Cicero - Self Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition_Part 01

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KETHER (Keh-ther or Kay-ther)
Translation: THE CROWN
Keyword: SOURCE
Yetziratic Title: The ADMIRABLE or HIDDEN INTELUGENCE
Physical Representation: The FIRSTMOTION
Symbols: ACrown, a Point, a Swastika, or Fylfot Cross
The first Sephirah at the edge of the Three Negative Veils is Kether, the Crown.
The number 1, which encloses within itself the remaining nine digits of the decimal
scale, was described by Pythagoras as the undividable Monad. It cannot be
divided, yet it can be defined. By the process of reflection (1 + 1 =2; 1 + 2 =3; etc.),
the Monad defines and generates all the other numbers. Kether is the point; it is
the moment that the universe as we know it was conceived. Kether is the initial
Spark or first Breath of the Divine. This sphere is placed at the summit of the Middle
Pillar on the Tree of Life, at the apex of Equilibrium.
The Sepher Yetzirah, or Book of Formation, says of Kether: "The First Path is
called the Admirable or the Hidden Intelligence (the Highest Crown), for it is the
Light giving the power of comprehension of that first principle which has no
beginning; and it is the Primal Glory, for no created being can attain to its
essence." The words "Hidden Intelligence" imply a hint of the unmanifest nature
of Kether. The purest seeds of life (the Divine Spark) are found only at the level of
the First Emanation, where they have always been-removed from the concept of
having a "beginning point:' The Divine Life Essence, as it descends the Tree of
Life, is merely undergoing a process of transformation, from one form of energy
to another (as explained in the teachings of Alchemy). The Sepher Yetzirah also
indicates that no created being can hope to attain to the pure spiritual Light and
Essence of Kether; that would be akin to an adult human being returning to the
womb to become a fertilized egg. No being using a physical organism as its vehicle
of consciousness can attain to the essence of Kether. However, ifconsciousness
has been purified to the point where it transcends thought, it receives from the
"Primal Glory" the power of comprehension of the First Principle.
Kether is the sphere that contains all that was, is, and will be-it is the
place of first emanationand ultimate return. The Crown is the sphere of pure spiritual
being; the point of absolute Unity without division-ultimate peace and oneness.
Kether is the dwelling place of the Divine White Brilliance, the Godhead
which is androgynous, but that which contains the purest potentials of both male
and female. Itis the Source of All and the Highest Divine Essence of which we can
conceive; the PrimumMobile or First Whirlings of Manifestation-a phrase which
aptly describes the activity of the cosmic energy at the time the universe was created.
All comes from Kether and all will ultimately return to Kether.