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of the Dead his attributes bear not the slightest relationship to Ra,
Khephra, and Tum, the Gods connected with the rising, setting and
midnight obscuration of the Sun. With the outline of the magical
philosophy, however, it is not at all difficult to see in what sense
Ptah is named " The Opener." Because his appearance inaugurated
or commenced a cycle of cosmic manifestation is he so named, and
it is he who is the hidden Logos, the central metaphysical essence
from which everything was given birth. This interpretation would
No. Sephirah Planet God Arch- Choir of Intelli- Spirit of
angel of Angels gence of Planet
Planet
I Keser Ptah, Metraton Chayos
- Amoun haQadosh - -
2 Chok- - Tahuti Ratzicl Ophanim - -
mah
3 Binah Saturn Isis Tsafkiel Arilim Agiel Zaziel
4 Chesed Jupiter Maat Tsadkiel Chash- Iophiel Hasmiel
malim
5 Gevurah Mars Horus Kama.el Seraphim Graphiel Bartzbael
6 Tipharas Sol Ra, Raphiel Malachim Nachiel Soras
Osiris
7 Netsach Venus Hathor Haniel Elohim Hagiel Kadmiel
8 Hod Mercury Anubis Michael Beni Elohim Tiriel Taphthartharath
9 Yesod Luna Shu, Gabriel Cherubim Tarshish- Hasmodai
Pasht.
im ve-Ad
Ruach
Shechalim
10 Malkus - Seb Zaziel Ishim - -
appear to gain confirmation by various illustrations in which he is
shown fashioning the egg of the world upon a potter's wheel. Budge,
in confirmation, also points out that the etymological root of Ptah
is cognate with the meaning of another word meaning to carve or to
chisel. This cognate root places the God excellently, as does the
word " artificer " appearing in the texts. For not only does Ptah
open the evolutionary cycle but it is he who, issuing from the thriceunknown
darkness, is the Great Architect of the Universe, giving,
together with Thoth and Isis, birth to manifested things. He was
called " the very great god who came into being in the earliest time,"
and to conclusively indicate his nature, he was also considered