Kircher's Oedipus Aegyptiacus <strong>the</strong>re's a table <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>72</strong> names and<br />

an appropriate verse from <strong>the</strong> book <strong>of</strong> Psalms for each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m, except for <strong>the</strong> 70th<br />

name, which is given <strong>the</strong> first verse from Genesis.<br />

<strong>The</strong> logic behind <strong>the</strong> match is as following - each name is given a verse which<br />

contains <strong>the</strong> 4 letters name <strong>of</strong> <strong>God</strong> (YHVH) as well as <strong>the</strong> three letters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> name<br />

itself. If <strong>the</strong> name contains Yod, Heh, or Vau, <strong>the</strong>y must appear somewhere beside<br />

<strong>the</strong> 4 letter name.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 70th name is given <strong>the</strong> first verse from Genesis, which does not contain <strong>the</strong> 4<br />

letters name <strong>of</strong> <strong>God</strong>, but does contain <strong>the</strong> three letters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 70th name. Two o<strong>the</strong>r

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