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The Garden ofEden
of the Holy of Holies in the Temple. But in the midst is
the Tree of Life, the Throne of God and the Lamb.
Twelve are the Foundations and Twelve are the Gates,13°
shown by the entrances in the drawing. the four streams
rising from one central fountain are the Rivers of Eden,
referring to the four elements proceeding from the
Omnipresent Spirit.
The Garden of Eden in this instance refers to the Supernal Bride as
received by the Bride below, and they are given the Seven Benedictions
so that the union will be complete. 131 These are all needed to form and
nurture the Tree of Life in Eden. In the Seventh Benediction we are told
that it represents the ten created worlds and ten aspects of joy.
GARDEN OF EDEN AFTER THE FALL
The Golden Dawn concept of the Garden of Eden after the Fall 132 does
not follow the continuity of the Garden of Eden before the Fall. The
problem that Mathers faced was that there were a number of different
Zoharic viewpoints of it. 133 Prior to the Fall he used a combination of two
different concepts and did the same with that of "after the Fall," which
primarily came form the Idra Sutra. 134 As Mathers explains it: 135
Ere the Eternal instituted the Formation, Beginning and
End existed not. Therefore, before Him, he expanded a certain
130Refer to the section of the Kabbalah and Astrology for a fuller explanation of this meaning.
131Part Four. folio 169b.
132On my original copy of this diagram Mathers made the following notes: "The first head. Death,
represents King Bela (son of Beer) from Dinhabh, and the three Dukes, Timnah, Alvah and
[etheth, The second head in Chesed, is King [obab (son of Zerah) from Bozrah. and the Duke
Aholibamah. The third head is in Geburah and is King Husham from the Ternani, and Duke
Elah. The fourth head is in Tiphareth and isKing Hadad (son of Bedad) and is from Avith, with
Duke Pinon. The fifth head in Netsach is King Samlnh from Masrekah, with Duke Kenaz. The
sixth head is in Hod and is King Saul from Rehoboth by the River, and with Duke Ternan. The
seventh head is in Yesod and is King Baal-hannan (son of Achbor) with Dukes Mibzar and
Magdiel. The eight head is in Malkuth and is King Hadar from Pau (wife of Mehetabel. daughter
of Marred, daughter of Mezahab) with Duke Eram.
m In Part 1, folio Hb, the Zollar refers to the three sinful generations of man; Enoch, the Deluge,
and the Tower of Babel. which Mathers tried to incorporate into one concept.
134You will note that in the former, the Edomite Kings are not mentioned, as they are in the latter.
l3S The quotes are taken from the Philosophus Ritual from a number of sections and have been amalgamated
together into a cohesive pattern so that the aim of this ritual, or at least one layer of it,
is quite clear in its teaching about the Fall, which is mainly Isaac Luria's viewpoint.
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