tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-167934202024-03-16T12:12:42.515+11:00Katnut d'Katnut A Catholic Jew Pontificates and a Hebrew Catholic Way of Littleness in the Divine WillNezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comBlogger591125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-75913505150556272222024-03-11T14:38:00.007+11:002024-03-11T14:59:38.202+11:00Divine Wheel and the Incarnational Circle: Notes for Zoom Class<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1048" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1am_cfwxq2Zgg97CF2kCeDzbIMnmOuFPf8Dp6J7kXasX4i6lJ5qFW4vJ60GCjn2STAHxfFRCNk_AFSSl2paRqcDlG58i6fDA9vxfMTZAQEWQdkyeUPa_O26pzd8rxBZX2eVUsZONt2kb6zi7FNAVxpVeU0tIux5gIfQCQ6bvY_htC8W4wJ9G/w913-h628/wheel%20of%20light.png" width="913" /><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>July 6 1931 (Vol.29)</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The book of the Fiat in the depth of the soul. The book of the Fiat in Creation. How the Divine Will keeps all creatures under the rain of Its continuous Act.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br />My poor mind seems to be able to do nothing other than think about the Divine Will. In each thing that I see, it keeps looking for Its Life; and as the interior does this, on the outside it finds nothing other than that Divine Fiat that so much loves it and wants love. I feel the need to find It in all things, in order to breathe It, to feel Its heartbeat of light that, like blood, circulates in my soul and constitutes Itself primary life of my poor being. And where I am unable to find It, I feel I lack a continuous heartbeat, a breath of air, to facilitate the Life of the Divine Will in my soul. And I was praying Jesus to teach me how to find It in all things, so that Its perennial Life would never be lacking in me.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>And my highest Good, Jesus, with all goodness, told me: </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>“My daughter, one who does My Will and lives in It forms in her soul the Book of the Divine Fiat. But this Book must be full, not empty or with only a few pages written; if it is not full, she will soon finish reading it, and having nothing to read, she will occupy herself with something else, and therefore the Life of My Divine Will will be interrupted and as though broken in the creature. On the other hand, if it is full, she will have always something to read; and if it seems that it ends, I will add other pages more sublime, so that she may never lack the life, the knowledge ever new, and the substantial nourishment of My Divine Volition.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>“So, the interior must be like many pages in order to form this Book: page the intelligence, page the will and the memory, page the desire, the affection, the heartbeat, page the word, that must be able to repeat what it read, otherwise it will remain like a book that will do good to no one, while for one who forms a book the first purpose is to propagate it. So, the whole interior must be written with pages of My Divine Will, and this Book must be so full, that she must be unable to find anything else to read but My Will alone. Now, when the soul has her interior book full, she will know very well the external Book of the Divine Will. All of Creation is nothing other than a book of It; each created thing is a page that forms an immense book, and of many volumes. So, having formed her interior book and read it thoroughly, she will be able to read very well the external Book of all Creation, and in all things she will find My Divine Will in act of giving her Its Life, Its lessons, most high and sublime, and Its delicious and holy food.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>“It will happen to one who has formed in her interior this Book of the Divine Fiat, and has read it thoroughly, as to someone who has possessed a book, has read it over and over again, has studied well the most difficult things, has smoothed out all difficulties, elucidated the most obscure points, in such a way that he has consumed his life over that book. If a person from outside brought to him another similar book, he will most certainly be able to read it, and will recognize in that one his own book. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">More so, since My Divine Will has enclosed the creature within Its most holy circle, and has placed in the depth of the soul the Book of Its Fiat, and in Creation It has repeated Its Divine Book, in such a way that one echoes within the other, and they understand each other in an admirable way. </span>Here is why it is necessary to recognize the Book of the Divine Fiat in the depth of one’s soul, read it thoroughly to make of it perennial life; and in this way one will easily be able to read the beautiful pages and the great Book of My Will of all Creation.”</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>After this, I continued my acts in the Divine Will, and my sweet Jesus added: </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>“My daughter, My Divine Volition has Its continuous Act that never ceases to pour Its continuous Act upon all creatures, and to invest them with Its continuous Act of Light, of Sanctity, of Beauty, of Love, of Help, of Power, of Happiness. Its Love is so great that one act does not wait for another and, like a torrent, more than pouring rain, they pour themselves over all creatures. This continuous Act is recognized and received by all the inhabitants of the Celestial Fatherland, in such a way as to form the ever new surprise of ineffable joys and of happiness without end. It can be said that it forms the life and substance of the beatitude of all the Blessed.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>“Now, since My Divine Will possesses this continuous Act by nature, It cannot, nor does It want to, change regime; just as It gives this continuous Act of good in Heaven, so does It give it to all Creation, and to all creatures and to each one, because all receive life from this, Its continuous Act—if it ceased, the life of all would cease. At the most, there can be changes of effects, because It acts according to the dispositions of each one, and therefore Its same continuous Act produces for some one effect, for some another; and there are some who, unfortunately, while being under the rain of this continuous Act of Light, of Sanctity, of Beauty and more, remain not even wet, nor illuminated, nor holy, nor beautiful, and convert within themselves the continuous Act of good into darkness, into passion, and maybe even into sin.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>“But
in spite of all this, My Will never ceases Its continuous Act of
pouring Its Divine Goods over all, because It finds Itself in the
condition of the sun that, even if human beings, or trees, plants or
flowers, would not want to receive its light, that could communicate the
many admirable effects that its continuous act of light contains—<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">that
is, sweetness, flavor, the beautiful rainbow of all colors—it would
continue its act of always giving light. But if the sun had reason, it
would cry with tears of burning light for the sorrow of seeing in the
great wheel of its light all the goods that in reality it gives, but are
not received. My Divine Will is more than sun; It keeps everyone and
everything enveloped within Its infinite Light; </span>Its nature is of always
wanting to give—and in fact It gives; if everyone took, everyone would
be holy, the world would change into happiness. But, with highest
sorrow, Its goods are not received, but rather, rejected into Its very
light. Yet, It does not stop; with tender and insuperable Love It
continues Its continuous act of giving what Its Light possesses.”</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">God's Revelation is found in Creation (Sign in nature) and History (signs of the times). </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"God reveals himself in the events of nature and history. We learn of him from the changing seasons, from the power of nature, from the sun, moon, and stars. We also learn of him<br />through history, the particular events that shape the fortunes of human beings. He is the one who gave to all the nations their boundaries (Acts 17:26) and brought Israel out of slavery in Egypt to possess the land of promise. In his plan, general history becomes redemptive history, the events by which God arranges to redeem his people from sin by the coming of Jesus."</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="175" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisA4aGIdIlNBQ6ypE-hbg_IIMkXgK63InBCIe3ORoaeR3rJNk3LnQdTAz_QT1GYdSZUvK06HZGzXTvcHM7BgjfomFaTK8lDLxoGZDJuEb-GFLER5nDytfIH6kiBmqvIgDJlRff/s640/Sefirot.png" width="350" /></span></p><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="versiontext">JPS Tanakh 1917 Proverbs 8:27 </span><br />When He established the heavens, I was there; When<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> He set a circle</span> upon the face of the deep,<span class="p"><br /></span></span></h1><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody">
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<h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Incarnational Circle, St Lawrence of Brindisi, Franciscans and the Jewish Fathers</span></h1><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>I
became a Catholic in 1987 from an Anglican and Orthodox Jewish
background. At the time I was a Torah- observant orthodox Jew and I
joined the Association of Hebrew Catholics. Before this in 1985 I had
read Father Lev Gillet's "Communion in the Messiah" which inspired me to
become more Torah observant and opened my mind to a more mystical
approach to understanding the inter-reaction of Judaism and
Christianity. I started reflecting on the Catholic Faith in the light of
Jewish mysticism though reading and joining a study group in which the
Chassidic ideas of the 6th Chabad Rebbe was being taught. Then when I
was studying in the Philippines in 1993-1996 I started to research and
write more on the mystical Jewish insights to the Catholic faith. I had
also been inspired by a Hebrew Catholic book by Levi Khamour called "The
Revelation of the Son of Man".</span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>I now realise it is the concept of
the "Incarnational Circle" which would explain some of my thought. This
is also at the heart of the theological approach of St Lawrence of
Brindisi a great Franciscan Doctor of the Church. I first learnt of St
Lawrence of Brindisi and his writings in 2007 though my friend Jeff Ryan
in St Louis Missouri when I was there staying at the Hebrew Catholic
Center. I had begun to realise why I had always felt a great attraction
to St Francis and the Franciscans. They followed an incarnational
approach to theology. </span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>I realised in reading some of the
Marian writings of St Lawrence that his Mariology was of a level with St
Maximillian Kolbe a much latter and influential Franciscan. Some
believe that St Lawrence of Brindisi was the greatest mariologist of all
time. However I realise now that his Mariology is one very important
part of his understanding of the Incarnational Circle. I loved how
Scriptural were his writings. He used over 90,000 scriptural quotes in
the writings that we still possess. St. Pope John XXIII in making him a
Doctor of the Church in 1959 wrote: "Especially pleasing to us is the
book "Explanations of Genesis", in which Lawrence, employing the
doctrine of the Jewish masters, the Fathers of the Church, and that of
the scholastics, examines the Divine Truth...". This use of the Jewish
masters and commentators is unique so far in the writings of the Doctors
of the Church. However one can see that the Scriptural, faith with
reason and mystical Christ centred approach of St Bonaventure his
Franciscan forerunner influenced St Lawrence.</span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The "Incarnational Circle" refers
to the role of Jesus, Mary and Joseph in the primordial eternity or
beginning. Before all things in the primordial world of Genesis 1 is the
Incarnational Circle. All creation is linked to this Incarnational
Circle and is subject to it. Thus St Lawrence also had a very developed
Josephology as well as his extraordinary Mariological perspectives. St
Lawrence taught that Joseph was predestined in the blueprint of Creation
(Torah) in Eternity in the highest place after Jesus and Mary. Father
Burkey calls him the Doctor of the Incarnation and wrote: "Lawrence has
surely covered all the principle facets of Josephology. Moreover his
Christocentric conception of creation has given a new insight into
Joseph's position in creation...".</span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Both St Bonaventure and St
Lawrence are under utilized Doctors of the Church which have much to
offer modern day theology and philosophy and its development of doctrine
which is Christocentric and Scriptural. St Lawrence further adds to
this with his use of the Jewish and Catholic Fathers of the Church as
sources for taking us deeper into the texts of Scripture for greater
insights that help to illuminate the deposit of faith entrusted to the
Church. While many today are perceiving the Jesuit influences on Pope
Francis I think it would be equally important to see the Franciscan
influence and inspiration on his pontificate and teaching. Pope Francis
is very Scriptural and Gospel focused with a strong Marian and Josephine
devotion. I would propose that Pope John Paul II was more Carmelite,
Pope Benedict was more Augustinian and Pope Francis is more Franciscan,
in their approaches to the Catholic teaching and faith.</span></span></span></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO03AqxjUWuWa5N69PcYrQK8KZBzt_AYi16jFVUL5QsqiLok-4wVNgvgbzLTLotPtIrxes6pImYePkGpMTKM2PTBxSsBZoztMOHzpuKEkk1YFo8NXAsvPyUf1pQPXTVGzZYhUT/s1600/incarnational+circle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO03AqxjUWuWa5N69PcYrQK8KZBzt_AYi16jFVUL5QsqiLok-4wVNgvgbzLTLotPtIrxes6pImYePkGpMTKM2PTBxSsBZoztMOHzpuKEkk1YFo8NXAsvPyUf1pQPXTVGzZYhUT/s400/incarnational+circle.jpg" width="395" /></a></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> <br /></span></span></span></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>From Eizeh Tikkun</span></span></span></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span><br /></span>
</div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Also, on <i>Yom
Kippor</i> during the <i>Mussa</i>f service the <i>chazzan</i> (cantor) after
crying out the <i>Kedushah</i> of “Holy! Holy! Holy!” recites the traditional
prayer called <i><span>Az Milifnei Vereshit </span></i><span>about the suffering of the
Messiah and the need to repair the Jews relationship with the Messiah who is
presently in Seir (Rome)</span><i><span>:</span></i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn54" name="_ftnref54" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[54]</span></span></span></span></a></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Then, prior to creation, <br /><br />he established the Temple and Yinnon. …<br /><br />…Our righteous Messiah has turned away from us; <br /><br />we have acted foolishly and there is no one to justify us. <br /><br />Our iniquities and the yoke of our transgressions <br /><br />he bears, and he is pierced for our transgressions. <br /><br />He carries our sins on his shoulder, <br /><br />to find forgiveness for our iniquities. <br /><br />By his wounds we are healed, <br /><br />forever a new creation; the time of his creation. <br /><br /><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Bring him up from the circle; </span><br /><br />lift him out of Seir <br /><br />To summon us to the mount of Lebanon <br /><br />a second time through Yinnon.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn55">[55]</a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span>Rebbe
Nachman in his writings discusses this mystery of the <i>Tzaddik</i> who is
Messiah (our righteous Messiah) as <i>Yinnon</i> which he associates with the
concept of the letter <i>Nun</i> (<span dir="RTL" lang="HE">נ</span>) and the word <i>YeNoN</i>
(perpetual).<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn56">[56]</a> This links the Messiah with the concept
of the fish (<i>nuna</i> in Aramaic) and fishhook (<i>nun</i> in Hebrew) and
Joshua or Yeshua son of Nun who is perpetually in the Tabernacle in adoration.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn57">[57]</a> This is all part of the mystery of the
Temple of the Messiah in Eternity which is prior or beyond the beginning or
creation. This is also linked to Zechariah where the High Priest Joshua or
Yeshua enters the Holy of Holies in the Heavenly Temple with filthy garments
and the mystery of the <i>Tzemach Tzaddik</i> (Righteous Branch) as the Messiah.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn58">[58]</a> The Rebbe is alluding to this Messiah
who is presently residing in Rome (Seir as the Roman Catholic Church) and is
being adored in perpetual adoration as the mystical and perpetual sun.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn59">[59]</a> Thus he is presently due to Jewish
rejection in the garments of Edom (Rome). <br /></span></span></span></div><br /><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span>From </span></span></span><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mystery of the Shekhakim: A Hebrew Catholic Understanding</span></h1><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="article-content entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...The
Lady of Wisdom and Understanding is discussed in Proverbs 8 and in
Wisdom 7 – 9. In the original Hebrew of Proverbs 8 the language alludes
to Genesis One using the terms ‘<i>reshit</i>’ and ‘<i>kadmin</i>’ used for beginning in the Hebrew and Aramaic versions. <b><blockquote>“<i>YHVH</i> created me as the beginning (<i>reshit</i>) of his way, the first of his works of old (<i>kedem</i>). I was set up from Eternity, from the head (<i>rosh</i>), from before ever (<i>mikadmei</i>) the earth was. When there were no depths (<i>tahomot</i>)
I was acting; when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before
the mountains were settled, before the hills I was acting…When he
established the heavens (<i>Shamayim</i>) I was there (<i>sham ani</i>). When he drew a circle over the face of the deep (<i>panei tahom</i>), when he established the clouds (skies/<i>shekhakim</i>) above, when the fountains of the deep (<i>tahom</i>) became strong…then I was by him as an architect (artificer/<i>amon</i>) and I was his daily delights (<i>shashuim</i>), playing daily before him; playing with the world, his earth and my delights (<i>shashai</i>) were with the sons of Adam…” (Proverbs 8: 22- 3). </blockquote></b><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Wisdom
7: 22 also calls the Lady of Wisdom the artificer or architect of all.
This Lady Miriam in Eternity is the masterpiece of God. In time she
comes later but in eternity she is first in the mind of God. <b><blockquote>“She is the radiance (<i>zohar</i>) of eternal Light (<i>bahir Or</i>), an immaculate mirror (<i>Mariah</i>)
of God’s majestic power and an image of his goodness. Though she is
only one she can do all things, all while remaining in herself she
renews all things and in all generations she dwells with all holy souls
making them friends and prophets of God. For God loves none but him that
dwells with Wisdom, for she is more beautiful than the sun, and above
all the constellations. Being compared to light, she is found before it.
For after this comes night (<i>lilah</i>)…” (Wisdom 7:26-30). </blockquote></b></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
opening words of the Jewish mystical book “Bahir” allude secretly to
these Scriptural passages about Lady Wisdom who is the circle [or
circuit / round] called the <i>face upon the waters</i> that like a bride circles her Groom who is the <i>face upon the deep</i>. This process of doing the round of the Rose Bride is then associated with the word <i>shekhakim</i> (skies). <b> </b></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>“Rabbi
Nehuniah ben HaKanah said: one verse (Job 37: 21) states, ‘And now they
do not see light, it is brilliant (bahir) in the skies (<i>shekhakim</i>)…[round about God in terrible majesty (<i>hod</i>)].’
Another verse however (Psalm 18;12) states, ‘He made darkness his
hiding place.’ It is also written (Psalm 97:2), ‘Cloud and gloom
surround him’. This is an apparent contradiction. A third verse comes
and reconciles the two. It is written (Psalm 139: 12), ‘Even darkness is
not dark to you. Night shines like day – light and darkness are
alike’.” (Bahir 1).</b></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span> from </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A Jewish and Marian reading of St John of the Cross</span></span></h1><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 200%;"><span>The Ramban in his
commentary on Genesis distinguishes between the “vakhoshekh” (and darkness) in
Genesis 1:2 and the ‘hakhoshek’ (the darkness) mentioned in verses 4 and 5<a name="_ftnref9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[9]</span></span></a>
which is also linked by the Jewish tradition to the darkness of Miriam’s Well. </span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span> This second darkness is a created female darkness
connected with the “face over the waters”. This is linked by the Kabbalists
with the female created Wisdom of Proverbs 8 in regards to the circle (face
over the waters) drawn over the face of the deep. They consider the <i>vayhi or</i> (and there was light) to be the
created female light of the Celestial Mother which is hidden in the darkness of
Miriam’s Well (well waters are primordial waters) on the twilight between the
first and second day of Creation. This mother is called Miriam (Bitter Seas)
and Zohar (dark light or splendour). She is associated with the concept of the
tabernacle and house of God’s presence (<i>Shekhinah</i>).
St John when speaking of the Dark Night of the Soul uses the term dark waters,
dark contemplation, dark night, tabernacle, hidden, hiding place, tabernacle of
David, divine Wisdom in souls<a name="_ftnref10" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[10]</span></span></a>
which are all allusions to this Dark Lady or Black Madonna who is the Lady of
Carmel. Carmelite tradition associates the yad (hand or foot) shaped<a name="_ftnref11" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[11]</span></span></a>
dark water/rain cloud seen by Elijah on Mt Carmel with the Virgin Mary and the
foot of the woman in Genesis 3:15.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><a name="_ftnref12" title="">[12]</a></span><a name="_ftnref12" title=""></a></span></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span> The concept of the dark night in John’s writings refers
to four kinds of dark night divided into two categories. The first dark night
is the dark night of the senses and the second dark night is the dark night of
the soul which is divided into three dark nights- the dark night of the memory,
dark night of the intellect and the dark night of the will. This is also
understood in the concept of the purgative, illuminative and unitive ways
linked to hope, faith, and love.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><a name="_ftnref13" title="">[13]</a></span><a name="_ftnref13" title=""></a></span>
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<span style="line-height: 200%;"><span> This is also linked to the four worlds in Kabbalah of
Assiyah (action), Yetzirah (formation), Beriah (creation) and Atzilut (nearness
to God).<a name="_ftnref14" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[14]</span></span></a> The
dark night of the senses is an active dark night in which one uses the
disciplines and good deeds given in the commandments to achieve ones purpose. At
this stage the bride (soul) circles the bridegroom.<a name="_ftnref15" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[15]</span></span></a>
The dark night of the soul is a passive dark night. The passive dark night of
memory (purgative) leads one to hope (tikvah) which is the bathing and
cleansing of the bride (soul). The passive dark night of intellect
(illuminative) leads one to faith (emuna) and is the dressing of the bride in
her bridal pearl garments.<a name="_ftnref16" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[16]</span></span></a>
The passive dark night of the will (unitive) leads to love (ahavah) and the
undressing of the bride by the bridegroom and consummation. This is the level which culminates in divine
coupling (cleaving /union/ devekut) of the soul and her beloved Lord. The dark
and beautiful Lady of the Song of Songs, delights in her beloved one in
mystical and virginal nuptial union. This is why St John of the Cross writes
his concepts firstly in poetry that mirrors the poetry of the Song of Songs.
After this he explains each verse of his poem in more detail constantly
referring one to a mystical reading of Biblical texts and verses.<span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><a name="_ftnref17" title="">[17]</a></span></span></span></span></span></span>
</div><p></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-25844551746550844732024-03-08T12:18:00.005+11:002024-03-08T18:30:21.383+11:00Anti-Judaism and Anti-Zionist Hebrew Catholics<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398451665967536306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6wibBSfx-1jAOPEAyt6USkD5kBq9g9lHXDwAm-cNsOU4VabXdgJZUv1GOg7TtIVcvUQJqR7NnbX49jMHV95B0-BR1ZWgO80x4rKjYFhyphenhyphenYkto6pwOp2LI8lNioAToQwbFDEPg/s400/cdz.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 318px;" /><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some years ago I wrote an article about five kinds of Hebrew Catholics. The second and third categories were:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
second category are those who enter the Church and are happy to be
identified as Jewish or Hebrew Catholics and see the great importance of
the Jewish roots of the Catholic Faith. However they see no real
collective calling or vocation for Jews in the Church except as a tool
for evangelisation and pointing people to the truths of the Church...</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...<span>A
third category are those who are part of the Hebrew speaking Catholic
communities of Israel. They celebrate the liturgy in Hebrew and they
enculturate certain Israeli or Jewish practices modified for Catholic
purposes into their lives. They seek to be culturally Israelis who are
Catholic in religion...</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><p>The Association of Hebrew Catholics was founded by Father Elias Friedman of Israel and Andrew Sholl of Australia in 1979 and then ably led for many years (and still is today) by David Moss. One could say that David with his wife Kathleen were the founders of the AHC in America. Under David's leadership there was always room for all the different categories of Hebrew Catholics.</p><p>However, recently there seems to be a push by certain Hebrew Catholics and their Gentile Catholic supporters (at least online), to limit Hebrew Catholics to the second and/or third categories. Some of those who are roughly in the second category are seeking to deny that any Jewish religious elements play a part in Hebrew Catholic practice and identity and they seek to just accept cultural Jewish practices and identity. They tend to be anti-Judaism, anti-Zionist, anti-Israel, anti Talmudic and anti-Kabbalah. They say that Hebrew Catholics are Catholics by religion and Jewish by culture. In a sense they are right but one should not divorce Jewish culture from Judaism. <span style="font-size: large;"><span>However, maybe
these kind of Hebrew Catholics need another category as this is not true
of all those who we could put in the second category. </span></span></p><p>Some of these people are buying into anti-Semitic tropes and replacement theology. Those Hebrew Catholics or Catholic Jews who are pro-Israel and pro Zionist are sidelined, excluded and demonised. There is a rise in anti-Semitisim world wide at the moment and it is sad that certain people in our own movement are allies of it. I might add that many of these people have never been a part of the Jewish community and its life and thus have no lived experience of its diversity and richness. <br /></p><p>The fourth and fifth categories of Hebrew Catholics I wrote about in the past were:</p><p><span></span></p><blockquote><p><span>...The
fourth category of Hebrew Catholics are those that believe in the
collective role and vocation of Jews in the Church. They also see and
teach the importance of the Jewish roots but also seek to gather the
Jews of the Church into a community in order to prepare for the
collective ingrafting of the Jews into the Church. They also see the
value of certain Jewish observances and practices for Hebrew Catholics
such as the observance of Passover and other Jewish holy days usually
adapted to reflect their Catholic Faith...</span></p><p><span>...The
fifth category are those who could be called Torah observant Hebrew
Catholics or Catholic Jews. They also believe in the importance of the
Jewish roots of the Catholic Faith so much so that they seek to maintain
the Jewish traditions as a live thing in the Church rather than just as
a teaching tool about a dead and ancient past. They see no opposition
between Torah and Gospel, law and Grace. They also believe that the
mitzvot are a God given spiritual discipline for Jewish people including
those in the Church. They also see the ingrafting as not only the Jews
as a people entering the Church but Judaism and its structures entering
the Church and finding its home there as the Mother form of the Catholic
Faith...</span><span><br /></span></p></blockquote><p>Today, I might have written of a couple of more categories as I have gained more insight into the different kinds of people who today are using the name of Hebrew Catholics or Jewish Catholics or Catholic Jews. There is a category that is anti-Judaism, as well as one that is anti-Zionist and also another who are anti-Talmudic and another which are anti-Kabbalah. However, these categories are not clear cut and individuals may be a mix of these categories.<br /></p><blockquote><p><span></span><span> </span></p></blockquote></span></span><p></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-65540725069760676392024-03-05T11:58:00.013+11:002024-03-05T17:58:39.461+11:00Luz de Maria, the Angel of Peace and Elijah<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemgXr4VjwTwLLU69Y4ijYHhTqUaBN3blBwUh2vwBSQelGvJG2nkS3p0SfEFmWy9ieRXnFYonwXQahiIkVvq9S6yUEe8Lbs8q2OdXxV00yWn9lKyh2voRYMZmpWSgbzP2jdjTWTYpEXA8mqS39QIx6djxJ_nPTqjuWf9ootmzFuL7Qg_zwiygq/s255/elijah.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="255" data-original-width="198" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgemgXr4VjwTwLLU69Y4ijYHhTqUaBN3blBwUh2vwBSQelGvJG2nkS3p0SfEFmWy9ieRXnFYonwXQahiIkVvq9S6yUEe8Lbs8q2OdXxV00yWn9lKyh2voRYMZmpWSgbzP2jdjTWTYpEXA8mqS39QIx6djxJ_nPTqjuWf9ootmzFuL7Qg_zwiygq/w383-h493/elijah.jpg" width="383" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />In the latest alleged message from Heaven (Feb 29 2024) to Luz de Maria Bonilla the Archangel St Michael reveals part of the five secrets given to Luz in 2013. This is in regard to the coming Messenger or Angel of Peace. It is now revealed that he is the precursor of Elijah. It is interesting that the messages given to Luz state that Elijah will come later but in the time when the Angel of Peace is still with us. This would thus also include the coming of Enoch. I wrote about this Angel of Peace in a previous blog post entitled <a href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/03/luz-de-maria-and-angel-of-peace.html">"Luz de Maria and the Angel of Peace."<br /></a></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Thus these messages are proposing a timeline of the Antichrist figure becoming public then the Angel of Peace coming to lead the faithful remnant and then the arrival of the prophets Elijah and Enoch. It also seems to be saying that the part of the world where the Angel of Peace will be is not in the Middle East. It seems that his area of mission is in the Americas. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Luz comments on this message:</span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-22917c69-7fff-68ce-a487-bf4c71993b0a" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-22917c69-7fff-68ce-a487-bf4c71993b0a" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saint Michael the Archangel, our beloved protector, by Divine Order has opened the First Secret of the five secrets that have been given to me. Grateful to the Holy Trinity, to Our Queen and Mother and to Saint Michael the Archangel, today we advance in the knowledge of how events will unfold.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the morning of January 5, 2013, by Divine Will, the Blessed Virgin Mary made known to me five revelations concerning events that will happen in the near future. I must remain silent until I am told, because Heaven itself will make them known.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saint Michael the Archangel reveals to us on this day the first of the secrets that were given to me: “the arrival of our beloved Angel of Peace as Precursor of the Prophet Elijah”, thus clarifying the panorama.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-a3911c6e-7fff-8bdd-3fcc-e2492eb350aa" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Angel of Peace is the precursor of the Prophet Elijah and it is not surprising because we had already been informed that the Angel of Peace was taken to Heaven and has received the gifts and virtues from the Holy Spirit to cleanse the path of impiety, of the lack of knowledge, of human folly, of disbelief and for this reason, Saint Michael tells me that the task entrusted to the Angel of Peace is very strong, because humanity is in a moment in which what already will happen announced by Divine Will.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wish to share with you, brothers, that the Angel of Peace will be truly awaited and when that moment arrives, the human creature will wish that he had believed before.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I share with you some of the Messages I have received:</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">05.11.2011</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enoch and Elijah will come to proclaim the Kingdom of God in the midst of the persecution of My children, in the midst of great signs in Heaven and great commotion throughout the Earth. Don't wait, events will happen one after another.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">02/16/2022</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The human creature wants to erase all traces of Me. He won't make it, it would be as if he could live without air. It will be a moment of pain and hope since I will send My beloved Saint Michael the Archangel, guarding My beloved Angel of Peace to sustain you with My Word, call you to continue resisting for the imminent arrival of My Mother who will combat evil.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My people, keep My faithful Elijah in mind. (1 King 19:10)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">06/29/2022</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My Angel of Peace is neither Elijah nor Enoch, it is not an archangel, it is My Mirror of Love to fill with My Love every human creature that needs it.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This is the alleged message given on Feb 29 2024 from St Michael:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />Beloved children of the Holy Trinity: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I SHARE WITH YOU THE BLESSING OF OUR QUEEN AND MOTHER SO THAT IT MAY BE THE STRENGTH FOR YOU TO PROFESS THE FAITH WITHOUT DENYING OUR KING AND LORD JESUS CHRIST IN THE STRONG MOMENTS THAT COME TO YOU. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Children of Our King and Lord Jesus Christ, the advance of war has at the same time opened the hearts of some human creatures, who fearing war, seek to pray to the Holy Trinity and Our Queen and Mother requesting their consolation. War is not only between Powers, but worse, it is between insensitive human creatures.
I encourage you to be peaceful creatures (Cf. Mt. 5, 9) so that you can at all times act and act in the way that Our King and Lord Jesus Christ taught you: the peaceful one is humble and vice versa. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I call you to be creatures in constant search for love of neighbour (Cf. I Jn. 4, 7); hungry to receive the Holy Eucharist and being compliant with the Commandments of the Law of God.
Beloved:</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">NOW ENTERED INTO THE PURIFICATION AND THE SUCCESSION OF NATURAL, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EVENTS, IT IS GOOD FOR EACH OF YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENS SO THAT YOU ARE NOT Caught Off Guard. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This generation has joined the strategies of the Devil to greatly offend the Holy Trinity and Our Queen and Mother in an inconceivable way. Despite this, Infinite and Divine Mercy protects you at all times to free you from the clutches of Satan.
Beloved: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I COME TO REVEAL THE FIRST SECRET GIVEN BY OUR QUEEN AND MOTHER TO HER DAUGHTER LUZ DE MARÍA:
THE PRECURSOR OF ELIJAH'S ARRIVAL TO EARTH IS THE ANGEL OF PEACE, HE IS THE ONE WHO COMES TO OPEN THE WAY BEFORE THE TERRIBLE ACTIONS OF THE ANTICHRIST AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF OUR KING AND LORD JESUS CHRIST. (Cf. Mal. 4,5-6; Cf. Mt. 17, 10-11) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Due to this great Divine Design, the Angel of Peace is an angel because he has the mission of being a Messenger of Our King and Lord Jesus Christ to unite them in the fulfillment of the Divine Will in the worst moment that humanity will be experiencing.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br />The Angel of Peace, Messenger of the Divine Word:</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>He will open hearts... </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He will fertilize the land of each heart with Divine Love…</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He will sow the seed for the beloved Prophet Elijah to reap the sowing of few faithful souls, restoring love in families before Our King and Lord Jesus Christ arrives in His Second Coming. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Children of the Holy Trinity, here is the importance of the arrival of the Angel of Peace:
He will fight spiritually, intellectually and physically against the attacks of the Antichrist and his demonic legions... </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He is the one who will be at the side of the faithful People and will be with the Divine Word in his mouth...</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He is the one who will convert a small number of human creatures for the good of their souls and their salvation... </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He will continue His Mission alongside the Prophet Elijah, but in another part of the Earth... </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Children of Our Queen and Mother, it will be the force of nature that will confront you with great famines and above all with great eradicated and unknown diseases. They will experience the darkness and desolation of not being able to communicate as they have until now with their loved ones from other continents, countries, places; Silence on Earth will do good in the face of the current bustle. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Then some will believe the revelations and regret not having believed.
Children of Our Queen and Mother, the pain caused and that they will still cause to Our King and Lord Jesus Christ will lead to a setback in all areas of the life of the human creature, the sun will dim and the cold will invade them. Only those who remain with faith waiting for the fulfillment of God's Will and only those who maintain faith will see the light they carry in their soul and will not live in darkness. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">IN THIS LENT DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS, YOU WILL SHARE WITH OUR KING AND LORD JESUS CHRIST SOME PAINS OF YOUR SACRED PASSION. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Keep faith as the great treasure that it is and that only those who love and respect Our King and Lord Jesus Christ will remain until the end, being accompanied by My Celestial Legions.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Our Queen and Mother will never abandon them, She will remain faithful to Her children, rescuing those who wish to save themselves.
I protect them and help them.
</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-51851361606857755312024-03-03T03:24:00.008+11:002024-03-05T18:15:26.030+11:00Lunar Eclipses and Cahokia: April 8 2024<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-48433" height="476" src="https://spiritdailyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/6d7aae0d-c56b-4407-85c8-36076219b47c_508x386.jpg" width="626" /><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>There was a total lunar eclipse over the USA on August 21 in 2017 and now almost seven years later on April 8 2024 we will see another one. Patty Jansen commented as reported on the Spirit Daily website:</span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“It’s just an interesting coincidence that the sum of days within 6
years, 6 months, 6 weeks, and 6 days (added up individually, then
combined) comes out to 2422 days. Likewise, there are exactly 2422 days
between Aug. 21, 2017 and April 8, 2024.”</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Has anyone else noticed that the centre of this diagonal cross is in the area of the ancient archeological site of Cahokia near St Louis Missouri? Cahokia was the capital city of an American Indian Kingdom of the Talegs or Toltecs in the Middle Ages that was destroyed and there are only ruins. Is this a warning for the USA that just as Cahokia and its civilisation is gone, so the present USA is drawing to its close? I also notice this seems to be the centre of the USA. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Jansen also notes:</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“And this particular full eclipse finalizes a ‘cross’ over the New
Madrid Fault in America. As when fates are sealed, then we must <i>‘wait and pray.'”</i></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Wiikipedia describes this fault line:</span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The <b>New Madrid Seismic Zone</b> (NMSZ) (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/æ/: 'a' in 'bad'">æ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span></span>/</span></span>), sometimes called the <b>New Madrid Fault Line</b>, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.
</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The New Madrid fault system was responsible for the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes and has the potential to produce large earthquakes in the future. Since 1812, frequent smaller earthquakes have been recorded in the area.</span></span>
</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Earthquakes that occur in the New Madrid Seismic Zone potentially threaten parts of seven American states: Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and to a lesser extent Mississippi and Indiana.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> Is the USA about to see cataclysmic events and division over the next seven years? </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Is this the time of the opening of the Third Seal and the blowing of the Second Trump?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">see</span></span><br /></p><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a data-id="5418229082014897256" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/11/garabandal-miracle-in-2025.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Garabandal Miracle in 2025? </span></a></h1><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone#cite_note-2"></a></sup></span></span>
</p><p></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-31284301410551570782024-03-01T19:53:00.065+11:002024-03-16T00:54:32.182+11:00Mystical Kissing and Suckling: Are they Demonic?<div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img alt="The Virgin Suckling the Infant jesus Painting | Joos van Cleve Oil Paintings" aria-hidden="false" class="sFlh5c pT0Scc iPVvYb" height="391" src="https://cdn2.oceansbridge.com/2018/06/11082411/The-Virgin-Suckling-the-Infant-jesus-Joos-van-Cleve-Oil-Painting.jpg" style="height: 334px; margin: 0px; max-width: 508px; width: 253px;" width="297" /><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Written by Brother Gilbert Joseph (Bloomer) of the Divine Presence (LEB) the Moderator and Littlest Brother of the Little Eucharistic Brothers of Divine Will a Public Association of Christ's Faithful in the Archdiocese of Hobart Tasmania.<br /></span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>After I gave a recent zoom talk on the concept of the mystical kiss in the Catholic and Jewish mystical traditions and in the writings of Luisa Piccarreta, one of the group sent me a video clip on youtube by a suspended Catholic priest, who was calling the writings of Luis Piccarreta demonic. He was criticising both the servant of God Luisa Piccarreta and St Hannibal di Francia. He is one of those ultra-traditionalists that wants to turn back the Church to 1955 or earlier.<br /></span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This
priest James Mawdsley is a former traditionalist priest from the
Priestly Fraternity of St Peter (this Tridentine Latin Mass group is in union with the Pope). He was ordained a priest in 2016. He left his order in order to attack
the Pope and the Church in 2022 and his priestly ministry has been
suspended and in fact he is a schismatic now not in full communion with
the Church, whether he thinks he is or not. He obviously doesn't understand mystical language and
concepts as expressed by many mystics in the history of the Church. <br /></span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In
the video which I have only watched the beginning so far, he says he hopes
Luisa and Hannibal di Francia are in heaven. He deliberately does not refer to Hannibal as a Saint. That he questions whether
two people who have been affirmed in their sanctity by the Church, may
not be in Heaven, is very worrying as he is referring to a canonised saint in
regards to Hannibal di Francia and a servant of God in regards to Luisa. If St Hannibal had
promoted a spirituality that was demonic or evil he would never had
been approved by the Church and beatified and canonised.</span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This priest comes from a political background and has no specialty in mystical
theology that I can see and obviously is just giving his personal opinion, which in no
way reflects authentic Catholic theology or mystical theology.</span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>I
think that his opinions are discredited by him being under suspension of his priestly
faculties. He may be sincere but due to him putting his own ideology of
what a Catholic is foremost, has led him to disobedience to his own order and to
the Church and the Pope. The true demonic or satanic is rooted in the
sins of pride and disobedience- "I will not serve".</span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></span></div><div class="x_elementToProof" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>I don't have the energy at this time to do a detailed rebuttal of his video but may do some time in the future. I thank the two ladies who brought this to my attention. Let us pray for this
suspended priest in Divine Will so that he can repent and give his fiat
to the Divine Will rather than his own selfish human will. If anyone, whether they follow the Divine Will teaching or not, does not respect the Pope and put themselves up in opposition to him should not be supported by those of us in the Divine Will movement or indeed by all Catholics.<br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>People
are very gullible who believe any thing by this suspended priest- he
speaks with no authority. He appeals to those traditionalists who are already demonising and rejecting Pope Francis and his magisterial teaching. He is obviously ignorant of mystical and
nuptial theology and its language of allegory, metaphor and hyperbole with its Eucharistic, sacramental and incarnational focus.
To interpret a mystical term as the same as its ontological term is a
great error. If any one is demonic in their approach, it is the one who
is full of pride and disobedience to his superiors and especially the
Pope and says "I will not serve" and puts his own ideological
understanding of Catholicism above the authentic teachings of the
Church. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The concept of mystical kissing and suckling found in Luisa's writings is in accord with the mystical interpretation found in Scripture especially in the Song of Songs as expressed in both Catholic and Jewish mystical theology and traditions based on Scripture. Everything is pure to the pure in heart as taught in Scripture and affirmed by St Therese of Lisieux. Those who try to see these mystical nuptial iconic representations of deep mysteries in a mundane and literalistic manner of corporeality have dirty and polluted minds, that then transfer their own perverted perspective on to these holy mysteries and experiences of the mystics and dirty them with the filth from their own minds. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In the Anglo-sphere Church in particular there has been an infusion of English and American Puritanism and French and Irish Jansenism which leads many to an extreme form of moralism, wowserism and a false piety that is more Puritan than Catholic. The passionate mysticism of Italian and Spanish mystics make many in the Anglo-sphere countries uncomfortable with their more natural, affectionate, romantic use of language and their use of hyperbole to demonstrate that enthusiastic and mystical ardour they have for Jesus. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The concept of suckling on the Divine Milk and the Divine Blood is Marian and Eucharistic. Suckling or drinking on the divine milk refers to Torah and to the Divine Word. Luisa, like all authentic mystics, tries with the limited use of human language to explain their mystical experiences to others, which experiences are beyond full understanding. These descriptions are iconic representation of intimacies with the Divine that are beyond human ken. St John Paul II uses this theology of the Body approach to ascend from the human concepts to the Divine Mysteries of intimacy with the Godhead.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmlYQ6Fn5zpn65KJL8UU4MwNWlBDI2eTNs60JBnUEi0XHQuDgr-ovlAmweWwGLjFPKb54_VXpFIw9F1REKhTFr90V_v_75_4vmUpSVB4iWFpcZg3IbZegdZ3BEV-JNltHO5zS9ZL_qf4A4WBqHh5CwJua3fFvypnTwUxMueL9zTpeAghPO0Dz/s960/John%20of%20Laverna%201883%20book.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="679" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmlYQ6Fn5zpn65KJL8UU4MwNWlBDI2eTNs60JBnUEi0XHQuDgr-ovlAmweWwGLjFPKb54_VXpFIw9F1REKhTFr90V_v_75_4vmUpSVB4iWFpcZg3IbZegdZ3BEV-JNltHO5zS9ZL_qf4A4WBqHh5CwJua3fFvypnTwUxMueL9zTpeAghPO0Dz/w285-h404/John%20of%20Laverna%201883%20book.jpg" width="285" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>St Bernard of Clairvaux spoke of three mystical kisses in the context of a soul growing in love for Jesus. The first kiss was the kissing of the feet of Jesus, which refers to repentance of the sinner. Then the kissing of the hands of Jesus as the movement into living a life of grace. The third kiss is the kiss of the mouth which represents the soul who enters into contemplative union and St Bernard refers to this as the "happy kiss". </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>According to St Bernard this is a participation in the living kiss between Jesus and the Holy Spirit. St Bernard wrote:</span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"If, as is properly understood, the Father is he who kisses, the Son he
who is kissed, then it cannot be wrong to see in the kiss the Holy
Spirit, for he is the imperturbable peace of the Father and the Son,
their unshakable bond, their undivided love, their indivisible unity."</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Blessed John of La Verna is described as attaining to these three kisses. John was in deep contemplative prayer under a beech tree at La Verna when he had a mystic visionary experience of kissing and being kissed by Jesus. Due to this mystical intimacy some modern day writers try to twist these mystical experiences and claim that Blessed John was homosexual. The third kiss of Blessed John of La Verna was described not as a kiss on the mouth of Jesus as taught by St Bernard but a kiss on his breast as shown in the painting above. The writer of the Fioretti states about John of La Verna and this third stage</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“And when John had kissed Christ’s hands, he came closer and leaned
against the breast of Christ, and he embraced Jesus and kissed His holy
breast. And Christ likewise embraced and kissed him.”</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This nuptial or bridal mysticism was common among the medieval mystics. It would seem that in this experience of Blessed John there is revealed a 4 stage kiss theology as the kiss on the breast is intermediary between the kiss on the hands and the kiss on the mouth which is alluded to when Christ embraced John and kissed him. We can see the kissing of the feet of Christ as the beginning or honey moon start of conversion, then follows the kiss of the hands representing the purgative stage and the dark night of the senses, then the kiss on the breast as the illuminative stage and the dark night of the soul or spirit and the kiss of the mouth as the unitive stage.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This also alludes to the cherubim kissing and embracing in the Holy of Holies of the Temple. We can also apply this concept of the four kisses to the sanctity of the Divine Will. In a sense the four kisses of the era of following the Divine Will is encompassed as one kiss, the kiss of the feet of Christ, the second Kiss of the hands represents the first stage of Living in Divine Will and associated with Mystical Incarnation, the third kiss is the kiss of the breast which is the second stage of Living in Divine Will as mystical crucifixion. The fourth kiss of the mouth is the third stage of living in Divine Will or Mystical Resurrection. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The concept of suckling and kissing of Jesus also refers to two fruits of those mystical kisses of Luisa and Jesus. One is the sweet fruits or milk of his attributes and the other is the bitter fruits of man's selfish human will. Jesus in this process shares both with Luisa and all those who will live in the Divine Will. This is a mystical way of uniting with the crucified Christ and suffering in union with him in reparation and to appease the Divine Justice.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">St Bernard writes in his commentary on the Song of Songs in regards to the kiss of the feet.</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"Prostrate yourself on the ground, take hold of his feet, soothe them
with kisses, sprinkle them with your tears and so wash not them but
yourself. Thus you will become one of the "flock of shorn ewes as they
come up from the washing.'' But even then you may not dare to lift up a
face suffused with shame and grief, until you hear the sentence: "Your
sins are forgiven,'' to be followed by the summons: "Awake, awake,
captive of Zion, awake, shake off the dust.”</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">St Bernard in this section also writes:</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"Once you have had this twofold experience of God's benevolence in these
two kisses, you need no longer feel abashed in aspiring to a holier
intimacy. Growth in grace brings expansion of confidence. You will love
with greater ardor, and knock on the door with greater assurance, in
order to gain what you perceive to be still wanting to you. "The one who
knocks will always have the door opened to him." It is my belief that
to a person so disposed, God will not refuse that most intimate kiss of
all, a mystery of supreme generosity and ineffable sweetness. You have
seen the way that we must follow, the order of procedure: first, we cast
ourselves at his feet, we weep before the Lord who made us, deploring
the evil we have done. Then we reach out for the hand that will lift us
up, that will steady our trembling knees. And finally, when we shall
have obtained these favors through many prayers and tears, we humbly
dare to raise our eyes to his mouth, so divinely beautiful, not merely
to gaze upon it, but I say it with fear and trembling - to receive its
kiss. "Christ the Lord is a Spirit before our face," and he who is
joined to him in a holy kiss becomes through his good pleasure, one
spirit with him."</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He concludes this 3rd sermon with a prayer of desire:</span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"To you, Lord Jesus, how truly my heart has said: "My face looks to you.
Lord, I do seek your face." In the dawn you brought me proof of your
love, in my first approach to kiss your revered feet you forgave my evil
ways as I lay in the dust. With the advancement of the day you gave
your servant reason to rejoice" when, in the kiss of the hand, you
imparted the grace to live rightly. And now what remains, O good Jesus,
except that suffused as I am with the fullness of your light, and while
my spirit is fervent, you would graciously bestow on me the kiss of your
mouth, and give me unbounded joy in your presence. Serenely lovable
above all others, tell me where will you lead your flock to graze, where
will you rest it at noon?" </span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">St Bonaventure in his book called "The Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" writes about the devout soul visualising the Christ - Child running to you and then the person to welcome him by falling to their knees and adoring and kissing Jesus feet, "then rising, take him into your arms, devoutly embrace him, and dwell awhile in this sweet contemplation."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">St Mechthild in her book </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>"Flowing Light of the Godhead" wrote:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"O Lord, if it could ever happen to me that I might gaze upon you as my
heart desires and hold you in my arms, then the divine pleasures of your
love would needs permeate my soul to the degree possible for people on
earth. What I would be willing to suffer thereafter has never been seen
by human eyes. Indeed, a thousand deaths were too little. Such, Lord, is
my painful longing for you!"</span></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqivFv855XzBFbhNCK3gzimm_T7HB5vXGvP0tvW6sjAL06fsSGNwkohpvZPyE2rBFiX7zjDhQ2NT3uOEmvoh81QvMxn1kZqR7TPzj99Yd2PVTtO-TX4sMklOB_43S-6WkpwlMjU23A85trgvVuX-LB4LpVmgDpP4_tAgYW9J2StCVDHVSRqmrw/s650/teresabernini.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="650" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqivFv855XzBFbhNCK3gzimm_T7HB5vXGvP0tvW6sjAL06fsSGNwkohpvZPyE2rBFiX7zjDhQ2NT3uOEmvoh81QvMxn1kZqR7TPzj99Yd2PVTtO-TX4sMklOB_43S-6WkpwlMjU23A85trgvVuX-LB4LpVmgDpP4_tAgYW9J2StCVDHVSRqmrw/w425-h425/teresabernini.webp" width="425" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">St Teresa of Avila also had mystical intimate love encounters. Above is Bernini's famous Sculpture of this. She writes:</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"It pleased our Lord that I should see the following vision a number of
times. I saw an angel near me, on the left side, in bodily form. This I
am not wont to see, save very rarely.... In this vision it pleased the
Lord that I should see it thus. He was not tall, but short, marvellously
beautiful, with a face which shone as though he were one of the highest
of the angels, who seem to be all of fire: they must be those whom we
call Seraphim.... I saw in his hands a long golden spear, and at the
point of the iron there seemed to be a little fire. This I thought that
he thrust several times into my heart, and that it penetrated to my
entrails. When he drew out the spear he seemed to be drawing them with
it, leaving me all on fire with a wondrous love for God. The pain was so
great that it caused me to utter several moans; and yet so exceeding
sweet is this greatest of pains that it is impossible to desire to be
rid of it, or for the soul to be content with less than God."<br /></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">St John of the Cross also used this romantic language in the style of the Song of Songs in his poems. This is one of his most well known poems.<br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-ad2aeb1c-7fff-abce-c1f8-930bdb4de106" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-ad2aeb1c-7fff-abce-c1f8-930bdb4de106" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">O Living Flame of Love,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">yet tenderly thou woundest me, </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">penetrating the secret centre of my soul!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since now evasion is over,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">now consummate as thou desirest,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tear through the veil of this sweet encounter.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-04422161-7fff-abb4-7b9e-e4f2a103a511" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">O burning wound of sweet desire,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">O delightful torment!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">O soft hand, O delicate caress,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">foretaste of that Eternal Knowing</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and every debt repaying: thou quenchest me, </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thou transformest death into life.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">O bright illuminations of fire,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with splendid brilliance,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">light the deep caverns of my mind!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once shadowed and blind,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">now with exquisite suckling,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">gives warmth and radiance to thy Lover.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How gently and so lovingly,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thou awakenest on my bosom</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">where in secret thou dwellest alone;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thy fragrant breathing,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">so full of glorious goodness</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How deliciously, </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">thou makest me fall in love with thee.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Julian of Norwich the famous Medieval English mystic also writes about the mystical concept of suckling which is Marian and Eucharistic. She wrote:</span></span></p><h1 class="quoteText"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><blockquote>“The human mother can suckle the child with her
milk. But our beloved Mother Jesus can feed us with himself. This is
what he does when he tenderly and graciously offers us the blessed
sacrament, which is the precious food of true life. In mercy and grace
he sustains us with all the sweet sacraments. This is what he meant when
he said that he was the one that holy church preaches and teaches us.
In other words, Christ the Mother is entwined with the wholeness of life
which includes all the sacraments, all the virtues, all the virtues of
the word-made-flesh, all the goodness that holy church ordains for our
benefit. The human mother can tenderly lay the child on her breast, but
our tender Mother Jesus can lead us directly into his own tender breast
through his sweet broken-open side. Here, he reveals a glimpse of the
godhead and some of the joys of paradise with the implicit promise of
eternal bliss.”
<span style="font-size: large;">(from Julian of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love chapter 60)</span> </blockquote></span></span></h1><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> <p></p> <p></p><p>Below I have given extracts from those readings in the 36 Volumes of the "Book of Heaven" of Luisa Piccarreta that refer to the concept of suckling. One must remember that these experiences are happening only when she enters into her mystical state where her body is like concrete from which she can only be released by a blessing from a priest. These mystical intimacies are not happening to the body of Luisa in time, which is actually as if dead and like concrete laying in her bed. We should remember that St Hannibal di Francia received the imprimatur for the first 19 volumes of the Book of Heaven and thus in his time both he and the Church authorities had no problem with such mystical romantic language based on the Song of Songs.<br /></p></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> Book of Heaven Vol.1</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> ...Other times, then, if He saw me very weak because of my continuously being in those sufferings, especially if the confessor was coming at night, my lover Jesus would come, and in seeing me in that state of extreme weakness - to the point that at times I felt I was dying - <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">He would draw near me and from His mouth He would pour milk into mine, or He would place me close to His side, and from there I would suckle torrents of sweetnesses, of delights and of strength. And He would say to me:</span> "I really want to be your everything, and also your nourishment - for the soul and for the body." Who can tell what I experienced, both in the soul and in the body, from these graces that Jesus would give me? If I wanted to tell them, I would be too long. I remember that, sometimes, when He would not come quickly, I would lament to Him, telling Him: ‘O please! oh! Holy Spouse, how could You make me wait so long – I could not resist any more, I felt I was dying without You.’ And while saying this, the pain I felt was such that I would cry. And He would compassionate all of me; He would dry my tears, He would kiss me, He would hug me, and say: "I do not want you to cry. See, now I am with you – tell me what you want." I would say to Him: ‘I want nothing but You, and only then will I stop crying, when You promise me You will not make me wait for so long.’ And He would say to me: "Yes, yes, I will make you content."...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol. 2 April 7, 1899</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...By occupying myself with the pains of Jesus, I forgot about my own a little bit, and so I started from His head. Oh, how harrowing it was to see those thorns so sunk into His flesh that one could not pull them out. While I was doing that, Jesus would lament, so great was the pain He suffered. After I pulled that crown of thorns off, all broken, I put it together again, and knowing that the greatest pleasure one can give Jesus is to suffer for Him, I took it and I drove it onto my head. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Then, He had me kiss His wounds, one by one, and in some of them He wanted me to suckle the blood. </span>I was trying to do everything He wanted, though in mute silence, when the Most Holy Virgin came and told me: "Ask Jesus what He wants to make of you...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">May 12, 1899</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Seeing Himself persuaded, Jesus told me: "Because of you, it is necessary to make you content – draw near Me and drink from my Side." <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">So I did; I drew near Him to drink from His Side, but instead of bitterness, I suckled a most sweet blood, which inebriated all of me with love and with sweetness. </span>Yes, I was content, but this was not my intention; so, turning to Him, I said: ‘My dear Good, what are You doing? What comes out is not bitter, but sweet. O please! I pray You, pour your own bitternesses into me.’ And Jesus, looking at me benignly, told me: "Keep drinking, for the bitter will come afterwards."<br /> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So, I attached myself to His Side again, and after the sweet kept coming for a while, the bitter also came. But who can say the intensity of the bitterness? After I was satiated from drinking, I got up, and looking at His head which had the crown of thorns, I removed it and I drove it onto my head. Jesus seemed to be all compliant, while other times He had not permitted this. How beautiful it was to see Jesus after He had poured His bitternesses! He seemed almost disarmed, without strength, but all meek, like a humble little lamb – all compliant...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">June 8, 1899<br />Luisa wants everyone to convert.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My adorable Jesus still continues to make Himself seen all benignity and sweetness. This morning, while I was together with Him, He repeated again: "Tell me, what do you want?" Immediately I said: ‘Jesus, my dear, what I would really want is that the whole world would convert.’ (What a request out of proportion!) But still, my loving Jesus told me: "I would content you if all had the good will to be saved. And yet, to show you that I would gladly grant everything you have said, let us go together into the midst of the world, and all of those whom we will find with the good will to be saved, as evil as they may be, I will give to you."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />So we went out in the midst of people, to see who had the good will to be saved, but to our highest displeasure, we found a number so very scarce, that it is sorrowful just to think about it. In this number, so very scarce, there was my confessor, the majority of priests and part of the faithful, but not everyone from Corato. Then He showed me the various offenses He was receiving; I prayed Him to let me share in His sufferings, and Jesus poured His bitternesses from His mouth into mine. After this, He told me: <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">"My daughter, I feel my mouth too embittered. O please! I beg you to sweeten it.’ I said to Him: "I would gladly give You anything, but I have nothing. You Yourself, tell me, what can I give You?’ And He told me: "Let me suckle milk from your breasts, for in this way you will be able to sweeten Me." And at the very moment He was saying this, He lay down in my arms and began to suckle. </span>While He was doing this, a fear came to me that it might not be baby Jesus, but the devil, therefore I placed my hand on His forehead and I signed Him with the cross: ‘Per signum Crucis.’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Jesus looked at me all festive, and while still suckling, He smiled, and with His lively eyes He seemed to tell me: "I am not a demon, I am not a demon." After He seemed to be satiated, He got up on my lap, and kissed me all over.<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> Now, since I too felt my mouth bitter from the bitternesses He had poured into me, I felt like I wanted to suckle from the breasts of Jesus, but I did not dare to. But Jesus invited me to do it, and so I plucked up courage and I began to suckle. </span>Oh, what sweetness of paradise came from that holy breast! But who can express it? Then I found myself inside myself, all inundated with sweetnesses and contentments.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />Now I will explain that, when it happens that Jesus suckles from my breasts, my body does not participate in this at all; rather, it happens when I am outside of myself. It seems that this thing occurs only between the soul and Jesus, and when He wants to do this, He is always a child. It is so true that it is only the soul and not the body, that, when this happens, I am always either in the vault of the heavens, or wandering through other points of the earth. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Sometimes, then, I have said that as I returned to myself, I felt a pain at that place from which baby Jesus had suckled, because in suckling, sometimes He would do it a little strongly, so much so, that it seemed that through that suckling He wanted to pull out my heart from within my breast. </span>Therefore I felt a sensible pain, and as I returned to myself, the soul would communicate it to the body.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />But then, this happens also in other things, as for example when the Lord transports me outside of myself and lets me share in His crucifixion. Jesus Himself lays me on the cross, and pierces my hands and feet through with the nails. I feel such pain that I feel I am dying. Then, when I find myself inside myself, I feel it well in my body, so much so, as to be unable to move my fingers or my arm, and so forth with the other sufferings that the Lord shares with me – to say everything, I would be too long. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I also remember that when Jesus would suckle from my breasts, He would place His mouth there, but it is from my heart that I would feel Him draw whatever He suckled; so much so, that while He would do this, at times I have felt my heart being torn from my breast, and sometimes, feeling a most vivid pain, I said to Him:</span> ‘My pretty little one, indeed You are too impertinent! Do it more mildly, for it hurts very much." And He would laugh to Himself.<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> In the same way, when it is I that suckle from Jesus, it is from His Heart that I draw that milk, or blood; so much so that, for me, suckling from the breast of Jesus is the same as drinking from His side. </span>I will add also another thing: since the Lord every now and then is pleased with pouring a most sweet milk from His mouth, or with letting me drink His most precious Blood from His side, then, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">when He wants to suckle from me, He suckles nothing else but what He Himself has given me, because I have nothing with which to sweeten Him, but much with which to embitter Him.</span> This is so true that, sometimes, in the very act in which <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">He would suckle from me, I would suckle from Jesus, and I would realize clearly that what He was drawing from me was nothing other than what He Himself was giving me.</span> It seems I have explained myself enough, as much as I could.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">September 19, 1899</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Who can say, then, how wounded the soul is by these voices; how she begins to rave as though taken by a most ardent fever; how she runs, almost made insane, and goes to plunge herself into the <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">loving Heart of her Beloved to find refreshment, and how she suckles, in torrents, the divine delights? </span>She becomes inebriated with love, and in her inebriation, she makes canticles, all of love, for her most sweet Spouse. But who can say everything that passes between the soul and God? Who can speak about this Charity, which is God Himself? ...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.3 November 26, 1899 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...As I was very much in suffering, my lovable Jesus came and placed His arm behind my neck in the act of sustaining me. Now, being close to Him, I began to do my usual adorations to all of His holy members, beginning with His most sacred head. In the act in which I was doing this, He said to me: “My beloved, I thirst, let me quench my thirst in your love, for I cannot contain Myself any more.” <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">And assuming the appearance of a baby, He threw Himself into my arms and began to suckle. He seemed to take immense pleasure, He was all refreshed, and His thirst quenched.</span> After this, almost wanting to joke with me, with a lance He held in His hand He pierced my heart through, side to side. I felt a most bitter pain, but – oh! how happy I was to suffer, especially because it was the very hands of my sole and only Good that gave me suffering; and I incited Him to give me greater torment, so great was the pleasure and the sweetness I felt. And blessed Jesus, to make me more content, tore my heart out, taking it in His hands, and with that same lance He opened it into two halves and found a cross, shining and pure white. He took it in His hands with great delight, and He told me: “This cross was produced by the love and the purity with which you suffer; I am so delighted with the way you suffer, that I am not alone, but I call the Father and the Holy Spirit to delight with Me.” ...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">December 25 1899</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...While He was saying this, the Queen Mama wanted the Baby in order to nourish Him with Her most sweet milk. I gave Him back to Her, and She uncovered Her breast to place it in the mouth of Her Divine Baby;<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> and I, clever, wanting to make a joke, placed my mouth to suckle. I drew a few drops, </span>and in the act in which I was doing this, they disappeared from me, leaving me content and discontent. May everything be for the glory of God, and to the confusion of this miserable sinner... <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">January 6 1900</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...After this, together with the Baby I went out into the vault of the heavens. I saw that His gracious face was sad, and I said to myself: ‘Maybe He wants milk, this is why He is sad.’ So I said to Him: <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">‘Do You want to suckle from me since the Queen Mama is not here?’ But before doing this, I became concerned that it might be the devil;</span> so, in order to be reassured, I signed him several times with the cross and I said to him: ‘Are you really Jesus the Nazarene, the Second Person of the Most Holy Trinity, Son of the Virgin Mary, Mother of God?’ And the Baby assured that He was. Therefore, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">being assured, I placed Him to suckle from myself. The Baby seemed to revive, assuming a merry appearance, and I saw that He was suckling part of those rivulets with which He Himself had inundated me. </span>And while He was doing this, I felt my heart being pulled, as it seemed that that milk which Jesus was drawing from me was coming out from it. Who can say what passed between me and Baby Jesus? I have no tongue to be able to manifest it, no words to be able to describe it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">February 19 1900</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...After this, blessed Jesus pulled me away from those people, and as He became a baby, I carried Him in my arms to let Him rest. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Asking me for a refreshment, He wanted to suckle from me; f</span>earing that it might be the devil, I signed Him with the cross several times, and then I said to Him: ‘If You really are Jesus, let us recite the Hail Mary to our Queen Mama together.’ And Jesus recited the first part, and I the Holy Mary. Then, He Himself wanted to recite the Our Father. Oh, how touching His praying was! It was so moving that my heart seemed to liquefy. Then He added: “Daughter, unlike others, I had my life from the Heart, and this is one reason why I am all Heart for souls and I am inclined to want the heart, and I tolerate not even a shadow of what is not mine. So, between you and Me I want everything distinctly for Myself; and that which you will concede to creatures, will be nothing but the overflow of our love.”...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">April 25 1900</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...As I was in my usual state and not finding my sweet Jesus, I had to go around very much to go in search of Him. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Finally I found Him in the arms of the Queen Mama, suckling milk from Her breasts. </span>As much as I said and did, He did not seem to pay attention to me; or rather, He did not even look at me. Who can say the pain of my poor heart, in seeing that Jesus was not paying attention to me? Then, after I gave vent to my tears, having compassion for me, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">He came into my arms and poured from His mouth a little bit of that milk which He had suckled from the Queen Mama</span>... </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.4 October 29, 1900</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">After going through a few days of privation and of silence, this morning, as blessed Jesus came, I said: ‘It shows that my state is no longer your Will.’ And He: "Yes, yes… rise and come into my arms." At these words, I forgot about the painful state of the past days and I ran into His arms, and since I could see His Side open, I said: ‘<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">My beloved, You have not admitted me to suckle from your Side for some time. I pray You to admit me today.’ </span>And Jesus: "My beloved, please drink as much as you like, and satiate yourself." Who can say my contentment, and with what avidity I placed my mouth to drink at that divine fount? After I drank to my fill, to the point of having no more room to contain even just one more drop, I detached myself, and Jesus told me: "Have you satiated yourself? If you haven’t, feel free to keep drinking." And I: ‘Satiated, no, because the more one drinks at this fount, the more one’s thirst increases; but since I am very limited, I am incapable of containing more.’</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">December 25 1900</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Who can tell the beauty of the Little Baby who, at the moment of His birth, transfused, also externally, the rays of the Divinity? Who can tell the beauty of the Mother, who remained all absorbed in those Divinerays? And Saint Joseph? It seemed to me that he was not present at the act of the birth, but remained in another corner of the cave, all engrossed in that profound Mystery. And if he did not see with the eyes of the body, he saw very well with the eyes of the soul, because he remained enraptured in sublime ecstasy.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />Now, in the act in which the Little Baby came out to the light, I had wanted to fly and take Him in my arms, but the Angels prevented me, saying that the honor of holding Him first belonged to the Mother. Then, the Most Holy Virgin, as though stirred, returned into Herself and from the hands of an Angel received Her Son in Her arms. In Her ardor of love, She squeezed Him so tightly that it seemed that She wanted to draw Him into Her womb again. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Then, wanting to let Her ardent love pour out, She placed Him at Her breast to suckle.</span> In the meantime, I was completely annihilated, waiting to be called so as not to be scolded again by the Angels. Then the Queen said to me: "Come, come and take your Beloved, and you too, enjoy Him - pour out your love with Him." As She was saying this, I drew near Mama, and She gave Him to me, into my arms. Who can say my contentment, the kisses, the squeezes, the tendernesses? After I poured myself out a little, I said to Him: ‘<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">My beloved, You have suckled the milk of our Mama, share it with me.’ And He, all condescending, poured part of that milk from His mouth into mine,</span> and then He told me: "My beloved, I was conceived united to suffering, I was born to suffering, and I died in suffering. And with the three nails with which they crucified Me, I nailed the three powers - intellect, memory and will - of those souls who yearn to love Me, keeping them all drawn to Myself, because sin had rendered them infirm and dispersed from their Creator - without any restraint." As He was saying this, He gazed at the world and began to cry over its miseries. On seeing Him cry, I said: ‘Lovable Baby, do not sadden with your tears a night so happy for one who loves you. Instead of pouring ourselves out in crying, let us pour ourselves out in singing’; and as I said this, I began to sing. Jesus was amused at hearing me sing, and He stopped crying; and completing my verse, He sang His own, with a voice so powerful and harmonious that all other voices disappeared at the sound of His most sweet voice. After this, I prayed to Baby Jesus for my confessor, for those who belong to me, and lastly, for everyone, and He seemed all condescending. At that moment He disappeared from me, and I returned into myself...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.6 July 3, 1905</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Continuing in my usual state, I found myself outside of myself and I found the Queen Mama with Baby Jesus in Her arms, giving Him Her most sweet milk.<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> On seeing that the Baby was suckling milk from the breast of our Mother, I removed Him very gently from Her breast and I began to suckle myself. On seeing me doing this, both of Them smiled at<br />my foxiness, but They let me suckle.</span> Then, after this, the Queen Mother told me: “Take your pretty little One and enjoy Him”; and I took Him in my arms...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.7 July 3, 1906</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Having received Communion, I felt all united and clasped to my most divine Jesus, and while He clasped me, I rested in Him and He rested in me. Then He told me: "My beloved, the soul who lives in my Will rests, because the Divine Will does everything for her, and while It operates for her, I find the most beautiful rest in her. So, the Will of God is rest for the soul, and rest for God in the soul. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">While resting in my Will, the soul remains always attached to my mouth, and suckles divine life into herself, making of it her continuous food. </span>The Will of God is the paradise of the soul on earth, and the soul who does the Will of God comes to form the paradise of God on earth. The Will of God is the only key that opens the treasures of the divine secrets, and the soul acquires such familiarity in the house of God as to dominate as if she were the owner." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Who can say what I comprehended about this Divine Will? Oh, Will of God, how admirable, lovable, desirable, beautiful You are! It is enough to say that, being in You, I feel all my miseries and all my evils being dissolved, and I acquire a new being, with the fullness of all the divine goods.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.8 December 27, 1908</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...I was meditating on when the Queen Mama would give Her milk to Baby Jesus. I was saying to myself: ‘What must have passed between the Most Holy Mama and little Jesus in this act?’ At that moment, I felt Him move in my interior, and I heard Him say to me:<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> "My daughter, when I suckled milk from the breast of my most sweet Mother, together with milk I suckled the love of Her Heart – and it was more love than milk that I suckled. While suckling, I would hear Her say to Me: ‘I love You, I love You, O Son’</span>; and I would repeat to Her: ‘I love You, I love You, O Mama.’ And I was not alone in this; at my ‘I love You’, the Father, the Holy Spirit and the whole of Creation - the Angels, the Saints, the stars, the Sun, the drops of water, the plants, the flowers, the grains of sand, all of the elements, would run after my ‘I love You’, and repeat: ‘We love You, we love You, O Mother of our God, in the love of our Creator."...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.9 March 10, 1909</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Now, at that moment a thought came to me of asking whether my state was Will of God - for that was more necessary than what I was saying to Him. So I told Him, and He, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">instead of answering me, drew near my mouth and placed His tongue in my mouth, and I was no longer able to speak. I could just suckle something -</span> but I can’t tell what it was; and as He withdrew it, I could only say: ‘Lord, come back soon – who knows when You are coming back.’ And He answered: "This evening I will come back again." And He disappeared...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">July 8, 1910</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Being very afflicted because of the privation of my highest Good, and having received Communion, in receiving the holy host, it stopped in my throat,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> and as I suckled it in order to push it down, I suckled a sweet and delicious humor. Then, after suckling very much, it went down, and I could see the host changed into a baby,</span> who said: "Your body is my Tabernacle, your soul is the pyx that contains Me; the beating of your heart is like the host that serves Me in order to transform Myself into you, as if within a host; with this difference: that in the host, as it is consumed, I am subject to continuous deaths; while the beating of your heart, symbolizing your love, is not subject to be consumed, and so my Life is continuous. Therefore, why so much affliction about my privations? If you don’t see Me, you feel Me; if you don’t feel Me, you touch Me… and now with the fragrance of my perfumes which diffuse around you; now with the light with which you feel invested; now by making a liquor that cannot be found on earth descend into you; now by just touching you; and the many other ways which are invisible to you."...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">August 22, 1910</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Jesus running away and looking for refreshment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Continuing in my usual state, having lost consciousness, I saw many people who were putting blessed Jesus to flight; and Jesus was fleeing and fleeing, but wherever He went, He could find no place, so He would flee again. Finally He came to me, all dripping with sweat, tired, afflicted; He threw Himself into my arms, He clung tightly to me, and said to those who were following Him: "From this soul you cannot make Me flee." Humiliated, they withdrew, and He said to me: <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">"Daughter, I can take no more, give Me some refreshment." And He began to suckle from my breast.</span> Then, I found myself inside myself.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.11 May 25, 1912</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In the Divine Will the soul becomes malleable in the hands of Jesus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This morning my always adorable Jesus,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> seeing me very oppressed, made me suckle from His Heart, </span>and then He told me: "My daughter, if one wants to make a hole in a hard object or give it another shape, that object would be ruined or shattered. But if it is tender or made of soft material, one can make the hole or give it the shape desired without fearing that it might break. And if one wanted to return it to the original shape, that object would offer itself with no difficulty.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Such is the soul who lives in my Will. She is a soft object; I can make of her whatever I want. Now I wound her, now I embellish her, now I enlarge her; in one instant I remake her again, while the soul is available for everything; she does not oppose herself to anything, and I always carry her in my hands, delighting continuously in her." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">February 8, 1915</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Ah, my daughter, only our Will is acceptable, since It re-orders, delights and brings all goods with It. Therefore, do my Will always and in everything, and may my Will be enough for you in every sanctity." And I: ‘My Love and my Life, how can I conform to your Will in regard to the many chastisements that you are sending? It takes too much to say ‘FIAT’... </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Furthermore, how many times have You told me that if I did your Will, You would do mine? And now, have You changed?’ And Jesus: "I have not changed; it is the creature that has reached the point of becoming unbearable. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Come closer and suckle from my mouth the offenses that creatures send Me.</span> If you can swallow them, I will suspend the chastisements." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I approached His mouth and suckled with avidity.</span> To my greatest regret, I tried hard to swallow but I couldn’t. I suffocated. I returned to try hard again, but I couldn’t. Then, with a tender voice, sobbing, Jesus told me: "Have you seen? You cannot swallow it - it is too disgusting, nauseating and bitter. Spew it on the ground and it will fall upon creatures." So I spewed it, and Jesus too spewed it upon the earth from His mouth, saying: "This is nothing yet. This is nothing yet!" And He disappeared.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">May 2, 1915</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">My days are more and more bitter. This morning my sweet Jesus came in such a suffering state that it cannot be described. In seeing Him so suffering, I would have wanted to relieve Him at any cost. Not knowing what to do, I squeezed Him to my heart and, approaching His mouth,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> I tried to suckle part of His interior bitterness.</span>.. Nothing...! No matter how hard I tried to suckle, nothing would come out. I returned to my efforts, but it was all in vain. Jesus was crying; I was crying too in seeing that I could not alleviate His pains in any way. What a cruel torment! Jesus was crying because He wanted to pour out, but His Justice prevented Him from doing it; I was crying in seeing Him cry, and because I could not help Him... There are no words to describe these pains. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">October 2, 1915</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...After having suffered very much because of the privations of my always adorable Jesus, it seemed that He came for a little while, but in such suffering as to be terrifying. I plucked up courage and drew near to the mouth of Jesus;<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> I kissed Him, and I tried to suckle: </span>who knows if I managed to relieve Him, by suckling part of His bitterness..</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.12 October 4, 1917</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...This morning my always lovable Jesus transported me outside of myself. He was in my arms, with His face so very close to mine, kissing me slowly, slowly, as if He did not want me to perceive it. But after He repeated His kisses, I could not contain myself from returning Him with my kisses. But as I was kissing Him, a thought came to me - to kiss His most holy lips, and try to suckle the bitternesses that He contained... who knows if Jesus would surrender. Said and done.<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> I kissed Him and I tried to suckle, but nothing would come out. I prayed Him to pour His bitternesses into me and, again, I suckled with more strength, but… nothing. </span>It seemed that my Jesus suffered from the strains I was causing Him. After I did it again, with ardor, for a third time, I felt the most bitter breath of Jesus coming into me, and I saw something hard across His throat, which couldn’t come out and prevented Him from letting out the bitternesses that He contained, so as to pour them into me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">December 28, 1917</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...My acts too were not all apparently great, especially when, as a little one, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I moaned and suckled milk from my Mama, I amused Myself in kissing her, caressing her, entangling my little hands with hers.</span> Then, when I was a little older, I picked flowers, I brought the water, and other things. These were all little acts, but they were united in my Will, in my Divinity - and this was enough. They were so great as to be able to create millions and billions of lives. Therefore, as I was moaning, lives of creatures were coming out from my moans; <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I suckled, I kissed, I caressed, but lives were coming out. </span>Souls were flowing in my fingers entangled with the hands of my Mama; and as I picked the flowers and brought the water, souls were coming out from the heartbeat of my uncreated Heart, and they entered into It. My motion was<br />continuous...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">November 29, 1918</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Afterwards, my lovable Jesus spent some time with me. It seemed that He was dipping the point of His finger in His most precious Blood, and then traced it over my forehead, my eyes, my mouth, my heart. Then He kissed me. In seeing Him so affectionate and sweet<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">, I tried to suckle from His mouth the bitternesses which His Heart contained</span>, as I used to do before. But Jesus immediately withdrew a little, and showed me a bundle which He had in His hand, full of other chastisements; and He told me: "Look at how many other chastisements must be poured upon the earth; this is why I do not pour into you. The enemies have prepared all their internal plans to make revolutions; now there is nothing left but to prepare their external plans. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Ah, my daughter, how my Heart grieves! I have no one with whom to pour out my sorrow. I want to pour it out with you. You will have to be patient in hearing Me speak very often about sad things. I know that you suffer, but it is Love that pushes Me to do this. Love wants to make its pains known to Its beloved. I almost could not do without coming to pour Myself out with you."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I felt bad in seeing Jesus so embittered. I could feel His pains in my heart; and Jesus, to cheer me, gave me a few sips of the sweetest milk to drink. Then He added: "Now I withdraw and I leave you free." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">October 8, 1919</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...In fact, confidence in Me dispels fear, and nourishes the soul with pure love; it dissolves doubts, and gives her certainty; it takes away weakness, and gives her fortitude. Even more, it makes her so daring with Me,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> that she attaches herself to my breast - and she suckles and suckles, and feeds herself; nor does she want any other food. And if she sees that, in suckling, nothing comes out - and I permit this in order to excite her to the highest confidence - she does not get tired, nor does she detach herself from my breast; on the contrary, she suckles more strongly,</span> she knocks her head against my chest, while I laugh to Myself, and I let her...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.14 February 26, 1922</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Now, my Redemption ransomed the creature from sin, and my Humanity acted just like a tender mother with her newborn baby: since there is no other food with which she can give life to her baby, she opens her breast and attaches her baby to it; and from her own blood, converted into milk, she administers to him the nourishment to give him life. More than mother, my Humanity made many holes be opened in Itself by blows of lash, which, almost like many breasts, sent out rivers of blood, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">so that my children, by attaching themselves to them, might suckle the food to receive life and develop their growth. </span>With my wounds I covered their deformities, rendering them more beautiful than before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.17 May 17, 1925 </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...After this, I feel that my office is still not complete. So I descend to the bottom of that empty space, in order to repay Jesus for the Work of Redemption. And as though finding all that He did in act, I want to give Him my return for all the acts that all creatures should have done in waiting for Him and receiving Him upon earth. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Then, as though wanting to transform all of myself into love for Jesus, I go back to my refrain, and I say: ‘"I LOVE YOU" in the act of descending from Heaven to be incarnated, and I impress my "I LOVE YOU" in the act of being conceived in the most pure womb of the Virgin Mary. "I LOVE YOU" in the first drop of blood which was formed in your Humanity. "I LOVE YOU" in the first beat of your Heart, to mark all your heartbeats with my "I LOVE YOU". "I LOVE YOU" in your first breath; "I LOVE YOU" in your first pains; "I LOVE YOU" in the first tears You shed in the maternal womb. I want to return your prayers, your reparations, your offerings, with my "I LOVE YOU". "I LOVE YOU" in your birth. "I LOVE YOU" in the cold you suffered. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">"I LOVE YOU" in each drop of the milk you suckled from your Most Holy Mama. </span>I want to fill with my "I LOVE YOUs" the clothes with which your Mama swaddled You. I lay my "I LOVE YOU" upon that ground on which your Mama placed You in the manger, as your most tender limbs felt the hardness of the hay – but more than of hay, the hardness of hearts. My "I LOVE YOU" in each of your wailings, in all the tears and sufferings of your childhood. I make my "I LOVE YOU" flow in all the relations and communications and love You had with your Immaculate Mama. "I LOVE YOU" in Her dearest kisses, in each word You said, in the food You took, in the steps You took, in the water You drank. "I LOVE YOU" in the work You did with your hands. "I LOVE YOU" in all the acts You did during your hidden Life. I seal my "I LOVE YOU" in each one of your interior acts and in the pains You suffered. I lay my "I LOVE YOU" upon the paths You covered, in the air You breathed, in all the sermons You made during your public Life. My "I LOVE YOU" flows in the power of the miracles You made, in the Sacraments You instituted. In everything, O my Jesus, even in the most intimate fibers of your Heart, I impress my "I LOVE YOU", for me and for all. Your Will makes everything present<br />to me, and nothing do I want to leave, in which my "I LOVE YOU" is not impressed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.19 June 20, 1926</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">See, all have their ideal, and when they realize it, only then are they content. The little baby also has his ideal – to attach himself to the breast of his mama – and while he cries and sobs, as soon as his mama opens her lap to him, the baby stops crying, takes on a smile, and flinging himself, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">he attaches himself to the breast of his mama and, victorious, he suckles and suckles until he is full; and while he suckles, triumphant, he takes his sweet sleep. </span>So I am. After long crying, when I see the lap of a soul who opens the doors to Me, to give place to the Kingdom of my Will, my tears stop, and flinging Myself onto her lap, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I attach Myself to her, and suckling her love and the fruits of the Kingdom of my Will,</span> I take my sweet sleep and I rest victorious. Even the tiny little bird - its ideal is the seed, and when it sees it, it beats its wings, it runs, hurls itself over the seed; victorious, it grabs it with its beak and, triumphant, it continues its flight. So I am. I fly and fly, I go round and round to form the Kingdom of my Will in the soul, that she may form for Me the seed to nourish Me, because I use no other food but that which is formed in my Kingdom; and when I see this celestial seed, more than little bird, I fly to make of it my food...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...You too are the little baby who has so much cried and longed for her Jesus. But as soon as you have seen Me your tears have stopped, and flinging yourself onto my lap, you have attached yourself to my breast and, victorious,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> you have suckled my Will and my love. </span>As though in triumph, you have taken rest in my very arms, and I rocked you so that your sleep might be longer, and I might enjoy my newborn in my own arms; and, triumphant, I extended the Kingdom of my Will in you. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.20 February 3, 1927</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Then, I was continuing my acts in the Supreme Volition, and finding myself outside of myself, I went around the whole Creation to follow the Divine Will in each created thing. But while I was doing this, the veil of each created thing was torn and I could see the Holy Will dwelling in them, doing each act which each created thing contains – always operating, without ever stopping. And my sweet Jesus, coming out from within my interior, told me: “My daughter, look at the exuberant love of my Will – always stable, always operating, always in the act of giving, without ever drawing back from what It established to do when the Supreme Fiat echoed in the Creation. My Will took on the commitment to perform all arts, to carry out all offices, to execute all servitudes, to take on any shape in order to make man happy. Even more,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> It acted as more than a most tender mother, disposing all created things almost like many breasts within which It hid, to let Itself be suckled by man. So, It became sun to let man suckle Its light; It became heaven to let him suckle the vital love of immutability; It became stars to let him suckle the variety of goods which Its works contain; It became water, plants and flowers to let him suckle the water of grace, quenching his thirst, and to let him suckle Its sweetness and Its chaste fragrances.</span> My Will took on all shapes – of bird, of lamb, of dove - in sum, of everything, in order to reach the mouth of man and let Itself be suckled by him, to give him the good which each created thing contained. Only a Divine Will which created everything in an outpouring of Its love, could take on so many shapes, perform so many offices, be so persistent, without ever ceasing to do Its acts. Yet, who tries to penetrate into each created thing to see who is the One who offers Its breast to him, to give Its milk, to breast-feed the creatures, to amuse them and to make them happy? Almost no one. My Will pours Itself out continuously, It gives Its life in each created thing in order to give life, and they do not deign even to look at It, to see who is the One who loves them so much, and is life of their life! Therefore, the sorrow of my Will is great because of so many denials from the creatures. So, with Divine and invincible patience, It is waiting for Its children who, by knowing It,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> may tear the veil from created things which hide It, may recognize the breast of their mama and, grateful, may suckle from those divine breasts, as her true children.</span> And so, the glory of all Creation, of all Redemption, of your Jesus and of the eternal Fiat will then be complete, when the children of Its Kingdom will attach themselves to Its breast, to suckle from Its breasts. Recognizing It, they will not detach from Its breast, and It will give them all goods, and will have the glory, the contentment, to see all of Its children happy, while these children will have the honor, the glory, to copy within themselves the Mother who, with so much love, keeps them on her lap to nourish them with her divine milk...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.22 September 14, 1927</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...After this, I was following the Divine Will in everything It has done in Creation, to then follow the acts of Redemption, and my adored Jesus made present to me what He had done in coming upon earth, and I followed Him, step by step. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">And following His tender age in the act in which He would cry and suckle milk in the arms of the Sovereign Queen</span>, I said: ‘My pretty little one, I want to invest your tears with my ‘I love You’, to ask You, in each one of your tears, for the Kingdom of your Divine Will; and in each drop of milk that Our Celestial Mama gives You, I want to let flow my ‘I love You’, so that, while She nourishes You with Her milk, I may nourish You with my love, to ask You, in each drop of milk You take, for the Kingdom of your Divine Fiat.’ Then I said to my Mama: ‘Say together with me: “I want the Kingdom of your Will in each drop of milk I give You, in each tear and wailing of yours, in each one of my kisses which I impress on your beautiful and charming face...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.23 December 22, 1927</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Now, all the children of my Will will be invested by these rays, they will move around them; even more,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> each ray will feed their souls, and they will suckle from them the Life of my Fiat.</span> So, what will be your happiness in seeing all the good, the happiness, the sanctity, the peace and everything else, descend into the midst of the children of my Kingdom from inside your sphere, by virtue of these rays? And then, the complete glory that these creatures will give to their Creator for having known the Kingdom of my Will, ascend again within those very rays? There is no good which will not descend through you, by virtue of the sphere of my Will placed in you, nor glory which will not ascend again along the same way. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.28 October 18, 1930</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...I continue in my usual state, and pausing in the act when the Sovereign Queen gave birth to little Baby Jesus, and clasping Him to Her breast, kissed Him and kissed Him again, and delighting in Him, gave Him Her most sweet milk - oh! how I too yearned to give Him my affectionate kisses and my tender embraces to my little Child Jesus. And He, making Himself seen in act of receiving them, told me: “Daughter of my Volition, all the value of the acts of my Celestial Mama was because they came out of the immense womb of my Divine Will, whose Kingdom, whose Life, She possessed. There was not one motion, act, breath and heartbeat which was not full of Supreme Volition, up to overflowing outside. Her loving kisses that She gave Me, came out of the fount of It; Her chaste embraces with which She embraced my infantile Humanity contained the immensity. In Her most pure milk with which She nourished Me,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> as I suckled from Her virginal breast, I suckled from the immense breast of my Fiat; and in that milk I suckled Its infinite joys, Its ineffable sweetnesses, the food, the substance, the infantile growth of my Humanity from the immense abyss of my Divine Will.</span> So, in Her kisses I felt the eternal kiss of my Will which, when It does an act, never ceases doing it; in Her embraces I felt a divine immensity embracing Me; and in Her milk I nourished Myself divinely and humanly, and She gave Me back my celestial joys and the contentments of my Divine Will which kept Her all filled. If the Sovereign Queen had not had a Divine Will in Her power, I would not have contented Myself with Her kisses, with Her love, with Her embraces and with Her milk. At the most, my Humanity would have been content, but my Divinity – I, Word of the Father, who had the infinite, the immense, in my power - wanted infinite kisses, immense embraces, milk full of divine joys and sweetnesses. And only in this way was I satisfied, as my Mama, possessing my Divine Will, could give Me kisses, embraces, love and all Her acts that gave of the infinite...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Vol.35 February 14, 1938</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“Now, listen to another surprise. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">When I, as a little Baby, was suckling the milk from My Mama, I suckled the souls, because She kept them in deposit, and in giving Me Her milk She deposited all souls within Me</span>; she wanted Me to Love them, kiss them all, and make of them My Victory and Her Own. Not only this—<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">in giving Me milk She also made Me suckle her Maternity and Tenderness</span>, imposing Herself on Me so that I Loved the souls with Maternal and Paternal Love. I received Her Maternity and Her Unspeakable Tenderness within Me, so I Loved the souls with Divine, Maternal and Paternal love.<br /></span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-83573779447031233552024-02-27T15:56:00.009+11:002024-03-13T19:33:34.145+11:00Divine Wheel and the Mystical Kiss: Notes for Zoom Class 29 Feb<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKOLomzOYbG4K9VSYNo-Al982DzAi3SfEU0_b2hWxppIUl08f25f-ft4ifRFWjNrmPaC2g39inHTeYQghLd8CPv6BCAVo1nznZ3xl2Vfsdd_6Q5lXtT55YPq7iBYZR9h9gompdtalFS1YtvglERE_yZcbQampbRk9sGTlYbTzY067y22O_KN9/s226/sun.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="223" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKOLomzOYbG4K9VSYNo-Al982DzAi3SfEU0_b2hWxppIUl08f25f-ft4ifRFWjNrmPaC2g39inHTeYQghLd8CPv6BCAVo1nznZ3xl2Vfsdd_6Q5lXtT55YPq7iBYZR9h9gompdtalFS1YtvglERE_yZcbQampbRk9sGTlYbTzY067y22O_KN9/w409-h415/sun.jpg" width="409" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />December 18, 1929 (Vol 27)</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />Ardour of Love. Specialties of the three ardours of Love of Our Lord. The devouring Love, and how It devoured all souls. Tears of Baby Jesus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />I was thinking about the Incarnation of my sweet Jesus in the maternal womb of the Celestial Sovereign; and my sweet Jesus, coming out of my interior, clasped me in His arms with an unspeakable tenderness, and told me: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“My daughter, Creation was ardour of Love, and was so intense and great, that overflowing from Our Divine Being, it invested the whole universe and diffused everywhere. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And Our Fiat, pronouncing Itself and operating in this, Our race of Love - that ran and ran without being able to stop if not when It spread everywhere and gave its first kiss of love to all creatures, who did not yet exist; its kiss of love was kiss of joy, of happiness, which it impressed on all generations – and Our Divine Fiat, that ran together with it, did not content Itself with only kisses, but, pronouncing Itself, formed suns, heavens, stars, seas and earth, and everything that can be seen in the great void of the universe. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So, the ardour of Our Love in Creation was ardour of celebrating love, of happiness, of joy, with which We were to play with and delight all creatures. On the other hand, in incarnating Myself in the maternal womb, Our ardour of Love which, as We could not contain it, overflowed from Us and did the same race as in Creation, was ardour of love, of tenderness, of compassion, of mercy, and it put at risk the Life of a God in order to find man and give him its kisses of love, tender and compassionate; its kisses of forgiveness; and enclosing the life of all creatures within its sea of love, it gave them the kiss of life, laying down its life of love to give life to man. Our Love reached the excess in the Incarnation, because It was not, as in Creation, love that celebrates, that rejoices, but sorrowful love, suffering love, sacrificed love, that would give its life to make a prey of the life of man.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But Our Love is not yet content. Place your hand upon my Heart and feel how strongly It beats, to the point that I feel It explode. Prick up your ears and hear how It seethes, almost like a stormy sea which, forming its gigantic waves, wants to overflow outside to invade everything and everyone. It wants to do Its third race of Love, and in this ardour of Love It wants to form the Kingdom of my Divine Will. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This ardour of Love of Ours will unite together that of Creation and that of my Incarnation, and will make them one; and it will be ardour of triumphing love, and will give its kiss of triumphant love, of conquering love, of love that wins over everything to give its kiss of perennial peace, its kiss of light that will put to flight the night of the human will, and will make the full day of my Divine Will arise, which will be the bearer of all goods.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">How I long for it; Our Love seethes so much within Me, that I feel the necessity to let It overflow outside. And if you knew what relief I feel when, pouring It out with you, I speak to you of my Divine Volition…. The ardour of my Love, that gives Me the delirious fever, calms down; and feeling refreshment, I put Myself at work so that all may be my Will in your soul. Therefore, be attentive, and let Me do." <span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>After
this, my poor mind was wandering within the Love of my sweet Jesus, and
I saw, before me,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> a great wheel of light, burning more than fire, which
contained as many rays for as many creatures as had come and will come
out to the light of the day. </span>And these rays invested each creature and,
with sweet enrapturing strength, captured them into <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the center of the
great wheel of light, where there was Jesus, waiting for them from the
womb of His Love in order to devour them </span>– not to make them die, but to
enclose them within His little Humanity, so as to make them be reborn,
grow and to nourish them with His devouring flames to give them new life
– the life all of love. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>My little Jesus, just newly conceived, enclosed
within Himself the great birth of all generations - more than a tender
mother who encloses the birth from herself - to deliver it to the light,
formed by His Love, but with unheard-of pains, and even with His death.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Then, my tender Jesus, in the middle of that chasm of flames, so very little, told me:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>“Look at Me and listen to Me. My daughter, in the middle of this chasm of flames I breathe nothing but flames; and in my breath I feel that the flames of my devouring Love bring Me the breath of all creatures. My tiny little Heart palpitates flames which, extending, capture the heartbeats of all creatures and place them inside my Heart; and I feel all heartbeats palpitating in my little Heart. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Everything is flames – flames spout my tiny little hands, my immobile little feet. Ah! how demanding is my Love! In order to enclose Me completely and make Me give life to all, It put Me in the middle of a devouring fire, and – oh! how vividly I feel the sins, the miseries, the pains of all. I am still little, yet, I am spared nothing! I can say: ‘All evils have fallen inside and outside of Me.’ And in the midst of these devouring flames, loaded with so many pains, I look at everyone and, crying, I exclaim: ‘My Love has given Me everyone back as gift; It gave them to Me in Creation, and they escaped from Me; It gives them to Me again in conceiving Me in the womb of my Mama. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>But, am I sure that they will not escape from Me? Will they be mine forever? Oh! how happy I would be if all would not escape from Me. Their pains would be refreshment for Me if all of my dear children, the dear birth from Me, conceived in my little Humanity, were safe.’ </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>And, crying and sobbing, I looked each one in the face to move them with my tears; and I repeated: ‘My dear children, do not leave Me, don’t go away from Me any more; I am your Father, do not abandon Me. O please! recognize Me, have pity at least on the fire that devours Me, on my ardent tears – and all because of you, because I love you too much, I love you as God, I love you as most passionate Father, I love you as my Life.’</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>But do you know, little daughter of my Divine Volition, what was the greatest interest of my Love? That of devouring, in creatures, their human will, because it is the origin of all evils, and in spite of all Its devouring flames, it formed clouds so as not to let itself be burned. Oh! what tortured Me the most was the human will, which not only formed clouds, but formed the<br />most sorrowful scenes in my very Humanity. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Therefore, pray that my Divine Will be known and reign in it; and then will you be able to call Me the happy Jesus. Otherwise, my tears will not cease, I will always have reason to cry over the lot of poor humanity, as it lies under the nightmare of its miserable will.” </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="heb" style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">יִשָּׁקֵ֙נִי֙</span> מִ<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">נְּשִׁיקֹ֣ות</span> פִּ֔יהוּ כִּֽי־טֹובִ֥ים דֹּדֶ֖יךָ מִיָּֽיִן׃</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">yishakeniy min'shiykot piyhu ki-tovim dodeykha miyayin</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>KJB</b> - </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love <i>is</i> better than wine.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="p" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>DRB</b> - </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine, </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versiontext" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Brenton Septuagint Translation</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine.</span></span></p><p><span class="p"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versiontext" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Aramaic Bible in Plain English</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - He shall kiss me from the kisses of his mouth, for your affections are better than wine.</span></span><span class="p"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="heb" style="font-family: georgia;">שִׂימֵ֨נִי כַֽחֹותָ֜ם עַל־לִבֶּ֗ךָ כַּֽחֹותָם֙
עַל־זְרֹועֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־עַזָּ֤ה כַמָּ֙וֶת֙ אַהֲבָ֔ה קָשָׁ֥ה כִשְׁאֹ֖ול
קִנְאָ֑ה רְשָׁפֶ֕יהָ רִשְׁפֵּ֕י אֵ֖שׁ שַׁלְהֶ֥בֶתְיָֽה׃</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span class="p"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versiontext" style="font-family: georgia;">Song 8:6 <b>Brenton Septuagint Translation</b> -</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Set
me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is
strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts
of fire, <i>even</i> the flames thereof.<span class="p"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versiontext" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>New American Bible</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - Set
me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; For Love is
strong as Death, longing is fierce as Sheol. Its arrows are arrows of
fire, flames of the divine. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versiontext" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>King James Bible</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love <i>is</i> strong as death; jealousy <i>is</i> cruel as the grave: the coals thereof <i>are</i> coals of fire, <i>which hath</i> a most vehement flame.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versiontext" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Douay-Rheims Bible</b> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">- Put
me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong
as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and
flames. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="p">shafts, arrows, flames, rays, blazing, coals. lamps</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="p">Psalm 2:12 </span></span></span><span class="heb"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">נַשְּׁקוּ</span>־בַ֡ר פֶּן־יֶאֱנַ֤ף ׀ וְתֹ֬אבְדוּ דֶ֗רֶךְ כִּֽי־יִבְעַ֣ר כִּמְעַ֣ט אַפֹּ֑ו אַ֝שְׁרֵ֗י כָּל־חֹ֥וסֵי בֹֽו׃</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versiontext" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>King James Bible</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish <i>from</i> the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed <i>are</i> all they that put their trust in him.</span></span></p><p><span class="p"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="versiontext" style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Douay-Rheims Bible</b></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> - Embrace
discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the
just way. When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are
all they that trust in him. <span class="p"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span class="heb"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Nashku-bar Kiss the Son or Receive or accept instruction</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="heb" style="font-family: georgia;">From Zohar</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“
... His mother came and said to them, ‘Masters, please look on my son
with a good eye.’ They said to her, ‘Happy are you, worthy woman!
Singled out from among all women! The Blessed Holy One has selected your
portion, raised your banner above all women of the world.’
The Child said, ‘I am not afraid of the evil eye, for I am the son of a
great and precious fish, and fish do not fear the evil eye, as it is
written, ‘They shall multiply like fish in the midst of the earth’
(Genesis 48:16). This blessing includes protection from the evil eye,
for we have learned: ‘Just as fish of the sea are covered by water and
are immune to the evil eye etc [so the descendants of Joseph are immune
to the evil eye].’ ‘In the midst of the earth,’ indeed ‘among human
beings on earth’.
They said, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">‘Son, Angel of YHVH! </span>There is no evil eye in us, we do not
come from the side of the evil eye. The Blessed Holy One is covering you
with His wings.’
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">They kissed him</span> as before and said: ‘Come, let us bless,’ He said, ‘I
will bless, because everything you’ve heard until now was from me, I
will fulfill the verse: One whose eye is generous will be blessed. Read
it: ‘will bless’. Why? ‘Because he gave of his own bread to the needy’
(Prov. 22:9). From the bread and food of my Torah you have eaten.’
Rabbi Judah said: ‘Son, Beloved of the Blessed Holy One! We have
learned: ‘the master of the house breaks bread, and the guest blesses.’
He said to them, ‘I am not master of the house, and you are not guests!
But I have found a verse and I will fulfill it, for I am truly generous.
Without your asking, I have spoken until now and you have eaten my
bread and my food.”
He took the cup of blessing and began to bless. His hands could not hold
the cup; they were trembling. When he reached ‘for the land and the
food’ he said ‘I raise the cup of salvation and invoke the name, YHVH.’
(Psalm 116:13). The cup stood firm and settled in his right hand and he
continued blessing. At the end he said, ‘May it be the Will that life be
extended to one of these from the Tree of Life on which all depends!
May the Blessed Holy One be surety for him. May he find surety below to
share his surety with the Holy King.’
Having finished blessing he closed his eyes for a moment. Then he opened
them and said, ‘Comrades, Shalom to you from the good Lord who
possesses all Shalom! They were amazed, and cried, and blessed him.
They stayed the night. In the morning they rose early and left. When
they reached Rabbi Shim’on, they told him what had happened. Rabbi
Shim’on was amazed. He said, "He is the son of an invincible rock! He
deserves this and more than any human can imagine. He is the son of Rav
Hamnuna Sava.” </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where heaven and earth kiss = incarnation -the divine kiss is the Son. see Psalm 85: 10 </span></span><span class="heb" style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">חֶֽסֶד־וֶאֱמֶ֥ת נִפְגָּ֑שׁוּ צֶ֖דֶק וְשָׁלֹ֣ום<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> נָשָֽׁקוּ</span>׃</span></span></p><p><span class="heb" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In Judaism- Breslov - where heaven and Earth kiss is in Hitbodedut. </span></span></p><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Raza d’Razin: Storytelling, Mystery and Kingdom</span></h1><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 200%;"><span>"The fourth Reading by Mary Grey titled “From Mystery to Sacrament”
is a delightful piece of literary bricolage which complements the third reading and its
discussion on ‘mysterion’. She links the
idea of the liturgy as a Divine Song with the concept of Mystery. The idea of a
Divine Song has Jewish roots in the immemorial past when God sang the Creation
into existence in Genesis 1. This ‘Song of Creation’ later manifests as the
‘Song of Moses’ and the ‘Song of Miriam’ as well as the Song of the
future. This Song is associated with the
coming of the Messiah.<a name="_ftnref16" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[16]</span></span></a> The Messiah’s liturgical Mystery is the
Lord’s Song.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 200%;"><span> Grey states that the consciousness of the Divine Mystery
as holiness and transcendence “first surfaced and became explicit in the
history of Israel”.<a name="_ftnref17" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[17]</span></span></a> She also links this to the idea of covenant
and the mystery of God’s Love. <a name="_ftnref18" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[18]</span></span></a>
Thus the sacraments or ‘mysteries of the kingdom’ are an outpouring of God’s
love and mercy. Grey talks about the teaching of the Eastern Fathers “God is
thirsty for man”. <a name="_ftnref19" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[19]</span></span></a>
This reveals that the covenant is an intimate relationship between man and God.
Thus the sacraments are like a Divine Kiss and Embrace drawing man into ever
deeper intimacy with his Lover. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 200%;"><span> She also discusses the very Jewish concept of Jacob’s
Ladder in regards to Jesus proclaiming himself as Jacob’s Ladder in John 1:51.
This is also an image found in St John of the Cross in regards to the Dark
Night of the Soul. One of the central mysteries of the Jewish Kabbalah is the
concept of the Divine Man (Adam Kadmon) in the form of the Sefirot (divine
attributes or Emanations) as Jacob’s Ladder. The seven lower Sefirot could be
linked with the seven sacraments of the New Covenant."</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;"><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rebbe Nachman, Consecrated Flesh and the Divine Will: A Hebrew Catholic Reflection</span></span></h1><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 200%;"><span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="p">"Some
scholars (such as Leonora Leet) believe the whole secret rituals of the
Temple priesthood revolved about the intimate mysteries of the Kissing
of the Divine Son of Psalm 2:12.</span></span><span class="heb" style="font-family: georgia;">" </span></span></p><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Temple Theology, Kiss the Son and Joseph: A Hebrew Catholic Reflection</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In
recent years many scholars such as Mark Kinzer and Andre Villeneuve and
others have written about the Temple or Tabernacle theology found in
the Gospel of John and the New Testament. A Jewish writer Leonora Leet
writes that the inner secret of the Temple cult of Second Temple Judaism
is concerned with the mystery of the "Divine Son" or "Son of Man".
Others have revealed that the whole physical structure of the Temple is
built in the image of the "Divine Man". This "Divine Man" or "Adam
Kadmon" is also at the heart of Jewish mystical thought. This Temple
Theology is also a Theology of the Body of the Divine Son or Messiah.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
Church of the Circumcision's whole spirituality is based on this Temple
or Tabernacle Theology understood as a Theology of the Body. The
reclining sleeping man of the Temple represents the sleeping Jacob
(Israel) and the prophetic dreams of the reclining sleeping Joseph.
Leonora Leet writes that the Divine Son is the embodiment of Israel.
However this mystery of the Temple revolves also around the mystery of
the words from the Psalms of David "Kiss the Son". This alludes to Jacob
"falling on the neck" or the kissing of his son Joseph. Pope Francis
loves the image of the reclining sleeping St Joseph.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When
the Patriarch Joseph had his dream of his father and mother as the sun
and moon and stars which bowed down to him, who was Joseph? He was the
earth- the <i>yesod</i> (foundation). The mystery of the Father kissing
the Son represents Heaven and Earth uniting through the person of the
Divine Son or Son of Man. It is a mystery of the Divine Will (<i>Ratzon</i>).
It is also the mystery of Abraham and Isaac and the binding which also
happened in the same place as Jacob's dream of the staircase to Heaven
according to Jewish tradition. This spiral staircase may also represent
the spiral dna of Man. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This
priestly Tabernacle sanctity which was part of the mystery of the
dwelling presence and Glory in the Temple was extended to the laity by
the Pharisees. The best of Pharisee teaching was bringing of the <i>kedushah</i> (holiness/sanctity) of the temple to the homes and lives of the ordinary Jews. Due to Jesus' clash with the leaven (<i>hametz</i>)
of the five hypocritical groups of Pharisee we often forget the two
good groups of the moderate Essenes (mystics) and the Hillelites
(practitioners of mercy and loving kindness). </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Thus
the best of Catholic and Jewish spirituality is based on this focus on
the presence and glory of God as central in the life of the believer and
his family. When we focus more on the outward forms and rules and
regulations instead of the inner light that leads us to communion and
adoration (kissing the Son) then we are following the hypocrites not the
true believers. The Song of Songs further conceals the deeper
mysteries. "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth..." cries out
the soul of the true believer who is represented or embodied by the
mystical Bride who is Lady <i>Shekhinah</i> and Lady Wisdom.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When
we do Eucharistic Adoration we are sitting on or embracing the knees of
the Divine Son and kissing him. With the revival of the movement for
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration in the Church in recent decades Heaven
is starting to Kiss the Earth in order to lead us to the fulfilment of
the Lord's Prayer that the Divine Will be done on earth as it is in
heaven. As fruit of this Temple or Tabernacle theology, expressed in our
time, a new appreciation of the role of the Father and St Joseph will
occur in which there will be a turning of the hearts of the children to
the fathers and the fathers to the children which will restore the
family to its rightful place as a place in which the Divine Presence
dwells. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
Father will Kiss the Son and the Father will dance at the feast of his
Son as the Father in the story of the prodigal son must have done. The
Father races to greet his Son and to kiss him and embrace him. The
Father sees each person as the image of his Son who he is desiring to
kiss and embrace into the new and divine holiness of dwelling in his
Divine Will as Son and not Servant only. This icon of the dancing Father
is alive today in the Hasidic Jewish tradition of the Rebbe or <i>Tzaddik</i>
dancing. The Father is rushing right now to kiss and embrace you even
with the smell of the pig sty still upon you. He longs for you to dance
in his Will in the great feast of the Lamb who is the Lion of Judah. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
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</h1><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eizeh Tikkun! Rebbe Nachman and Reparation- Part 2<span><span><span style="font-variant: small-caps;"> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></h1><h1 align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Kissing the son</span></span></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%;">Both Liebes and
Benarroch discuss the Christian meaning of the Zoharic figure of the <i>Sava</i>
(the Old Wise Man) and the <i>Yanuka</i> (Holy Child) in the <i>Zohar</i> in
the context of the Incarnation and the concept of the Father and the Son.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn40" name="_ftnref40" title=""><sup><span><sup><span style="line-height: 107%;">[40]</span></sup></span></sup></a>
This imagery has its source in the phrase in the Psalm 2:12 of “Kiss the Son” (<i>nasheku
bar</i>).<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn41" name="_ftnref41" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[41]</span></span></span></span></a>
Werthmann discusses the centrality of the mystical Kiss in the Zoharic
literature and its possible Christian connections.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn42" name="_ftnref42" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[42]</span></span></span></span></a> This
is linked to the opening verses of the Song of Songs- “Let him kiss me with the
kisses of his mouth”.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn43" name="_ftnref43" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[43]</span></span></span></span></a> Leet
believes that the hidden secret of the Temple cult of Second Temple Judaism is
concerned with the mystery of the "Divine Son" or "Son of
Man" and this mysterious Kiss of the Divine Son. She discusses this in the
context of the <i>Zohar</i>.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn44" name="_ftnref44" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[44]</span></span></span></span></a> Aryeh
Wineman also perceives a connection with the <i>Yanuka</i> or wonder child of
the <i>Zohar</i> with certain wonder children in Castilian Spain in the
Medieval Period.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn45" name="_ftnref45" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[45]</span></span></span></span></a>
Wineman describes the <i>Yanuka </i>(Youth) of the <i>Zohar</i> story as the
archetype of innocence and then comments:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%;">* </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%;">…the child’s
role as the redeeming figure in the story; as death has an association with the
sin of Adam and sin itself, the child in his very nature suggests a world of
purity and wholeness preceding the introduction of death into the world. The
child figure is a kind of personification of Eden…<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn46" name="_ftnref46" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[46]</span></span></span></span></a><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 1.0cm; margin-right: 1.0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 150%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Zer Anpin as Body and Bride of Maschiach</span></h1></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 1.0cm; margin-right: 1.0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1cm 8pt;"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is only through <i>Zer Anpin</i> in its dimension of <i>Adam Kadmon</i>
(the Divine Man) that allows the members of the Church to see or gaze
on the face of the Father. This face of the Father (represented by <i>Arik Anpin</i>) is his Divine Son in his Divinity. <i>Zer Anpin </i>sometimes represents the <i>Mashiach </i>as
the short tempered one to demonstrate that he in his humanity
experiences passions, such as sorrow and tears and righteous anger. The
God-head can only experience this through the humanity of the Son and
those united to the Son in his Body in this world.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This gazing on the faces in regards to <i>Zer Anpin </i>and <i>Arich Anpin </i>as the <i>Adam Kadmon </i>and <i>Mashiach </i>in the <i>Sefer Zohar </i>in the accounts of the <i>Idra Rabba </i>and the <i>Idra Zuta </i>is
a Judaeo-Christian meditation on the image of Yeshua on the Holy Shroud
of Turin as well as Veronica's Veil. This custom of Adoration (a form
of the mystical kissing of the Son) of Yeshua by the early Jewish
Christian especially in Edessa and the other mystical and charismatic
centres was Eucharistic and a meditation on the Holy Faces as well as
the body revealed on the miraculous image on the Shroud. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In
the early Jewish branch of the Church these mysteries were great
secrets which were not allowed to be revealed to Gentiles due to their
early state of spiritual understanding of the Jewish mystical
traditions. This was the origin of the Jewish meditations on the Holy
Face, the Holy Beard and the Holy Body in the mysteries of the Sefirotic
array. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> [connection between the Kiss the Son lest he be angry-Zer Anpin. The angry Messiah clears His Temple.]</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 1.0cm; margin-right: 1.0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1cm 8pt;"><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-size: large;">The Dance of Two Camps: Nakedness of Spirit and Soul</span></h1></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 1.0cm; margin-right: 1.0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1cm 8pt;"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>This
intimate mystical dance or prayer struggle between Philosophia and
Theologica, oral and written, male and female, faith and reason, Judaism
and Catholicism, ethical transcendence and eschatology begets its
Eucharistic fruit of <i>Adoratio</i> (Eucharistic adoration connected in Latin
to the mystical kiss) which leads to new mystical and Torah insights
that for the Hebrew Catholic leads to a deeper and richer
Eucharistic-centred Torah-observant way of life.</span><span> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>This
dance of the faces of the two cherubim also alludes to the mystery of
the two faces of Genesis 1 hidden in the mystery of the Light of Messiah
concealed in Miriam's Well. This is the mystical Dance of Light.
Miriam's Well is the female vessel that is called song and dance (the
said <i>amar</i>) and the conceptual male Light of the Messiah is the singing and dancing (the saying <i>yomer</i>).
Thus this is linked to Miriam's song and dance (in the immanent eternal
now) at the Exodus with the women of Israel and Moses' song (the
transcendent eschatological singing of the future). In the Eucharist and
in Eucharistic Adoration the immanent and transcendent encounter one
another in a dance-like intimate virginal union...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>...This concept of the circle or ring dance is also connected to the very structure of the <i>Song of Songs</i>. Fawzi writes:</span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>...this
characteristic becomes clearer or less ambiguous when the sequence of
the Song is understood to follow the stream of consciousness. The
transformation of consciousness in the Song seems to fluctuate between
the torment of separation and the joy of union within a ring-pattern
structure.[12]</span></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>Fawzi
also states that the Song has a triadic theme based on Love as passion,
possession and poetry. Divine Possession (or the desire to live in the
Divine Will) leads or transforms to passion as mystic vision (beholding
the Beloved) and the poetry of mystic union (<i>devekut</i> or cleaving to the Beloved and the mystical kiss).</span></span><span><span>[13]
Thus, this Love Dance of possession, passion and cleaving (reflected in
the theme) similar to the Tango, is a circle or spiral dance (reflected
in the structure or choreography) ascending the spiral staircase
(ladder) of Jacob... <br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 1.0cm; margin-right: 1.0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>...</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then
Jacob sent a messenger to his brother Esau in Edom and then Jacob made
the strange and mystical encounter of wrestling the Angel known as the
Archangel of Esau or Edom. Jacob in the end forces the Angel to give
him a blessing. Jacob himself sees this encounter as an encounter of
seeing God faces to faces. This is the mystical Dance and the mystical
Kiss of the Son mentioned in Psalm 2. Edom will later be identified with
Rome and the Messiah sits with the lepers at the gate of Rome.</span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOoCIwDA0yEYqZwzIh0llHjZbWQIBib8QfuiQr1Gyv2GHZCvsOdvXHA89XKRH_RqeBMJz1bQ3LZizaAuL1H9xzKBijiPQTx31YXXlEfXXX6Z-4qmB07dNnwUhNK3AeWZdGWNYhzDjwLDyTQjHi43WSvtdmi2I3SULJyIX_GUf9NNXhh40iQ/s1233/jacob%20and%20angel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="1090" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghOoCIwDA0yEYqZwzIh0llHjZbWQIBib8QfuiQr1Gyv2GHZCvsOdvXHA89XKRH_RqeBMJz1bQ3LZizaAuL1H9xzKBijiPQTx31YXXlEfXXX6Z-4qmB07dNnwUhNK3AeWZdGWNYhzDjwLDyTQjHi43WSvtdmi2I3SULJyIX_GUf9NNXhh40iQ/w373-h422/jacob%20and%20angel.jpg" width="373" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Jacob here represent <i>Synagoga </i>or <i>Kneset Yisrael </i>-
the Lady of Israel dancing and wrestling with the Angel messenger who
is God himself and their Messiah. She becomes wounded in this struggle
but in the end Jacob and Esau embrace. The two camps unite and embrace
in intimate love in the Dance of the Spirit. This is the reconciliation
and healing of the wound between Jews and Christians. This is the
Ingrafting of Romans 11.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 1.0cm; margin-right: 1.0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1cm 8pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is the link for the talks on zoom</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 1.0cm; margin-right: 1.0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 1cm 8pt;"><div id="m_-602526355869258225x698a488ad3da447680e02e31d67b98de"><b><br /></b></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12RPd68g5Az0jLKgZo6A2F3IyQS570Eom?usp%3Dshare_link&source=gmail&ust=1677380254806000&usg=AOvVaw3iX_uGe1CHmR8WMIltuepQ" href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12RPd68g5Az0jLKgZo6A2F3IyQS570Eom?usp=share_link" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/<wbr></wbr>drive/folders/<wbr></wbr>12RPd68g5Az0jLKgZo6A2F3IyQS570<wbr></wbr>Eom?usp=share_link</a> </span></b><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></p></div>
</div>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-23769700649446263212024-02-18T16:51:00.036+11:002024-02-19T17:04:42.363+11:00Divine Wheel and the Concept of the Eclipse: Notes for Zoom Class<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_i_oZp5DfR1L_vzT6eIKmEqY8OUHKlL3x7kwXbfNoSuCY0QGScYDueMqwH-DdpLBABdHyRlSltfKztV_q9fiWdDrwmlBCe24cEhly87SoOkBDCfD9P_8vP4Br8oLg195MpaaQjoFM_aI7hs7zfTR7gDYiCCdDke6QICMW_EBqpzp7QLncCin/s795/whlig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="795" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_i_oZp5DfR1L_vzT6eIKmEqY8OUHKlL3x7kwXbfNoSuCY0QGScYDueMqwH-DdpLBABdHyRlSltfKztV_q9fiWdDrwmlBCe24cEhly87SoOkBDCfD9P_8vP4Br8oLg195MpaaQjoFM_aI7hs7zfTR7gDYiCCdDke6QICMW_EBqpzp7QLncCin/w529-h463/whlig.png" width="529" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />October 30, 1929 (Vol.27)</span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /><b><i>One who lives in the Divine Will can go around in all the works of God and acquires the divine rights.</i></b><br /><br />The sweet enchantment of the Omnipotent Fiat keeps me<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> as though eclipsed in It</span> with Its light, and I can see nothing but all of Its acts, to place my ‘I love You’ as a seal upon each one of Its acts in order to ask for the Kingdom of Its Divine Will in the midst of creatures. <br /><br />Now, before my mind I saw a great wheel of light which filled the whole earth; and while the center of the wheel was all one light, many rays were sticking out around it for as many acts as the Divine Fiat had done, and I moved from one ray to another to place on them the seal of my ‘I love You’, to then leave it in each ray asking continuously for the Kingdom of Its Divine Will. <br /><br />Now, while I was doing this, my always lovable Jesus, coming out of my interior, told me: </span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“My daughter, with one who lives in my Divine Will and forms her acts in It, these acts remain as the work of the creature, binding God to give her the rights of a Kingdom so holy, and therefore the rights to make It known and to make It reign upon earth. In fact, the soul who lives in my Fiat reacquires all the acts of It done for love of creatures. God renders her the conqueror not only of His Will, but of all Creation; there is not one act of It in which the creature does not place her act, be it even one ‘I love You’, one ‘I adore You’, etc. <br /><br />So, having placed something of her own, everything remains bound, and my Fiat feels happy because finally It has found the fortunate creature to whom It can give what It wanted to give with so much love from the very beginning of the creation of all the universe.<br /><br />Therefore, by living in my Divine Will, the creature enters into the divine order, she becomes the proprietor of Its works, and, by right, she can give and ask for others that which is her own. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And since she lives in It, her rights are divine, and she asks by a right that is divine, not human. Each of her acts is a call that she makes to her Creator, and with His very divine empire, she says to Him: ‘Give me the Kingdom of your Divine Will, that I may give It to creatures, so that It may reign in their midst, and all of them may love You with divine love, and be all reordered in You.’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Now, you must know that every time you go around in my Will to put something of your own, it is one more divine right that you acquire to ask for a Kingdom so holy. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This is why, as you go around in It, all the works of Creation come forward before you, and all those of Redemption line up around you, waiting for you, so as to receive, each one of them, your act, to give you the requital of the act of Our works; and you keep tracing them one by one, to recognize them, embrace them, to place your little ‘I love You’, and your kiss of love to make a purchase of them. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In Our Fiat there is neither ‘yours’ nor ‘mine’ between Creator and creature, but everything is communion, and therefore, by right, she can ask for whatever she wants. Oh! how afflicted and sorrowful I would feel amid so many pains and acts of mine done while I was on earth, if the little daughter of my Divine Will did not even recognize them and did not try to place around my act the cortege of her love and of her act. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">How could I give you the right if you did not recognize them? And even less could you make them your own. Recognizing Our works is not only a right that We give, but possession.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Therefore, if you want my Divine Will to reign, always go around in Our Fiat, recognize all Our works, from the smallest to the greatest, place your act in each one of them, and everything will be granted to you.” </span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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The 22 Fiats of the Divine Will</a></span>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicznH9ZB_3YkwKlW-hTm3PzatrJk-kgcpF3lKg0fM5wvyocxMQl4CkazmnPk-6IKyVj7t8OanyRraQbW95CHIqLFdPih1Iu5u6CeZg4MgcAQ0IUS8aKjVJwsAS3k7AGzVSJ8_Z4WpU0T4fS6LPNAtdFFicwZPoi3oEXCfqDeulHzKCTIjGf2Dh/s500/four-worlds.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="376" height="659" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicznH9ZB_3YkwKlW-hTm3PzatrJk-kgcpF3lKg0fM5wvyocxMQl4CkazmnPk-6IKyVj7t8OanyRraQbW95CHIqLFdPih1Iu5u6CeZg4MgcAQ0IUS8aKjVJwsAS3k7AGzVSJ8_Z4WpU0T4fS6LPNAtdFFicwZPoi3oEXCfqDeulHzKCTIjGf2Dh/w496-h659/four-worlds.png" width="496" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /> <span>In Genesis 1 there are three <i>Yehi </i>(Let it be/ Fiat) and 20 <i>vayhi</i> (And let it be). However, from the first <i>Yehi </i>light shines forth to the other 22 Fiats or <i>yehiot</i>. Each one is associated with a letter of the alphabet. The first <i>yehi </i>encompasses the <i>alef tav </i>and
thus the other 22, in the Kingdom of the Divine Will and Fiat. The
first yehi is the fiat of the uncreated light whereas the 22 lower
lights<i> </i>or<i> yehiot</i> are created lights.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The three vayhi (created fiats) of Atzilut (World of Nearness to the Divinity) descend directly from the <i>Yehi Or </i>(Let there be Light) which is the Divine Light of the World of <i>Adam Kadmon</i> (Divine Man). Thus <i>Yehi Or</i> (Let there be Light) is the Fiat of Creation, the <i>Yehi Rakia</i> (Let there be an expanse) is the Fiat of Redemption and <i>Yehi Orot </i>(Let there be lights) is the Fiat of Sanctification.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The three <i>yehi</i>'s are linked to the את (<i>et</i>) of Genesis 1:1 as Heavenly decrees (<i>et haShamayim</i>). The twenty <i>vayhi</i>'s are linked to the ואת (<i>v'et</i>) as manifestations in the physical worlds (<i>v'et haAretz</i>). The את (<i>et</i>) alludes to the God-Man who is the Messiah with the א (<i>alef</i>) representing his Divinity and the ת (<i>tav</i>) his crucified humanity. The ואת (<i>v'et</i>) alludes to Our Lady and St Joseph in virginal nuptial union with the ו (<i>vav</i>) representing Joseph as the male and this second את (<i>alef tav</i>) representing Our Lady. The ה also represents Our Lady as the feminine united to שמים (<i>shamayim</i>) which alludes to Yeshua and Joseph in the Fiat and Mystery of the Redemption. The ה joined to ארץ (<i>aretz</i>) represents Our Lady joined with Luisa (<i>aretz</i>) in the Fiat and Mystery of the Sanctification of Living in Divine Will on earth as it is in Heaven.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Another way of perceiving השמים (ha-Shamayim) is that the ה (<i>hah</i>) alludes to the Holy Spirit, the ש (<i>shin</i>) to the Messiah, the open מ (<i>mem</i>) to Our Lady, the י (<i>yod</i>) to St Joseph and the final closed ם (<i>mem</i>) to Luisa. Another way of perceiving הארץ (<i>ha-Aretz</i>) is the ה (<i>hah</i>) as Our Lady (<span class="Y2IQFc" lang="iw">גבירתנו</span>), the א 9 (<i>alef</i>) as the Messiah, the ר (<i>resh</i>) as St Joseph as the <i>Rosh Bayit</i>
(Head of the House) and the final צ (tzadi) as Luisa as the Tzadikess
or Tzadika. The male שׁ (shin) is Yeshua and the female שׁ (<i>shin</i>)
is Our Lady as the Shekhinah. The male ש (sin) and ס (samech) is St
Joseph (יושף יוסף) and the female ש (sin) and ס (samech) is Luisa (לוישה
לויסה).<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f1c232;"><i>Yehi Or -</i> Light of the <i>Adam Kadmon</i> (Divine Man or God-Man)</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #f1c232;"> את<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">World of Atzilut - Miriam in Eternity in Divine Will<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1. <i>Vayhi Or </i>of Day One א (Gen.1:3) <span style="color: #800180;">[13. Shiflut/ Lowliness]<i><br /></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2.<i>Vayhi erev </i>of Day One ב (Gen.1:5) <span style="color: #800180;">[12. Emet/ Truth]<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">3. <i>Vayhi boker </i>of Day One ג (Gen.1:5) <span style="color: #800180;">[11. Temimut/ Sincerity]<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">World of Beriyah -Incarnate Yeshua in Eternity in Divine Will<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">4. <span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Yehi rakia</span></i> </span> of the second Day ד (Gen.1:6) <span style="color: red;">[4 Faces/Chayot] </span><span style="color: #800180;">[10. Bitachon/ Boldness or Confidence]<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">5. <i>Vayhi mavdil</i> of the Second Day ה (Gen.1:6) <span style="color: #01ffff;">[Mary/Lioness] </span><span style="color: #800180;">[9. Rachamim/ Compassion]<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">6.<i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Second Day ו (Gen.1:7) <span style="color: #ffa400;">[Joseph/ Ox] </span><span style="color: #800180;">[8. Yirah/ Fear or Awe]<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">7. <i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Second Day ז (Gen.1:8) <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Jesus/Man] </span><span style="color: #800180;">[7. Ahavah/ Love]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">8. <i>Vayhi boker </i>of the Second Day ח (Gen.1:8) <span style="color: #ff00fe;">[Luisa/Eagle] </span><span style="color: #800180;">[6. Yichud/ Unity]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">9. <i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Third Day ט (Gen.1:9) <span style="color: #01ffff;">[Mary/Lioness] </span> <span style="color: #800180;">[5. Simchah/ Joy]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">10. <i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Third Day י (Gen.1:11) <span style="color: #ffa400;">[Joseph/ Ox] </span> <span style="color: #800180;">[4. Bitul/ Humility]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">11. <i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Third Day כ (Gen.1:13) <span style="color: #2b00fe;">[Jesus/Man] </span><span style="color: #800180;">[3. Ratzon/ Will or Favour]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">12. <i>Vayhi boker</i> of the Third Day ל (Gen.1:13) <span style="color: #ff00fe;">[Luisa/Eagle] </span><span style="color: #800180;">[2. Taanug/ Desire or Pleasure]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #800180;"> World of Yetzirah - Joseph in Eternity in Divine Will</span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">13. <i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #674ea7;">Yehi m'orot</span></i> of the Fourth Day מ (Gen.1:14) <span style="color: #800180;">[13 Qualities of Mercy]</span> <span style="color: #800180;">[1. Emunah/ Faith or Trust] </span><span style="color: red;">[1. Keter/ Crown]<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">14. <i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Fourth Day נ (Gen.1:15)<span style="color: red;"> [2. Chokhmah/ Wisdom]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">15. <i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Fourth Day ס (Gen.1:19) <span style="color: red;">[3. Binah/ Understanding]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">16. <i>Vayhi boker</i> of the Fourth Day ע (Gen.1:19) <span style="color: red;">[4. Chesed/ Loving kindness]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">17. <i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Fifth Day פ (Gen.1:23) <span style="color: red;">[5. Din or Gevurah/ Judgement or Strength]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">18. <i>Vayhi boker</i> of the Fifth Day צ (Gen.1:23) <span style="color: red;">[6. Tiferet or Rachamim/ Beauty or Compassion]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">World of Assiyah- Luisa in Eternity in Divine Will</span><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">19. <i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Sixth Day ק (Gen.1:24) <span style="color: red;">[7. Netzach/ Victory or Endurance]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">20. <i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Sixth Day ר (Gen.1:30) <span style="color: red;">[8. Hod/ Majesty or Splendour]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">21. <i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Sixth Day ש (Gen.1:31) <span style="color: red;">[9. Yesod/ Foundation]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">22. <i>Vayhi boker</i> of the Sixth Day ת (Gen.1:31) <span style="color: red;">[10. Malkut or Shekhinah/ Kingdom or Presence]</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> The gematria for Will or <i>Ratzon </i>(רצון) is 346. The gematria for <i>Hashem Aleph </i>(השם
א) is 346. 346 can be read as the 36 lights that radiate from the 4
faces of Genesis 1. YH (yod heh) multiplied by itself is 15 x 15 = 225
and VH (vav heh) multiplied by itself is 11 x 11 = 121 and 225 + 121 =
346. The name Elishah is also 346 in gematria and refers to the ancient
name of southern Italy according to the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. </span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">H. Derenbourg ("Nouveaux Mélanges Orientaux," pp. 236 <i>et seq.</i>;
English transl. in "Hebraica," Oct., 1897, p. 7), Lenormant ("Les
Origines de l'Histoire d'après la Bible," etc., ii. 2, 34), Dillmann
(Commentary, Gen. x. 4), and Lagarde ("Mittheilungen," ii. 261) regard
it as denoting Sicily or the lower part of Italy, which view is
supported by the Targum to Ezek. (מרינת איטליא).</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Luisa Piccareta came from the Boot of Italy in southern Italy. Elishah can mean the God woman (<i>El Isha</i>) and Luisa the 36-woman (<i>Lu</i> (<i>lamed vav</i>) <i>Isha</i>). </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rjDhhw9pbU1TqFo_1VVJYxgCcNA4BFneDiShWpKUmEUrTF_GiLtuxgv20D697iyUx1hGU5NyPqSU2w8_nfiRAWRteuliaEhhGVeweCAx3DSzVrWB6EXYZEOuZi_1s-3sOTGPMuD1LziDn4LXAZ3WeRKXRjl6GEIltG2oLyc24R05d34IBF8v/s795/whlig2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="795" height="554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rjDhhw9pbU1TqFo_1VVJYxgCcNA4BFneDiShWpKUmEUrTF_GiLtuxgv20D697iyUx1hGU5NyPqSU2w8_nfiRAWRteuliaEhhGVeweCAx3DSzVrWB6EXYZEOuZi_1s-3sOTGPMuD1LziDn4LXAZ3WeRKXRjl6GEIltG2oLyc24R05d34IBF8v/w633-h554/whlig2.png" width="633" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /> Eclipsed = Hidden</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 12: November 20, 1917- Oh, the beautiful living in my Will! I like it so much that I will make disappear all other sanctities under any aspect of virtue in the future generations, and I will make the sanctity of living in my Will reappear, which are and will be not human sanctities, but Divine. Their sanctity will be so high that, like suns, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">they will eclipse the most beautiful stars of the saints</span> of the past generations. This is why I want to purge the earth: it is unworthy of these portents of Sanctity. [Jesus uses hyperbole in regard to the terms ecplise and disappear which is to hide or be hidden -due to the light of the new sanctities they make the old ones appear to disappear i.e they are still there but hidden or eclipsed by the brighter light]</span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">August 7, 1918- I was lamenting to Jesus about His privation, and I said to myself: ‘Everything is over. What bitter days. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">My Jesus has eclipsed Himself</span>, He has withdrawn from me. How can I continue to live?’ </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">April 15 1919- "My daughter, in creating the heavens, first I made the stars as minor spheres, and then I created the Sun as the major sphere, endowing It with <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">so much light as to eclipse all the stars</span>, as though hiding them within Itself, and constituting It king of the stars and of all nature. [note: stars are like the older sanctities of following and desiring the Divine Will and the sun the new sanctity of living in divine Will.]</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">April 23 1921- I am going through most bitter days. My always lovable <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Jesus has almost eclipsed Himself.</span> What pain! What torment! I just feel my mind beyond the spheres, in His Will, wanting to take this Holy Volition, bring It below the spheres, into the midst of men, and give It to each one of them as their own life. My mind struggles between the Divine Will and the human will of all, in order to make them one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 14: June 23, 1922- See, also the things which can be seen down here are not understood by man. Who can ever tell how I created the Sun, or how much light and heat it contains? Yet, they see it, they enjoy its effects; it is with them all day, and its heat and light follow them everywhere. Yet, with all this, they neither know nor can they tell its height, or the light and heat it possesses. And if anyone wanted to rise in order to know it, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the light would eclipse him</span>, and the heat would burn him up.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Therefore, man is forced to keep his eyes low and enjoy its light, without being able to investigate it, contenting himself with saying: ‘It is Sun’.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">So, if this happens with the Sun which can be seen and which I created for the natural good of man, more so with the truths, which contain – oh! how much more light and heat than the Sun itself; especially the truths that regard my Will, which contain eternal effects, goods and value. Who can ever measure all that It contains? <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">It would be as though wanting to be eclipsed.</span> It would be better for them to lower their foreheads and enjoy the light which my truth brings, loving it and making that little light which the human intelligence comprehends their own; rather than putting it aside, as something which does not belong to them, because they do not comprehend all the fullness of its light.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 15: June 15 1923- If you knew what it means to hear the divine truths, what charm of light they contain, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">such that the sun would remain eclipsed,</span> and the good they bring to the one who speaks them and to the one who listens to them, you would compete – you, in speaking them, and the one who feels the duty to do so, in listening to them. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 16: August 1 1923- Ah, I seem to see it in every star - my "I love You". Ah, it seems to me that those glitterings of Light that form around the stars, resound among themselves with my "I love You, Jesus". Yet, He does not listen to it, He does not come, He does not let His Sun rise, which,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> eclipsing all the stars with my "I love You"</span>, may make of them one with His own. And so, rising again in the midst of the celestial spheres, I impress a new "I love You, Jesus". O please, stars, cry out loudly, make my "I love You" resound, so that Jesus may be touched and come to His Little Daughter, to the little exiled…</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">August 20 1923- On the other hand, the Sanctity of living in my Will is not an individual sanctity, assigned to do good to certain places, to certain people and to certain times; rather, it is a Sanctity which has to do good to all, in all times and in all places. It is a <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Sanctity which remains eclipsed in the Eternal Sun of my Will</span>, which, invading all, is Light without speech, fire without wood, without clamor, without smoke; but in spite of this, it does not cease to be the most majestic, the most beautiful, the most fecund. Its Light is more pure, Its heat more intense, and the true image of it is the Sun which illuminates our horizon – it illuminates all, but without clamor...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...And then, there is the example of my Mama, true Sanctity of living in my Will, with<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> her interior all eclipsed in the Eternal Sun of the Supreme Volition.</span> Having to be the Queen of the Sanctity of the Saints, and Mother and Bearer of my Life to all, and therefore of all goods, she remained as though hidden in all, bringing good without making herself recognized. More than a silent Sun, she brought Light without speech, Fire without clamor, Good without exposing herself. There was no good which did not come from Her; there was no miracle which was not unleashed from Her. By living in my Will, she lived hidden within all, and she was and is the origin of the goods of all. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">November 15 1923- I felt as though drowned in the Holy Will of God. My sweet Jesus seemed to amuse Himself very much in my interior in sending me light, and <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I felt as though eclipsed in that light</span>. I felt that my mind was being filled with so much that I could not contain it, to the point of saying to Jesus: ‘Jesus, my Heart, don’t you know that I am little? I cannot contain what You want to put into my intelligence.’ And Jesus: "Little daughter of mine, do not fear, your Jesus will let you drink this light sip by sip, so that you may receive it and comprehend it. Do you know what this light means?...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...And He, again: "Poor little child, you are right. My words confuse you, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the Light of my Will eclipses you </span>and renders you the true newborn of the Supreme Will… Come into my arms; I will swaddle you with the clothes of my own Will, so that It may strengthen your limbs with Its fortitude; so it will be easy for you to hold tightly in your little arms that Eternal Will which wants to come and reign in you with so much love." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">February 10 1924- Do you see how necessary it is to make them understand that complete abandonment is needed in order to live in my Will? And you say it is not necessary to write about it? I feel compassion for you, because you do not see what I see, and that’s why you take it lightly. Instead, in my All-seeingness, I see that these writings will be for my Church as a new Sun which will rise in her midst; and men, attracted by its radiant light, will strive to transform themselves into this light and become spiritualized and Divinized, and therefore, renewing the Church, they will transform the face of the earth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The doctrine on my Will is the purest, the most beautiful, not subject to any shadow of the material or of interest, either in the supernatural or in the natural order. Therefore, just like the Sun, It will be the most penetrating, the most fecund, and the most welcomed and appreciated. And being Light, It will make Itself understood and will make Its own way. It will not be subject to doubt or suspicions of error; and if some words will not be understood, it will be because of too much light, which, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">eclipsing the human intellect</span>, will not allow them to understand the whole fullness of the Truth. However, they will not find one word which is not true. At the most, they will not be able to comprehend it fully.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 18: September 16 1925- “My daughter, in all my pains I was always the same – I never changed. My gaze was always sweet, my face always serene, my words always calm and dignified. In my whole person I had such equality of manners, that if they had wanted to recognize Me as their Redeemer, merely by my way, always the same, in everything and for everything, they would have recognized Me. I<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">t is true that my pains were so many as to eclipse Me</span> and surround Me like many clouds, but this says nothing: after the heat of the pains, I would reappear in the midst of my enemies like majestic sun, with my usual serenity, and with my same manners, always equal and peaceful. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 19: March 19 1926- And since Our Will has held the primary place in all Our works, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Creation and Redemption remain eclipsed and as though dissolved </span>within the immensity and the endlessness of the Supreme Will. Our Will envelops everything and keeps the very things done by Us as Its throne, from which It reigns and dominates. So, if Our Will is everything, why are you surprised that It will produce greater fruits than Our other works? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">April 4 1926- My Will is more than sun<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> which eclipses everything</span>, fecundates everything, converts everything into light, and forms the complete resurrection of the soul in God.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">April 9 1926- “My daughter, why does the sun contain the seed of fecundity, the seed of the substance of all colors? Because light is greater than the goods it contains; <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">therefore it keeps them all eclipsed within itself.</span> One cannot give something if he does not possess it...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...My Will makes the soul grow straight, in such a way that she cannot bend toward the earth, but she always looks at Heaven. Her constant looking toward Heaven forms many exhalations of light which envelop her completely. This cloud of light is so thick that, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">eclipsing all the things of the earth</span>, it makes them all disappear, and, in exchange, it makes reappear for her everything that is Heaven. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">May 27 1926- “My daughter, why do you fear? I do not leave you; rather, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">it is my Supreme Will that eclipses Me within you.</span> The light of my Will is endless, infinite – Its boundaries cannot be found, neither where It begins nor where It ends. On the other hand, my Humanity does have Its boundaries, Its limits, and therefore, since my Humanity is smaller than my Eternal Will, I remain enwrapped and <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">as though eclipsed within It;</span> and while I am with you, I give the field of action to my Will, I enjoy Its divine operating in the littleness of your soul, and I prepare a new lesson to give you, to make known to you, more and more, the wonders of my Supreme Will. Therefore, when you swim in It, be certain that I am with you; even more, I do what you do together with you, and in order to give It complete field of action I remain as though hidden in you, to enjoy Its fruits...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Therefore, the prodigy of living in my Will is the prodigy of God Himself - it is primary prodigy, while all other prodigies, all other works, even good and holy ones, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">remain eclipsed </span>- they disappear before the acts done in the unity of this light. Imagine the sun, spreading its rays in the unity of its light, invading all the earth; and then the creatures, placing before the blazing light of the sun all the lights that exist in the low world – electric light, private lights. As many as they would want to put there, their light would always be meager before the sun, almost as if they did not exist, and no one would use all those lights to give light to their steps in order to walk, to their hands in order to work, to their eyes in order to see, but all would use the sun; and all those lights would remain idle, without doing good to anyone. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">May 31 1926- The sun always possesses the fullness of its light and effects, it is always blazing and majestic in the vault of the heavens, nor does it need the earth. While it touches everything, it is untouchable, it does not let itself be touched by anyone; and if anyone dared even to fix on it,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> it would eclipse him</span>, blind him and knock him down with its light...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...So, the difference between Me, as nature, and my very Mama, as grace, was so great, that <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">She remained eclipsed before my Humanity.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">June 21 1926- Now, my daughter, if Aloysius is so beautiful because he bloomed from my Humanity, what will be of you and of all those who will possess the Kingdom of my Will?<br />These flowers will not bloom from my Humanity, but will have their roots within the Sun of my Will. In It is formed the flower of their life; they grow and bloom in the very Sun of my Volition which, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">jealous of these flowers, will keep them eclipsed within Its own light. </span>In each petal of these flowers one will see, written, all the specialties of the divine qualities; they will be the enchantment of all Heaven, and all will recognize in them the complete work of their Creator.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">July 2 1926- So, since this sanctity is a birth from that single act, it will be the Supreme Will’s care and jealousy for it to enclose all colors, all the different beauties and all possible imaginable goods within itself. And so, more than blazing sun, it <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">will enclose and eclipse within itself all of Creation with its different beauties</span>; one will see all the goods of Redemption enclosed in it, as well as all sanctities; and I, showing off my love more than ever, will place the seal of my very sanctity within one who has possessed the Kingdom of my Will. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">July 14 1926- It was an enchantment to see Jesus – beautiful, all transfused in these rays of light that came out of His adorable Person. But what gave Him sumptuousness, majesty, magnificence, glory, beauty, was the ‘Fiat’. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Its light eclipsed me,</span> and I would have stayed there for centuries before Jesus, without saying anything to Him, if He Himself had not broken the silence, telling me: “My daughter, the perfect glory and the complete honor were given to my Will by my Humanity. It was precisely in my interior, in the center of this Heart, that I formed the Kingdom of the Supreme Will. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">July 26 1926- A fourth person takes flight into the solar rays, and rises up to the center of its sphere. This one remains burned by the intensity of the heat that the sun contains in its center; <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the intensity of the light eclipses him completely</span>, in such a way that he remains dissolved, consumed, within the sun itself. This fourth person can no longer look at the earth nor think of himself; and if he does look, he will look at light, he will feel fire. So, for him all things have ended; light and heat have taken the place of his life. What a difference between the third and the fourth! However, all this difference does not<br />depend on the sun, but on creatures, and on how they expose themselves to the light of the sun...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...On the other hand, the third is the image of one who has advanced into the boundaries of this Kingdom; and Its light is such and so great as to make him forget everything. He no longer feels anything of himself; good, virtues, crosses, change into his own nature; <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the light eclipses him,</span> transforms him, and just barely allows him to look from afar at what no longer belongs to him. The fourth is the happiest, because he is the image of one who not only lives in my Kingdom, but has acquired It. This one undergoes the total consummation in the Supreme Sun of my Will; <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the eclipse caused by Its light is so intense,</span> that he himself becomes light and heat, nor can he look at anything else but light and fire; and all things convert for him into light and love. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">August 18 1926- “My daughter, the acts in my Will are more than solar rays which are such that, if one wants to look at them,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> one’s sight is eclipsed by the light,</span> in such a way that one<br />can neither look nor distinguish anything any more. If the light of the sun has so much power, much more do the acts done in my Will. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The light of my Will has the power to eclipse and take evil away from creatures,</span> that they may not do worse things; and with the power of its light it prevents the offenses from reaching Me. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">September 7 1926- “My daughter, look at the sun: its light<br />descends and fills the whole earth, but the sun remains always up there, under the vault of the heavens, with all majesty in its sphere, lording and dominating over everyone and everything with its light. But even though it does not descend down below, it gives the same effects, it communicates the same goods by means of its rays, as if it itself would descend from the height of its sphere. More so because, if the sun descended from its height, since the earth is much smaller and creatures are incapable of sustaining a light so great, in descending it would <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">ignite and eclipse everything with its light and with its heat;</span> but since all things created by Me contain the similarity with the bosom of mercy of their Creator, the sun remains up there, emitting its rays full of goodness, of love and of goods for the little earth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">September 15 1926- “My daughter, what light, what power, what glorythe act of the creature acquires done in my Will! These acts are more than sun. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">While the sun remains up high, its light eclipses the stars and fills the whole earth,</span> bringing its kiss to all things, its heat, its beneficial effects; and the light’s nature is to diffuse, nor does it do any more work by giving the goods it naturally possesses to those who want them. The acts done in my Will are symbolized by the sun: as the act is formed, my Will administers to it the light to form the sun, which rises up high, because the sun’s nature is to be up high, not down below, otherwise it would not be able to do the good it does. In fact, the things that are down below are always circumscribed, individual, limited in time and space; they are not, nor can they produce universal goods. So, this sun formed by my Will and by the act of the creature, in rising up high even to the throne of its God, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">forms the true eclipse: it eclipses Heaven, the Saints, the Angels; </span>it is as if the length of its rays would take control of the earth; its beneficial light brings glory, joy, happiness to Heaven, and the light of the truths to the earth; it dispels the darkness, the pain caused by sin, the dis-illusion of passing things. The sun is one, but its light contains all colors and all effects to give life to the earth. In the same way, the act is one – one is the Sun of my Will formed in it, but Its goods and effects are innumerable. Therefore the Kingdom of the Supreme Fiat will be a Kingdom of light, a Kingdom of glory and of triumph. The night of sin will not enter into It, but it will be always full day; Its refulgent rays will be so penetrating as to triumph from the abyss in which poor humanity has fallen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 20: October 9 1926- The Supreme Will is now hindered by their own ‘self’; but when It will be known, Its rays, vivifying, penetrating and full of living light, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">will eclipse the human will which will be dazzled by Its refulgent light; </span>and in seeing the great good it can receive, it will give freedom of action to my Will, giving It total dominion. Therefore, in this Kingdom, a new era – a new Creation will begin for my Will. It will put out everything It had established to give to the creatures, as if they had always done Its Will, after having to keep these things for many centuries as though in deposit within Itself, to then release them for the good of the children of Its Kingdom...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...But while I was praying, I saw that my highest good Jesus, in a great hurry, was coming out from the depth of my interior, pushing a bundle of light which was above Him, and kept Him <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">as though eclipsed under it, </span>inside of me, preventing me from seeing Him. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">October 12 1926- He [Adam] no longer felt the strength to sustain my presence, nor did I feel drawn by a Divine force and Will to go to him. So, all his bonds with Me were broken; nothing was due to him by right any more, and he no longer saw Me unveiled, but in the midst of lightnings and<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> eclipsed within my light</span> – that light of my Will which he had rejected.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">October 13 1926- But do you know what these knowledges form for the creature? They form the eclipse of the human will; and thestronger the light is, and the more the rays are, the more strongly <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the human will remains dazzled and eclipsed by the light of my knowledges</span>; in such a way, that it almost feels impotent to act, and so it gives field to the action of the light<br />of my Will. The human will remains occupied within the action of my Will, and it lacks the time and the place to make its own act...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...But, rather, with the light of the knowledges about my Will, I will form more than solar rays, and whoever wants to know them and look at them, will be invested by this light; in such a way that,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> eclipsed, the human will will take delight and love in looking at this light</span>, and will feel fortunate that the action of the light takes the place of its own. So it will lose love and delight for the other things. This is why I am speaking so much about my Will – to form powerful light, because the more powerful it is, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the stronger is the eclipses it forms </span>in order to occupy the human will...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...The sun. With the power of its light, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">it eclipsed them, but it did not destroy them.</span> In fact, when the sun begins to set, they will return to show up in the vault of the heavens. It seems they are afraid of light, so they hide to give field to the action of the light of the sun, because, in their mute language, they know that the sun contains more effects of goods for the earth, and it is right they give field to the great action of the sun. So, as homage to it, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">they let themselves be eclipsed by its light</span>. But <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">as the eclipse ends, they let themselves be seen</span> – there, at their place. So it will be between the sun of the knowledges about the Supreme Fiat and the human wills which will let themselves be illuminated by these rays of light of my knowledges: <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">these will form the eclipse of the human wills</span> which, in seeing the great good of the action of their light, will feel ashamed and afraid of acting with the human will, and will give free field to the action of the light of the Divine Will. Therefore, the more you pray and suffer in It, the more knowledges you draw to be manifested to you, and the more powerful the light becomes<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> in order to form the sweet eclipse of the human will. </span>In this way, I will be able toestablish the Kingdom of the Supreme Fiat.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">October 22 1926- What would be greater: that the Celestial Queen had given sight to the blind and speech to the mute, or the miracle of making the Eternal Word descend upon earth? The first would have been accidental, fleeting and individual miracles; the second, instead, is a permanent miracle – and it is for everyone, as long as they want it. Therefore, the first would have been nothing compared to the second. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">She was the true sun, who, eclipsing everything, eclipsed the very Word of the Father within Herself,</span> letting all the goods, all the effects and miracles which Redemption produced, germinate from Her light. But as sun, She produced goods and miracles without allowing Herself to be seen, or pointed out as the primary cause of everything. In fact, all the good I did upon earth, I did because the Empress of Heaven reached the point of holding Her empire over the Divinity; and with Her empire She took Me from Heaven, to give Me to the creatures.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">November 27 1926- Do not fear, you will remain buried in the Sun of my Will. Who, more than It, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">will be able to eclipse you, in such a way that no one may pay attention to you?</span> The Sun of the Supreme Fiat will have great care, so that, as the little lamp of your soul is surrounded by Its rays, the Sun may appear and the lamp may be kept hidden within It. Therefore, be at peace, if you want to make your Jesus content; abandon everything in Me, and I will take care of everything.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">November 29 1926- My very Humanity – oh! how It remains behind You. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I remain eclipsed in You,</span> and You remain in your work, which has no beginning, nor does it ever end. You are always at your place, giving life to all created things in order to bring your life to creatures. Oh! if all knew what It does for them, how much It loves all, how Its vital breath gives life to all – oh! how they would love It, and all would be pressing around my eternal Fiat, to receive the life It wants to give<br />them. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">December 3 1926- Do you not see that the light of my Supreme Will flows from within your heart, from your mouth, from your eyes, from your hands, from your feet - from all your being? And <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">as It eclipses Me in you,</span> you do not always see Me because, being interminable – which my very Humanity is not – It has <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the strength to eclipse Me, and I enjoy this eclipse of my Supreme Will,</span> and from within you, I see your flight, your acts in the Divine Fiat. If I made Myself always seen, in order to spend time with Me and to enjoy my sweet and lovable presence, you would occupy yourself with my Humanity; you would pour out your love with Me, and I with you, and you would not have the heart to leave Me in order to follow the flight of my Will in the Creation and in the very acts which my Humanity did in Redemption. Therefore, in order to make you fulfill the mission entrusted to you, to render you more free, I remain hidden in you to follow your very acts in the eternal Fiat...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">... I am only saying that <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">often an eclipse occurs because of the strong light of my Will </span>which, dominating you and my very Humanity in you, eclipses us and makes us follow Its acts. This does not mean that I no longer love you as before, and that I can be without you – not at all. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">December 6 1926- He [Jesus] alone says whatever He wants to tell me, or He speaks and speaks with the unending light of His Will, so much so, that <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Jesus Himself remains eclipsed in this light,</span> and I with Him. So we lose sight of each other, because that light is so strong and dazzling, that the littleness and weakness of my sight cannot sustain it; therefore I lose everything – even Jesus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">December 27 1926- How many times does the impetuous wind of self-esteem, of self-glory, the furious wind of pleasing creatures, knock down the most beautiful works, and I feel the nausea of good itself? Therefore, there is no remedy which is more effective, more appropriate, more healing, and which prevents the fury of these winds within the soul, than the power, the eclipsing light of my Will. Wherever this power, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">this eclipse from Divine light,</span> is present, these winds are prevented from blowing, and the creature lives under the vital influence of a Divine Will, in such a way that the seal of the Fiat can be seen in all of her acts, both small and great. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 22: June 26 1927- Our Will would bring them all Our outpourings united together, which are such that one delights the other. But because man withdrew from the Supreme Fiat, he receives Our outpourings as separate from one another, and this is why the heat burns him,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> the light eclipses him,</span> the cold makes him numb, the wind harms him, and many times it knocks him down and hurls him away.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">July 21 1927- It takes too much, my daughter, to extinguish this Sun of my Will, nor will you yourself be able to escape Its eternal rays which, invading your soul,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> eclipse from you everything that does not belong to this Sun.</span> Therefore, follow Its light and wait with patience for new light to come and be added, so as to render the Sun of my Will more refulgent in you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">August 21 1927- <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">We live together within the eclipse formed by the light of an eternal Will,</span> and Its light is <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">so great as to eclipse us </span>and make us to lose each other. But if the light is dimmed, I can see you and you can see Me, and we find each other as if we had never been separated.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">September 3 1927- Someone else is holy, but on some circumstances he does not feel within himself the source of holiness, the light which makes one know everything, which points everything out to him - the road and the happiness. The knowledge of God is not full, the heroism of the virtues vacillate in him. So, with all his holiness he is not happy, nor peaceful, because since the total dominion of my Divine Fiat is missing, he lacks the source of the light <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">which eclipses the seed of all evils and substitutes it</span> with the source of happiness and of peace. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 23: September 21 1927- Therefore, you can be sure that Will of God and infernal enemy never get along, nor can they be together or close;<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> Its light eclipses him </span>and hurls him into the chasms of hell. Therefore, what I recommend to you is that you let not even one truth or a simple word on my Divine Will be lost, because everything must serve to perform the chain of perennial miracles, so as to make known Its Kingdom and give back the lost happiness to creatures.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">September 28 1927- And seeing that with my speaking I could not get to calming Him, I called to my help all the acts of His Will done in Creation, and emitting my own, I surrounded Jesus with the acts of His Will. An immense light formed around Jesus, and <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">that light eclipsed all the evils of creatures</span>, and He could take rest. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">November 2 1927- See, then, what great difference exists between one who operates and lives in my Will and one who does good outside of It. It is the difference that passes between one who can form the sun, and many suns, and one who can form light; and <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">one sun is enough to eclipse all the lights</span>, and all lights together do not have the virtue, nor the intensity of light, to be able to surpass one sun.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">November 10 1927- Jesus Himself flies away and hides within Its endless light; and if He makes Himself seen for a little while, the rays of the Sun of the Divine Volition rain down upon Him, and my sight, too weak, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">remains eclipsed;</span> and I lose Him, waiting for my Jesus, my Life, to free Himself of that light or to render it less bright, so that I may find Him again. And I lament about the light <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">that eclipses my sight </span>and hides from me the One who is the life of my poor soul. Oh! if this light of the blessed Fiat were less dazzling, I would enjoy my sweet Jesus, because many times I feel His divine touch, His refreshing breath; other times, His lips that give me His kiss. But in spite of this I do not see Him; and the cause of all this is the blessed light that forms the eclipse. Oh! Holy Will of God, how strong and powerful You are – to the point of hiding my beloved Jesus from me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">November 27 1927- My abandonment in the Divine Volition is continuous; and even though many times It hides my beloved Jesus from me, my Life, my All, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">and eclipses Him,</span> It never hides, Its light is permanent in me, and it seems to me that even if It wanted to hide, It could not, because, Its light being everywhere, It does not find the point in which to hide - to restrict Itself, because It is immense by Its own nature, It invests everything, It has primacy over everything, with such empire,that I feel It in each fiber of my heart. It flows within my breathing – in everything; and I think to myself that the Divine Volition loves me more than Jesus Himself, because very often He leaves me, while His adorable Will never leaves me;even more, by Its own nature It finds Itself in condition of not being able to leave me, and with Its empire of light It dominates me, and, triumphant, expects Its primacy in all my acts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">December 25 1927- “My daughter, as soon as I came out of the womb of my Mama, I fixed my gazes – one on my dear Mama; nor could I do without looking at Her, because in Her was the enrapturing force of the Divine Will and the sweet enchantment of the beauty and most refulgent light of my Fiat which,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> eclipsing my pupil, </span>made Me remain fixed in She who possessed my very life by virtue of It. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">January 13 1928- But not even this is conceded to me, because as the wounds are about to bleed, the darts to shoot, the arrows to burn me, the light of the Holy Divine Volition flows in them, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">and eclipsing all the intensity of my hard martyrdom</span>, It makes peace, happiness, beneficial dew, flow over my poor soul. So, I can not even have the good of grieving over a loss so great. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">January 29 1928- These writings on my Supreme Fiat, by the strength of Its light, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">will eclipse the human will;</span> they will be balm to the human wounds, they will be opium to all that is earth; passions will feel themselves die, and from their death will rise again the life of Heaven in the midst of creatures. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Febrauary 12 1928- Jesus! Jesus! how much it costs me to have known You; how many tearings You have made to my human life, to give me Yours. And now I live suspended – my own life, I can find no more, because with your stratagems You have stolen it from me; Yours, I just barely feel, but as though torn <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">by the strong eclipse of the light of your Will</span>. So, everything is over for Me, and I am forced to resign myself, and to feel your Life through the rays of light, through the reflections which your adorable Will brings me...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...But while I was pouring out my sorrow, He moved in my interior, and <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">mitigating the light that eclipsed Him</span>, He stretched His arms toward me, clasping me tightly, and told me: “My daughter, poor little one of mine, courage, it is my Will that wants Its first place in you. But I must not decide not to leave you – my decision was taken when you decided not to leave Me any more. Then there was a stealing of each other’s lives – I yours, and you Mine; with this difference: that, before, you would see Me without the eclipse of the light of my Fiat, as It was as though enclosed inside of Me; and now, wanting to take life in you, It has overflowed outside of Me, and bilocating Itself, It has enclosed my Humanity inside Its light, and therefore you feel my Life through the reflections of the light. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">March 8 1928- That which I give once, I never take back, unless the creature herself rejects my gifts. And so I bind her with light, in a way that, if she wants to, she can go out whenever she wants, but in order to go out she has to make an incredible effort, because these chains of light will invest all of her acts, and in each act of hers she will feel and see the beauty, the grace, the richness which this light communicates to her acts. It will form the enchantment and<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> the true eclipse for the human will,</span> in such a way that she will feel happy and honored to be bound with chains so noble, which bring her so much good, and she will yearn for what is human to have life no more in her acts, and will long with ardor for the Divine Volition to take its place. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 24: April 1 1928- As center of life, with Its omnipotent strength, with Its dazzling light, my Will keeps everything outside of you; <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">and eclipsing everything</span>, It makes Its prime motion of life flow in all of your acts, and It dominates and reigns as Queen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">August 30 1928- On the other hand, when my beloved Jesus makes His Divinity shine through Himself, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">His very Humanity is eclipsed within </span>that endless light, and I feel the great distance between myself and my Creator. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">September 5 1928- ‘Oh, I how I wish to convert everything – thoughts, words, works, steps of all creatures – into Will of God, so that sin may exist no more! <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I wish to eclipse them with the light of the Divine Will,</span> so that, invested with light and enchanted by it, eclipsed by divine light, the creatures may lose the strength, the passions, the will to offend my sweet Jesus.’...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...Everything - Heaven and earth – <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">is enchanted and eclipsed<br />by the Sun of my Will; </span>and even my Justice is eclipsed by this light, in such a way that many scourges are spared. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">September 28 1928- And if my poor heart feels it is about to be drowned because of the pain of being without Him, the light of the Fiat darts through me more strongly and<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> eclipses my pain</span>; and as I feel inseparable from It, It makes me follow Its divine acts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Volume 25: October 7 1928- My Jesus, Life of my poor heart, You who know in what bitternesses I find myself, come to my help! Overwhelm the little newborn of your Divine Volition into your flames, that You may give me, again, the strength to be able to begin another volume, and <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">your Divine Fiat may eclipse my miserable will,</span> that it may have life no more, and your Divine Will may take over, and It Itself may write, with the characters of Its light, that which You, my Love, want me to write. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">December 14 1928: Maybe Jesus will make me content by letting me see it from Heaven.’ But while I was thinking of this and other things, I began to pray, and I saw before my mind a tree loaded with fruits, which emitted light; and my sweet Jesus was crucified in the middle of this tree, and the light of these fruits was so great, that <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Jesus was eclipsed within this light.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">February 3 1929- After this, I felt I could not go on any longer without Jesus - my strengths were failing me; I was so disheartened that if my interior pains could be seen, I would have caused Heaven and earth to cry out of pity. But I believe that just as the <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Divine Fiat eclipses my sweet Jesus from me with Its light,</span> so does It <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">eclipse my pains,</span> in such a way that no one knows anything about my hard martyrdom – it is a secret that passes only between me, Jesus and the Holy Divine<br />Volition. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">March 13 1929- As You hide, I feel a new pain arise within my soul – a death more cruel, more harrowing, more than those experienced other times, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">when You eclipse Yourself from me.</span>’ And my always lovable Jesus told me:“My daughter, you must know that every time I come to you, I communicate to you a new act of my Divinity; I communicate to you now a new knowledge about my Divine Will, now a new beauty of mine, now a new sanctity of mine, and so with all Our divine qualities. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Volume 26: April 12 1929- I was all abandoned in the Divine Fiat;<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> Its light eclipsed my littleness</span> and transported me up there, even into the womb of the Eternal One, where nothing but Light, Sanctity, Beauty could be seen, which infused in me profound adoration, such that I felt my little existence changed into one single act of adoration for that God who so much loved me and loves me. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">April 16 1929- And you see how <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I Myself eclipse Myself</span> within my Divine Will so as to give the whole place to It; and if I make my little escapes in coming, it is only in order to deal with, to reorder, and to make you know what belongs to my Divine Will. Therefore, be attentive, and let your flight in It be continuous.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">May 9 1929- It encloses the soul within Its Light, and with Its empire <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">It eclipses all evils;</span> and as the soul lives of light, everything converts into light, into sanctity and perennial peace. So, evils get lost and lose their way; disturbances, temptations, passions, sin, remain all with their legs broken and can no longer walk. Therefore, be attentive, and let your living in my Fiat be continuous.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">May 16 1929- This army and these weapons possess the prodigious virtue of the infinite, which is such that they diffuse everywhere; and wherever there is a light, even small, in the creatures, they fight with weapons of Light against the darkness of the human will,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> to eclipse it </span>and give it the Life of my Fiat; and wherever there is a seed of power or of strength, there runs the divine little soldier with its weapon of Power and of Strength, to fight the human power and strength, and make the Power and Strength of my Divine Will rise again. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">June 9 1929- My abandonment in the Divine Fiat is continuous, and <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Its Light eclipses my little intelligence</span> so much, that I can do nothing else but think now about one truth, now about another, concerning the Divine Will.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">June 19 1929- On the other hand, one who does not live in my Will, be it even one who is not evil, is symbolized by one who lives under the light of the low world, which has neither the virtue nor the power to form a sweet enchantment of light, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">such as to eclipse her so much</span> that she would not be able to look at anything but light. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">August 7 1929- And besides, is it perhaps not my Humanity that dwells in you continuously, that gives you such strength and grace for wanting to live only of my Will, and makes you feel such peace and happiness, as <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">to eclipse your human will,</span> in a way that it itself feels happy to live as though without life under the empire of my Divine Will? Therefore, what I need is that they know the knowledges about my Fiat – the rest will come by itself.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Volume 27: October 2 1929- My daughter, only my Divine Will can render the creature happy. With Its light, It <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">either eclipses or puts to flight all evils,</span> and says with Its Divine Power: ‘I am perennial happiness. Flee – you, all evils; I want to be free, because before my happiness all evils lose life.’ </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">October 30 1929- The sweet enchantment of the Omnipotent Fiat keeps me <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">as though eclipsed in It with Its light</span>, and I can see nothing but all of Its acts, to place my ‘I love You’ as a seal upon each one of Its acts in order to ask for the Kingdom of Its Divine Will in the midst of creatures. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">November 30 1929- Furthermore, Its Light has the virtue of <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">sweetly eclipsing the human will</span>, because it is forbidden even for one atom of earth to enter into my Divine Volition; they are two opposite natures – light and earth, darkness and light. It can be said that they shun each other, nor can the light tolerate even just one atom of earth; and therefore it eclipses it, it serves as its sentry, as defense, so that all may become Divine Will in the creature. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">December 24 1929- If you knew how much light there is in everything I have manifested to you onmy Divine Will, and how much more light would sparkle if they were read and reread, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">you yourself would remain eclipsed</span> and amazed at the great good they would do. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Volume 28: April 1 1930- More so, since she [Luisa] wants nothing other than what We want; and this is the greatest joy that she brings to Us, as if she were bringing to Us, on her little lap, all of Our Divine Will; and overflowing with It from all sides,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> she remains eclipsed within Its light,</span> and We enjoy in seeing your littleness enclosed within Our light.’</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">May 2 1929- My abandonment in the Divine Fiat continues;<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> Its light eclipses me, </span>Its powerful strength chains me, Its beauty enraptures me – so much as to feel myself nailed, without being able to move from thinking of and looking at a Will so holy. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Volume 29: April 2 1931- They take the material for lighting the little flame of Our Eternal Light, which is not subject to being extinguished, and they keep it always alive and always growing. And the human will, before this Light,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> eclipses itself and becomes blind;</span> and seeing itself blind, it no longer feels the right to act, and it gives peace to the poor creature. Therefore, do not fear, I Myself will help you to breathe; we will breathe together, so the little flame will be more beautiful and more refulgent.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Volume 30: December 6 1931- My daughter, how many things do these Veils of Our Divine Qualities hide. But to no one is it given to tear these, Our Veils, except to one who does and Lives in Our Will. She alone is the fortunate creature who sees her God, not veiled, but as He is in Himself. And because We are not recognized as We are in Ourselves, they have such low and perhaps even distorted ideas of Our Supreme Being; and this is because, not having Our Will in them, they do not feel within themselves the Life of He who Created them. They touch Our Veils, but not what is inside, and therefore they feel Our Power as oppressive,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> Our Light eclipsing,</span> as though in act of moving them away from Us and putting them at a distance; they feel Our Sanctity veiled, that makes them feel ashamed, and, discouraged, they live immersed in their passions.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">May 8 1932- It seemed to me I saw the human will before my mind, as dying of hunger, ragged, cretin, all stained, limping and wrapped in dense darkness, and since it is not accustomed to Living of Light and looking at it, every<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> little Light of Truth eclipses its sight, </span>confounds it, and blinds it more. O! how there is something to cry over in the great misfortune of the human will. Without the Divine it seems that it lacks the Life of Good and the necessary nourishments in order to Live.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Volume 31: August 7 1932- Ah! it seems to me that It gives me no time to grieve over beingdeprived of He who so much Loves me and one whom I love. And Its Light imposes itself over everything,<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> it eclipses and absorbs everything</span>, it wants everything for itself, nor does it permit the loss of time even over the Holiest things, that is, the privation of Jesus...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">...The nature of <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Its Light is eclipsing,</span> corroborating, strengthening; and where Its Light reaches, sorrows lose strength and life, and change into Conquests and Joys, because the strength of Its Light surpasses everything, and where it<br />takes its place, all other things lose life. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Volume 34: April 4 1937- More so, since Our Love for her is so great, that as soon as she gives Us her will, We wall the creature up, first with a wall of light, in such a way that if she wanted to get out, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the light eclipses her </span>and she does not know where to move her step, because she finds light everywhere, and not knowing where to go, she draws back and hides in the bosom of her Creator.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Volume 35: November 12 1937- You must know that each one of your ‘I love You’s,’ that you hide in the sun, in Heaven and in the other created things, is a jewel for Us. We Love them, We kiss them, We hug them and delight in them—We feel glorified and repaid for all that We have done. Do you think We remain indifferent to your many ‘I love You’s’ with which you invested the Creation? Not at all! We look at them, one by one, as Our Jewels. They give Us the Glory we had during Creation. Therefore, let Our Feast continue; and if these ‘I love You’s’ cannot be seen other than by Ourselves, it is because Our Will, Immense also in the Creation, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">eclipses with Its Light </span>your ‘I love You’s,’ keeping them jealously hidden inside Its Womb.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Volume 36: April 12 1938- O, Holy Will, with Your Power You <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">eclipse all the evils of the creatures, </span>you put Your Almighty End, so that they leave the way of sin and find themselves in the way of Your Divine Will.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">August 12 1938- Then my sweet Jesus, surprising me, said: “So you see, My daughter, in wanting that the creature Live in My Will, My Love reaches such an Excessive point that I even persecute her with Love and Light. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Love eclipses all evils,</span> in such a way that, seeing only My Will, the creature abandons herself in It and makes Us do what We want. Love attracts her, delights her, so that she would let Us win. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">December 8 1938- Therefore, My Humanity served as the veil in which to hide My Divinity as well as the Great Prodigy of the Work of My Will in all My Acts. Otherwise, no one could have come close to Me. My Majesty and the shining Light of My Divinity would <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">have eclipsed him</span> and would just have floored him—all would have run away from Me. Who would have dared to cause Me the smallest Pain? But I Loved the creature and I came on earth not to show off My Divinity, but My Love. So I wanted to hide Myself inside the veil of My Humanity to get acquainted with man, to do what he did, reaching the point of letting him give Me Unheard-of Pains and even Death. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b>(</b></span></span><span><span>"Virgin Mary in the Kingdom of the
Divine Will" Day 25)</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><b>...Now,
you must know that for your Mama, for dear and sweet Jesus, and for
Saint Joseph, the little house of Nazareth was a Paradise. Being the
Eternal Word, my dear Son possessed the Divine Will within Himself, of
His own virtue; immense seas of light, of sanctity, of joys and of
infinite beauty resided in that little Humanity. I possessed the
Divine Will by grace; and even though I could not embrace immensity, as
did beloved Jesus – because He was God and Man, and I was always His
finite creature – yet, in spite of this, the Divine Fiat filled Me so
much, having formed Its seas of light, of sanctity, of love, of beauties
and of happinesses; and the light, the love and everything that a
Divine Will can possess, which came out of Us, were so great that Saint
Joseph remained eclipsed, inundated, and lived of our reflections.</b></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><b>Dear
child, in this house of Nazareth, the Kingdom of the Divine Will was
in full force. Every little act of ours – that is, working, starting
the fire, preparing the food – were all animated by the Supreme
Volition, and were formed on the solidity of the sanctity of pure love.
Therefore, from the littlest to the greatest of our acts, immense
joys, happinesses and beatitudes were unleashed. And we remained so
inundated as to feel ourselves as though under a pouring rain of new
joys and indescribable contentments...</b></span></span><span><span><b> </b></span></span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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A Dream, Luisa, the Four Chayot and a Tower</a></span>
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<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJD0gbf96uYNyV94_kLlMsig-8HcEua0UtdgCx9jRYfU4dAyL58CIhC8DsGKx4CLMgFIcvw_oYOqFpFP5xy0NUfKf2DUjxXKnbiFoxTaR866vXw2nScxqXEvT8xX6bZh7ZSGL2dT7RSzRhJO0SeA1tIFx2lbxX41R2KilgLk34LxnJWYCpo1NAVpD27s/s225/round%20tower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJD0gbf96uYNyV94_kLlMsig-8HcEua0UtdgCx9jRYfU4dAyL58CIhC8DsGKx4CLMgFIcvw_oYOqFpFP5xy0NUfKf2DUjxXKnbiFoxTaR866vXw2nScxqXEvT8xX6bZh7ZSGL2dT7RSzRhJO0SeA1tIFx2lbxX41R2KilgLk34LxnJWYCpo1NAVpD27s/w412-h412/round%20tower.jpg" width="412" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Last
night I had a dream about a tower and three songs. I can only remember
bits and pieces of this dream now. I was in the far East and I went to
look inside this Tower which was called the Tower of Eber. It was round
in shape with turrets on the top.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
three songs were the songs of the past, present and future. The song of
the past was the Primordial Song of Creation. It is also the Song of Adam and the
song of the Torah. It is the song of memory. It is the kingly song of the Father (<i>Abba</i>).
This is the song of the Divine and Creative Word of God sung with the
created voice of Joseph in Eternity as the viceroy of Creation. Our Lady
is its hidden and lost melody and Luisa its hidden sound or breath.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
song of the present is the song of Miriam as the song of the Eternal
Now and the song of the Eucharist and Thanksgiving. It is the song of
salvation. The song of Wisdom or Intellect. It is the song of the Son (<i>Ben</i>). This is the priestly song of the Messiah sung with the created Voice of his Mother (<i>Imma</i>)
as the Co-Redemptix, Mediatix of all Graces and Mother of the Church.
St Joseph is its hidden melody and Luisa is its hidden sound or breath.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
song of the future is the song of Moses and the song of future
redemption. It is an eschatological song of the coming of the Messiah in
glory and power. It is the song of the Kingdom of the Divine Will from
heaven reigning on earth. It is the song of the Holy Spirit (<i>Ruach haKodesh</i>). This is the prophetic song of the Messiah sung by the little voice of the female (<i>nukvah</i>)
called the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta and the choir of the chayot
who are the souls who lived on earth in Divine Will. Our Lady is its
revealed melody and St Joseph is its revealed sound or breath.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>These
are three songs that are one Act or Song of the Divine Will. This song
was sung at Creation, at the giving of the Torah, at the Last Supper and
the Cross and at the Second and Final Comings of the Messiah. It was
the song of the Holy House of Nazareth sung daily by Jesus, Mary and
Joseph and the song of the little House of Corato that was subsumed in
the Holy House of Nazareth and encompasses all those who have, are and
will be living and dwelling in the Divine Will on earth. These are the
holy <i>chayot </i>united to the very little<i> Chaya</i> (Luisa) as she is united (<i>devekut</i>) to the Supreme <i>Chaya </i>(Jesus), to the Little <i>Chaya </i>(Mary) and the Hidden <i>Chaya</i> (Joseph) in the Spirit of Life (Chai). Those angels that in a special way serve the divinised human <i>chayot </i>are the angelic <i>chayot</i>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
Song sung by the face of the Man, Youth or Cherub is the Song of Divine
Life or Waters. This is a metaphorical swimming in Divine Will (seen as
an Ocean or Sea). This is the mystery of the Sacred and Eucharistic
Heart. The Song sung by the face of the Lion or Lioness is the Song of
the Divine Love or Fire. This is a metaphorical embracing and burning
in Divine Will (seen as the Sun). This is the mystery of the Immaculate
Heart. The song sung by the face of the Ox or Calf or Unicorn is the
Song of Righteousness and down-to-earth practical good deeds. This is
the metaphorical walking in Divine Will (seen as the earth or land).
This is the mystery of the Most Just Heart. The Song sung by the face of
the Eagle is the Song of the Will or Air that soars. This is the
metaphoric flying and breathing in the Divine Will (seen as the
Atmosphere or Air). This is the mystery of the Most Loving and Obedient
Heart of Corato (can have the meaning of heart).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Today
I discovered an interesting fact about Corato in Italy that seems to be
connected to this theme of our discussion. Wikipedia states: </span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Corato was founded in 1046 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Trani" title="Peter I of Trani">Peter I of Trani</a>,
adding a castle, four angular towers, the perimeter enclosing walls,
four access gates, and two main perpendicular streets. These elements,
typical of a mediaeval town, were preserved until the 16th century. From
the 17th century onwards, Corato grew beyond its historic center, and
numerous churches and aristocratic palaces were built. </span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
very landscape and lay out of Corato can be interpreted in a mystical
manner connected to the interior castle, the four mystical towers and
the four access gates representing the four chayot, the walls
representing the Walls of the mystical Temple and the two main
perpendicular streets representing the way of the Cross. The added
churches and palaces not only allude to the Temple and Palace of King
Solomon but also the Divine Fruitfulness and the mystical chambers of
the King's heart. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Another
account about Corato states it has a "maze of alleys, connected one to
each other by arches and
underground passages, a feature still present in the historical center
of town." This represents the pathways within the Divine Heart. This
other account states that it was the Lombards that built the four towers
and that it was Peter of Trani that added the walls with the further 25
towers along the wall. The castle is called the Palazzo Gioia which
means the Palace of Joy, Delight and Great Pleasure. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Can
we see the 25 towers as representing the 24 Hours of the Passion with
the 25th as representing the Mystery of the Resurrection? Did the Tower
of Eber in my dream represent Luisa with its three songs of Jesus, Mary
and Joseph? Kenneth Kitchen wrote about a Tower found connected to the
palace of the ancient city of Ebla which also had four main gates.</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">New
excavations on the west side of the acropolis showed that the base of a
large square tower was part of another royal palace. The tower occupied
the north-east corner of a great Court of Audience. A richly-decorated
ceremonial staircase down the inside of the tower led to a throne-dais,
sheltered by a colonnade along the north wall of the court. South from
the tower ran the east wall of the court, also with a colonnade. Halfway
along it, three steps through a doorway led into further buried rooms
of the palace.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Archeologists
also mention a defensive tower at Ebla that was near one of the four
gates that archeologists call the Damascus Gate on the eastern or
south-east side but which the ancient Eblaites probably called the Hadda
Gate. Thus this gate can be associated with the concepts of Air or Heavens, the Eagle, the planet Juptier and the Aquila constellation.
The western or north-west Aleppo Gate was probably the Dagon
Gate, thus this is associated with waters, the sea, the fish or sea
dragon, the planet Saturn and Orion the Man constellation. The southern
south-west Qatna Gate was probably the Rasap Gate (associated with the
earth or land, the ox or calf or bull, the planet Mars and the Taurus
constellation) and
the northern or north-east Euphrates Gate was probably the Utu Gate
(associated with fire, the sun, the planet mercury and the Lion or
Lioness and the Leo Constellation). </span><p></p><p></p><p></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-71306251987444948572024-02-05T13:07:00.012+11:002024-02-06T21:24:00.866+11:00Luisa Piccarreta and the Church<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFzI2L-tpTYd0u5FY8tTOZQ7W5zhwRf9TyOSN4Q85yNTNmKTGKFBGDjkRKYuiX9YnUyp4oxFH9sXzfhatw1Bch0gCUakgx5uFYQhYOBSDPjUf12CxuzzNqGN8y5Y7x6G-pwZV0lk9gQ4jaSGCUWn014ugatcGCsxpzTroNATOEbCghGJVDGLd/s822/luisa.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="822" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFzI2L-tpTYd0u5FY8tTOZQ7W5zhwRf9TyOSN4Q85yNTNmKTGKFBGDjkRKYuiX9YnUyp4oxFH9sXzfhatw1Bch0gCUakgx5uFYQhYOBSDPjUf12CxuzzNqGN8y5Y7x6G-pwZV0lk9gQ4jaSGCUWn014ugatcGCsxpzTroNATOEbCghGJVDGLd/w607-h347/luisa.webp" width="607" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /> In my writings I mention the servant of God Luisa Piccarreta the Italian mystic from Corato in Italy. My mystical reflections on her writings and her person from a Hebrew Catholic perspective are my own personal ones. While my community the "Little Eucharistic Brothers of Divine Will" follows her spirituality and is central to our charism, what I write are my own ideas and no-one in our community is obliged to accept those insights or reflections of mine. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anything I write I surrender to the ultimate authority of the Pope and the Bishops who are in union with him. I adhere to the teaching of the Church as summarized in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. I and my community also intend to be obedient to our local geographical Archbishop as set out in the constitutions of our community as approved by the Archbishop. I personally as a member of the Australian Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross am also obedient to its Ordinary.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">No Catholic has to accept any private revelations and that includes even officially approved ones. It is also very important to understand Luisa's writings in the context of the whole analogy of the faith and within the teachings of the Church. No follower of Divine Will should teach anything contrary to the Church's infallible teachings or anything opposed to the Scriptures or Tradition. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Archbishop of Trani in Italy, where Luisa lived, has called for unity among the groups that follow her teachings and all of us must follow the discernment of the Church as articulated by the Pope and the Bishops in union with him. We should not be creating almost little sects or cults of Divine Will which is cut off from our parishes and diocese or from the wider Divine Will movement. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is concerning when some think of Luisa's writings as more important than the Scriptures or as infallible and inerrant like Scripture or a third Testament that supersedes the Bible and then they interpret the teachings of Divine Will in a literalistic manner, rather than in a manner rooted in the mystical theology and teaching of the Church as well as the general theological roots. Terms used in mystical writings must be understood according to mystical theology not ontological theology. Both those opposed to Luisa and those in favour often have done this as they don't understand the different uses and have confused many. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">We must be careful not to supplant the role of Jesus, Mary or Joseph with Luisa. Everything Luisa does is in spiritual and mystical union with the Holy Family. All of us may have different insights or opinions on certain aspects of the writings and teachings of Luisa Piccarreta and it is very healthy to discuss these with others who hold a contrary view. One must be careful not to think their view is the only correct one or allowed view, when the Church has not spoken on it and it is a question open to theological discussion and disagreement. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Church is evaluating and clarifying the writings of Luisa and wishes to place her teachings in its correct context, so we should have patience and accept that it takes time to do this. We should also be aware that there may need to be further development of doctrine in areas of Catholic theology or papal clarification before Luisa' writings can be fully appreciated and approved and her beatification and canonization occur. This is the work of the Holy Spirit and we should say "fiat" to his ways and timings. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I personally as a Hebrew Catholic read Luisa's writings and the Jewish mystical tradition through the prism of Scripture and Catholic teaching which helps me to understand her writings in a deeper manner in accord with the mind of the Church. And then I in turn reflect on Scripture and the teachings of the Catholic and Jewish traditions through the prism of Luisa and Divine Will. Other Hebrew Catholics or Catholics in general may use other spiritual ways to reflect on Scripture and Tradition that are permitted by the Church. We must respect the right of people to do that and be willing to listen to their perspectives as we may find some benefits and treasures in their insights too. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I also urge caution in accepting the teachings of any person or leader in the Divine Will that claims they are definitely living in Divine Will in a permanent, divine and eternal manner rather than desiring to live in Divine Will. I notice nowhere in the writings of Luisa where she thinks she is actually living in Divine Will and Jesus in those writings often has to tell her she is as she thinks she isn't. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would urge caution if such people are further claiming that they are living in the "fourth degree". The people who actually have entered into living in Divine Will in a permanent, divine and eternal manner are more likely to be those humble souls who believe they aren't and are probably the kind of people others also dismissed as having attained that level. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, God sees us where we desire to be, so we should do our acts as if we had actually attained or received the gift and leave the rest up to God. If people are trumpeting that they are living in Divine Will and looking down on others who they consider aren't, then one could conclude such people have a long way to go in understanding Luisa and the teachings of Divine Will.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Note: Added Feb 6: Apparently the Prefect Cardinal of the Dicastery of the Causes of the Saints sent a confidential letter in April 2022 to a French Bishop saying that the cause for beatification for the servant of God Luisa Piccarreta had been suspended and he gave some reasons for this as certain teachings in her writings that weren't in accord with the Catholic Church's teaching. If this letter is genuine then it wasn't meant to be a letter to the wider Church, so it has no binding on the Catholic faithful. If the Prefect did write this it demonstrates pretty convincingly that either he has never read Luisa's writings or is deliberately distorting them for an evil agenda. None of the reasons given in this letter apply to the teachings of Luisa which anyone who has actually read them would know straight away. If the Prefect did write this then I hope that the Prefect is just ignorant rather than evil. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nor do I agree with those who are using this to further attack the Pope and his teaching. We know there are modernist and masonic groups in the Church on both the right and the left who are out to attack and destroy the Church and its spirituality. We, of course, must be obedient to the Pope and the Bishops who are in union with him and if the Church releases a document for the faithful that puts strictures on us in regard to Luisa and her writings we will of course obey even if we disagree with them. We should also obey any legitimate directive by our Bishop as well, even if we disagree with him and it. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Even if Pope Francis did permit any strictures against the Divine Will movement we should not attribute any ill will by him. We know that the Pope of Padre Pio's day was told lies and distorted information about Padre Pio and Padre Pio was totally obedient to the strictures placed on him. It was only after 11 years that the Pope realised he had been misinformed and reversed all the strictures against Padre Pio. The former Prefect was very positive towards Luisa and her writings and if this one isn't then we should pray for him to have a change of heart or if not we pray for the next Prefect to be more positive and for God's will to reign in this situation. The mischief makers are at it, as this letter was sent two years ago and it is only now that someone has broken confidentiality of this letter for their own agenda. </span><br /></span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-27314196706763758472024-01-24T18:43:00.021+11:002024-02-06T15:58:33.022+11:00Rosh haShanah For Trees and the Divine Will: the Tree Haggadah<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GKPXu9hBl289MYI-heP6KKTOJcr3-3Vghul7o57EGWBJCQMQUTuUWWGb_AM_aE8OPyrOFr-XzAMr1GxEt23laue6UNF9TsjSUi533_4IWP0B3rH6eSmde0QKylfSESQCdEsahuy8IGRx6uO9GI3XyVvYt5YMpdydHt6kVHiTyymYQ5LL_SKC/s235/tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="235" data-original-width="215" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GKPXu9hBl289MYI-heP6KKTOJcr3-3Vghul7o57EGWBJCQMQUTuUWWGb_AM_aE8OPyrOFr-XzAMr1GxEt23laue6UNF9TsjSUi533_4IWP0B3rH6eSmde0QKylfSESQCdEsahuy8IGRx6uO9GI3XyVvYt5YMpdydHt6kVHiTyymYQ5LL_SKC/w404-h441/tree.jpg" width="404" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Tonight will be the eve of the Jewish new Year for Trees (<i>Tu BiShvat</i>). There is a traditional mystical Seder that includes, like Passover, the drinking of four cups of wine. However, the four cups represent in this <i>Seder </i>the four universes or worlds of creation - <i>Atzilut </i>(the world of the concept or blueprint), Beriyah (the world of creation out of nothing), <i>Yetzirah</i> (the world of formation) and <i>Assiyah </i>(the world of acts or action). This is a highly mystical <i>Seder </i>in which one meditates on the Tree of Life and the mystical understanding of the fruits.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Arizal lists 30 kinds of fruits, of which he would try to eat at least 15 of them during the <i>Seder</i>. The first cup of wine drunk at this Seder is a white wine, the second cup is a white wine with a little red wine, then the third cup is half white and half red, and the fourth cup is a red wine only or red wine with a dash of white. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The first cup of white wine alludes to the world of <i>Aztilut </i>and the Head Triad of <i>Keter </i>(Crown), <i>Chokhmah </i>(Wisdom) and <i>Binah </i>(Understanding) and the hidden <i>Sefirah </i>of Da'at (Knowledge). This is the Kingly Cup of Wisdom. The white wine with a little red wine alludes to the Middle or Heart Triad of <i>Chesed </i>(lovingkindness), <i>Din </i>(Judgement) and <i>Tiferet</i> (beauty). This is the Priestly Cup of Mercy. The third cup alludes to the lower Triad of <i>Netzach </i>(Overcoming Victory), <i>Hod </i>(Majesty) and <i>Yesod </i>(foundation) which is the Prophetic Cup of Salvation. The fourth cup alludes to the <i>Sefirah </i>of <i>Malkhut</i>/ <i>Shekhinah </i>(Kingdom/ Presence) and is the Righteous Cup of Redemption. One could add a fifth mystical Cup that is red and white wine mixed with water as the Holy Cup of the Divine Will.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In the traditional ritual, from Tzfat, the wheaten dessert or pastry represents the level of <i>Atzilut </i>and the first cup. This is the world of the heavenly Manna. The ten fruits of the World of <i>Beriyah </i>that represent the ten <i>Sefirot </i>of that level are: grapes, figs, apples, citrons (etrogs), lemons, pears, quince, strawberries, sorbs, and carob.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The ten fruits of the World of Formation (<i>Yetzirah</i>) are: olives, dates, cherries, jujubes, persimmons, plums, apricots, hackberries, loquats, crabapples.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The ten fruits of the World of <i>Assiyah </i>(action) are: pomegranates, walnuts, almonds, pistachio, chestnuts, hazelnuts, acorns, lupines or coconuts, pine nuts, peanuts.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9v5qfgdOF9Lce2M46qPQqB2XoyK-SSYD8JhkY97qlabqBn_ZkBkjVfNcW0L1o7NF39bRp49MaIjteyL6ipiSxy6xP7VGc7t4VEx-zuTGjAsFOOZ7ohSlR7TmwfHUPiMNnxUo4j_pCQlSf2q20ojbij7qjCWSjb25gjMgPy6zNCwPLk7z1kYqe/s372/fruit.webp" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="250" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9v5qfgdOF9Lce2M46qPQqB2XoyK-SSYD8JhkY97qlabqBn_ZkBkjVfNcW0L1o7NF39bRp49MaIjteyL6ipiSxy6xP7VGc7t4VEx-zuTGjAsFOOZ7ohSlR7TmwfHUPiMNnxUo4j_pCQlSf2q20ojbij7qjCWSjb25gjMgPy6zNCwPLk7z1kYqe/w256-h381/fruit.webp" width="256" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Traditional Seder:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>One begins with this prayer/reflection:</span></span></p><table class="draggable toggleable-table"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="english" lang="en"><h3><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Prayer for the Tikkun of Fruit</span></span></h3></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
אָנָּא הָאֵל, הָעוֹשֶׂה וְהַיּוֹצֵר וְהַבּוֹרֵא וְהַמַּאֲצִיל
עוֹלָמוֹת עֶלְיוֹנִים, וּבְצוּרָתָם וּבְצִבְיוֹנָם בָּראתָ דוּגְמָתָן
עַל הָאָרֶץ מִתַּחַת, כּוּלָם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ׃ עֶלְיוֹנִים
לְמַעְלָה וְתַחְתּוֹנִים לְמַטָּה לְחַבֵּר אֶת הָאוֹהֶל לִהְיוֹת אֶחָד,
וְאִילָנִין וּדְשָׁאִים מִן הָאֲדָמָה הִצְמַחְתָּ, בְּקוֹמָתָם
וּבְצִבְיוֹנָם שֶׁל מַעְלָה, לְהוֹדִיעַ לִבְנֵי אָדָם חָכְמָה וּתְבוּנָה
בָּהֵמָּה, לְהַשִּׂיג בַּנֶּעְלָמִים. וּפָקַדְתָּ עֲלֵיהֶם
בְּמִשְׁמֶרֶת מַלְאָכֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִים הַמְּמוּנִּים וְהַמּוּשְׁטָרִים
לְהַגְדִּילָם וּלְהַצְמִיחָן וְעָלֵימוֹ תִיטּוֹף שֶׁפַע וְכֹחַ
מִדוֹתֶיךָ הָעֶלְיוֹנוֹת.</span><br /></span>
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Please, God, who makes, forms, creates, and emanates supernal worlds and
created their likeness on the earth below, according to their supernal
form and character. “<i>All of them You made with wisdom</i>,”(Psalm 104:24) supernal [forms] above and lower [forms] below, to join together the tent so as to be one.(Exodus 36:18)
You caused trees and grass to grow from the earth, according to the
structure and character of [the forms] above, so that human beings might
gain wisdom and understanding through them, and thus grasp the hidden
[forms]. You appointed your holy angels over them as agents to oversee
their growing. And you caused <i>shefa</i> and the power of your supernal qualities to flow upon them.</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וְיַעֲשׂוּ פְּרִי תְבוּאָה וְכָל עֵץ פְּרִי עוֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ</span><br /></span>
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“<i>The fruit yielded a harvest</i>,” (Psalm 107:37) every “<i>fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind.</i>“ (Genesis 1:11)</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> <br /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וּמִפְּרִי מַעֲשֶׂיךָ תִשְׂבַּע הָאָרֶץ, לֶאֱכוֹל מִפִּרְיָהּ
וְלִשְׂבּועַ מִטּוּבָה. לְהַחֲיוֹת בָּהֶם נֶפֶשׁ כָּל חַי מִן הַכֹּחַ
הָרוּחָנִי אֲשֶר בָּהֶן, מִפְּרִי פִי מַלְאָכֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים
הַנּוֹטְרִים אֶת פִּרְיוֹ וּמִמֶּנוּ פֶרְיְיךָ נִמְצָא,</span><br /></span>
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“<i>The earth is sated from the fruit of Your work</i>,” (Psalm 104:13) so one may “<i>eat of its fruit and be sated by its bounty.</i>“ (Jeremiah 2:7) From [the fruit], every living soul is enlivened through the spiritual
power that is in them, [which is] the fruit of the mouth of your holy
angels who guard its fruit.</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
שְׂכַר פְּרִי הַבֶּטֶן לְהַחֲיוֹת וְלָזוּן אֶת הַגּוּף.</span><br /></span>
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“<i>From me your fruit is found</i>,” </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> (Hosea 14:8)</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> the reward of children.*</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וְהָיָה פִּרְיוֹ לְמַאֲכָל וְעָלֵיהוּ לִתְרוּפָה. וְזֶה הַיּוֹם
תְּחִילַּת מַעֲשֶׂיךָ לְהַחְנִיטָהּ וּלְחַדְּשָה, אִישׁ יָבִיא
בְּפִרְיוֹ עוֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינֵהוּ כִּי כֵן יִמְלְאוּ יְמֵי
הַחֲנוּטִים לְפֵירוֹת הָאִילָן הָעֶלְיוֹן, עֵץ הַחַיִּים אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ
הַגָּן, וְעָשָׂה פְּרִי לְמָעְלָה.</span><br /></span>
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“<i>Its fruit is food and its leaves a source of healing.</i>“ (Ezekiel 47:12) So on this day, the beginning of Your deeds concerning [the trees’] budding and renewal, “<i>a person will earn with its fruit…</i>,” (Song 8:11) “<i>producing fruit after its kind.</i>“ (Genesis 1:11) For so the days of budding will be full for the fruit of the supernal tree, “<i>the tree of life which is in the midst of the garden</i>“ Genesis 2:9) and it makes fruit above.</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וִיהִי רָצוֹן מִלְפָנֶיךָ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ,
שֶׁבְּכֹחַ סְגוּלַּת אֲכִילַת הַפֵּירוֹת שֶׁנֹּאכַל וּנְבָרֵךְ עֲלֵיהֶן
עַתָּה וַאֲשֶׁר נֶהָגֶה בְּסוֹד שׁוֹרְשֵהֶן יִתְעוֹרְרוּ שְׂרָפֵיהֶן
הָעֶלְיוֹנִים אֲשֶר הֵמָּה תְּלוּיִים בָּם לְהַשְׁפִּיעַ עֲלֵיהֶן שֶׁפַע
רָצוֹן בְּרָכָה וּנְדָבָה, וְגַם הַמְּמוּנִּים וְהַמֻּשְּטָרִים
עֲלֵיהֶן יִתְמַלְּאוּ מֵעוֹז שֶׁפַע הדרן לָשׁוּב שֵׁנִית לְהַגְדִּילָם
וּלְהַצְמִיחָם מֵרֵאשִׁית הַשָּׁנָה וְעַד אַחֲרִית הַשָּׁנָה לְטוֹבָה
וְלִבְרָכָה לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים וּלְשָׁלוֹם.</span><br /></span>
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May it be Your will YHVH our God and God of our ancestors, that through
the sacred power of our eating fruit, which we are now eating and
blessing, while reflecting on the secret of their supernal roots upon
which they depend, their supernal sap will be aroused, so that <i>shefa</i> , favor, blessing, and bounty be bestowed upon them. May the angels appointed over them also be filled by the powerful <i>shefa</i>
of their glory, may it return and cause them to grow a second time,
from the beginning of the year and until its end, for bounty and
blessing, for good life and peace.</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וְקיֵּים לָנוּ אֶת הַדָּבָר שֶהִבְטַחְתָּנוּ עַל יְדֵי מַלְאָכִי חוֹזָךְ
וְגָעֲרְתִּי לָכֶם בָּאוֹכֵל וְלֹא יַשְׁחִית לָכֶם אֶת פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה
וְלֺא תְשַׁכֵּל לָכֶם הַגֶּפֶן בַּשַׂדֶה אָמַר יְיָ צְבָאוֹת
הַשְׁקִיפָה מִמְּעוֹן קָדְשְׁךָ מִן הַשָׁמַיִם וּבָרֵךְ עָלֵינוּ אֶת
הַשָׁנָה הַזֹּאת לְטוֹבָה וְלִבְרָכָה</span><br /></span>
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And fulfill for us the word which you promised us through Malachi, Your seer, “<i>And
I will banish the devourer from among you and he will not destroy the
fruit of your earth and the vine of your field will not miscarry, says <i>YHVH Tsevaot</i>.</i>“ (Malachi 3:11) Look down from your sacred dwelling place in heaven and bless us this year with bounty and blessing.</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
תְשִׁיתֵהוּ בְרָכוֹת לָעַד תְּחַדֵּהוּ בְשִׂמְחָה אֶת פָּנֶיךָ וְנָתְנָה הָאָרֶץ יְבוּלָהּ וְעֵץ הַשָׂדֶה יִתֵּן פִּרְיוֹ</span><br /></span>
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“<i>You will make him a source of blessings forever, you will cause him to rejoice in the joy of Your countenance</i>,” (Psalm 21:7) “<i>And the earth will bestow its harvest and the tree of the field will yield its fruit.</i>“ (Leviticus 26:4)</span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><sup><br /></sup></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וְעֲלֵיהֶם תָּבֹא בִּרְכַּת טוֹב לְהִתְבָּרֵךְ פֵּירוֹתֶיהָ בְּמֵעֵינוּ
אֶחָד הַמַּרְבֶּה וְאֶחָד הַמַּמְעִיט גַּם בְּרָכוֹת יַעְטֶה בִבְרִיאוּת
הַגּוּף שָם יְצַוֶּה ה׳ אֶת הַבְּרָכָה חַיִּים עַד הָעוֹלָם</span><br /></span>
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The blessing of goodness will come upon them, that its fruits will be
blessed within us. Whether one eats a lot or a little, the health of his
body will also be blessed. “<i>There YHVH commanded blessing, eternal life.</i>“Psalm 133:3</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> <br /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וְעוֹז הֲדַר הַבְּרָכוֹת בַּאֲכִילַת הַפֵּירוֹת יִהְיוּ לִמְאוֹרוֹת
בְמַעְיַין הַבְּרָכוֹת צַדִּיק חַי הָעוֹלָמִים וְנִרְאֲתָה הַקֶשֶׁת
שָׂשׂ וּמִתְפָּאֵר בְּגוָֹונִים שֶׁלּוֹ וּמִשָּׂם יוּשְׁפַּע עָלֵינוּ
שֶׁפַע רָצוֹן וְרַחֲמִים לִמְחוֹל וְלִסְלֹחַ מֵעֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ
וְאַשְׁמָתֵנוּ אֲשֶׁר נוֹאַלְנוּ וַאֲשֶר חָטָאנוּ. וְהָיִינוּ
מַרְשִׁיעֵי בְרִית וּפגַמְנוּ בִפְרִי צַדִּי״ק חַי הַעוֹלמָיִם
וּמַנַעְנוּ רְבִיבֵי הַשְׁפָּעֲתוֹ וְנִשְׁחָתוּ כָּל מְקוֹרוֹת וְיָשׁוּב
עַתָּה הַכּל לְאֵיתָנוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן וְתֵשֵׁב בְּאֵיתָן קַשְׁתּוֹ כִּי
אַתָּה תְּבָרֵךְ צַדִּיק ה׳ כַּצִנָּה רָצוֹן תַּעְטְרֵהוּ׃</span><br /></span>
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And may the splendid power of the blessings [said] while eating the fruit illuminate the source of blessings, <i>Tsaddiq</i>, the Life of the Worlds, and let the rainbow appear, proudly rejoicing in its colors. (Shabbat 28a) From there, may <i>shefa</i>
, favor, and compassion be bestowed upon us, to pardon and forgive the
iniquities and misdeeds that we committed and sinned. We violated the
covenant and damaged the fruit of <i>Tsaddik</i>, the Life of the Worlds, and caused the rains of its beneficence to be withheld, so that all the sources [of <i>shefa</i>] were harmed. </span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> Now let everything return to its original might “<i>and let His bow remain taut.</i>“ (Genesis 49:24) “<i>For You, YHVH , bless the Tsaddiq, favor crowns him like a shield.</i>“ (Psalm 5:13)</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> <br /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וְכָל הַנִּצוֹצוֹת שֶׁנִּתְפַּזְּרוּ עַל יָדֵינוּ אוֹ עַל יְדֵי
אֲבוֹתֵינוּ וּבְעָוֹן אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן אֲשֶר חָטָא בְפֵירוֹת הָאִילָן
עַתָּה יָשׁוּבוּ לְהִתְכַּלֵּל בְּעוֹז הֲדַר עֵץ הַחַיִים וְיוּסַר
מֵהֶם כָּל רַע בְּכֹחַ שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל הַיוֹצֵא מִפָּסוּק חַיִל בָּלַע
וַיְקִיאֶנּוּ</span><br /></span>
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And may all the holy sparks which were dispersed by us or by our
ancestors and [also] through the sin that Adam committed with the fruit
of the tree now return to be included in the splendid power of the Tree
of Life. May all evil be removed from them through the power of Your
great name which emerges from the verse, “<i>the power that he swallows, he vomits out.</i>“ (Job 20:15)</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> <br /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וְיָשוּב הַכֹּל לְאֵיתָנוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן וְלֹא יִדַּח מִמֶּנוּ נִידַּח כִּי אַתָּה ה׳ לְבַדֶּךָ מְקַבֵּץ נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל. </span><br /></span>
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And may everything return to its original might and not be rejected. For only You, <i>YHVH</i>, restore the dispersed of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וּבְכֵן אֶת צֶמַח דָּוִד עַבְדֶּךָ מְהֵרָה תַּצְמִיחַ וְקַרְנוֹ תָּרוּם
בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ וירום הודו ותנשא עַל כָּל הָעוֹלָם כּוּלּוֹ </span><br /></span>
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Therefore, swiftly cause the offshoot of Your servant David to flower
and raise up its might through Your salvation. And the hand of <i>YHVH</i> is upon the whole world in its entirety.</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וְתַחַת הַנַּעֲצוּץ יַעֲלֶה בְּרוֹשׁ וְתַחַת הַסִּרְפָּד יַעֲלֶה הָדָס וְהָיָה לַה׳ לְשֵׁם לְאוֹת עוֹלָם לֹא יִכָּרֵת</span><br /></span>
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“<i>Instead of a briar, a cypress will arise, instead of the nettle, a
myrtle will arise. And it will be a testimony for YHVH and an
everlasting sign which will never be effaced.</i>“ (Isaiah 55:13)</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><sup><br /></sup></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וִיהִי פִסַּת בַּר בָאָרֶץ בְּרֹאשׁ הָרִים יִרְעַשׁ כַּלְּבָנוּן פִּרְיוֹ וְיָצִיצוּ מֵעִיר כְּעֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ</span><br /></span>
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“<i>Let abundant grain be in the land to the mountain top. Let its
fruit tremble like [the cedars of] Lebanon and may the inhabitants of
cities sprout like the land’s grass.</i>“ (Psalm 72:16) </span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><sup><br /></sup></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
אָז יְרַנְּנוּ עֲצֵי הַיַעַר וְעֵץ הַשָּׂדֶה נָשָׂא עָנָף וְעָשָׂה פֶרִי דְבַר יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ. </span><br /></span>
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“<i>Then the trees of the forest will rejoice</i>“ (Psalm 96:12) and the tree of the field lift its branch and bear fruit daily.</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וְלָקַחְתָּ מֵרֵאשִׁית כָּל פְּרִי הָאֲדָמָה לְהָבִיא בִּכּוּרִים
לִפְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ ה׳ בְּהַלֵּל וְתוֹדוֹת לַה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְרַב טוּב
לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל</span><br /></span>
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“<i>And you shall take from the first of the fruit of the earth</i>“ (Deuteronomy 26:2)
to bring first fruits before the altar of YHVH in praise and
thanksgiving to YHVH, our God, and [it shall result in] great good for
the house of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
יְשׂוּשׂוּם מִדְבָּר וְצִיָּה וְתָגֵל עֲרָבָה וְתִפְרַח כַּחֲבַצֶלֶת
פָּרוֹחַ תִפְרַח וְתָגֵל אַף גִילָת וְרַנֵּן כְּבוֹד הַלְּבָנוֹן נִיתַּן
לָהּ הֲדַר הַכַּרְמֶל וְהַשָׁרוֹן הֵמָּה יִרְאוּ כְּבוֹד ה׳ הֲדַר
אֱלֹהֵינוּ</span><br /></span>
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“<i>The arid desert will be glad and the wilderness will rejoice and
blossom like a rose, it shall greatly flower and also rejoice and be
glad. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel
and Sharon. They will see the Glory of YHVH, the splendor of our God</i>.” (Isaiah 35:1-2)</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> <br /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵינוּ אָמֵן</span><br /></span>
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May it occur swiftly, in our days, <i>amen</i>.</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן יְמִינֶךָ עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן תּוֹרָתֶךָ.</span><br /></span>
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Act for the sake of Your Name. Act for the sake of Your loving kindness.
Act for the sake of Your right hand. Act for the sake of Your Torah.</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
יִֽהְי֥וּ לְרָצ֨וֹן ׀ אִמְרֵי־פִ֡י וְהֶגְי֣וֹן לִבִּ֣י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ יְ֝הוָ֗ה צוּרִ֥י וְגֹאֲלִֽי׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים יט׃טו)</span></span><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><i>May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart find favor before You, YHVH, my rock and my redeemer. </i>(Psalm 19:15)<i><sup> </sup></i></span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><i><sup><br /></sup></i></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="liturgy" lang="he"><span style="background-color: #ffe599; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
וִיהִ֤י ׀ נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ
כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים צ׃יז)</span></span></span></div></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><i>"May the favor of the Lord, our God, be upon us, establish the work of our hands for us — yes, establish the work of our hands.</i>"</span></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="english" lang="en"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>* The phrase translated as the reward of the children actually hides a more mystical meaning and could be translated as let or reward (<i>s'car</i>) the fruit of the womb (<i>p'ri ha-beten</i>) to liven (<i>l'ha-Chayot</i>) and nourish the body (<i>v'lazun et ha-guf</i>). It also alludes to the <i>Chayot</i> (living creatures). </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This has a hidden Messianic, Marian and Eucharistic meaning.</span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>חטה</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>-Wheat - the level of <i>Atzilut</i>: One says the blessing of "borei minei mezonot" over a dessert or pastry made from wheat to begin the eating. The traditional reflection on this comes from Zohar Vol.3 188b. This alludes to the heavenly Manna.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>זית </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>- Olives -the level of <i>Keter </i>of <i>Yetzirah</i>: One says the bracha of "borei pri ha-etz" and the tradtional meditation is from Zohar Vol.3 247a and the kevanah is YHVH.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>תמרים</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Dates - level of <i>Chokhmah </i>of <i>Yetzirah</i>: A second person says the bracha. The traditional mediation is from Zohar Vol.3 17a and the kevanah is YHHV.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>גפן </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>- Grapes- the level of <i>Keter </i>of <i>Beriyah</i>: one reflects on Zohar Vol.3 127 and Zohar Vol.1 192a and then one says the bracha "borei pri ha-gafen" and one drinks the first cup of white wine.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>תאנה </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>- Figs -the level of <i>Chokhmah </i>of <i>Beriyah</i>: one reflects on the Mishnah Ma'asarot chapter 2 and the kevanah is HVHY.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>רמון </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>- Pomegranate - the level of <i>Keter </i>of <i>Assiyah</i>: one reflects on Tikkunei zohar 24. The kevahan is HVYH.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>אתרוג</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Etrog (Citron/ Lime) - the level of <i>Chesed </i>of <i>Beriyah</i>: one reflects on Zohar Vol. 2120b. The kevanah is HHYV.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>תפוח</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Apple -the level of <i>Din </i>of <i>Beriyah</i>: one reflects on Zohar Vol.3 74a and 278b and the kevanah is YVD HY VAV HY 9the number of 63 associated with the world of beriyah). On e at this stage pours and drinks their second cup which is white wine with a dash of red wine in it. The white represents Chesed and the red Din.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>אגוז</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Walnut - the level of <i>Chokhmah </i>of <i>Assiyah</i>: one reflects on Zohar Vol. 2 15b. The kevanah is VHHY.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>לוזים</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Almonds or Chestnuts or Hazelnuts -they are the levels of <i>Binah</i>, <i>Din </i>and <i>Tiferet </i>of <i>Assiyah</i>: one reflects on Zohar Vol. 1 161b, the Secrets of the Torah. The kevanah is VYHH.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>חרובין</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Carob -the level of the <i>Malkhut </i>of <i>Beriyah</i>:<i> </i>one reflects on Zohar Vol. 3 216b, <i>Ra’aya Mehemna</i>. The kevanah is HHVY. The Carob Tree alludes to the Mysteries of Bereshit discussed in Tikkunei Zohar between Rav Sh'mon, his son Eleazar and the prophet Elijah. This mystery of the Carob Tree is also alluded to in this story about Honi the circle maker.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>One day Honi was mystically journeying in his mystical rounds and he saw a Man planting a carob tree. He asked, "How long does it take for this tree to bear fruit?" The Man replied: "Seventy years." Honi asked him: "Are you certain that you will live another seventy years?" The man replied: "I found carob trees in the world; as my forefathers planted those for me, so I plant for my children." (Ta’anit 23a)</span></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>אגסים</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Pears - the level of <i>Tiferet </i>in <i>Beriyah</i>: one reflects on the first <i>Mishnah </i>of <i>Berakhot</i>, chapter 6. One can also reflect on the fourth mishnah in <i>Klayim</i>,
chapter 1. The kevanah is HYHV. One now drinks a cup of
wine that is half white and half red. This mixing of the red and white represents Tiferet as Rachamim (compassionate mercy).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">עוזרדין</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Crabapple - the level of <i>Malkhut </i>of <i>Yetzirah</i>: one reflects on the second mishnah of <i>Berakhot</i> chapter 6 and the first mishnah of <i>Demai</i> chapter 1. The <i>kevanah</i> is HYVH.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">פרישין</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Quince - the level of <i>Netzach </i>of <i>Beriyah</i>: one reflects on the third mishnah of <i>Berakhot</i>, chapter 6 and the third mishnah of <i>Ma’aserot</i> chapter 1. The kevanah is AHVH.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">גודגוניות</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>- Hackberry - the level of <i>Hod </i>of <i>Yetzirah</i>: </span><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"><span>Hackberries are almost like a hybrid between a nut and a berry. Flavour will vary from tree to
tree, but in general they are sweet, tasty, and crunchy. One reflects on</span></span></span><span><span class="ILfuVd" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc"> </span></span>fourth and fifth mishnayot of Berakhot, chapter 6. The kevanah is the name of 72.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">סופאייפה</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>- Jujube -the level of <i>Chesed </i>of <i>Yetzirah</i>: one reflects on the sixth mishnah of Berakhot, chapter 6. The kevanah is YAHDVNHY.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">בטנים</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Pistachio - the level of <i>Chesed </i>of <i>Assiyah</i>: one reflects on the seventh mishnah of <i>Berakhot</i> chapter 6. The kevanah is AHVH.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">גינדאש</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Cherries - the level of <i>Binah </i>of <i>Yetzirah</i>: one reflects on the eighth mishnah of Berakhot chapter 6. The kevanah is the Name of 52<sup> </sup>YVD HH VV HH.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span> </span><span>נישפולא״ש</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>- Loquat - the level of Yesod of Yetzirah: </span><span>one mediates or reflects on the first mishnah of <i>Berakhot</i> chapter 3. The kevanah is EL.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">תורמוסים</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> - Lupines -the level of Hod of Assiyah: Instead of Lupines one could replace them with coconut. One reflects on the mishnah of Berakhot chapter 7. </span><span>Then everyone should drink a cup of red wine with a little bit of white wine in it. The kevanah is the Name of 52.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1y5GxCQcxvFviudDTNqVonQax-JjzXdEdDqWRNMK8vJupYNNFN7LxKoMsjl_Rgeql87viehT1Kqq62i1UFBRzeW15ovEk3fj_6gbFK04WucnnFLh9kmRUSVAQNGWurSWp9o7O60Majfhp3fmWA6E7qGP2vuxYGq250a9JBc9c8FBuUgzNtBAt/s276/carob.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1y5GxCQcxvFviudDTNqVonQax-JjzXdEdDqWRNMK8vJupYNNFN7LxKoMsjl_Rgeql87viehT1Kqq62i1UFBRzeW15ovEk3fj_6gbFK04WucnnFLh9kmRUSVAQNGWurSWp9o7O60Majfhp3fmWA6E7qGP2vuxYGq250a9JBc9c8FBuUgzNtBAt/w501-h332/carob.jpg" width="501" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>As this ceremony was done in the winter in the northern hemisphere those living in the southern hemisphere may need to use Summer fruits instead. Instead of doing this one may do a simpler format.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>One can start with the fruit associated with Assiyah</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Blessing for Assiyah- meditate on Divine Will Acts and uniting with the Divine Will in all created things on earth and the Fiat of Sanctification.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>• Serve fruit—hard outside, soft inside (nuts, clementines, coconuts, pineapple etc) after saying the bracha eat one of the fruits associated with Assiyah,<br />
• Pour white wine, say the bracha and drink it.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Blessing for Yetzirah - mediate on the Rounds of Divine Will and the Fiat of Redemption.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> • Serve fruits—soft outside, pits inside (olive, dates etc) and say the bracha and eat the fruit associated with Yetzirah<br />
• Pour white wine; add a splash of red and say the bracha and drink the wine. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Blessing for Beriyah- meditate on creating Divine Lives in Divine Will and the Fiat of Creation.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> • Serve fruits—soft throughout (grapes, berries etc) and say the blessing and eat the fruit.<br />
• Pour red wine; add a splash of white say the braha and drink the wine.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Blessing for Atzilut- meditate on Living and Dwelling in Divine Will in a permanent Divine and Eternal State.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>• No fruits; </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>• </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Pour red wine and say the brachha and drink the wine.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Some people include these prayers of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Master of the Universe, grant me the ability to be alone. May it be my custom to go outdoors each day among the trees and grass,among all growing things, and there may I be alone, and enter into prayer, to talk with the One to whom I belong.</span></span></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>May I express there everything in my heart, and may all the foliage of the field — all grasses, trees, and plants — awake at my coming, to send the powers of their life into the words of my prayer so that my prayer<br />and speech are made whole through the life (chai) and spirit (ruach) of all growing things, which are made as one by their transcendent Source. May I then pour out my heart before your Presence (Shekhinah) like water, O Lord!</span></span></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>May it be Your will (Yehi Ratzon in Hebrew and Fiat Voluntas in Latin), O God of our Fathers, that through our eating of the fruits You have created, the trees be filled with the glory of their ability to renew themselves for new blossoming, from the start of the year to its end, so that our lives too will be renewed and filled with goodness, blessings, and peace. <br /></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>And we say together: AMEN </span></span></blockquote><p></p><p></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>A reflection:<br /><blockquote><i>Elohim</i> led Adam around <i>Gan Eden</i> and said,<br />“Behold My works. Behold how beautiful they are, how excellent (<i>tov meod</i>)! For your sake I created them all. See to it that you do not spoil or destroy My world —for if you do, there will be no one to repair it (<i>tikkun olam</i>) after you.” (Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:13)</blockquote><p><i>Tikkun olam </i>means reparation of the world but it can also be read as the Virgin's reparation (<i>tikkun alma</i>). Thus in Divine Will we join with the Virgin<i> Shekhinah</i> who embodies the concept of Mother Earth and Mother Universe (the Woman in Labour) that with Marian sighs, weeping and groaning makes reparation for the wounded earth and universe. In a sense this is Our Lady as Mother Universe and Luisa as Mother Earth or Nature being the voice of all creation working for the reparation and restoration of the Universe and Earth returning it to the status of living or dwelling in the Divine Will after the Fall or the breaking of the vessels.<br /></p></span></span><p></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-85845062177309028132024-01-23T15:44:00.007+11:002024-01-25T18:11:13.833+11:00A Dream, Luisa, the Four Chayot and a Tower<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJD0gbf96uYNyV94_kLlMsig-8HcEua0UtdgCx9jRYfU4dAyL58CIhC8DsGKx4CLMgFIcvw_oYOqFpFP5xy0NUfKf2DUjxXKnbiFoxTaR866vXw2nScxqXEvT8xX6bZh7ZSGL2dT7RSzRhJO0SeA1tIFx2lbxX41R2KilgLk34LxnJWYCpo1NAVpD27s/s225/round%20tower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJD0gbf96uYNyV94_kLlMsig-8HcEua0UtdgCx9jRYfU4dAyL58CIhC8DsGKx4CLMgFIcvw_oYOqFpFP5xy0NUfKf2DUjxXKnbiFoxTaR866vXw2nScxqXEvT8xX6bZh7ZSGL2dT7RSzRhJO0SeA1tIFx2lbxX41R2KilgLk34LxnJWYCpo1NAVpD27s/w412-h412/round%20tower.jpg" width="412" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last
night I had a dream about a tower and three songs. I can only remember
bits and pieces of this dream now. I was in the far East and I went to
look inside this Tower which was called the Tower of Eber. It was round
in shape with turrets on the top.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
three songs were the songs of the past, present and future. The song of
the past was the Primordial Song of Creation. It is also the Song of Adam and the
song of the Torah. It is the song of memory. It is the kingly song of the Father (<i>Abba</i>).
This is the song of the Divine and Creative Word of God sung with the
created voice of Joseph in Eternity as the viceroy of Creation. Our Lady
is its hidden and lost melody and Luisa its hidden sound or breath.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
song of the present is the song of Miriam as the song of the Eternal
Now and the song of the Eucharist and Thanksgiving. It is the song of
salvation. The song of Wisdom or Intellect. It is the song of the Son (<i>Ben</i>). This is the priestly song of the Messiah sung with the created Voice of his Mother (<i>Imma</i>)
as the Co-Redemptix, Mediatix of all Graces and Mother of the Church.
St Joseph is its hidden melody and Luisa is its hidden sound or breath.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
song of the future is the song of Moses and the song of future
redemption. It is an eschatological song of the coming of the Messiah in
glory and power. It is the song of the Kingdom of the Divine Will from
heaven reigning on earth. It is the song of the Holy Spirit (<i>Ruach haKodesh</i>). This is the prophetic song of the Messiah sung by the little voice of the female (<i>nukvah</i>)
called the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta and the choir of the chayot
who are the souls who lived on earth in Divine Will. Our Lady is its
revealed melody and St Joseph is its revealed sound or breath.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">These
are three songs that are one Act or Song of the Divine Will. This song
was sung at Creation, at the giving of the Torah, at the Last Supper and
the Cross and at the Second and Final Comings of the Messiah. It was
the song of the Holy House of Nazareth sung daily by Jesus, Mary and
Joseph and the song of the little House of Corato that was subsumed in
the Holy House of Nazareth and encompasses all those who have, are and
will be living and dwelling in the Divine Will on earth. These are the
holy <i>chayot </i>united to the very little<i> Chaya</i> (Luisa) as she is united (<i>devekut</i>) to the Supreme <i>Chaya </i>(Jesus), to the Little <i>Chaya </i>(Mary) and the Hidden <i>Chaya</i> (Joseph) in the Spirit of Life (Chai). Those angels that in a special way serve the divinised human <i>chayot </i>are the angelic <i>chayot</i>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
Song sung by the face of the Man, Youth or Cherub is the Song of Divine
Life or Waters. This is a metaphorical swimming in Divine Will (seen as
an Ocean or Sea). This is the mystery of the Sacred and Eucharistic
Heart. The Song sung by the face of the Lion or Lioness is the Song of
the Divine Love or Fire. This is a metaphorical embracing and burning
in Divine Will (seen as the Sun). This is the mystery of the Immaculate
Heart. The song sung by the face of the Ox or Calf or Unicorn is the
Song of Righteousness and down-to-earth practical good deeds. This is
the metaphorical walking in Divine Will (seen as the earth or land).
This is the mystery of the Most Just Heart. The Song sung by the face of
the Eagle is the Song of the Will or Air that soars. This is the
metaphoric flying and breathing in the Divine Will (seen as the
Atmosphere or Air). This is the mystery of the Most Loving and Obedient
Heart of Corato (can have the meaning of heart).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today
I discovered an interesting fact about Corato in Italy that seems to be
connected to this theme of our discussion. Wikipedia states: </span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Corato was founded in 1046 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Trani" title="Peter I of Trani">Peter I of Trani</a>,
adding a castle, four angular towers, the perimeter enclosing walls,
four access gates, and two main perpendicular streets. These elements,
typical of a mediaeval town, were preserved until the 16th century. From
the 17th century onwards, Corato grew beyond its historic center, and
numerous churches and aristocratic palaces were built. </span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
very landscape and lay out of Corato can be interpreted in a mystical
manner connected to the interior castle, the four mystical towers and
the four access gates representing the four chayot, the walls
representing the Walls of the mystical Temple and the two main
perpendicular streets representing the way of the Cross. The added
churches and palaces not only allude to the Temple and Palace of King
Solomon but also the Divine Fruitfulness and the mystical chambers of
the King's heart. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Another
account about Corato states it has a "maze of alleys, connected one to
each other by arches and
underground passages, a feature still present in the historical center
of town." This represents the pathways within the Divine Heart. This
other account states that it was the Lombards that built the four towers
and that it was Peter of Trani that added the walls with the further 25
towers along the wall. The castle is called the Palazzo Gioia which
means the Palace of Joy, Delight and Great Pleasure. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Can
we see the 25 towers as representing the 24 Hours of the Passion with
the 25th as representing the Mystery of the Resurrection? Did the Tower
of Eber in my dream represent Luisa with its three songs of Jesus, Mary
and Joseph? Kenneth Kitchen wrote about a Tower found connected to the
palace of the ancient city of Ebla which also had four main gates.</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">New
excavations on the west side of the acropolis showed that the base of a
large square tower was part of another royal palace. The tower occupied
the north-east corner of a great Court of Audience. A richly-decorated
ceremonial staircase down the inside of the tower led to a throne-dais,
sheltered by a colonnade along the north wall of the court. South from
the tower ran the east wall of the court, also with a colonnade. Halfway
along it, three steps through a doorway led into further buried rooms
of the palace.</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Archeologists
also mention a defensive tower at Ebla that was near one of the four
gates that archeologists call the Damascus Gate on the eastern or
south-east side but which the ancient Eblaites probably called the Hadda
Gate. Thus this gate can be associated with the concepts of Air or Heavens, the Eagle, the planet Juptier </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">and the Aquila constellation</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">. The western or north-west Aleppo Gate was probably the Dagon
Gate, thus this is associated with waters, the sea, the fish or sea dragon, the planet Saturn and Orion the Man constellation. The southern south-west Qatna Gate was probably the Rasap Gate (associated with the earth or land, the ox or calf or bull, the planet Mars and the Taurus constellation) and
the northern or north-east Euphrates Gate was probably the Utu Gate (associated with fire, the sun, the planet mercury and the Lion or Lioness and the Leo Constellation). <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-69175015278977913612024-01-23T15:41:00.003+11:002024-01-23T15:41:53.117+11:00Shaar haGilgulim 2:14: The Mystery of the Son and Tasting the Word<p> <br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkeX7KNxBObzdUdY8GlEXNM-MQG8a7nIzADXtiBqeS0K2wM3MWaKobcDD0K6ve5DgtUc6V9FqcWAhOym8tg1Z10RF6LKcN2gZzvly7vdLg8YIPU2s1NIJy_mlw4hbcuoqWQgYWwwhgNqGQq96BtldK3036Idux1Io3AAcuvEORWY6X08qRGRSp2TQwtk/s1419/dison.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1419" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkeX7KNxBObzdUdY8GlEXNM-MQG8a7nIzADXtiBqeS0K2wM3MWaKobcDD0K6ve5DgtUc6V9FqcWAhOym8tg1Z10RF6LKcN2gZzvly7vdLg8YIPU2s1NIJy_mlw4hbcuoqWQgYWwwhgNqGQq96BtldK3036Idux1Io3AAcuvEORWY6X08qRGRSp2TQwtk/w541-h345/dison.png" width="541" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />ודע,
כי הצדיק הזה, כיון שנכנס בו לסייעו בחיים חייתו בסוד העבור כנזכר, ולא
בסוד גלגול, לכן הוא קרוב לשכר ורחוק להפסד, כ"א האיש הזה יעשה מצות, נוטל
חלק בשכר ההוא. וז"ס מ"ש ז"ל כי הצדיק נוטל חלקו וחלק חבירו בג"ע, והבן סוד
העמוק הזה, ואין עתה עת להאריך בו. אמנם אם ירשיע האיש הזה, אין לצדיק
ההוא שום עונש והפסד עמו, יען כי הוא איננו מתעבר בו, רק להיטיב אליו, ולא
להרע לו, ואדרבא אם האיש ההוא חוזר בו מאשר תקן להטיב, אז הצדיק ההוא נפרש
ממנו והולך לו. וטעם הדבר הוא, במה שנתבאר, כי סוד העבור הוא בחיים של
האדם, ואיננו דבוק ונקשר עם גוף האדם, כמו הנפש של האדם עצמו בגלגול,
שנכנסה בו בעת שנולד, ונתקשרה ונתדבקה שם בתכלית הדבוק, ואינה יכולה לצאת
משם עד יום המיתה. משא"כ בנפש הצדיק שנכנסת שם בסוד העבור, כי נכנסת
ברצונה, ויוצאת ברצונה. ואם האדם יתמיד בצדקתו, גם הצדיק ההוא יתמיד שכונתו
אצלי, כדי ליטול חלק במעשה האיש הזה, ועומד שם עד שיפטר האיש הזה מן
העולם, ויעלו שניהם יחד במדרגה אחת כנז"ל. ואם האיש הזה ירשיע מעשיו, אז
הצדיק ההוא מואס בחברתו והולך לו, כי הנה איננו עומד שם בקבע, רק בהשאלה,
כדמיון אושפיזא המתאכסן בבית בעל הבית, עד זמן שיוכשר בעיניו, ואם אינו
מוצא שם נחת רוח הולך לו, ולסבה זו ג"כ כאשר יקרה איזה יסורין אל האיש הזה,
אין הצדיק ההוא מרגיש בצער כלל, ואינו סובלם עמו, יען כי איננו דבוק שם רק
בהשאלה </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shaar haGilgulim 2:14: The Mystery of the Son and Tasting the Word</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">And know! Because this <i>Tzaddik</i>, directly entered into him to assist him in his life (<i>chaiim</i>), his living in the secret or mystery of <i>Ibur </i>(spiritual and mystical impregnation or conception) as mentioned, and not in the secret or mystery (<i>sod</i>) of the round or cycle (<i>gilgul</i>). Therefore he is close to the reward and far from the loss if this man will do <i>mitzvot</i>, thus partaking in that reward. May their memory be blessed, the <i>Tzaddik </i>takes his part and his friend's part in Paradise or the Garden of Eden (</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">בג"ע</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">), and the Son (<i>ben</i>) is this deep secret or mystery, but now is not the time to delve into Him. Truly Mother condemns that man, that <i>Tzaddik </i>doesn't have any fault or loss in regard to him, he doesn't have to answer. In regard to the being spiritually impregnated (<i>ha-mit-ibur</i>) it is only to benefit him, and not to harm him. And on the contrary Mother (<i>em</i>) encompasses that man (<i>ish</i>) in him to repair (<i>tikkun </i>or reparation) for his benefit or good. Then this <i>Tzaddik </i>spreads out from within him and goes to him. But taste his Word, in what will become clear, that the secret or mystery of <i>Ibur </i>(mystical impregnation and conception) of the life (<i>chaiim</i>) of the person (<i>Adam</i>). But it is not attached and bound to the human (<i>Adam</i>) body (<i>guf</i>), like the soul (nefesh) of the person (<i>Adam</i>)
himself in incarnation (gilgul), which entered him at the time of
birth. And she (the soul) is bound and stuck there with the clinging or
cleaving (<i>devekut</i>) purpose (<i>takhlit </i>or end goal), and cannot leave there until the day of her death. Peace be upon the soul (<i>nefesh</i>) of the <i>Tzaddik </i>who enters there in the secret of <i>Ibur</i>,
because she enters by her Will, and leaves by her Will. And if the
person (Adam) abides in his righteousness (Tzedakah), that Tzaddik will
also abide in and with the Shekhinah, in order to take part in the act
of this man (<i>ish</i>), and stands there until this man is released
from the world, and both of them ascend or rise together in one step as
explained above. But Mother condemns the actions of this man then the
Tzaddik detests his company and departs from him. Therefore behold! we
are not standing there permanently but only on loan, similar to a guest
staying in the home of the owner of the house, until such time as he
sees fit in his eyes. But if Mother does not find a spirit of pleasure
or delight there, he goes. And for <i>Saba </i>this also applies. When this happens what suffering is inflicted on this man. Doesn't </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">that Tzaddik</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> feel any sorrow at all? And does he not endure it with him? He will answer that he is not stuck there but only on loan.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">My comments: This mystery of <i>Ibur </i>in regard to entering, doing rounds and ascending are glimpses that the Arizal has of the concept of living (<i>chaiim</i>)
in Divine Will and entering different levels and doing cycles rounds in
Divine Will in Creation, Redemption and Sanctification. The concept of
Ibur is the entering or impregnating or being conceived into each level
and then <i>gilgul </i>is the concept of doing the round at that level. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">The <i>Tzaddik </i>unites with the soul of another in order to bring them to the Heavenly Garden of Eden or Paradise. This also alludes to the <i>Tzaddik</i>'s teachings leading one to ascend via the concept of <i>PaRDeS </i>(paradise / garden) of reading Torah through <i>Peshat </i>(simple historical level) to <i>Remez</i> (allegorical) to <i>Drash </i>(moral/ homiletical) to <i>Sod</i>
(mystery/secret/anagogical) to Eden (the place of blissful delight and
pleasure of the soul or spirit) which is the level or place (makom) <i>Raza</i> <i>de Razin</i> (Mystery of Mysteries).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">However,
this is not just an intellectual or ideological ascent but must be
accompanied by the practical aspect of doing acts and <i>mitzvot </i>in
union with the Divine Will. It is only one who does this kind of
mystical realism that attains the reward of true understanding of the
spiritual levels and the deeper mysteries of the Torah that is the Word
of God and encounters the Divine Mother who is <i>Shekhinah</i>, <i>Binah </i>and female <i>Saba</i> (wise one).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">This
Mother is connected to her Divine Son which is the deepest mystery of
the Temple and of Torah. If this Mother judges a particular soul (<i>ish</i>) to not be an <i>Adam</i> (one who is a co-worker with God) there is no fault attributed to the Tzaddik who tried to unite and help the man (<i>ish</i>). The role of the <i>Tzaddik </i>and the Mother is to benefit the soul spiritually not to harm it. She embraces or encompasses the <i>ish </i>in his weakness and sinfulness in order for him to become an <i>Adam</i>. She does this be doing reparation (<i>tikkun</i>) on his behalf in union with the <i>Tzaddik</i>. If the <i>Tzaddik </i>struggles with an ish then the Mother can unite with him so that he gains more power to repair for the <i>ish </i>(man) and rejoin that <i>ish </i>in the process of salvation and sanctification.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">This process of <i>tikkun </i>for souls of the <i>Tzaddik </i>and
the Mother is connected to the concept of tasting the Word who is the
Son of the Mother. The world of spiritual or mystical tasting is that
of <i>Atzilut </i>which gives clarity in regard to the mysteries of <i>Ibur</i> and <i>Gilgul </i>by the <i>Adam </i>(co-worker with God) who is one who lives in Divine Will. These spiritual graces of <i>Ibur </i>are processes in the soul and thus not bound to the body of the Adam in the same way as his <i>nefesh </i>soul is united to his body from birth to death. These higher levels of <i>Ruach</i>, <i>Neshama</i>, <i>Chaya </i>and <i>Yechida </i>are connected to the concepts of spiritual <i>Ibur </i>and <i>Gilgulim </i>not
his bodily physical conception or incarnation, birth and death which
all men share. This common characteristic of body and soul that we all
share is the concept of <i>Ish </i>but it is only when one starts to enter the higher levels of soul that one starts or begins becoming an <i>Adam</i>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">This role of the<i> Tzaddik </i>in uniting with souls in order to transform them and repair them can refer to living or departed <i>Tzaddikim </i>(saints) or to the penultimate Tzaddik known as the True <i>Tzaddik </i>or Joseph and the ultimate <i>Tzaddik</i> the <i>Mashiach Tzemach Tzaddik</i>. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">The "<i>Nefesh </i>of the <i>Tzaddik</i>" refers to the Mother or Female (Our Lady or Luisa) who is the Mother or Female of the Divine Will who accompanies the <i>Tzaddik </i>in this journey with the soul in becoming a restored <i>Adam </i>(this is the return to Eden).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">If
this person remains (abides) as an Adam then he does this by remaining
united with the female Tzaddik known as Tzedakah (righteousness or
Charity who is the Nukvah or Luisa) as she is united with the <i>Tzaddik </i>(Joseph) and the <i>Shekhinah </i>(Our Lady). The earthly living <i>Tzaddik </i>who accompanies that soul from <i>Ish </i>to <i>Adam </i>is rewarded with that person. However, if an <i>Ish </i>rejects the grace given by the Mother who is the <i>Mediatrix </i>of All Graces to become an <i>Adam </i>until the end, the <i>Tzaddik </i>victim soul is not bound to him and his punishment. Thus he doesn't experience purgatory or hell with that <i>Ish</i>. Thus a <i>Tzaddik </i>or a <i>Saba</i>
does not experience the punishments and sufferings of such a one as
they were only on loan to him or her for their benefit or good and when
they choose against the good in a definitive way the <i>Tzaddik </i>or <i>Saba</i> spiritually departs from them.<i><br /></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a data-id="8636331610530244201" data-item-type="post" href="https://breslovercatholic.blogspot.com/2022/11/shaar-hagilgulim-gate-of-spiritual.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Shaar haGilgulim: The Gate of Spiritual Cycles or Rounds: 1:1-2</a></h1><p> </p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-1663056433923941862024-01-23T01:04:00.017+11:002024-01-23T02:16:17.091+11:00Science, Sheldrake and Freedom of Enquiry<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoAZImAnkI1taFYvkSeOhG6_OIrDve_S5VMkQbmOxrDeF1smGbUmpDLU5CCwfu5tk_18fsKxcVcsLwVZ6bnICrygVuTtnMmsJVTQIoieCnXLLrKTU_FHf51Zd-5No4-8jViOGpJAtKizxP5N4kjGgYmaMMnGtLs_nDKp3SCZzeyt2MCs1SOJwRgY7dDw/s2560/uni.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2560" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoAZImAnkI1taFYvkSeOhG6_OIrDve_S5VMkQbmOxrDeF1smGbUmpDLU5CCwfu5tk_18fsKxcVcsLwVZ6bnICrygVuTtnMmsJVTQIoieCnXLLrKTU_FHf51Zd-5No4-8jViOGpJAtKizxP5N4kjGgYmaMMnGtLs_nDKp3SCZzeyt2MCs1SOJwRgY7dDw/w508-h381/uni.jpeg" width="508" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I
have been reading a book by Rupert Sheldrake that someone kindly sent
me called "The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry." </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Sheldrake
speaks of the sciences but I would say similar draconian measures and
attitudes are found across modern Academia including the humanities
especially in regard to history and archeology. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Here
are the ten core beliefs or assumptions that most scientists take for granted according
to him.</span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1.
Everything is essentially mechanical. Dogs, for example, are complex
mechanisms, rather than living organisms with goals of their own. Even
people are machines, ‘lumbering robots’, in Richard Dawkins’s vivid
phrase, with brains that are like genetically programmed computers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />2.
All matter is unconscious. It has no inner life or subjectivity or
point of view. Even human consciousness is an illusion produced by the
material activities of brains.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />3.
The total amount of matter and energy is always the same (with the
exception of the Big Bang, when all the matter and energy of the
universe suddenly appeared).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />4. The laws of nature are fixed. They are the same today as they were at the beginning, and they will stay the same for ever.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />5. Nature is purposeless, and evolution has no goal or direction.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />6. All biological inheritance is material, carried in the genetic material, DNA, and in other material structures.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />7.
Minds are inside heads and are nothing but the activities of brains.
When you look at a tree, the image of the tree you are seeing is not
‘out there’, where it seems to be, but inside your brain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">8. Memories are stored as material traces in brains and are wiped out at death.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />9. Unexplained phenomena like telepathy are illusory.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />10. Mechanistic medicine is the only kind that really works.</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Sheldrake
then takes these ten core beliefs and instead of having them as
dogmatic statements of belief or assumptions, he turns them into
questions to be answered which is the core of his book. Those questions
are:</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1. Is Nature Mechanical?<br />2. Is the Total Amount of Matter and Energy Always the Same?<br />3. Are the Laws of Nature Fixed?<br />4. Is Matter Unconscious?<br />5. Is Nature Purposeless?<br />6. Is All Biological Inheritance Material?<br />7. Are Memories Stored as Material Traces?<br />8. Are Minds Confined to Brains?<br />9. Are Psychic Phenomena Illusory?<br />10. Is Mechanistic Medicine the Only Kind that Really Works? </span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Sheldrake
discusses these in quite some depth and then proposes some further
questions and gives a summary. However, it seemed that the correlation
between the number 2,3 and 4 with the questions he developed became
jumbled. It seems to me that belief 2 goes with question 4, and belief 3
with question 2 and belief 4 with question 3. Maybe in his next edition
he could correct that. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Sheldrake
believes that modern science as approved by Academia is based on many
assumption that should be questioned. He states in the Introduction:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I
argue that science is being held back by centuries-old assumptions that
have hardened into dogmas. The sciences would be better off without
them: freer, more interesting, and more fun.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
biggest scientific delusion of all is that science already knows the
answers. The details still need working out but, in principle, the
fundamental questions are settled. Contemporary science is based on the
claim that all reality is material or physical. There is no reality but
material reality. Consciousness is a by-product of the physical activity
of the brain. Matter is unconscious.<br /><br />Evolution is purposeless.
God exists only as an idea in human minds, and hence in human
heads.These beliefs are powerful, not because most scientists think
about them critically but because they don’t. The facts of science are
real enough; so are<br />the techniques that scientists use, and the
technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs
conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith, grounded in a
nineteenth-century ideology. </span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Sheldrakes further questions for number 1 are: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Is the mechanistic worldview a testable scientific theory, or a metaphor?</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><blockquote>If it is a metaphor, why is the machine metaphor better in every respect than the organism metaphor?</blockquote></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><blockquote>If it is a scientific theory, how could it be tested or refuted?</blockquote></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><blockquote>Do you think that you yourself are nothing but a complex machine?</blockquote></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><blockquote>Have you been programmed to believe in materialism?</blockquote><p>And his summary for this first question is:</p><p></p><blockquote><p>The
mechanistic theory is based on the metaphor of the machine. But it’s
only a metaphor. Living organisms provide better metaphors for organised
systems at all levels of complexity, including molecules, plants and
societies of animals, all of which are organised in a series of
inclusive levels, in which the whole at each level is more than the sum
of the parts, which are themselves wholes at a lower level. Even the
most ardent defenders of the mechanistic theory smuggle purposive
organising principles into living organisms in the form of selfish genes
or genetic programs. In the light of the Big Bang theory, the entire
universe is more like a growing, developing organism than a machine
slowly running out of steam. <br /></p></blockquote><p>I would also ask if
the Big Bang theory is the best theory to explain origins? What are its
good and bad points? Does the concept of a growing, developing organism
possibly better explain the pre-lapsarian (before the Fall) universe
and the concept of a machine running out of steam better describe the
post-lapsarian universe?</p><p>Sheldrake's further questions for number 2 are:</p><p></p><blockquote><p>Is your belief in the conservation of matter and energy an assumption, or is it based on evidence? If so, what is the evidence?</p><p>Do you think that dark matter is conserved? <br /></p></blockquote><blockquote><p>Can you accept that there may be a continuous creation of dark energy as the universe expands? <br /></p></blockquote><blockquote><p>If there is a vast amount of energy in the quantum-vacuum field, do you think that we might be able to tap it?</p></blockquote><p>His summary for this question is:<br /></p><blockquote>In
the Big Bang all the matter and energy in the universe suddenly
appeared from nowhere. Modern cosmology supposes that dark matter and
dark energy now make up 96 per cent of reality. No one knows what dark
matter and energy are, how they work or how they interact with familiar
forms of matter and energy. The amount of dark energy seems to be
increasing as the universe expands, and the ‘quintessence field’ may
give rise to new matter and energy, more in some places than others. The
evidence for energy conservation in living organisms is weak, and there
are several anomalies, like the apparent ability of some people to live
without food for long periods, that suggest the existence of new forms
of energy. All quantum processes are supposed to be mediated through the
quantum-vacuum field, also known as the zero-point field, which is not
empty but full of energy and continually gives rise to virtual photons
and particles of matter. Could this energy be tapped in new
technologies? </blockquote><p>I would add questions about whether there
are other theories that explain better what scientists are calling dark
matter and energy? What are those theories and what are their good and
bad points? Can or does the concept of darkness in Genesis 1 have any
relevance to this discussion?</p><p>Sheldrake adds these questions to his third one of "Are the Laws of Nature fixed?"</p><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p>If the laws of nature existed before the Big Bang, and governed the Big Bang from its first instant, where were they?<br /><br />If
the laws and constants of nature all came into being at the moment of
the Big Bang, how does the universe remember them? Where are they
‘imprinted’?</p><p>How do you know that the laws of nature are fixed and not evolutionary?</p><p>What is wrong with the idea that nature has habits rather than laws?</p></blockquote><p>Sheldrake summarises his response as: <br /></p><p></p><p></p><blockquote>The
idea that the ‘laws of nature’ are fixed while the universe evolves is
an assumption left over from pre-evolutionary cosmology. The laws may
themselves evolve or, rather, be more like habits. Also, the
‘fundamental constants’ may be variable, and their values may not have
been fixed at the instant of the Big Bang. They still seem to be varying
today. There may be an inherent memory in nature. All organisms may
participate in a collective memory of their kind. Crystals may
crystallise the way they do because they formed that way before; the
more crystals of a particular chemical arise in one place, the easier
should they crystallise everywhere else on earth, and maybe throughout
the universe. Evolution may be the result of an interplay between habits
and creativity. New forms and patterns of organisation appear
spontaneously, and are subject to natural selection. Those that survive
are more likely to appear again as new habits build up, and through
repetition they become increasingly habitual.</blockquote>I would add
did the pre-evolutionary cosmology have many valid points that have been
disregarded due to evolutionary and uniformitarian indoctrination? Are
the laws of nature a valid proposal but not limited or fixed as proposed
by modern scientists? Do they adapt and manifest differently in
different environmental contexts and periods? </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Is
the mantra 'the present is the key to the past' just an assumption
rather than a scientific truth? Do processes have different results and
different rates in different periods of history? Has our biosphere
always been in its present form with its present conditions? Does this
challenge dating methodologies and uniformitarian and biological
assumptions?</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><p></p><p>Shedrake adds these questions to his 5th one: </p><p></p><p></p><blockquote><p>Do you believe that your own consciousness is merely an aspect or epiphenomenon of the activity of your brain?</p><p>If consciousness does nothing, why has it evolved as an evolutionary adaptation?</p><p>Do you agree with the materialist philosopher Galen Strawson that materialism implies panpsychism?</p><p>Is your own belief in materialism determined by unconscious processes in your brain, rather than reason, evidence and choice?</p></blockquote><p>His summary for this section is: <br /></p><p></p><p></p><blockquote>In
the mechanistic science of the seventeenth century, matter was defined
as unconscious, and conscious minds were confined to human beings, along
with spirits, angels and God. There was a duality of spirit and matter.
No one could satisfactorily explain how non-physical minds could
interact with material brains, and materialists rejected the existence
of these mysterious immaterial entities, leaving only unconscious
matter. But since we ourselves are conscious, this elimination of minds
created a big problem for materialists, who have tried to explain human
consciousness away or dismiss it as illusory. But instead of assuming
that materialism and dualism are the only options, some philosophers
have explored the idea that all self-organising material systems have a
mental as well as a physical aspect. Their minds relate them to their
future goals and are shaped by memories of their past, both individual
and collective. The relationship of minds to bodies is more to do with
time than space. Minds choose among possible futures, and mental
causation runs in the opposite direction from energetic causation, from
virtual futures towards the past, rather than from the past towards the
future.</blockquote><p>I will finish this blog post on Sheldrake's ideas
here and encourage the reader to read the book for themselves. While I
may not agree with all the ideas and conclusions of Sheldrake, I do like
his process of questioning and opening up the discussion to broader
vistas of understanding. I also like that he discusses in some detail
the historical background and historical development of the ideas that
are held today. He states:<br /></p><p></p><p></p></span><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Scientists
are often imagined to achieve a superhuman level of objectivity.This
belief is sustained by the ideal of disembodied knowledge, unaffected by
ambitions, hopes, fears and other emotions. In the allegory of the
cave,scientists venture forth into the light of objective truth and
bring back their discoveries for the benefit of ordinary people,
trapped in a world of opinion, self-interest and illusion. By writing in
the passive voice (‘a test tube was taken’) rather than the active
voice (‘I took a test tube’) scientists tried to emphasise their
objectivity, but many have now abandoned this pretence.</span> <br /></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Scientists
are, of course, people, and subject to the limitations of personality,
politics, peer-group pressures, fashion and the need for funding. Within
medicine, psychology and parapsychology, most researchers recognise
that their expectations can bias their results, which is why they often
use blind or double-blind methodologies. In the so-called hard sciences,
most researchers assume that blind methods are unnecessary. This is no
more than an assumption, and needs to be tested experimentally. In most
fields of science, researchers publish only a small proportion of their
data, giving plenty of scope for the selective presentation of results,
and scientific journals introduce a further source of bias through their
unwillingness to publish negative findings. Fraud and deceit in science
are rarely detected by the peer-review system and usually come to light as a result of whistle-blowing.<br /><br />Scepticism
is a healthy part of normal science but is often used as a weapon in
defence of politically or ideologically motivated points of view, or to
stave off the regulation of toxic chemicals. Product-defence companies
emphasise uncertainty on behalf of big business, influencing policy
decisions in favour of their clients. The separation of facts and
values is usually impossible in practice, and many scientists have to
exaggerate the value of their research in order to get it funded.
Although the objectivity of science is a noble ideal, there is more hope
of achieving it by recognising the humanity of scientists and their
limitations than by pretending that science has a unique access to
truth...</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And Sheldrake concludes with: </span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...New
discoveries are more likely to happen if we venture off the
well-trodden paths of conventional research, and if we open up questions
that have been suppressed by dogmas and taboos. The delusion that
science has already answered the fundamental questions chokes off the
spirit of enquiry. The illusion that scientists are superior to the rest
of humanity means that they have little to learn from anyone else. They
need other people’s financial support, but they do not need to listen
to anyone less scientifically educated than themselves. In return for
their privileged position, scientists will deliver knowledge and power
over nature, transforming humanity and the earth.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The materialist
agenda was once liberating but is now depressing. Those who believe in
it are alienated from their own experience; they are cut off from all
religious traditions; and they are prone to suffer from a sense of
disconnection and isolation. Meanwhile, the power unleashed by
scientific knowledge is causing the mass extinction of other species,
and endangering our own.The realisation that the sciences do not know
the fundamental answers leads to humility rather than arrogance, and
openness rather than dogmatism. Much remains to be discovered and
rediscovered, including wisdom.</span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-79303017217842628712024-01-06T23:40:00.090+11:002024-01-17T02:15:19.097+11:00Yenuka the Christ Child and his Imma in Sefer Zohar: Part 2<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7VzB6iOoGcPewRSIpe_0MjkzG_9MqltZyMh6HiTCOMriqSOcfbbgclgx4ObjlAqAdSZ-W2LbcMLNwo-N8ryx0ERMLD9rRGAXf5FDDmWY9WFTQfcHydbYYiDZPyPN-FZ9jN8qGDGeaV0LwbXfDpHH26NXSBIfoDSEZg8VHaPxFH6jnHFHqA9b/s275/shek.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7VzB6iOoGcPewRSIpe_0MjkzG_9MqltZyMh6HiTCOMriqSOcfbbgclgx4ObjlAqAdSZ-W2LbcMLNwo-N8ryx0ERMLD9rRGAXf5FDDmWY9WFTQfcHydbYYiDZPyPN-FZ9jN8qGDGeaV0LwbXfDpHH26NXSBIfoDSEZg8VHaPxFH6jnHFHqA9b/w530-h353/shek.jpg" width="530" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />Zohar Balak: Verse 43</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br />פָּתַח וְאָמַר, הֶחָכָם עֵינָיו בְּרֹאשׁוֹ וְגוֹ.' וְכִי בְּאָן אֲתָר עֵינוֹי דב"נ, אֶלָּא בְּרֹאשׁוֹ, דִּילְמָא בְּגוּפוֹ אוֹ בִּדְרוֹעֵיהּ, דְּאַפִּיק לֶחָכָם יַתִיר מִכָל בְּנֵי עָלְמָא. אֶלָּא קְרָא הָכִי הוּא וַדַּאי, דִּתְנָן, לָא יְהַךְ בַּר נָשׁ בְּגִלוּי דְּרֵישָׁא ד' אַמּוֹת. מ"ט. דִּשְׁכִינְתָּא שַׁרְיָא עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ, וְכָל חַכִּים, עֵינוֹי וּמִלּוֹי בְּרֹאשׁוֹ אִינּוּן, בְּהַהוּא דְּשַׁרְיָא וְקַיְּימָא עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">He (the <i>Yenuka</i>) opened (<i>petach</i>) and saying (<i>amar</i>): "The wise one's eyes are in his head [but the fool walks in darkness yet I also know that the one (<i>echad</i>) event happens to them all]" (Ecclesiastes 2:14). Yet in what other place than his head would his eyes be? Perhaps in his body or limbs? Why does it say a wise one (<i>Chacham</i>) more than any other sons of the world. But rather what we read relates to what we were taught: One should not walk more than four cubits with an uncovered head. Why is this? Because Shekhinah dwells above his head. And thus every wise one's eyes and thoughts, that reside in his head, are focused on the One (Shekhinah) who dwells and stands above his head.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This continues the first part of this study of the Yanuka or Yenuka section of the Zohar in the section called Balak. Each section here has so many allusions that could be further explicated but I will only be able at this time to touch on a few points. If one has read the first part of this discussion they would know that I believe this section of Balak has been added to Balak and is from a older source and is discussing events that occurred when the Holy Family was living in ancient Britian under the patronage of St Joseph of Arimathea when Jesus was a teenager. It would seem this older account was edited and adapted by firstly the disciples of St Peter in the late 1st century and then again in the late 2nd century or 3rd century by the disciples (talmudim) of Rav Sh'mon ben Yochai and then again by Rabbi Moses de Leon before he revealed it in the late 13th century. Thus I would propose that there are four or five major layers to the Zohar. Between the third to 12th or 13th century it had been preserved among the Jews in the Indian Ocean.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
Zohar was originally a Jewish-Christian (Nazarean/ Chaverim/ Galileans)
text of Marian and Eucharistic mystical reflection on the Torah. The
original Rabbis were St Peter and some of the other early Jewish
Christian leaders who were later disguised by Rabbi Moses de Leon by 2nd
century Jewish figures. These zoharic traditions were preserved by the
simple black-clad "Mourners of Zion" who were devoted to their Lady
(Dame/ Matronita) in the Southern lands of the Indian Ocean as mentioned
by Benjamin of Tudela in the 12th century. They were known as the Achim
(brothers) who dwell in the South and as the holy Bond of the South.
The Zohar was bought to Spain in the 13th century.</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">St
Peter is disguised as Shimon bar Yochai of the 2nd century who was also
a follower of this Jewish Christian mystical tradition. Rabbi Akiva was
a son or grandson of St Joseph of Arimathea who was a Jewish Christian
bishop or shepherd who apostatized and left Britain (London/ Lud) for
Palestine. He rejected his upbringing and opposed the Jewish Christians
in the Jewish community. He proclaimed Bar Kokba (Koziba) as the
Messiah. After Bar Kokba's defeat and the death of his disciples Rabbi
Akiba fled to the south in 135 to Aram-Tehama taking with him the
original copy of the Zohar which he had been given by his grandfather St
Joseph of Arimathea in Britain. He re-embraced his Jewish Christian
faith and taught it to Shimon bar Yochai of Aram-Tehama. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The
Zohar was seen as a literary Holy Grail that contained the mysteries of
the mystical and Eucharistic Cup of Blessing. The Cup representing Our
Lady and the blessing representing the Eucharistic Messiah. Thus the
first layer of the Zohar was written by Joseph of Arimathea (Rabbi Abba)
about the mystical teachings of St Peter, himself and the other early
Jewish Christian leaders. This collection was then edited and enriched
by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai of the 2nd century and his school of mystics
in the South. The two Shimons were later confused into one as were other
Rabbis in the Zohar. They were two different generations of Rabbis- one
group who lived and taught in Galilee in Second Temple times and the
others in post-Temple times before the Bar Kokhba Revolt. [</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a data-id="5185216119355995425" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2014/06/dating-of-council-of-jerusalem.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Dating of the Council of Jerusalem and the Zohar: A Hebrew Catholic Insight</a>] </span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">In
Yoma 54a in the Babylonian Talmud it describes how during the festivals the priests would roll
up the curtain of the Holy of Holies so that the people could see in
order to meditate on the two cherubim on the Ark embracing one another
like a male for a female which represented God's love or affection for
them. <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>אָמַר
רַב קַטִּינָא: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהָיוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹלִין לָרֶגֶל,
מְגַלְּלִין לָהֶם אֶת הַפָּרוֹכֶת, וּמַרְאִין לָהֶם אֶת הַכְּרוּבִים
שֶׁהָיוּ מְעוֹרִים זֶה בָּזֶה, וְאוֹמְרִים לָהֶן: רָאוּ חִבַּתְכֶם
לִפְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם כְּחִבַּת זָכָר וּנְקֵבָה. </span></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">This concept of meditative gazing is also mentioned in Daniel 3:55:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">"Blessed art thou that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the
cherubims: and worthy to be praised and exalted above all for ever." (Douai Rhiems Bible)<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">This same kind of meditating gazing was also connected to the
Table of the Shewbread (bread of the Presence or Face) that the priests during the festival would bring
out to the Courtyard and lift it up saying "See God's love (or
affection) for you" as described in Chagigah 26b.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>וְאַמַּאי
כְּלִי עֵץ הֶעָשׂוּי לְנַחַת הוּא וְאֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל טוּמְאָה אֶלָּא
מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמַּגְבִּיהִין אוֹתוֹ וּמַרְאִין בּוֹ לְעוֹלֵי רְגָלִים לֶחֶם
הַפָּנִים וְאוֹמְרִים לָהֶם רְאוּ חִיבַּתְכֶם לִפְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם
סִילּוּקוֹ כְּסִידּוּרוֹ דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי נֵס
גָּדוֹל נַעֲשָׂה בְּלֶחֶם הַפָּנִים כְּסִידּוּרוֹ כָּךְ סִילּוּקוֹ
שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לָשׂוּם לֶחֶם חוֹם בְּיוֹם הִלָּקְחוֹ </span></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span>Also in Yoma 54a it
alludes to the Ark of the Covenant with its protuding staves to the
feminine aspects of the <i>Shekhinah</i> and the Ark:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> "How is this so? The
staves of the Ark pushed and protruded and stuck out against the curtain
toward the outside, and appeared like the two breasts of a woman
pushing against her clothes. As it is stated: “My beloved is to me like a
bundle of myrrh, that lies between my breasts” (Song of Songs 1:13).
For this reason the Ark of the Covenant, where the Divine Presence
rests, is positioned so that its staves protrude through the curtain,
like the breasts of a woman. " </span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>הָא
כֵּיצַד? דּוֹחֲקִין וּבוֹלְטִין וְיוֹצְאִין בַּפָּרוֹכֶת, וְנִרְאִין
כִּשְׁנֵי דַּדֵּי אִשָּׁה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״צְרוֹר הַמּוֹר דּוֹדִי לִי
בֵּין שָׁדַי יָלִין״. </span></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">We thus see the nuptial imagery of the
Temple in regard to the Divine Marriage of the Divine King or Messiah
("kiss the son") whose bride is also his daughter and his mother. </span></span></span><span>The Ramban (Nachmanides) writes in his commentary on Genesis: </span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>"...Now Israel, which is called<i> reshit </i>as mentioned above, is the "<i>Kneset Yisrael</i>",
which is compared in the Song of Songs to a bride and whom Scripture in
turn calls daughter, sister and mother. The Rabbis have already
expressed this in a homiletic interpretation of the verse, 'Upon the
crown wherewith his mother has crowned Him [Song of Songs 3:11]', and in
other places." Similarly, the verse concerning Moses, 'And he chose a
first part for himself' [Deut. 33;21], which they interpret to mean that
Moses our teacher comtemplated through a <i>Isparklarya</i> (lucid speculum/ clear crystal mirror or looking glass), and he saw that which is <i>reshit</i> (the first) for himself, and therefore merited the Torah. Thus all the Midrashim above have one meaning...</span><span>."[see</span></span><span><a data-id="112040884649865291" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2021/10/meditative-gazing-on-mysteries-of.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"> Meditative Gazing on Mysteries of the Jewish Temple</a><span>]</span></span></span></blockquote></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It
would seem this was a period when the Jewish Christian community and
congregation was run along the lines similar to those found in the
Celtic Church. It was a kind of monastic community with either a lay or
clerical Abbot (Abba/ Abouna) or Abbess of Davidic ancestry as the head
of the community; with monks, clergy and laypeople as members. This when
integrated with the wider Church was known as the community or Order of
Zion (Sion). The early monks of Mt Carmel also belonged to the Order of
Sion and it was to Mt Carmel that the Jewish Christian 'Order of Sion'
retreated when the Persians invaded Jerusalem in 614. It is the hermit monks of the Order of Sion community on Mt Carmel that are the spiritual ancestors of the Carmelite order which was formally established in the 13th century. Some of the Order of Sion retreated to the lands in the Indian Ocean and were known as the 'Mourners of Zion' when Benjamin of Tudela visited them in the 12th century. Some from this branch of the Order of Sion (who had maintained more Jewish forms and observances) settled among the Jewish communities in Spain and Poland beginning in the 13th century. </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When
Jerusalem was retaken by the crusaders in 1099 the Order was able to
reestablish the house on Mt Zion with the support of Godfrey du
Bouillon. In the 8th century the Order of Sion was also able to
establish a community in Calabria in Italy where they followed a version
of the Byzantine rite. The Order of Sion endeavoured to be among the
poor and to remain hidden from sight. The remnant of the 'Order of Zion'
is thought to have come under the protection of the Jesuits in Calabria
and Sicily. It was this Jewish Christian influence among the Jesuits
that allowed the Jesuits to support the Frankists who entered the Church
in 1760. Some of the descendants are to found among both the Latin-rite
Catholics and Italo-Albanian Byzantine Catholics of southern Italy. It
is interesting that two Jesuit priests of Jewish background in the 19th century founded the two congregations with a Jewish apostolate named for Our Lady of Sion. [</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a data-id="719758499688036749" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2017/01/order-of-sion-calabria-and-jewish.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Order of Sion, Calabria and the Jewish Christian Church</a>]</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p></p><blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;">In
past blog posts I have written about how different travelers wrote
about visiting the lands near Antarctica on the Kerguelen Plateau which
was still above water in many places including the southern part called
Little Java or Java the Less in the Late Medieval period. I found
confirmation of this in the writings of Marco Polo, Sir John Mandeville,
Odoric, Benjamin of Tudela and others. A Muslim geographer Ibn Battuta
of North Africa also mentions them but like they did with Marco Polo the
scholars try to fit his journey and stories into south -east Asia...</span></span></span></span> <br /></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>...It
would seem that the Cataclysmic events occurred firstly in the Indian
Ocean around 1350 when many lands in the western part of the Indian
Ocean sunk into the Sea and before this the Indian Ocean may have been
enclosed in the Western area with Antarctica joined to the much bigger
continent of Mauritia which Madagascar is the remnant. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>In the time of
Ptolemy in the 2nd century Antarctica was joined to Zealandia/ Australia
and Mauritia/ Africa and his map is more accurate than moderns believe
and the Indian Ocean was a totally enclosed Parthian Sea with numerous
large islands that are now under the sea.</span></span><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="font-family: georgia;">This map demonstrates that Taprobane is not Sri Lanka and that Taprobane was to be found south and east of Sri Lanka</b></span></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>This
Warrior Queen of Java Le Grande (Australia and Java) is called Urduja
by Ibn Battuta and others have identified her with Queen Tribhuwana
(Dyah/ Diana) who I have mentioned in other posts. Thus I was excited to
learn about the <i>Java Theory</i> about Urduja which I accept with my
own modifications in location. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>However it is also possible that Urduja
is Pandia Sundari the daughter of Tribhuwana who became the Empress of
the Three Indias as well as the Amazon High-Queen or even her
granddaughter Radha who was also Amazon High-Queen. She is the
historical Wonder Woman and the real life Paradise or Themyscira Island
is Antarctica. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>In the 2nd century, from the writings of Ptolemy
the Geographer, we know that Antarctica (which was located further north
than today) was joined to Zealandia and thus the Indian Ocean was an
enclosed Sea on its south eastern side. This was the case until at least
the 5th century when Zealandia may have sunk beneath the waters. The
Piri Reis map shows Antarctica ice free and hot with large serpentine
animals (could these have been some surviving Dinosaurs) when the
Portuguese first discovered it in the 1480's. </span></span><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>Thus
Ibn Battuta traveled from Sumatra to the Kerguelen Plateau before
heading north again to Port Catigara (Kailukari?) where he stayed with
its Queen before sailing on to China. Port Catigara was the Port from
which one left in order to travel to Catigara which was on Zealandia
south of present day New Zealand. It is not clear if Port Catigara
(Kailukari) is the same as Kanka (Ganga or Gangaridai) or two different
cities belonging to the Amazon Queens. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>Port
Catigara may have been much further south than Kanka. Port Catigara or
Kailukari may have been on the island of Canathra as seen on the above
map. It is here that Ibn Battuta may have visited Urduja in the 14th
century. The so-called </span></span><span>Samudera
Pasai Sultanate was not on Sumatra but on Susuara to the east of
Canathra. After 1350 the Sultanate may have transferred to Sumatra and
given their name to the island of Sumatra.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Thus we see that in 1345 that the
lands of the Kerguelen Plateau are still above the water and the climate
is still warm. Thus the plunge to cold weather did not happen before
1345. The sudden plunge in temperature happened somewhere between 1345 and 1530 but possibly
in 1530 itself. Thus the evidence given by some evolutionary climate
scientists that the sudden cold plunge after a medieval warm period in
Antarctica occurred around 1300 needs to be slightly adjusted. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>One
has to ask if
perhaps Antarctica and the Kerguelen Plateau were closer to Australia
before 1530 or did the cataclysmic events of 1530 shift the Poles.
Before 1530 Antarctica was relatively ice free and the Ice on Antarctica
was dumped there from outer space and may have been the water from the
moon of Mars which had broken apart due to a cataclysm that was
man-made. I would propose that in 540 AD Antarctica moved south opening
up the enclosed Indian Ocean and part of Zealandia at that time sunk
into the sea and then in 1530 when the ice from the Mars moon breakup
landing on the southern hemisphere it moved Antarctica and the Kerguelen
Plateau sinking the Plateau and dragging Antarctica further south into its present
location.<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>The Gamburtsev Range is actually part of the Moon of Mars that
was deposited with the water. </span></span><span><span>It
would seem that it was around 1530 that the Cataclysmic event with the
dumping of the water etc that Antarctica was pulled further south into
its present location leaving "stretch marks" on the Ocean floor. Instead
of this occurring millions of years ago and over a long period these
events happened rapidly about 500 years ago.</span></span><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>Just
as the Greeks tried to fit the geography of the Iliad and Odyssey which
was in northern Europe to southern Europe, so the geographers tried to
fit the pre-1530 geography into a very changed post 1530 geography of
the south east Asia and the Indian Ocean. This has caused many problems
of identification. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>Further problems have occurred when geographers also
try to fit the world as described by Ptolemy the Geographer and other
ancient authors into the modern map when the Indian Ocean area was
drastically transformed around 540 AD and even further changes have
occurred after other cataclysmic events since then. The last major changes
occurred around 1606 AD.</span></span><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnIT0ldBxRuoS5XK39dHyZRKsh5Zd-RXu9f2zF1DfLui8-9asAdjU7hOO3fEB2BM1PJoNkjlKID5bfaNu2aFkfcacFDu34vZsKDuY-VnFarR6NSf_4ESavBRQ4stDOl_H4zHIFg/s1600/antclim.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="539" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnIT0ldBxRuoS5XK39dHyZRKsh5Zd-RXu9f2zF1DfLui8-9asAdjU7hOO3fEB2BM1PJoNkjlKID5bfaNu2aFkfcacFDu34vZsKDuY-VnFarR6NSf_4ESavBRQ4stDOl_H4zHIFg/w583-h217/antclim.jpg" width="583" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">[</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a data-id="573616422527148090" data-item-type="post" href="https://mygeneticancestry.blogspot.com/2022/07/ibn-battuta-and-two-javas-alternative.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Ibn Battuta and the Two Javas: An Alternative Geography and History of the Indian Ocean Region</a>] <br /></span></span></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvw5q5Tyl0dfhyaFmeg-LRekVGge-7eDf_2EXh7X_ESWY51RgAh5Uft7Bp1tvLz59e9IY35-iXWl6waFO1uK6XwHyjZoxK9bF-boaavXAW2sHcidEg2RmNJnQ3cSLJrLsefntOHIPdaBqVeM3VRYTgQnwJ15N9SKKJAWPFtg8DOdwz10meCaQuv4YP/s541/Beato_Giovanni_da_Montecorvino.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></span></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvw5q5Tyl0dfhyaFmeg-LRekVGge-7eDf_2EXh7X_ESWY51RgAh5Uft7Bp1tvLz59e9IY35-iXWl6waFO1uK6XwHyjZoxK9bF-boaavXAW2sHcidEg2RmNJnQ3cSLJrLsefntOHIPdaBqVeM3VRYTgQnwJ15N9SKKJAWPFtg8DOdwz10meCaQuv4YP/s541/Beato_Giovanni_da_Montecorvino.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvw5q5Tyl0dfhyaFmeg-LRekVGge-7eDf_2EXh7X_ESWY51RgAh5Uft7Bp1tvLz59e9IY35-iXWl6waFO1uK6XwHyjZoxK9bF-boaavXAW2sHcidEg2RmNJnQ3cSLJrLsefntOHIPdaBqVeM3VRYTgQnwJ15N9SKKJAWPFtg8DOdwz10meCaQuv4YP/s320/Beato_Giovanni_da_Montecorvino.jpg" width="148" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>Today
I came across another traveler who was a Franciscan in the 14th century
who traveled to the far east called John or Giovanni de Marignolli who
was also known as John of Florence. He was sent to the court of the Mongol Chinese Emperor and also visited the Three Indies on his
travels. He was a Franciscan priest and then a Bishop.<br /></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>He
mentions his trip to visit Saba and its Queen. This is the same place
the Chinese call Shebo or Shepo. This is the original land of Sheba with
its captital city of Kanka which is now under the Ocean off the coast
of Australia. His travels are confirmed by those of Friar Odoric, John
of Mandeville, Ibn Battuta, Marco Polo and others. </span></span><span><span>Wikipedia states:</span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>First
he visited the shrine of St Thomas near the modern Madras, and then
proceeded to what he calls the kingdom of Saba, and identifies with the
Sheba of Scripture, but which seems from various particulars to have
been Java. </span></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>He
also visited a place called Seylann around 1350 which others have
associated with Ceylon or Sri Lanka. In fact Sri Lanka received the name
of Ceylon from this false identification...</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>...</span></span><span>Some historians have claimed that the Queen that John met was Queen
Tribhuwana (Dyah or Diana). This account demonstrates that around 1350
AD these lands were still above the sea in the Indian Ocean and had not
sunk yet. John also speaks of the three Indias. The first is what he
called Columbine or Minubar India (India proper), then Manzi or Maxima
India (South East Asia) and Maabar India or Greater India (Australia and
southern Indian Ocean lands) which includes Seylann. It would seem from
this account that St Thomas also evangelised in ancient Australia and
built a Church there with his own hands and also had a another one built
by workmen.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>However,
it also possible that lesser Java and Seylann are not the same place
but Seylann is part of Zealandia that didn't sink in 540 AD. This
Seylann stretch from modern day New Zealand in a north west direction
for 2,240 Kilometres towards the central coast area of New South Wales
or Queensland. Around 1530 AD much of Zealandia or Seylann went under
the water. The larger remnant was called Maina Island and the smaller
northern island retained the name of Seylann or Saill. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>New
Zealand present shape occurred in 1606 AD. If this identification is
correct then is Maina Island to the south of Seylann the Paradise Island
meant by John or is it still Antarctica which may have been further
north before 1530 AD? In this case is Lord Howe Island the Adam Peak
mentioned by John de Marignolli? </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span>The
famous saint whose tomb on the Island called Sagamoni Borcan may be the
Irish Saint Brecan of Ardbracan and this may be the actual Tempuli
Brecan and the Great Isle of Arran may be referring to Seylann rather
than Arran in the Galway Bay. He lived there before the inundations of
540 AD which later generations confused with the Flood and believed he
lived before the Flood and associated him with Adam. Or this shrine may
be connected to King Arthur the Bear King (Borcan), who is said to have
moved to the antipodes after his defeat by Mordred around 539 AD.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span>Noah's
Ark landed on the area of the south island in Pangaean times near Mt
Aoraki (Cook). Thus this may have been associated with Paradise. Was
Noah's presumed daughter Araxa the Great the first Amazon Queen and
Araxion the first Amazon City? Is Araxa the same person as Otrera and
also known as Artemis and Diana?</span></span><span><span> [</span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a data-id="7328367270374463564" data-item-type="post" href="https://mygeneticancestry.blogspot.com/2022/08/john-de-morignolli-and-seylann.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">John de Marignolli and Seylann: Kerguelen or New Zealand?</a><span><span>]</span></span></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span></span></span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Balak: Verse 44</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">וְכַד עֵינוֹי תַּמָּן, לִינְדַּע דְּהַהוּא נְהוֹרָא דְּאַדְלִיק עַל רֵישֵׁיהּ, אִצְטְרִיךְ לְמִשְׁחָא, בְּגִין דְּגוּפָא דב"נ אִיהוּ פְּתִילָה, וּנְהוֹרָא אַדְלִיק לְעֵילָּא, וּשְׁלֹמֹה מַלְכָּא צָוַוח וְאָמַר, וְשֶׁמֶן עַל רֹאשְׁךָ אַל יֶחְסָר, דְּהָא נְהוֹרָא דִּבְרֹאשוֹ, אִצְטְרִיךְ לְמִשְׁחָא וְאִינּוּן עוֹבָדִין טָבָאן. וע"ד הֶחָכָם עֵינָיו בְּרֹאשׁוֹ, וְלָא בַּאֲתָר אַחֲרָא.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">And when his eyes are focused there, he should know that the light or flame that is lit above his head needs spiritual oil, for one's body is itself a wick, and a light or flame is lit on the top. And King Solomon was crying out and saying,"On your head let there be no lack of oil!" (Ecclesiastes 9:8). For the light that is above his head requires spiritual oil, and this oil represents good deeds. And for this reason, the wise one's eyes are above his head, and not in another place. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">This passage remind us of the parable of Jesus about the wise and the foolish virgins who are waiting for the coming of the Bridegroom with burning oil lamps. It is the good deeds of the wise virgins or maidens that fuels their lamp. The foolish virgins are lacking in good deeds. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Anointing is also an important part of the coronation of Davidic Kings as we saw in the recent coronation of Charles III and Queen Camilla in 2023. The baptism of Jesus by John with the descent of the Holy Spirit is also seen as an anointing of the Davidic Messiah for his mission of public teaching and good deeds as the suffering Messiah ben Joseph. </span></span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Our
Queen and Queen Victoria represent the Davidic Queen-Mother figure and
the male Katechons are male Davidic status Kings or Emperors that have
this charism in a lesser way than the Davidic Queen Mothers. While Queen
Victoria held back the rise of both the Antichrists Stalin and Hitler,
Nicholas II of Russia also as a male Davidic <i>Katechon</i> held back Stalin
and the Emperor Karl I of Austria was the restrainer to the rise of
Hitler. St Padre Pio said to </span></span><span><span>Dr. Luigi Gaspari (1923-1995) from Bologna in Italy, his spiritual son and occasional secretary: <br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><span><span><blockquote>“Without
the royal power of David, the Church is falling into decadence under
the power of the serpent's spirit, which is raising its proud head over
that of the head of the Church. ... The royal power is a divine power
which brings down serpents. Republics on the other hand raise up the
serpent spirits which sacrifice the people of God, preventing them from
raising themselves to the God of heaven. This is Europe's sickness today
under the republics."</blockquote></span></span></b></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>If
Queen Elizabeth is the female Davidic <i>Katechon</i> that is restraining the
rise of the next two Antichrists then we must also look for two royal
Davidic heirs who are the lesser restrainers. One may be King
Constantine of Greece and the other may be King Juan Carlos of Spain.
Even if such Davidic Royalty are forced to abdicate or overthrown they
still retain their charism as a <i>katechon</i> until their death. Padre Pio
continues to explain to Dr Luigi Gaspari:<b><br /></b></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b>This royal power, which is hidden by God in this time of
madness, is the same royal power given to King David, and is the only
power which can successfully rule the governments of peoples. Without
David's royal power, recognised and set in its proper place, the
Christian religion lacks the indispensable support on which to rest the
truth of the Word of God. Hence, there must not be separation of Church
and State. The madness of men has been in trying to kill off royalty and
the world is paying heavily for this today. ...<br /><br />In Europe,
without the true king, the eldest son of the Church, the King promised
by God from amongst David's descendants, ... the power of God no longer
resides in the hearts of heads of states and governments. Satan has been
able to exercise tremendous power in the absence of the royal power of
David. How great shall be the world's misery before men are able to
understand this truth, a truth found only in hearts of a few hidden men,
but in those hearts are all the powers of the living God. ...<br /><br />The
love of the heart of Royal France, land of the kingship which descends
from David, will rise in his heirs, for the love of Christ's Kingship
has its cradle in France. ... The royal power of David ought to awaken
in the hearts of the French people a love of the royalty of God, which
has its cradle in France. The real greatness of France is David's royal
power, which existed in the blood of King Louis XVI and
Marie-Antoinette. France was forgiven by the great heart of Louis XVI
and Marie-Antoinette, who died as victims for Christ through the
brutality of the beast. This forgiveness of
Louis XVI has maintained for France the right to the greatness of
David's kingship, a right that is love and humility, of recognising in
the Monarch the power of Divine Love. In silence and prayer, God will
select His chosen ones for the good of France and the world ... human
and divine power of the great monarch from the royal blood of France”.</b></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>It
is also known that Padre Pio in 1936 had many people pray for the soul
of King George V our Queen's grandfather who he said was about to appear
before the tribunal of God before anyone else knew of the death of the
King. People at the time were very surprised in his interest in a
British Royal. It is interesting that most of Europe's Royalty today
descend from St Louis IX the King of France. </span><span>[see</span><a data-id="5603350730667184310" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2022/09/padre-pio-queen-and-davidic-katechon.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"> Padre Pio , the Queen and the Davidic Katechon</a><span>]</span><span></span></span></p></blockquote></div><blockquote><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Blessed
Anne Catherine Emmerich one of the greatest of the mystic saints of the
Church saw in mystic vision Jesus teaching his followers about
anointing. She heard him teach that even wicked Kings have a special
power or authority from God. The Old Testament teaches also that an
anointed King is sacred and it is a crime against heaven to harm such a
person.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In
Christian times the Church has always recognised the God-given
authority of Kings and Emperors and prayed for them in the liturgy of
the Church. There are three ways that a King is acclaimed. Firstly Kings
are crowned or invested with royal regalia, secondly acclaimed by the
people and thirdly anointed with holy oil. Gentile Kings were usually
crowned or invested and acclaimed by the people which the Church
recognized. However, among peoples who had Kings and Queens of
Jewish-Christian origins the monarchs were also anointed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Among
Christian Kings in the Medieval period there were two classifications
of anointed Monarchs. There was the broader group of Monarchs that were
anointed with the oil of the Catechumens. The other smaller group were
those Monarchs who were anointed with Holy Chrism. There were only five
monarchies that the Pope allowed this form of anointing with Holy
Chrism. They were the Kings of France, England, Scotland, Sicily and
Jerusalem.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>These
five monarchies were considered to be monarchies of special paternal
Davidic lineage as sacral priest-kings. The other anointed monarchs were
most likely only of maternal Davidic status as sacral servant-kings.
The Monarchs who receive Holy Chrism have to belong to hereditary
monarchies. </span></span><span><span> The one who anoints can be a Bishop, Abbot or Prophet who represents God in the community. <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Of
these five monarchies only one of them, the French Monarchy, had male
only primogeniture known as the Salic law. The other four monarchies had
male preference primogeniture which allowed some females to be Queen
Regnants or allowed the throne to pass through a female to her son or
descendants. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The
Thrones of England and Scotland merged in the person of James I and VI
Stuart through his mother Mary, Queen of Scots who was also an heiress
of the English throne through her paternal grandmother Margaret Tudor.
The Throne of Sicily ended in 1860 when it was merged with the new
Kingdom of Italy ruled by the House of Savoy but ended in 1946.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
early Judeo-British Kings practiced the ceremony of anointing which
rather scandalised the monk St. Gildas of 6th century Britain, who saw
the wicked behaviour of many of these anointed Kings. Gildas was the son
of one of these anointed kings Caunus of Strathclyde a Judeo-Christian
Kingdom. Caunus was also known as Caw or Nau. Gildas may have mentioned
King Arthur under the name of Cuneglasus the Ursus (bear) aka Mar Chuna
Dov the Rosh Galuta in his writings who was one of these anointed Kings
that he disliked. Gildas was writing his critique around 530 AD in this
case. However, it is possible that Cuneglasus was the father of King
Arthur and Gildas was writing this sometime between 490-520 AD. This is
probably more likely as King Arthur Mor was the son of Chuna Mar
descended from the Babylonian Exilarchs.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
Anglo-Saxon Kings of England and Wessex were anointed which practice
they received due to their ancestry from the Jewish Davidic Kings of the
Gewisse. The Capetian Kings of France descended from Clovis who was
anointed as a descendant of the Davidic Kings descended from Crown
Prince Yochanan the eldest son of King Josiah and was an ancestor of the
Capetian Kings. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
Sicily Kings were anointed due to their descent from the Davidic Jewish
Princes of Barcelona. The Kings of Jerusalem were descended from the
Kings of Septimania via the Counts of Rethel. The Scottish Kings of the
House of Stuart were Davidic descendants of the Davidic Dukes and Kings
of Brittany. The present Royal Family of the former Kingdom of the Two
Sicilies is now Capetian or Bourbon in its male line.</span><span> [see </span><a data-id="9094225377646943775" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-davidic-sacral-priest-kings-of.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">The Davidic Sacral Priest-Kings of Europe</a><span>]</span></span></p></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>Among
the U106 y-dna there is found a Davidic Clan whose ancestors went to live
in Tzarefat (France) among the Helonites of Zebulon around 500 BC (according to my revised Chronology of Ancient History) and
received the U106 and Z381 mutations with them. They are Z381 y-dna of the
Bourbon Dynasty descended via the ancient Tzarefat Kings in Western
Europe from Yochanan, the Crown Prince of Judah, son of King
Josiah. He left Judah for Tzarefat and established a dynasty there. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>They
were known as the Bructeri or Boruhtware and were named for their early
King Brachya. Their name may mean Blessed Guardians or those who are
blessed and protected. They were closely connected with the Chauci as
allies. In the past I had thought Clovis was of the Tribe of Reuben but
now realise he is of the Davidic Clan of U106 Z381. He is the male line
ancestor of the Capetian and Bourbon Kings of France. In the first
century there lived the famous Bructeri Priestess-Prophetess Queen
called Veleda.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>This
lineage is considered important as that of the firstborn son of King
Josiah, which gives the Capetian -Bourbon dynasty a special anointing
and grace. In the prophetic book of Zechariah in the Bible it mentions
in the apocalyptic Jerusalem that there are the House of David (R1b U106
Z381 DF98 y-dna) as well as the House of Nathan (R1b L21 y-dna). Thus
the two lineages of the Davidic Kings may still have an important role
to play...</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span>...</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span>Both the
House of Capet-Bourbon and the House of Wettin are branches of DF98
which may represent the Davidic Clan among the Zebulonites. Thus our
present Queen does indeed on her paternal line belong to the House of
David</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span>. </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span>[see </span></span></span></span><a data-id="4294339074857128177" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2021/12/davidic-clan-of-r1b-u106-y-dna-and.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Davidic Clan of R1b U106 Y-dna and the Bructeri</a><span><span><span><span>]</span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> <span><span><span>The
Swift Creek culture in North America is found in North America in the
areas of Florida, Georgia and Alabama in the Early Middle Ages in the
first Christian Millennium. To its west was the Amazon Judeo Queendom of
Cadodu and to the north west was the Principality of Ragheallachia and
the Kingdoms of Alleghania and Appalachia. It was the Kingdom of Maya
or Maigh Eo (the Field of
the King) named for the Coastal Plain of Georgia after Mayo in Ireland
which has a large flat plain. Maya or Maga (Maeve) the daughter of Queen
Maya of the Bructeri married Maine a Prince or King of the Tuatha De
Danaan in Ireland for whom the area of Mayo was named. This was the
pre-Milesian mound culture of Ireland.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Queen
Maya of the Bructeri (b.331 BC) was the daughter of Shemaya I the
Babylonian Exilarch
(b.362 BC d.316 BC) and Princess Esther of the Davidic House of Nathan
b.363 the daughter of Rhesa and Mannat. She was celebrated as the
Goddess of the month of May. Her husband was Yeshaya ha David the King
or Adon of the Bructeri b.352 BC d.299 BC. Her son was Rephaiah ha David
or Repha or Lefa or Litha.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>The
Queens of this dynasty were called the Maya who they associated with
the planet Venus and the Goddess Maia. They were known as </span></span></span><span>
fair haired Wolf Queens. Under pressure from the Milesians many of
these Magnatae or Mayans sailed to the coast of Georgia in America and
established a colony there around 100 BC. They had strong trading links
with the Chontal people of Tabasco in southern Mexico. A group of
Tabascan Chontals settled in the Maya Kingdom and were known as the
Tocobaga. It may have been this group that attacked and killed or drove
out the Mayans from America in the early 8th century. The Toltecs or
Toltecas had a northern group with their capital at Tula or Tollan. The
southern group of the Tolteca, who today are called the Mayans, had
their capital at Chichen Itza...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...<span><span><span><b> </b></span></span></span><span>One
branch of the Tuatha de Danaan were known as the Manaan had originally
come from America to the islands of the northern Atlantic Ocean and
their original homeland had been in Peru. Thus the Tuatha De were made
up of two groups of the Manaan (male lineage) and the Danaan (female
lineage) as well as the Maya who were a branch of the Manaan descended
from the joint Monarchs Maine and Maya the Great Ones (Magnatai). The
Manaan kingdom of Calalus (Mogollon) who are the ancestors of the
Frisian are another branch of the Manaan. The Frisian Manaan are the
Eagle Clan and the Maya the Wolf Clan. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Like
some of the Rhodans of Calalus some of the survivors who fled Maya for
Europe in the 8th- 9th century settled in northern Spain and joined the
battle against the Muslims to take back Spain. Both Cadodu and Maya were
overrun by the Toltecas and the last white Maya Wolf Queen fled to
northern Spain in the first half of the 8th century where her name was
known as Mayor (I) which became a girls name in Spain among her
descendants. <span>[see <a data-id="871510274144263557" data-item-type="post" href="https://calalus.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-maya-queendom-of-ireland-north.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">The Maya Queendom of Ireland, North America and Spain</a><span>]</span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3hnAcLfTQeT8HHVd4t58HzBlLM7RPlZ2ugAHyTS2him2zdhP7DjKwMwPGeJe90qM_OXs7mpAy9PpMxuBazbpLqPvMBR8DEdpkapDxT8h-f42lLwko8_Mgg6Ae_gQIYQ1Phoz3XO4-fP57zx_tvIADfOPkGjzOKrbXmLLNv6favgpph4eG4VcWy8oFwI/s640/wild%20hunt.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="640" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic3hnAcLfTQeT8HHVd4t58HzBlLM7RPlZ2ugAHyTS2him2zdhP7DjKwMwPGeJe90qM_OXs7mpAy9PpMxuBazbpLqPvMBR8DEdpkapDxT8h-f42lLwko8_Mgg6Ae_gQIYQ1Phoz3XO4-fP57zx_tvIADfOPkGjzOKrbXmLLNv6favgpph4eG4VcWy8oFwI/w552-h293/wild%20hunt.webp" width="552" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span>The Wild Hunt also known as the Yule Hunt or the Royal Hunt</span></b><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span>The
original months of the Germanic Tribes of the Zebulonite Clan of the
Heloni and of the Davidic Clan of the Bructeri were named after 12
Queen-Consorts of the Bructeri who were also Queen-Mothers to their son...</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span>...</span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span>However,
the Queens of the Bructeri for whom the original Germanic months were
named lived from the 5th to the 1st century and Veleda may have been the
one to first name the months in honour of these ancestresses of hers.
These months were later used by other Germanic tribes for the names of
the month. The Bructeri word for this Calendar may have been Zeit Veleda
(The Time of the Seeress). By the time of Veleda the Germanic people
considered these prophetesses to be living human embodiments of the
Goddess and Goddesses themselves in their own right... [see </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a data-id="954225701099623718" data-item-type="post" href="https://calalus.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-bructeri-goddesses-of-months.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">The Bructeri Goddesses of the Months</a><span><span><span><span>]</span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In
other writings I have mentioned about the Apple Valley or Valley of
Avalon on the now sunken islands of Lochlann to the north west of the
British Isles also known as the Eastern Barzel or Brasil Islands. In the
Arthurian literature we hear of the Queens and Princesses of Avalon.
These were Jewish Queens who were descended from one of the Lady Tamar's
who were the Guardians of Jacob's Stone in the 3rd century. Glastonbury
was also associated with the name of Avalon and the Valley of Avalon on
the Island of Avalon. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Originally
the separate islands of Avalon and Lochlann had been part of a bigger
land mass called Lochlann divided by a river and the river later became a
sea way. The island closest to the British Isles was called Avalon in
which was found the Vale of Avalon which had the Grail Castle. Beyond
Avalon was the Island called Lochlann to the north west of Avalon. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhed8rHOKarEJonOQSjxKmMIMtB7TnEXqTFNSvISJxvlJn2tDGtANrDSWn1EdlexkNzGXk8CkvnxbbWnw3PL3NmAkc8sOZ5kDPLrIvXBmcI6YZ99oK4DDL2Ob5goLjYa6PeF0v5s_YEG5c69o318h8d2CkNqYXtijN4kj8Q_xmFyGzeWj9qBTGeXfqfkaE/s680/kelso%20route.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="680" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhed8rHOKarEJonOQSjxKmMIMtB7TnEXqTFNSvISJxvlJn2tDGtANrDSWn1EdlexkNzGXk8CkvnxbbWnw3PL3NmAkc8sOZ5kDPLrIvXBmcI6YZ99oK4DDL2Ob5goLjYa6PeF0v5s_YEG5c69o318h8d2CkNqYXtijN4kj8Q_xmFyGzeWj9qBTGeXfqfkaE/w573-h315/kelso%20route.png" width="573" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I wrote eslewhere:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>It would seem that Lochlann was once a <span>larg</span>er
island that partly sunk into the sea leaving behind the smaller
Frisland and other small islands surrounding it. It was this smaller
island that was seen by Henry Sinclair the Earl of Orkney in 1398
accompanied by the Zeno brothers who mapped the region. Frisland was no
doubt part of the Earldom of Orkney. The<span>ir</span>
descendants of the Zeno family in Venice published these maps in the
16th century. When one looks at google earth one can still see where
Lochlann/Frisland once was under the water. </span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>It
would seem that some time between the 11th and 13th centuries much of
Lochlann and other places went under the water. It could have occurred
as late as 1257-8. The remnant called Frisland and its surrounding
islands may have sunk around the time of the cataclysmic events of
1527-1530 and the arrival of the Little Ice Age and the Lisbon
earthquake of January 1531. The sinking of the original Lochlann may
have happened in three main stages. Firstly it partly sunk in Arthurian
times around 535-54 AD, then in 1257-8 and then in 1527-31. The original
island </span></span><span><span><span><span>before 540 AD</span></span> was at least twice the size of Ireland.</span></span></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaC9oR3gIz4wDcBEhULll5HrX3uAF1zZ-jTIv9HjVZXu85ZGeerUjGcXda_vNRYd0MtVGd-ZQEyHdLJ68dr4BVxKoAv-f89KGBpMQOu1l1K6GRqKExcib9yotKYtuPERzpGOgPQPM43mmx-GQc9xC7ffQhQPaWGaVao3VJZ4nZjhQH0SqalhlhlSNx-0/s400/Map_by_nicolo_zeno_1558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="400" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjaC9oR3gIz4wDcBEhULll5HrX3uAF1zZ-jTIv9HjVZXu85ZGeerUjGcXda_vNRYd0MtVGd-ZQEyHdLJ68dr4BVxKoAv-f89KGBpMQOu1l1K6GRqKExcib9yotKYtuPERzpGOgPQPM43mmx-GQc9xC7ffQhQPaWGaVao3VJZ4nZjhQH0SqalhlhlSNx-0/w525-h440/Map_by_nicolo_zeno_1558.jpg" width="525" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><b><span>An old map showing Frisland</span></b><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
first of these Jewish Fairy Queens of Avalon and Lochlann was Queen
Cathluan (or Kata of Lochlann) b.226 d.301 and she was the daughter of
the Jewish or Judeo-Christian Prince or Rosh Golus or Fisherking or
Dagda of Avalon and Lochann called Cumal MacTren b.195 AD. Her mother
was Tamar XXXI the Jewish Lady Guardian of the Stone b.196 AD. She was a
descendant of Tamar or Tia the daughter of King Zedekiah of Judah. [see<a data-id="4552959914170052113" data-item-type="post" href="https://calalus.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-jewish-fairy-queens-of-avalon-and.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">The Jewish Fairy Queens of Avalon and Lochlann</a>]<br /></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>I
have written elsewhere about the sunken large islands that were north
west of the British Isles called Lochlann (Hatton Bank) and Avalon
(Rockall Bank) as well as the Brasil (Barzel/ Brazil) that are referred
to in numerous historical texts but seen as mythical or misidentified by
many modern academics and researchers. These islands were important
places on the route to Calalus that went across the Atlantic to the
Great Lakes area of America and then down the Rivers to Calalus in
Arizona. Just as Western Europe was known as Tzarephat and the British
Isles the Tzarephat Isles, so these islands were called the Barzel Isles
and the mainland of America was known as Barzel.<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>The
Rock in the Atlantic known as Rockall is the last remnant of the sunken
island of Avalon. This rock is also called Rokol and Rokabarra
according to a 1703 book. Rokabarra is found in Gaelic legend as a Rock
that would appear just before the end of the world. </span><span> "<i lang="gd" title="Scottish Gaelic-language text">Nuair a thig Rocabarra ris, is dual gun tèid an Saoghal a sgrios</i>".
('When Rocabarra returns, the world will likely come to be destroyed').
Is this the second time this rock has appeared? Is it a sign that these
sunken lands will once again rise in the geophysical events prophesied
for the next few years before the Era of Peace. Then will they sink
again leaving only the tip of the Rock and the near event of the end of
the world?<br /></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span>On
some medieval maps the Islands of Brasil were placed to the south of
Greenland and also to the south west of Ireland. They were correct as
the Island of Brasil or Brazil was to the south West of Ireland and of
Lochlann and Avalon. Lochlan, Avalon and Brasil were part of what was
known as the Iron or Barzel Islands. The Catalan Map of 1480 shows two
places called the Brazil Island or Islands. While many maps show the
Island to the north West of the British Isles as a divided Island (two
islands) separated by a channel running from north to south the Catalan
map shows it running from east to West. This would perfectly describe
the islands of Avalon and Lochlann that has a channel dividing them.[see </span></span></span></span><a data-id="1303820340070677882" data-item-type="post" href="https://calalus.blogspot.com/2021/12/icelandia-and-calalus-sunken-islands-of.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Icelandia and Calalus: Sunken Islands of Barzel</a><span><span><span><span>]</span></span></span></span></span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijmBHtvq1Kiuwz4Nb3pCPEINvQ9MJnWWk_aTUbzttLi9JKlw3ckD98XAiFO1SqPothSfT7Uup7Z-c5JtbpUD_X2hqtt98Ko3zSX9RbJrhSqDusKaVTLNKC4lTXnHgUW88VPvuFO6uB9hf9bdf_mHXt6u4sCLwi-fVmPXloC0UDmhNN7bKymmBfYQBZ=s537" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="424" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijmBHtvq1Kiuwz4Nb3pCPEINvQ9MJnWWk_aTUbzttLi9JKlw3ckD98XAiFO1SqPothSfT7Uup7Z-c5JtbpUD_X2hqtt98Ko3zSX9RbJrhSqDusKaVTLNKC4lTXnHgUW88VPvuFO6uB9hf9bdf_mHXt6u4sCLwi-fVmPXloC0UDmhNN7bKymmBfYQBZ=w333-h421" width="333" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span><span></span></span></span></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span>In
North America there was a Kingdom or Empire which was west of the
Kingdom of Alleghania and Appelachia and the Principality of </span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ragheallachia
but east of the Calalus Kingdoms. This was the Davidic Amazon Queendom
of Doddu or Cadodu whose Queen and her Elite Jewish women ruled over
different Tribes in the areas of Arkansas, Mississippi and surrounding
areas. The Cherokee people today descended from this Judeo-Roman-Amazon
elite ruling group as well as some of the pagan American Indians
(Ishmaelites of Q1a y-dna), while other groups such as the Caddo,
Choctaw and Chickasaw were under the Queen's rule and authority. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The
Queen was known as Davida or Dode or Doda and often in the 2nd-5th
century intermarried with the Judeo-Roman Kings of Calalus. The Queens
and the Ruling Jewish elite practiced their own form of Judaism while
the other tribes in their Empire or Queendom remained pagan. This Queen
ruled over a number of Amazon Duchesses. The Duchesses of the Gentile or
pagan clans were known as </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><i>Ghigua</i> (the War Woman) over four distinct Tribal groups of maternal A, B, C and D mt-dna. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>The term </span></span><span><i> </i><span><i>Adageyudi </i>for Beloved Woman by the Cherokees today was orginally a title of the Queen and originally was <i>G'virah HaDoda Yudi </i>(the
beloved Queen-Mother of the Jews). The Jewish duchesses of T, X, J, U,
H and I mt-dna were known as Isha haDoda Yudi (beloved woman of the
Jews). The Royal Clan of Jewish woman belonged to T mt-dna maternal
clans. The haplogroups have become more mixed over the centuries. The
Queen or Dode was selected from among the daughters of the previous
Queen by the Queen herself or by the Council of Duchesses and
Princesses.<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The
original Choctaw had a mainly maternal A mt-dna haplogroup, the
Chickasaw were mainly of a B mt-dna maternal origin, the original
Muskoke were of D mt-dna origin and there was a group among the Cherokee
we can call the Pagan Cherokee that were mainly of C mt-dna. The X
mt-dna Clan is the oldest Jewish clan among the Indian Tribes. It would
seem that a branch of the Royal Amazon Queens of T2 mt-dna moved back to
Europe and intermarried with the noble and royal houses. T mt-dna
descends from Nehushta the Queen-Mother of Judah (b.505 BC according to
my alternative chronology). It was the Jewish Cherokee Clan that had the
diverse maternal lineages of T, X, J, U and I mt-dna. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>R1-M173
(xR1b, xR1a) y-dna found amongst North American Indians represent the
ancestry of the Manassehites of the Manaan who originally arrived in the
Americas around 1380 BC from Egypt. It is also found among Australian
Aborigines and some South East Asians from the time of the Manassehite
(Manaan) Egyptian colonies. While some of the so called European male
lines may have entered the American Indian population most of these
white Jewish and non-Jewish lineages were destroyed by the American
Indians massacring all the men and boys. R1-M173 males survived, as by
the time of these massacres, by the Q1a y-dna Indians, they were mostly
already considered American Indians and had mostly intermarried with the
Ishmaelite American Indians of maternal A, B, C and D haplogroups. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> It
would seem the American Indians with male Manaan ancestry moved from
Peru to Mexico (Oaxaca Valley) and then North America. R1-M173 of the
Manaan is found in the Ojibwe people at 79%, Chipewyan at 62%, the
Seminole 50%, Cherokee at 47%, Dogrib at 40% and Tohono O'odham at 38%
of their male lineages. It was the original Manaan clan of the ancestral
Cherokees who converted to Judaism and intermarried with the Jewish
Clans who had arrived with the Calalus settlers.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>It
would seem the Queendom was overrun by the Toltecs (Talegs) and some
fled back to Europe and one of the Royal daughters of the Cadodu married
the Toltec King and they established a capital city called Talega
(Cahokia also Otagil or Tagil) in the area of western Illinois just
across the river from modern day St Louis. The Amazon Queen also known
as the Sun Queen was now subjected to her son the Sun King but the next
Sun King would be the son of her daughter the next Sun Queen. This was
also the custom of the Picts of Scotland. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>It
is said that the Natchez Indians are descendants of this admixture of
the Cadodus and the Talegs. They develop a religious culture centred
around the concept of the Red or Sun Goddess. The Swift Creek culture
was the Kingdom of Maya or Maigh Eo (the Field of the King) named for
the Coastal Plain of Georgia after Mayo in Ireland which has a large
flat plain. Maya or Maga (Maeve) the daughter of Queen Maya of the
Bructeri married Maine a Prince or King of the Tuatha De Danaan in
Ireland for whom the area of Mayo was named. This was the pre-Milesian
mound culture of Ireland.</span></span></span><span><span><span> [see</span></span></span><a data-id="5294730617161454528" data-item-type="post" href="https://calalus.blogspot.com/2021/12/judeo-roman-amazon-davidic-queens-of.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Judeo-Roman Amazon Davidic Queens of Cadodu and Calalus</a><span><span><span>]</span></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Did the so-called Bottleneck period of
M222 occur in North America? Was Mormaer Dubacan of Angus a maternal grandson
of Prince Indrechtaig rather than his son?</span></span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>
</span></span><span><span>Are the legendary Kings of Scotland discussed
by Hector Boece and others actually a misplaced lineage of this ancient House
of Angus? This Kingdom of Angus was in the area of the Appalachian Mountains
(Allegheny Mountains) and surrounding areas and is also known as the Hopewell
Culture by archeologists. The rulers of this Kingdom were known as the Angus or
Angelius of Appalachia (Land of Apples). The original Kingdom was in the area
now known as Ohio Hopewell and from there different Principalities were
established. Far to the West was the settlement and Kingdom of Calalus.</span></span><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNprPS4XV15o6YEZGaeeq6tsi8DJ85h1LA7LCurNuTxGV3_8ScnlpNOC9K6Qodc4n8gZMioMYVNvAyNcdqL1y-qSFEpBZxbCajxVBoSlXl3IuF1YMWCAyNlFarmIK6vyLQ59gH5w/s1600/800px-Hopewell_Exchange_Network_HRoe_2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNprPS4XV15o6YEZGaeeq6tsi8DJ85h1LA7LCurNuTxGV3_8ScnlpNOC9K6Qodc4n8gZMioMYVNvAyNcdqL1y-qSFEpBZxbCajxVBoSlXl3IuF1YMWCAyNlFarmIK6vyLQ59gH5w/s640/800px-Hopewell_Exchange_Network_HRoe_2010.jpg" width="516" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> ...<span><span>Dubacan's
father called Angus or Eugenius was
probably the last white King of Allegheny and Appelachia and with the
last
white survivors fled to Europe. The Prince of Ragheallachia may have
also been part of the group and he settled in Munster. There he may have
married a daughter of
Indrechtaig. The archeologists date this culture from 100 BC-500 AD
whereas I
date it from about 300 AD until about 875 AD. The last remnants of this
Kingdom fell a little bit earlier than Calalus and Rhoda. There are
remnants of these people found among the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina,
which today has ancestry from native American ancestors as well from
these early Medieval Kingdoms mixed with later colonists to North
America. [see</span></span><a data-id="7932494174561418369" data-item-type="post" href="https://calalus.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-new-radical-alternative-origin-of.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"> A New Radical Alternative Origin of M222 y-dna: Angusdom of Alleghania and Appelachia</a><span><span>]</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> In
a previous post about Calalus I wrote of the Calalusian cities of Rhoda
(near Tucson), Luz (near Wild Burro Canyon) and Chol (near Phoenix) in
Ancient Arizona. This area between 1850-1654 BC was an area where
Dinosaurs roamed and when the huge Tsunami hit this area in 1654 BC the
uniformitarian concept of the Western Interior Seaway occurred as the
waters rushed back off the land and formed the Grand Canyon and other
features rapidly rather than over millions of years. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">After
the sinking of Atlantis in 968 BC a group of northern Atlanteans of the
Helonites established a settlement or colony in Calalus called Attia
which later in the 7th century were joined by the Chipani of Cipangu and
the name was changed to Chol or Phoenix. This was in the Superstition
Mountains. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In
the reign of King Solomon (r.874-834 BC) a group of Israelites
established a settlement near the Wild Burro Canyon in the Tortilla
Mountains which were originally called the Talita Mountains and the
hidden city they built was called Luz after the original city of Luz on
Mt Moriah in Israel. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Luz
is the name of a nut tree and scholars are divided on whether it was a
Hazel or Walnut tree or an Almond Tree. It was considered to be the Tree
of Wisdom and Light. The original Luz was a daughter of Tharshish the
son of Javan and Medea who was a Priestess of the Enochian Mysteries.
She built an underground city under the area of Mt Moriah around
1870-1860 BC. It was only a hill rather than a mountain at this time.
One entered this City through a cave and tunnel that was near what was
later called the Gihon spring but was a pond or small lake with fish in
it with a orchard of nine Hazel trees on its edge.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This
underground city was made up of nine huge caverns or vaults
representing the Nine chief attributes of God as taught by Enoch. This
later was associated with concept of Gehenna as underground chambers of
Purgatory and Hell. The later Canaanite city of Jebus was built over the
Gihon Spring after 1350 BC. The city had originally been named
Gihonon. It is told in legend that Solomon discovered the entrance to
this hidden city when he was building the first Temple and his Palace
and then he designed the one in Arizona as a copy or image of the one in
Israel.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
city of Rhoda was founded by a group of Trojan-Romans after 680 BC and
the three cities became allied under a single ruler known as Attius of
Calalus (Clausus) the Regillensis (the Regal Horse Prince). He was an
ancestor of Attius Clausus who was from Regillus a Calalusian colony
established in Italy. However, scholars do not know where this place was
and the question has to asked if this place existed at all in Italy but
is actually referring to Rhoda in Calalus.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
original Attius (Titus/ Tolmai) of Calalus was the son of Marcomir or
Milcham (Marcus) the Ruler or King of Rhoda and Attia the Ruler or Queen
of Chol and Luz. Thus the Claudia gens of Rome and the first Kings of
Ancient Calalus descend from this original Attius of Calalus. Sometime before 380 BC the Tolteca-Olmecs had captured Rhoda and it was at that
time that the Simeonites under King Benjamin had come from Gaul to
deliver it as well as a contingent from Italy and Rome led by Marcus
Clausus (aka Milcham of Calalus) the son of the King of Calalus (Arun
the Attius of Calalus the Regillensis) who had been overthrown by the
Tolteca-Olmec forces. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">These
Calalusian Rulers were the fabulously wealthy Mining Rulers or Kings of
these secret Mining colonies. Atti (ayin tet yod) and Luz (lamed vav
zayin) had the meaning of Land of Luz. [see <a data-id="493046937658791497" data-item-type="post" href="https://calalus.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-attius-regillensis-rulers-of.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">The Attius Regillensis Rulers of Ancient Calalus</a><span>]</span><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Balak: Verse 45</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />אַתּוּן חַכִּימִין, וַדַּאי שְׁכִינְתָּא שַׁרְיָיא עַל רֵישַׁיְיכוּ, הֵיךְ לָא אַשְׁגַחְתּוּן לְהַאי, דִּכְתִּיב וְעָשִׂיתָ בְרִיחִים וְגוֹ,' לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן הָאֶחָד. וַחֲמִשָּׁה בְּרִיחִים לְקַרְשֵׁי צֶלַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן הַשֵּׁנִית. הָאֶחָד וְהַשֵּׁנִית אָמַר קְרָא, שְׁלִישִׁית וּרְבִיעִית לָא אָמַר קְרָא. דְּהָא אֶחָד וְשֵׁנִית, דָּא חָשִׁיבוּ דִּתְרֵין סִטְרִין, ובג"כ עָבֵיד חוּשְׁבָנָא בִּתְרֵין אִלֵּין.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">You are <i>Chacham </i>(wise ones), so the <i>Shekhinah </i>should truly dwell above your heads. How did you not mystically comprehend of what is written, "And you shall make bars of acacia
wood; five for the boards of the one side of the Tabernacle, and five
bars for the boards of the other side of the Tabernacle?" The verse mentioned first and the second sides but not the third and fourth, the verse did not mention them. For the one and the second, these are the two important sides, and as such the verse accounts only for these two sides. </span>[The first or the one (<i>ha-echad</i>) and the second allude to the mystery of the two hands representing <i>chesed </i>and <i>din.</i>]</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Balak: Verse 46</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>אָתוּ אִינּוּן וּנְשָׁקוּהוּ, בָּכָה רִבִּי יְהוּדָה, וְאָמַר, ר' שִׁמְעוֹן זַכָּאָה חוּלָקָךְ, זַכָּאָה דָּרָא, דְּהָא בִּזְכוּתָךְ אֲפִילּוּ יַנּוּקֵי דְּבֵי רַב, אִינּוּן טִנָרִין רָמָאִין תַּקִּיפִין. אָתָאת אִמֵּיהּ, אָמְרָה לוֹן רַבּוֹתַי, בְּמָטוּ מִנַּיְיכוּ, לָא תִּשְׁגְּחוּן עַל בְּרִי, אֶלָּא בְּעֵינָא טָבָא. אָמְרוּ לָהּ, זַכָּאָה חוּלָקָךְ אִתְּתָא כְּשֵׁרָה, אִתְּתָא בְּרִירָא מִכָּל שְׁאַר נָשִׁין, דְּהָא קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא בָּרִיר חוּלָקָךְ, וְאָרִים דִּגְלָךְ עַל כָּל שְׁאַר נָשִׁין דְּעָלְמָא.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">They came and kissed him again and Rabbi Judah was crying out and saying, "Rabbi Shimon, happy is your lot! Happy is the generation, for it is in your merit that now even the children of the schoolhouse are lofty and mighty mountains." His mother came and said to them: "My Masters of Learning, I beg of you, do not look upon my Son except with a good and benevolent eye. They said to her: " Blessed is your lot, O worthy woman, a woman chosen from amongst all other women, for the Holy One, Blessed be He, who chose your lot, and has raised your banner over all other women in the world! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Balak: Verse 47</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">אָמַר יַנּוּקָא, אֲנָא לָא מִסְתַּפֵינָא מֵעֵינָא בִּישָׁא, דְּבַר נוּנָא רַבָּא וְיַקִּירָא אֲנָא, וְנוּנָא לָא דָּחִיל מֵעֵינָא בִּישָׁא, דִּכְתִּיב וְיִדְגּוּ לָרוֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ, מַאי לָרוֹב, לְאַסְגָּאָה עַל עֵינָא. וְתָנֵינָן, מַה דָּגִים דְּיַמָּא מַיָּא חָפֵּי עֲלֵיהוֹן, וְלֵית עֵינָא בִּישָׁא וְכוּ.' לָרוֹב וַדַּאי, בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ, בְּגוֹ בְּנֵי אֱנָשָׁא עַל אַרְעָא. אָמְרוּ, בְּרָא, מַלְאָכָא דַּיְיָ,' לֵית בָּנָא עֵינָא בִּישָׁא, וְלָא מִסִּטְרָא דְּעֵינָא בִּישָׁא אֲתֵינָן. וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא חָפֵּי עֲלָךְ בְּגַדְפּוֹי.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">Said the Yenuka (Holy Child):" I am not afraid of the evil eye, for I am the Son of a great and precious Fish, and a fish does not fear the evil eye, as it is written: "And they shall increase abundantly like fish upon the earth" (Genesis 48:16). What is meant by "increase abundantly"? To rise above the eye. And we have been taught: Just like water covers the fish of the sea, and there is no evil eye, and so on. Multiply abundantly--certainly! "Upon the earth," meaning among the people of the earth. They said: Son, Angel of YHVH, there is no evil eye within us, and we do not come from the side of the Evil Eye. The Holy One, Blessed be He, protects you with His wings. </span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Jewish belief the sons of Joseph are protected in a special way from evil due to this verse in Genesis 48. Like fish in the sea are covered with water so the sons of Joseph are covered with God's Divine Favour or Will. This passage of the Zohar is referring to this wonder child the Yenuka as a son of Joseph who is also the Son of YHVH who is also the Angel of YHVH. The concept of fish is associated with the Tzaddik and righteous seed or offspring. <br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">Joseph in Kabbalah is associated
with the concept of <i>Yesod</i> (firm or erect foundation that is the pillar
or phallus of the earth).<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn100" name="_ftnref100" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[100]</span></span></span></a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn101" name="_ftnref101" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[101]</span></span></span></a> The
Hebrew word for hand <i>yad</i> is also used in the Bible as a euphemism for
the male sexual organ.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn102" name="_ftnref102" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[102]</span></span></span></a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn103" name="_ftnref103" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[103]</span></span></span></a> On
the figure of the Divine Man the <i>Yesod</i> is associated with the male
sexual organ.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn104" name="_ftnref104" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[104]</span></span></span></a>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn105" name="_ftnref105" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[105]</span></span></span></a></span></blockquote></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">The
blessing to Joseph’s sons uses the Hebrew word <i>yigdal</i> or <i>gadal </i>to
say that Ephraim will exceed (<i>yigdal</i>) his brother.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn106" name="_ftnref106" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[106]</span></span></span></a> This
strange term is also used in the somewhat homo-erotic account of David and
Jonathan kissing and weeping until David exceeds (<i>yigdal</i>).<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn107" name="_ftnref107" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[107]</span></span></span></a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn108" name="_ftnref108" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[108]</span></span></span></a> It
is also used in the account of Ishmael as a boy exceeding or growing big (<i>yigdal</i>)
and ripening (<i>yigmal</i>). This has been interpreted as he grew and was
weaned but is more likely to refer to a boy whose sexual organ grows and he
ripens in the sense that he came to puberty and could now emit seed (sperm). It
is this that was celebrated by Abraham which was probably the original Bar
Mitzvah or ceremony of becoming a mature seed bearing son of the covenant (<i>brit)
</i>at the age of puberty.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn109" name="_ftnref109" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[109]</span></span></span></a></span></blockquote></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">Jacob uses this term metaphorically in his blessing to Ephraim in saying that
the younger son will grow greater and have more seed (descendants) than Manasseh.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn110" name="_ftnref110" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[110]</span></span></span></a>
Judaism teaches that the strange oath of the thigh mentioned in Genesis
involved the actual holding of the genitals of the Patriarch.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn111" name="_ftnref111" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[111]</span></span></span></a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn112" name="_ftnref112" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[112]</span></span></span></a> The
word used for thigh is seen by the Rabbis as a euphemism for the genitals.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn113" name="_ftnref113" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[113]</span></span></span></a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn114" name="_ftnref114" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[114]</span></span></span></a>In
the same way the Patriarchal blessing may have involved the placing of the
patriarchs hand on the head of the circumcised penis rather than the head of
the body.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn115" name="_ftnref115" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[115]</span></span></span></a>
It may have been that Ephraim’s sexual organ was bigger than his older brother
which led to Jacob’s proclaiming his younger grandson as the one whose seed
would exceed his older brother.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn116" name="_ftnref116" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[116]</span></span></span></a></span></blockquote></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">This emphasis on the seed alludes to the concept of the incarnation of the
divine seed or word (milah) and our concrete humanity rooted in our sexuality
which is a mirror of the Divine realities.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn117" name="_ftnref117" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[117]</span></span></span></a> This
incarnational planting of seed in Kabbalah and the Zohar also alludes to the
universe as a womb or vacated space in which the seed or point of Wisdom (<i>Hokhmah</i>)
enters the created Universe and forms the Divine Man (<i>Adam Kadmon</i>/ <i>Shiur
Komah</i>/<i>Yosher</i>) who is the Bridegroom (<i>chatan</i>) of the Song of
Songs.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn118" name="_ftnref118" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[118]</span></span></span></a>
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn119" name="_ftnref119" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[119]</span></span></span></a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn120" name="_ftnref120" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 107%;">[120]</span></span></span></a> [see </span><a data-id="1849724993320871490" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2018/11/bricolage-and-mystical-erotic-midrashic.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"><span style="font-size: large;">Bricolage and a Mystical Erotic Midrashic Approach to Scripture as Incarnational Hermeneutics</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">]</span></blockquote></span></span></span></span><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Is
this figure of the Divine Man in the landscape of the Galilee a
northern reflection of the Temple in Jerusalem which was also built as a
figure of the Divine Man? This focus in Eruvin 54a on the health of all
flesh, alludes to the verse in Torah "I am the Lord that healtheth
thee," which in Hebrew <i>gematria </i>is 888 and is linked to the name Jesus which equals 888 in Greek <i>gematria</i>. <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Thus
one should unite their pains and sufferings of body with the suffering
of the Messianic Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53 which is a spiritual
engagement or union with the Living Messiah who is the Living Torah. It
is a Jewish form of a "Theology of the Body" as a practical and mystical
therapeutic engagement connected with the concept or attribute (<i>midah</i>) of the flesh and blood (<i>basar v'dam</i>). <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The <i>Marvata </i>according
to Rebbe Nachman alludes to nuptial union. This may also refer to the
joining of the Nahal Tavor to the River Jordan and then the joining of
the River Arnon from the land of Moab and Pisgah (summit) and Bamoth
(height). The river of Nahal Tavor represent the upper part of of the
divine Body and the Arnon River represents the Divine Phallus as Arnon
means heights of arousal and Pisgah and Bamoth represent the Divine
Scrotum and Moab alludes to the waters or seed of the father (mayim Av).
The River Jordan is the girtle that separate the upper from the lower.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Today
many people walk on a trail alongside the Nahal Tavor and in ancient
times this was also done as a pilgrimage walk. In regard to this neck
which is the Basalt Canyon it is described by modern hikers:</span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;">This
part of the hike is extremely beautiful, the path being framed on
either side by basalt cliffs. There are four stream crossing...</span></span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;">You
will come eventually to two small waterfalls and a pool. The going now
becomes a bit more difficult and there is a section in which you will
need to climb up on rungs in the cliff...</span></span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;">Shortly
after the fourth stream crossing, the blue trail deviates up from the
canyon. The path is rocky and only minimally difficult but is quite long
and steep. So, take it gradually, especially in hot weather. You cannot
miss the view of Mount Tabor on your right...</span></span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;">At
the top of the path is the observation area Lashon HaMelech (תצפית לשון
המלך) with views of the stream below... (by Arnold Slyper)</span></span></span></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span>Does this mention of Lashon Hamelech connect with the mention of <i>l'shon gadlut </i>by Rebbe Nachman in regard to this ascent to Mt.Tabor? Does the mention of <i>l'shon Shebirah </i>refer
to a similar high spot on Mt Tabor itself. Did Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
make this pilgrimage ascent to Mt Tabor when he was in the Holy Land in
1798?[see </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a data-id="3011099933691029088" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-ascent-of-mt-tabor.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"><span style="font-size: large;">The Ascent of Mt Tabor</span></a><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span>]</span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Douai Rheims based on the Vulgate translates Psalm 110 (109 in the Vulgate) verse 3 as:</span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>With thee is the principality in the day of thy strength: in the
brightness of the saints: from the womb before the day star I begot
thee. </span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="p">These
saints or holy ones are those that live in the Divine Will. The Hebrew
word used for ''principality'' here is the Hebrew word meaning
volunteers or free will offerings. Daniel links these saints with the
concept of them being ones that shine like the stars. St Augustine in
his exposition of Psalm 110 (109) states:</span></span></span><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Then therefore shall be seen what now is believed: then shall <q>the beginning be with You</q>
in the sight of the righteous, in the sight of saints; the ungodly
being removed, that they may not see the brightness of the Lord....</span></span>
</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Explain of what power you speak. Because here also, as is said,
His power is mentioned, when the rod of His power is sent forth out of
Sion, that He may be Ruler in the midst of His enemies. Of what power do
you speak, <q>In the splendour of the saints</q>? <q>In the splendour,</q> he says, <q>of the saints.</q>
He speaks of that power when the saints shall be in splendour; not when
still carrying about their earthly flesh, and groaning in a mortal and
corruptible body....</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In another bog post in 2015 I wrote:</span><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
</p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Father refers to God the Father and also on another level to the Shadow of the Father the <i>Tzadik</i>
Joseph. Thus this conceptual dark Shadow of the Father who is Joseph in
Eternity hides or protects the lights of the Immaculate Conception and
Incarnation hidden in the dark waters (the female darkness and waters)
of Miriam's Well which is also the Mystical Womb from before the Dawn.
Our Lady is the Mystical House of <i>Reshit</i> and St Joseph is the
protecting Master (or Husband) of this House (or Home). Rebbe Nachman
teaches that one can rearrange the letters of <i>BeReShiT</i> to <i>RoSh BeiT </i>(the Head or Master of the House) which he refers to the concept of Joseph. </span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>I also wrote in an essay for my Master of Arts in 2013 in regards to this Womb before the Dawn:</span></span><blockquote><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-7478210a-7fff-269a-25b9-5d92286f95f8" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The female ‘face upon the waters’ is also the ‘Womb from before the Dawn’ and the male ‘face upon the deep’ is the <i>Yesod </i>or Foundation (represented by the male phallus) mentioned in Proverbs 10:25 as the “<i>Tzadik </i>is the foundation (<i>yesod</i>) of the World”. The nuptial act in this world is a form of this wrestling dance in which the man (<i>ish</i>) encompasses the woman (<i>isha</i>). In this world of the fallen senses if a woman encompasses a man (dominates him) in a physical sense then it is perversion and the sin of Lilith, but in the mystical and immemorial time the woman spiritually and virginally encompasses the man (male) to produce spiritual and immaculate seed (or beautiful sayings). Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, writing in a manner that Levinas would have approved, states: </span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>“You
must know that time does not exist of itself, and that days are made
only of good deeds. It is through men who perform good deeds [for the
sake of others] that days are born, and so time is born.”</span></span></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is linked to the proto-evangelium of Genesis 3:15 about the “seed” and the woman (<i>isha</i>) who will crush the head of the serpent. The seed (<i>zera</i>) is the man (<i>ish</i>) who will come as the Messiah and Jewish Lord of the Dance. Kabbalah calls the Messiah “<i>ish ha-daat</i>” (the man of knowledge) and he personifies the “<i>sod ha-daat</i>” (the secret or mystery of knowledge). <i>Daat </i>is the so-called 11</span>th<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Hidden <i>Sefirah </i>(Emanation / Attribute). This, for the Catholic Jew, alludes to the Hidden Messiah of the House of Bread (<i>Beit-lechem</i>). This ‘mystery of knowledge’ alludes to the ‘mystery of the Divine Will’ mentioned by St Paul in Ephesians. Safran tells us that it is through ‘<i>daat</i>’ that the Messiah will obtain the revelation (<i>gillui</i>) of this hidden mystery. This Messianic ‘<i>gillui sod ha-daat</i>’ (revelation or manifestation of the mystery of knowledge) will lead to the ‘<i>gillui Shekhinah</i>’ (manifestation of God’s Presence through the female (<i>isha</i>)). Safran writes: </span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> “Then
the “Mystery of Mysteries”, God himself, will be seen and heard through
his Torah, with which He is One...Then we shall see the “Words” of God
illuminated in all their depths”. </span></span></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>[see </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a data-id="6383135744834271015" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/09/our-lady-of-southern-cross-mystical.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"><span style="font-size: large;">Our Lady of the Southern Cross, the Mystical Dawn and New Ark of the Covenant</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span>]<br /></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The Divine Will engraved engravings in the Luster on High. This Luster on High is the Divine Will as Crown (<i>Keter</i>) of the Divine Attributes (<i>sefirot</i>).
It is seen as a dark lightning or spark that flashed with the infinite
light of the concealed of the concealed. This Lighting Flash of the
Divine Man is perceived as darkness as its light is so bright it appears
as darkness. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This spark or lamp is also called </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Menorah Khashukhah</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (a dark lamp) or ‘the hardened spark” linking this second sparkling light with the concept of </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yesod </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(foundation/ pillar/ phallus), </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brit </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(covenant/ circumcision) and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tzadik</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (righteousness).</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The ‘Luster on High’ is this
concealed of the concealed – the dark light that blazes or flashes forth
within the the concealed Godhead, perceived as a vapour coming forth in
a ring (circle) as a form in formlessness. This is God’s form – the
Adam Kadmon (primordial Man or God-Man), Yosher (Upright One) or Shiur
Komah (Body of God/Divine Structure or Measure) – the Divine Man or Son
of Man. This ring represents Keter –the Crown of Divine Will.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> The
statement: “It split and did not split its avira (aura/ether)” is an
attempt to explain the difference of the two lights who are still one
light. This Light is seen as a divine Point (the point of<i> khokhmah</i> or wisdom). It is only through this Point that the Ain Sof is known. This Divine Point is also called <i>Reshit</i> (beginning). This is an attempt in a veiled way to describe the eternal begetting of the Son by the Father. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The Son is perceived both as the Divine Phallus and the Divine Seed (<i>zera</i>)
of the Father. The imagery is sexual but is not carnal but spiritual –
this is a Jewish Zoharic “Theology of the Body”. The Divine Form called
the spark or lamp gushes forth a flow of colours representing the 10 <i>sefirot</i> as the Holy Spirit. This is the concealed Son as the Divine Seed (<i>zera</i>) begotten of the Concealed Father through the Holy Spirit within the Godhead. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>This word <i>Reshit </i>(beginning) is also <i>Khokhmah</i> (wisdom) and Bera (son). This is the first command which includes all the commands. This is the <i>Keter </i>of Divine Will (<i>ratzon</i>) which is the Divine Word and Son. This is the One (<i>ekhad</i>) and Continuous Act of God (<i>ratzuf maaseh Elohim</i>).[see </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a data-id="3164878168209505714" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/08/divine-will-wheels-fluttering-and.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"><span style="font-size: large;">Divine Will, Wheels, Fluttering and Synergy</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>]</span></span></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">In this text is the concept of revealed and concealed with the Complete Heart (<i>Lev Shalem</i>) mentioned in verse 9. Six of the lower <i>Sefirot</i> are revealed openly and the four higher <i>Sefirot </i>and one of the lower <i>Sefirot </i>are concealed in the words of the verse. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">1. <i>Gedolah </i>or <i>Chesed </i>(Divine Right Arm and Hand of the Body or the Divine Right Eye of the Face)<i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">2. <i>Gevurah </i>or <i>Din </i>(Divine Left Arm and Hand of the Body or the Divine Left Eye of the Face)<i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">3. <i>Tiferet </i>or <i>Rachamim </i>(the Divine Heart or Torso of the Body or the Divine Nose of the Face)<i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">4. <i>Netzach </i>(the Divine Right Leg, Foot and Scrotum of the Body or the Divine Right Cheek and Ear of the Face)<i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">5. <i>Hod </i>(the Divine Left Leg, Foot and Scrotum of the Body or the Divine Left Cheek and Ear of the Face)<i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">6.<i>Ki-Kol</i> or <i>Yesod </i>(this
is hidden, like the genitals with a loin cloth, due to it representing
the erect phallus of the Divine Body or the Divine Tongue of the Face
concealed within the Mouth)<i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">7. <i>baShamayim </i>or <i>Hokhmah </i>(the Divine Right Side or Brain of the Body or the Right Side of the Forehead of the Face<i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">8. <i>baArtetz </i>or <i>Da'at </i>(the hidden Sefirah)<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">9. <i>Mamalakah </i>or <i>Malkut </i>(the
Divine Womb or Vagina of the Body as Female or the Divine Seed or Fruit
of the Body as Male or the Divine Mouth of the Face)<i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">10. V'<i>hamitnasa l'kol</i> or <i>Binah </i>(She is the one that is lifted above the lower 7 <i>Sefirot</i> and is the Divine Left Side of the Head or Brain or the Divine Left Side of the Forehead of the Face )<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">11. <i>L'Rosh</i> or <i>Keter </i>(the Divine Crown or Hair of the Divine Body and Face)<i><br /></i></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">The
whole Chapter of 1 Chronicles 29 also holds the mystery of the Divine
and Complete or Perfect Heart that the soul gains when one surrenders
their will freely to it. It also mentions in verse 12, which it links to
the Divine Face and hands, other attributes of God such as <i>Kavod </i>(glory), <i>Koach </i>(power) and <i>Chazak </i>(firmness), <i>Asher </i>(Riches) which can also be linked to the ten main <i>Sefirot</i>. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">The Attribute of <i>simcha </i>or
joy is also stressed in verse 9-10 in regard to King David which
alludes to the joy of his dance before the Ark of the Covenant and thus
these mysteries of the <i>Sefirot </i>are part of the mysteries of the Temple - the Holy Place (7 lower Sefirot) the Holy of Holies (3 Higher <i>Sefirot </i>and the Ark of the Covenant (the three heads of the Crown). [see </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a data-id="5585067955531096260" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/06/sefirot-and-1-chronicles29.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"><span style="font-size: large;">Sefirot and 1 Chronicles 29:11: A Hebrew Catholic Insight</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span class="heb">]<br /></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Osiris'
body was divided into 14 pieces and the 14 pyramids of Egypt are the
image of the Orion constellation that make up the divine man. Joseph the Patriarch was
known as Dod (beloved/ dalet vav dalet) which adds up to 14 in gematria.
The so-called Pharoah Djoser Teti is actually Yosef ha Dodi
(thoth=dod=dodi). The name David also comes from dod and is 14 in
gematria. The concept of Joseph and David are thus linked. The <a href="http://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2009/07/magen-david-and-magen-miriam.html">subterranean Temple has 14 stations</a>
beginning at the Shushan or Golden Gate. The word gold (ZHB) also has
the gematria of 14 as does hand (YD). The letter nun is the 14th letter
of the Hebrew alphabet. In the genealogy of Joseph in Matthew there are
three lots of 14 generations which equal 42 - the number of God's
Salvation or Redemption. The nun also represents a fish and sperm and
thus is connected to the sefirah of yesod which is also called Tzadik
and Joseph. The 14th part of the body of Osiris that was given to the
fish was his phallus (yesod).</span><span><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The pyramid complex in Egypt is a mirror of the heavenly realities. The Zohar Shemot states -</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b><blockquote>"This
song King Solomon poured forth when the Temple was erected and all the
worlds, above and below, had reached their perfect consummation. And
although concerning the exact time of its singing there is some
difference of opinion among the members of the Fellowship, we may be
certain that it was not sung until that time of absolute completion,
when the Moon-the Shekinah-came to her fulness and was revealed in the
full perfection of her radiance, and when the Temple had been erected in
the likeness of the Temple that is above. The Holy One, blessed be He,
then experienced such joy as He had not known since the creation of the
world. When Moses set up the Tabernacle in the wilderness, another such
was raised in the heavenly spheres, as we learn from the words: "And it
came to pass... that the Tabernacle was reared up", the reference being
to the other Tabernacle, to that which was above, namely the Tabernacle
of the "Young Man", Metatron, and nothing greater. But when the first
Temple was completed another Temple was erected at the same time, which
was the centre for all the worlds, shedding radiance upon all things and
giving light to all the spheres. Then the world was firmly established,
and all the supernal casements were opened to pour forth light, and all
the worlds experienced such joy as had never been known to them before,
and celestial and terrestrial beings alike broke forth in song. And the
song which they sang is the "Song of Songs", or, as we might render,
"Song of the Singers", of those musicians who chant to the Holy One,
blessed be He."</blockquote></b></span></span> </blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Temple in Jerusalem is also a Mirror of the two
celestial Temples. In the angelic Temple St Michael the archangel is the
High priest and in the highest Temple Metatron is the High Priest.
Metatron is associated with the terms of Youth and Child (chanoch) which
is why Enoch has been confused with Metatron. The Zohar Shemot states:</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b><blockquote>"From
this we see that the Holy One, blessed be He, actually gave Moses all
the arrangements and all the shapes of the Tabernacle, each in its
appropriate manner, and that he saw Metatron ministering to the High
Priest within it. It may be said that, as the Tabernacle above was not
erected until the Tabernacle below had been completed, that "youth"
(Metatron) could not have served above before Divine worship had taken
place in the earthly Tabernacle. It is true that the Tabernacle above
was not actually erected before the one below; yet Moses saw a mirroring
of the whole beforehand, and also Metatron, as he would be later when
all was complete. The Holy One said to him: "Behold now, the Tabernacle
and the ‘Youth’; all is held in suspense until the Tabernacle below
shall have been built." It should not be thought, however, that Metatron
himself ministers; the fact is, that the Tabernacle belongs to him, and
Michael, the High Priest, it is that serves there, within the
Metatron's Tabernacle, mirroring the function of the Supernal High
Priest above, serving within that other Tabernacle, that hidden one
which never is revealed, which is connected with the mystery of the
world to come. There are two celestial Tabernacles: the one, the
supernal concealed Tabernacle, and the other, the Tabernacle of the
Metatron. And there are also two priests: the one is the primeval Light,
and the other Michael, the High Priest below.</blockquote></b></span><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Po1XhJQkLNiTjuOTbqNW9j3CEh4MKlLtqRD4144kyZTEFiNnfmVKYoErFNi8A8wZFr1YmTOrtFO2JWNEeT-16FN1sL78rT5yIjTYvBVeSkjQ2yzVJnK5Bya12FrkfbV08r-n/s1600/Joshuapic.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409872787442689522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Po1XhJQkLNiTjuOTbqNW9j3CEh4MKlLtqRD4144kyZTEFiNnfmVKYoErFNi8A8wZFr1YmTOrtFO2JWNEeT-16FN1sL78rT5yIjTYvBVeSkjQ2yzVJnK5Bya12FrkfbV08r-n/s400/Joshuapic.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 331px;" /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Joshua ben Nun is also called Youth and child who adores in the Tent. Zohar Shemot states:</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b><blockquote>"It
is concerning this that King David said: "Except the King, whose is the
peace, and who is the Master of the House, build the house, they labour
in vain that build it"-that is to say, the pillars. Except the Lord-the
King, whose is the peace-guard the city, "the watchman waketh but in
vain". This is the pillar upon which the Universe stands, namely the
"Tzadik" who keeps waking guard over the City. The Tabernacle which
Moses constructed had Joshua for its wakeful and constant guard; for he
alone guarded it who is called the "young man", namely Joshua, of whom
it says: "Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the
Tent" (Ex. XXXIII, 11). Later in its history it was another "young man"
who guarded it, namely Samuel (I Sam. 1l, 18), for the Tabernacle could
be guarded only by a youth. The Temple, however, was guarded by the Holy
One Himself, as it is written, "Except the Lord guard the City, the
watchman waketh but in vain". And who is the watchman? The "young man",
Metatron. And you, holy saints, ye are not guarded as the Tabernacle was
guarded, but as the Temple was guarded, namely, by the Holy One
Himself; for, whenever the righteous are on a journey the Holy One
guards them continually, as it is written: "The Lord shall keep thy
going out and thy coming in from now and forever" (Ps. CXXI, 9).’ Then
they accompanied him on his journey for a distance of three miles, and,
parting from him, returned to their own way, and they were moved to
quote these words concerning him. "For he shall give his angels charge
over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their
hands" (Ps. XCI, 11, I2); and "Thy father shall be glad and thy mother
rejoice" (Prov. XXIII, 25).</blockquote></b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Yeshua the high priest in Malachi also
minsters in the heavenly Temple. The mysterious child of the Zohar is
also associated with the sign of the fish and he is referred to as the
son of the fisherking (Hamnuna Sava). Joshua ben Nun is a descendant of
Joseph of the Tribe of Ephraim. The second foot-star of Orion is also
called Saiph after Joseph and is the origin of the Greek word for
Wisdom. The word yad (14 in Gematria) can also refer to the foot as in
ancient Hebrew it meant any of the four appendages to the legs and arms.
</span><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbpbohwjBKdGjpAlQ0RirBHXUEY3lK1QNfbjevB50h0ukIRfMXdll4gzl3A7WvaX0e44VBbJo2fCdgHT210lUijhpgLqSnUz7U10fKoIpk9-fnmb9ytiD4Fr5jyO9c2-rDI1b/s1600/metatron.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409811571867953202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmbpbohwjBKdGjpAlQ0RirBHXUEY3lK1QNfbjevB50h0ukIRfMXdll4gzl3A7WvaX0e44VBbJo2fCdgHT210lUijhpgLqSnUz7U10fKoIpk9-fnmb9ytiD4Fr5jyO9c2-rDI1b/s400/metatron.gif" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 345px;" /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In
the Zohar it mentions Metatron as Chanoch M'Mana which means child from
the Manna [eucharistic bread]. This is the one on whom they will look
upon and weep. There is also a disagreement in Judaism whether the
Passover Seder has 14 or 15 steps. The Passover begins on the 14th of
Nisan. Rav Kaduri's letter reveals that the name of the Messiah is
Yehoshua<b>.</b></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b><blockquote>"This I have signed in the month of mercy,Yitzhak Kaduri. <i><span style="color: red;">Y</span>arim <span style="color: red;">H</span>a’Am <span style="color: red;">V</span>eyokhiakh <span style="color: red;">Sh</span>edvaro<span style="color: red;"> V</span>etorato <span style="color: red;">O</span>mdim </i>[He will lift the people and prove that his word and law are valid.]. [יהושוע- Yehoshua]<br /></blockquote></b></span><span><br /></span></span>
</blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUbkcIf7VlUjkO2HWRv8EAASpGYW2BAwzKIMTl5PCDKfU1-lnVxefm11vMfi_VUymOPH6WSyswLashuCVixYnsBTKA2t9_FVLMIRDcqDaTsUh2wNhVirkxR_CPFZRewBQuIPQ/s1600/pyramid-orion.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409829078515793746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYUbkcIf7VlUjkO2HWRv8EAASpGYW2BAwzKIMTl5PCDKfU1-lnVxefm11vMfi_VUymOPH6WSyswLashuCVixYnsBTKA2t9_FVLMIRDcqDaTsUh2wNhVirkxR_CPFZRewBQuIPQ/s400/pyramid-orion.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 279px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>[see </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a data-id="7561501294265976516" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2009/11/blessed-anne-catharine-emmerich-states.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Mystery of Joseph and the Number 14</a></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>]<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height: 150%;"><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">When we read Luke’s Infancy on the mystical /anagogical level we
return to the first chapter of Genesis (Bereshit) to Primordial or Original
time in accord with a Jewish manner of interpreting Torah. Just as Christian
tradition and art associated the Virgin and the mystery of the Incarnation as occurring
at the well in Nazareth,<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[19]</span></span></span></a>
so the First Miriam was associated with the Rock that was called the Well of
Miriam.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[20]</span></span></span></a> Jewish
tradition teaches that the Well of Miriam was created on the twilight between
the first and second days and that the mouth of Miriam’s Well was created on
the Sabbath Eve of Creation week.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[21]</span></span></span></a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn22" name="_ftnref22" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[22]</span></span></span></a>This
well is found in the Hebrew undertext of Genesis 1. When we count 3 x 26
starting with the final letter <i>mem</i> [</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="line-height: 200%;">[מ</span><span style="line-height: 200%;"> of the first use of the
word waters (<i>mayim</i> </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="line-height: 200%;">מ׳ם</span><span style="line-height: 200%;">) in the Bible, it spells out the name of
Miriam</span><span dir="RTL" style="line-height: 200%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 200%;">[<span dir="RTL" lang="HE">[מר׳ם</span></span><span style="line-height: 200%;">. In this well or mystical womb is hidden the light of the
Messiah.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn23" name="_ftnref23" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[23]</span></span></span></a></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 200%;">
</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
<span><span>
</span></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 200%;">The account in Luke of the Incarnation alludes to this Miriam motif
found in the ancient Jewish mystical reading of Torah. Luke reveals that this
new Miriam in the mystery of the Incarnation is the new Ark of the Covenant.
Warner tells us that Luke uses the word ‘overshadows’ in recalling the
annunciation which alludes to the overshadowing of the Shekhinah (Presence) of
God over the Ark of the Covenant in Exodus 40:34. This Shekhinah itself is
associated with feminine imagery and Miriam and the Matriarchs of Israel are
identified with her.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn24" name="_ftnref24" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[24]</span></span></span></a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn25" name="_ftnref25" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[25]</span></span></span></a>
Luke again alludes to the concept of the Ark of the Covenant in the visitation.
Elizabeth crying out in encountering the pregnant Virgin, “How am I worthy to
have the Mother of my Lord come unto me?” alludes to the narrative in 2 Samuel
6 where David encounters the Ark of the Covenant and cries out, “How shall the
ark of the Lord come unto me?”. Mary then staying with Elizabeth for three
months parallels the Ark of the Covenant staying with the Gittite for three
months.<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=16793420#_ftn26" name="_ftnref26" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="line-height: 107%;">[26]</span></span></span></a> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="line-height: 200%;">[see </span></span></span><a data-id="2914991245764531791" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2016/06/lukan-delights-first-testament-motifs.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Lukan Delights: First Testament Motifs in Luke's Infancy Narrative</a><span><span><span style="line-height: 200%;">]</span></span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Balak: Verse 48</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>פָּתַח וְאָמַר הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגּוֹאֵל אוֹתִי מִכָּל רָע יְבָרֵךְ וְגוֹ.' הַאי קְרָא אָמַר יַעֲקֹב בְּרוּחַ קוּדְשָׁא, אִי בְּרוּחַ קוּדְשָׁא אָ"ל, רָזָא דְּחָכְמְתָא אִית בֵּיהּ. הַמַּלְאָךְ, קָרֵי לֵיהּ מַלְאָךְ. וְקָרֵי לֵיהּ שְׁמָהָן אַחֲרָנִין. הָכָא, אֲמַאי אִקְרֵי מַלְאָךְ. אֶלָּא כַּד אִיהוּ שְׁלִיחָא מִלְּעֵילָּא, וְקַבִּילַת זֹהֲרָא מִגּוֹ אַסְפַּקְלַרְיָא דִּלְעֵילָּא, דִּכְדֵין מְבָרְכִין אַבָּא וְאִמָּא לְהַאי, אַמְרֵי לָהּ בְּרַתִּי, זִילִי נְטוּרִי בֵּיתֵיךְ, פְּקִידִי לְבֵיתֵיךְ. הָכִי עֲבִידִי לְבֵיתֵיךְ. זִילִי וְזוּנִי לוֹן. זִילִי, דְּהַהוּא עָלְמָא דִּלְתַּתָּא מְחַכֶּא לָךְ, בְּנֵי בֵּיתְךָ מְחַכָּאן מְזוֹנָא מִנָךְ, הָא לָךְ כָּל מַה דְּתִצְטָרְכִי לְמֵיהַב לוֹן, כְּדֵין אִיהִי מַלְאָךְ.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">He (the Yenuka) opened and saying: "The Angel who has redeemed me from all harm--Bless..." Jacob said this verse in the Holy Spirit, </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>and if he said it to him in the Holy Spirit, it must contain the mystery of wisdom.</span></span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"The Angel"- Jacob called Her by this name, and elsewhere he called Her other names. Thus, my mother is called "Angel?" It must be because when She is a messenger from above, She receives radiance (<i>zohar</i>) from within the speculum or mirror above (isparklariya). And from Eternity, Father (<i>Abba</i>) and Mother (<i>Imma</i>) bless Her, and say to her, "My daughter, go protect your household, attend to your household. Do this for your household. Go and feed them. Go, for the Virgin below is waiting for you, your family members wait for sustenance from you; here is all that you need to give them". This is why She is "the Angel." </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Here, the Holy Child reveals a great mystery about his Mother. She when united to the Holy Spirit in Eternity is a Divine "Angel" who somehow joins or invests his mother who is the Virgin Miriam on earth, who is with Him , at the same time, in the House with the Rabbis. This is a form of bilocation or multi-location. She is called a "malakh" or messenger of God as she is the vessel through which salvation comes.<br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Balak: Verse 49</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;">וְאִי תֵּימָא, וְהָא בְּכַמָּה דּוּכְתֵּי אִקְרֵי מַלְאָךְ, וְלָא אָתֵי לְמֵיזָן עָלְמִין. וְעוֹד, דְּבִשְׁמָא דָּא לָא זָן עָלְמִין, אֶלָּא בִּשְׁמָא דַּיְיָ.' הָכִי הוּא וַדַּאי, כַּד שָׁלִיחַ מִגּוֹ אַבָּא וְאִמָּא, אִקְרֵי מַלְאָךְ, וְכֵיוָן דְּשָׁארִי עַל דּוּכְתִין, עַל תְּרֵין כְּרוּבִין אֲדֹנָי שְׁמֵיהּ.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Now you may ask, but why is She (the Holy Spirit) called Angel in many places, even when she does not come to sustain worlds. And furthermore, She does not sustain worlds with this Name (Malak - Angel), except with the name of the Lord (YHVH). This is definitely the case: When she is a messenger or angel from within Father and Mother, she is called Angel, and when she rests in her place, upon the two Cherubim, her name is "YHVH". </span></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Balak: Verse 50</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><br />לְמֹשֶׁה כַּד אִתְחֲזֵי לֵיהּ בְּקַדְמֵיתָא, אִקְרֵי מַלְאָךְ לְיַעֲקֹב לָא אִתְחֲזֵי הָכִי, אֶלָּא בְּדוּגְמָא, דִּכְתִּיב וְרָחֵל בָּאָה, דָּא דִּיּוּקְנָא דְּרָחֵל אַחֲרָא, דִּכְתִּיב כֹּה אָמַר יְיָ' קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע וְגוֹ.' רָחֵל מְבַכָּה עַל בָּנֶיהָ. וְרָחֵל בָּאָה סְתָם, עִם הַצֹּאן דַּרְגִין דִּילָהּ. אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיהָ וַדַּאי. וְכֻלְּהוּ אִתְמְנוּן וְאִתְפַּקְּדוּן בִּידָהָא. כִּי רוֹעָה הִיא, אִיהִי מִנְהֲגָא לוֹן, וְאִתְפַּקְּדָא עָלַיְיהוּ.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">When she first appears to Moses (Zohar I:113b), she is called "Angel" (Exodus 3:2 - An Angel of YHVH appeared to him in the flame of fire). She did not appear to Jacob as such, except within the figure or type of Rachel, as it is written, "And Rachel was coming" (Genesis 29:9). She is thus the form or type of another supernal Rachel, as it is written, "Thus said the Lord, a cry is heard in Ramah...Rachel weeping for her children" (Jeremiah 31:15). "And Rachel was coming"--,"with her flock"--her echelons or hosts. "Of her Father"--certainly! And all are counted and accounted for in her hand. "For she was a shepherdess," She leads them, and is assigned over them. </span></div></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This Angelic role of the Holy Spirit is when He is in synergy with Our Lady who is a mystical Miriam and Rachel and is thus associated as She in this role. The Holy Spirit in this role is the uncreated Shekhinah and Our Lady the ultimate created feminine Shekhinah.</span></div><blockquote><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>At a higher level <i>Keter</i> represents God the Father who is invisible and hidden in transparent white or clear light, silver and Wisdom (<i>Khokhmah</i>)
represents God the Son who is the refiner of Silver (see Malachi 3:3) that is the visible
uncreated image of God, and black and Binah represents God the Holy
Spirit, who is the felt but not seen Spirit of Elohim who fluttered in
synergy with the face over the waters (Our Lady) in the first day of
creative Darkness or Blackness. At this level Our Lady is associated
with Da'at and the colour golden-brown as the one who knows who Elohim
is. Gold representing heaven and Brown the Earth of which she is the
Queen-Mother of Heaven and Earth and of the Kingdom of the Divine Will.<br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>White
light has hidden in it the seven colours of the Rainbow which is
revealed or reflected with a prism of glass or water. Black light
absorbs or receives all the seven colours and thus appears to us as
black. Gray and Brown are close to each other as they can both be made
from mixing the primary colours of yellow, blue and red. They are
between the black and white. Brown is made by mixing the three primary
colours in equal portions and gray is made by adding more blue. The
mixed colours are known as secondary colours. [see </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a data-id="61023559621822295" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/11/light-colours-and-two-suns-zoom-talk.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"><span style="font-size: large;">Light, Colours and Two Suns: Zoom Talk notes</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>]<br /></span></span></span></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">
</span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>John's Gospel begins with "In the Beginning" revealing this Lady <i>Reshit</i> (<i>Arche</i> in Greek, <i>Kadmin</i> in Aramaic) in intimate union with the Divine Word (<i>Dabar</i> in Hebrew, <i>Memra</i> in Aramaic and <i>Logos </i>in Greek). John 1:1 is directly alluding to Genesis 1:1 and the Aramaic targum on Genesis 1:1. This created Lady of <i>Reshit </i>is
the "face upon the waters" who is in synergy with the Holy Spirit in
Eternity, as revealed in the beautiful literary icon of Genesis 1:2.
When she is in synergy with the Holy Spirit as the spouse of the Holy
Spirit the Holy Spirit can be referred as 'She' instead of "He".
Proverbs 8 and Wisdom 7 also link this created Lady Wisdom with
Creation. </span></span><span><span> </span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span>The
term synergy in regards to the relationship of Our Lady in Eternity and
the Holy Spirit was made popular in Mariology by St Maximilian Kolbe. It alludes to the Hebrew concept or verb of <i>m'rachefet</i>
in Genesis 1:2 which can be translated as moving, hovering, brooding
and making fecund (fruitful or fertilising), and relaxing and fluttering
or shaking. It also alludes to the eagle hovering over its young one in
order to teach it to fly in Deuteronomy 32:11. The young eaglet can
represent Our Lady and the Eagle the Holy Spirit (also see Apocalypse
12) when interpreted through a feminine dimension. In a masculine
setting it represents the synergy between St. Joseph and the Father. </span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span>Thus <i>m'rachefet</i>
represents the union of two or more forces performing or generating one
action or work together. The concept of the Eagle and eaglet hovering
together remind us that these two 'forces' that are synergising are by
no means equal in origin or in performing the task. This concept of
working together (co-workers) of God and man as a synergy is referred to
by St Paul in 1 Corinthians 3:9 and thus alludes to the Divine
divinising the human and his acts.</span></span><br />
<span><span><br /></span></span>
<span><span>John 1:3 refers to the <i>panta</i> (all or all things) which in Hebrew is <i>Kol</i> (all) who is mentioned in Wisdom 7. In Wisdom 7:22 she is called the artificer or nursling mother (<i>amon</i>) of all. Jewish tradition refers to her as <i>Bakol</i>
(With All) the mystical daughter of Abraham (Genesis 24:1). The
Universe is made in her image and St Paul refers to the Universe as a
Woman groaning in childbirth awaiting the revelation of the Sons of God
(Romans 8).</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>In John 1:4 it states that in the Word was Life (<i>zoe</i> in Greek, <i>chaya </i>in Hebrew). The Hebrew and Greek words <i>zoe</i> and <i>chaya</i>
are feminine and this life is thus feminine-it is the Holy Spirit
working in perfect synergy with Our Lady in Eternity as the light
radiating from Jesus the Divine Word. This Life who is the Holy Spirit
in synergy with Our Lady radiating from the Word is the light that
illumines man. Today the Divine Word made Flesh dwells in the Blessed
Sacrament and sends forth this light (<i>phos</i>) of the Holy Spirit in synergy with Our Lady into our hearts and all creation during the Mass and Eucharistic Adoration...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>...</span>She is the type or Blueprint of the Creation and Universe. <i>Bara </i>(created) is at the level of the Concealed Divine Son in the world of <i>Beriyah</i>. This is why the Zohar reflects that the human being (Adam) is created in His image. <i>Beriyah</i> is the world of forms or prototypes. The 10 decrees or commands of Creation are connected to this created <i>elohim</i> who is Miriam in Eternity. She, who is a created image of the form of the Son and the likeness of the Holy Spirit.</span><span><br /></span></span>
</p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">“Zohar
sowing seed for its glory, like the seed of fine purple silk wrapping
itself within, weaving itself a palace, constituting its praise,
availing all”. </span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This
alludes to the mystery of Mary (Miriam) as the palace or House of the
Holy Spirit – the Holy Spirit is so united in a synergy with Her that it
is like a person/king in his house/palace. The term Zohar (Radiance or
Brightness) speaks of this relationship between the Holy Spirit and his
Bride. This is why the Zohar refers to her as ‘<i>kavod</i>’ (glory) and <i>elleh</i> or <i>Elah</i> (goddess). This means she is God-like, not of the essence of Divinity. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
whole of creation is made in her image and likeness – as she is the
created image and likeness of the Godhead. There is a difference of
opinion in Judaism about whether the <i>sefirot</i> are created lights
(Rambam’s opinion) or are lights of emanation that are of one essence
with the Deity (Ramban’s opinion). They are both right. The <i>sefirot </i>of
the Divine Son are of the one essence of the Deity and in his Mother
they are created lights that mirror the uncreated lights of the Son.
This understanding of Mary is also that of St Maximilian Kolbe. Hugh
Owen states: “St Maximilian Kolbe conceived of a special participation
by Mary in the activity of the Most Holy Trinity – a participation that
extended to the entire divine activity.” </span><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Zohar uses the Divine Name ‘<i>Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh</i>’
(I AM WHO I AM or I WILL BE WHO I WILL BE or I AM WHO I WILL BE) to
describe this role of the Mother in Eternity in her relationship with
the Son. It speaks of this mystery or secret of the created Radiance (<i>Zohar</i>) who is in time is called Miriam. At this Marian level of reading the Name <i>ehyeh</i> represents <i>Elohim</i> as the name connected with the Ark of the Covenant who is Miriam as crowned Queen (<i>atarah</i>) the one who fully understands <i>Elohim</i>. Her will (<i>ratzon</i>) lives or dwells totally in the Will of <i>Elohim</i> – the Eternal I AM. This <i>ehyeh</i> also represents the <i>Yehi</i> (fiat) of Creation. [see </span><a data-id="3164878168209505714" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/08/divine-will-wheels-fluttering-and.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Divine Will , Wheels, Fluttering and Synergy</a><span><span>]</span></span></span></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The two mems of the hidden name Miriam in the square form represent the two boxes of the <i>Tefillin</i>. When we start with the final square <i>mem </i>of <i>mayim </i>(waters) and we count 26 three times it spells the Hebrew word <i>Miryam </i>(Miriam). The bucket (<i>d'li</i>) is the vessel that enters the Well of Miriam and brings forth Torah teachings and wisdom. </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Hebrew word for bucket is <i>d'li </i>(<i>dalet lamed yod</i>) and is found Genesis 1:4-5 beginning with the dalet in <i>vayadal (</i>and divided or separated)<i> </i>counting 33 twice. In order to learn new knowledge, we need to divide or separate from the unity of all. The <i>lamed </i>is in the word <i>laOr</i> (to the light) and the <i>yod</i> is in the word <i>Yom</i> (day). </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When we then count another 33 letters we get to the letter <i>hah </i>in the word <i>vayhi </i>in verse 6 and then the word is <i>d'liyah</i> (<i>dalet, lamed, yod, hah</i>) which means drawing water. The gematria then becomes 49 = 4+30+10+5 = 7x7. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This alludes to the four chayot and the four levels of reading the Scriptural text. <i> </i></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>Dalet </i>means Door and Jesus is the Mystical Door as he says in John 10:9. This is the <i>Peshat </i>(simple, literal and historical) level which opens the door to the other levels. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Encompassed within this level are all four levels. This is the level of separating or dividing the Word.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lamed means teaching or learning and is associated with knowledge and thus alludes to Luisa. This is the Drash (homiletical and moral) level and the first of the spiritual levels which is the level of Divine Light which starts to unify the light in the context of the one Act of Divine Will that is all acts. It is the level of putting the light into action. This is the level of <i>lamed yod hah</i> which is Leah.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <i>yod</i>, as Rebbe Nachman teaches, is the <i>Abba </i>(father or Papa) who is connected with the concept of Joseph. This is the level of <i>Remez </i>(allegorical) and <i>yah (yod hah). </i>The letter <i>yod </i>is also the number 10. Thus alluding to the 10 sefirot. The concept of the <i>yod </i>with the hah is the concept of Joseph being eclipsed in his wife who is represented by the <i>hah</i>.</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <i>hah</i>, as Rebbe Nachman taught, is the <i>Imma </i>(mother or mama) which alludes also to the 'my heart' as <i>Imma </i>and <i>lebi </i>(my heart) both are 42 in gematria. This the level of sod (mystical and anagogical) level. The letter hah is also the number 5. This alludes to the Hand of Miriam also called the <i>Chamsa</i>. In a sense her right hand (yad) is Joseph her husband and her left hand is Luisa. </span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The 5 also alludes to the fifth level which is Messianic and Eucharistic associated with the fifth cup of Passover which thus unites with the first level. This creates a circle or round represented by the first letter of <i>sod </i>which is <i>samech </i>(</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ס</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)which is circular in shape...</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...The first three words of Genesis 1:1 are 14 letters and the last four words are also 14 letters. 14 is connected to the mystery of David (<i>dalet vav dalet </i>= 14) and the Davidic Messiah who is the Son of Joseph (see Matthew 1). </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thus the bucket is the Divine Will acts which are the acts of Jesus who draws from the Well that is Miriam, in the mystery of the Incarnation or Incarnational Circle, and from the Mouth of the Well of Miriam, who is Luisa Piccarreta. Jesus draws this water in order to lavish it on the earth. The seven days of the Creation Week are linked as a rope or chain and each day represents the 7 knots in this rope or thread. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The bucket represents the Will in Act and the Well represents the Heart. Thus the Well of Miriam is the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The waters in the Well of Miriam represent the work of her synergy (<i>m'rachafet</i>) with the Holy Spirit and the fire in her Immaculate Heart also represents her synergy with the Holy Spirit. Water and fire are symbols of the Holy Spirit. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beginning with the <i>tav </i>on the fourth word </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2b00fe; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>et</i></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (<i>alef tav</i>) counting by 18 for ten letters we get תהנח ליבו לה which means "Let his heart rest on her". This alludes to the heart of the "face of the deep" (Jesus) resting on the heart of the "Face of the Waters" who is Miriam and Lilah (Lady Night). The word<i> t'hanach </i>alludes to a future resting and as<i> tahan ch[ai]</i> it alludes to enjoying life.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHp0oPA9Y0DpGZBoKvdNNpwhwxKOLPbaEFZDSNK0Kl5XmlxPwrmbxTlVBnM3k_OlGiMbwOJp1E6QKSHmXzVmoYsmznSbF9lSoyOwX2gWBnPinb_OQ5LTb_LpeGQH1kJyEGeojiET3g66GE0AafyGfGxrEwagGPJeVzVWiPiSqoryURGL4d7VKuYMNk_S8/s330/IDF_soldier_put_on_tefillin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="220" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHp0oPA9Y0DpGZBoKvdNNpwhwxKOLPbaEFZDSNK0Kl5XmlxPwrmbxTlVBnM3k_OlGiMbwOJp1E6QKSHmXzVmoYsmznSbF9lSoyOwX2gWBnPinb_OQ5LTb_LpeGQH1kJyEGeojiET3g66GE0AafyGfGxrEwagGPJeVzVWiPiSqoryURGL4d7VKuYMNk_S8/w252-h379/IDF_soldier_put_on_tefillin.jpg" width="252" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">
</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">בְּ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #f3901d; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">רֵאשִׁ֖</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">י</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: #ff00fe; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ת</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> בָּרָ֣א </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #6fc040; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">אֱלֹהִ֑ים</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #51a7f9; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">אֵ֥ת</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃</span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-2.htm" style="font-family: georgia; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">וְהָאָ֗</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">רֶ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְהֹ֑</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00fe; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ו</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ם </span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">וְ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ר֣וּחַ </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #6fc040; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">אֱלֹהִ֔ים</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5c57; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ם</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">׃</span></span><span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-3.htm" style="font-family: georgia; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3</span></a></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">וַיֹּ֥א</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">מֶ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ר </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #6fc040; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">אֱלֹהִ֖ים</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> יְהִ֣י אֹ֑ור וַֽיְהִי־אֹֽור׃</span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-4.htm" style="font-family: georgia; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">וַיַּ֧</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5c57; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">רְ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">א אֱלֹ</span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">הִ֛</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ים אֶת־הָאֹ֖ור כִּי־טֹ֑וב וַיַּבְ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">דֵּ֣</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ל אֱלֹהִ֔</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5c57; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">י</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ם בֵּ֥ין הָאֹ֖ור וּבֵ֥ין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃</span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-5.htm" style="font-family: georgia; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">5</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00fe; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">הִ֤</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">י</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ed5c57; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ם</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ׀ </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">לָ</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">אֹור֙ יֹ֔ום וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">יֹ֥</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ום אֶחָֽד׃ פ</span></span><span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-6.htm" style="font-family: georgia; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6</span></a></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יְהִ֥י רָקִ֖יעַ בְּתֹ֣וךְ הַמָּ֑יִם וִי</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">הִ֣</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">י מַבְדִּ֔יל בֵּ֥ין מַ֖יִם לָמָֽיִם׃</span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/1-7.htm" style="font-family: georgia; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">7</span></a></span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">וַיַּ֣עַשׂ אֱלֹהִים֮ אֶת־הָרָקִיעַ֒ וַיַּבְדֵּ֗ל בֵּ֤ין הַמַּ֙יִם֙ </span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>[see </span></span><a data-id="4368080434023320817" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/08/tefillin-and-genesis-1-ropes-and-bucket.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Tefillin and Genesis 1: the Ropes and Bucket</a><span><span>]<br /></span></span> </span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
mystery of the hidden and eclipsed state of St Joseph is connected to
the mystery of the
''darkness over the face of the deep'' in Genesis 1. Jesus is that "face
of /over the deep" and his infinite
seas are the deep (the mystery of the Incarnation of the God-man). The
darkness who is Joseph in Eternity is the protecting dark cloud hiding
the mysteries of the Immaculate Conception and Incarnation from Satan
and his angels. St Joseph as the Shadow of the Father also hides in his
darkness the "synergy" of the Spirit
of God and Our Lady who is the "face over the waters" (the created seas
of
the attributes (love, mercy etc) which is the Mystery of the Immaculate
Conception). [see <a data-id="45689414618916824" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2017/05/st-joseph-worker-hidden-works-of-divine.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">St Joseph the Worker: the Hidden Works of Divine Will</a>]</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Jesus
in his
divinity is the uncreated 'male' Presence (Face), Wisdom (Hokhmah) and
Shekhen (Dwelling)
of God and the Spirit is the uncreated 'female' Presence (Face), Wisdom
(Binah) and
Shekhinah (dwelling). Jesus in his humanity is the created icon of his
divinity (Divine Son) as created male presence (face), wisdom and
shekhen
(dwelling) as the Son of Man. This distinction between created and
uncreated draws on Holy Scriptures teachings on Wisdom (Sophia) and St
Augustine's use of the terms uncreated and created Sophia.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">St Joseph as the icon of the Father is also
a created male presence (face), wisdom (Hokhmah) and shekhen (dwelling). Mary is the
created icon of the Spirit and of God's Womb or Divinity (Essence/
Ousia) as created female presence (face), wisdom (Binah/ Sophia) and shekhinah (dwelling). She
is a dwelling or vessel full of Grace (God) and is God-like. She is not
of the essence of God but she is the true icon of that essence (ousia or
atzmut). Ousia and atzmut are in the feminine form in both Greek and Hebrew.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
ousia /atzmut (essence) of God is the Divine Will which within the
Godhead is Pure Act or the One Act. That Act in the movement of
descending is the Divine Volition- the Father manifesting in Creation in
the Son through the Spirit united to Our Lady and St Joseph in
Eternity. St Maximillian Kolbe spoke of the Holy Spirit and Our Lady
being in synergy. Our Lady is God's created blueprint (umanuta) for all
creation and St Joseph is God's created Template (komah) for creation. <br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
God-man Messiah is thus Son of Mary (from the essence or flesh of Mary)
and Son of Joseph (from the concept or spirit of Joseph). They are the
created and conceptual image and likeness united in Jesus that Adam
(male and female) was made in. Our Lady is the created mystical Voice
(Bat Kol) that brings forth or bears the Word (creative act) into
Creation, St Joseph is the created mystical tone of that Voice and Luisa
is the created mystical sound of the united voice and tone of the Word.
That Word is also a Song and Our Lady is the created mystical melody
and tune of that Song, St Joseph is the created rhythm or tempo of the
Song and Luisa Piccarreta (and in her are united all the souls who live
in Divine Will) is the created mystical harmony in all creation. <span>[see <a data-id="1009572547320563417" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2015/03/mystery-of-shekhinah-and-faces.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Mystery of the Shekhinah: Male and Female: A Hebrew Catholic Insight</a><span>]</span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Balak: Verse 51</span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>וְהָכִי בְּמֹשֶׁה כְּתִיב, וַיֵּרָא מַלְאַךְ יְיָ' אֵלָיו בְּלַבַּת אֵשׁ. וְאִי תֵּימָא יַתִיר הוּא שְׁבָחָא דְּאַבְרָהָם, דְּלָא כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ מַלְאָךְ, אֶלָּא וַיֵּרָא אֵלָיו יְיָ' בְּאֵלוֹנֵי מַמְרֵא וְגוֹ.' הָתָם בְּאַבְרָהָם, אִתְחֲזֵי לֵיהּ אֲדֹנָי, בְּאָלֶף דָּלֶת, בְּגִין דִּבְהַהוּא זִמְנָא קַבִּיל בְּרִית, וּמַה דְּהֲוָה אִתְכַּסֵּי עַד כְּעָן מִנֵּיהּ, אִתְחֲזֵי לֵיהּ רִבּוֹן וְשָׁלִיט, וְהָכִי אִתְחֲזֵי, דְּהָא כְּדֵין בְּהַהוּא דַּרְגָּא אִתְקָשַׁר, וְלָא יַתִיר. ובג"כ, בִּשְׁמָא דַּאֲדוֹן רִבּוֹן עָלֵיהּ.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Therefore it was written about Moses: "And the angel of YHVH appeared to him in a flame of fire." You might say that Abraham's praise is greater than Moses, since no angel is mentioned in relation to Abraham, but rather: "And YHVH appeared to him by the oak of Mamre..." (Genesis 18:1). The name of Adonai appeared to Abraham, which is with Aleph-Dalet-Nun-Yud. It is because during this time he received the covenant, and what was concealed from him up to then became visible or known later. The Master and Ruler, however, He was worthy of that, since he was then connected to that rung, but not further. Therefore, by the name of Adon (Lord) he was Abraham's Master (Rabonai).</span></span></span></span></p></div><blockquote><div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This section of Genesis begins with Genesis 18:1:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="heb"><span>וַיֵּרָ֤א אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּאֵלֹנֵ֖י מַמְרֵ֑א וְה֛וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב פֶּֽתַח־הָאֹ֖הֶל כְּחֹ֥ם הַיֹּֽום׃</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> (And appeared to him YHVH in the Oaks of Mamre and he dwelt in the Mouth of the Tent like the heat of the day).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">When
read at a mystical level we ascend to the mysteries of the Triune God
and the Incarnate Son who comes through his Mother. God as Triune
manifests his mystery to Abraham through this encounter. The use of the
name YHVH demonstrates this is an immanent encounter with the God of
Mercy who descends to us through the 50 gates of <i>Binah</i> (understanding). <i>Binah </i>in
the mystical Book of the Zohar is the Supernal Mother associated with
the 3rd Sefirah. Note the significance of the number 3 in this account
and interpretation. One Jewish tradition sees the three beings as the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.<br /></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In
the Jewish tradition they speak about one Giant Tree of Mamre yet the
text in Genesis 18 calls them the Oaks or Trees of Mamre. Was there
three trees or was it one Giant Tree with three branches? Or was it two
Trees with three branches each as a forerunner of the <i>Menorah </i>in
the Temple which was designed like two Olive Trees with three branches?
Another interpretation translates the plain or field of Mamre rather
than the Oaks and thus alludes to the divine field of the <i>Memra</i> or <i>Shekhinah </i>in which the mystics spiritually reap heavenly food or manna...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...This process is connected to the mystery of <i>Memra </i>and <i>Shekhinah </i>which
describes the process of how God interacts with his creation and
creatures. This mystery of the 50 gates is alluded to in Ezekiel 40.</span><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">40:15 And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of
the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits...<br /></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">40:21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and
three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches
thereof were after the measure of the first gate:
the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the
breadth five and twenty cubits. </span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This
we can visually and iconically perceive with the three branches of the
two Oak Trees of Mamre arching over to form three spaces or chambers on
each side for the three celestial men, the <i>Shekhinah </i>and Abraham and Sarah. This also may allude to the six middle Sefirot who are between the Sefirot of <i>Binah </i>and <i>Shekhinah</i>/<i>Malkut</i>. In Genesis 1 the <i>Binah </i>who is the upper <i>Shekhinah </i>is Miriam's Well on the twilight between Day 1 and the Second Day and the Mouth of Miriam's Well is the lower <i>Shekhinah </i>of the Kingdom of the Sabbath Eve of the Creation Week...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I also think that the word Mamre is also alluding to the Aramaic term for <i>Dabar </i>or <i>Logos </i>which is <i>Memra </i>(the Word). The concept of dwelling is associated with the term <i>Shekhinah </i>and in the Zohar the term <i>petach</i>-<i>haOhel </i>(Mouth or Opening of the Tent) refers to the <i>Shekhinah</i>.
Is the text referring to Abraham dwelling or sitting or is it referring
to YHVH manifesting in mystic vision as three beings through the <i>Memra </i>and the <i>Shekhinah</i>. Is <i>Memra </i>the concept of God appearing to man through his <i>Binah </i>who is the <i>Imma </i>(Mother).
Can we link this "like the heat of the day" to Psalm 19 where it speaks
about the tent of the sun and alludes to the rounds in Divine Will and
the mysteries of the Ark of the Covenant in the Holy of Holies. The
concept of the Sun is Triune (heat, beautiful light and essence) and the
heat (<i>cham</i>) of the sun represents the felt but not seen power of the Holy Spirit.<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Do these Oaks of Mamre form the Tent which is a manifestation of the wings of the <i>Shekhinah</i>? Is this a type (<i>bechinah</i>) of the future Tent or Tabernacle and Temple? The Zohar refers to Genesis 18:33: </span></p><div style="direction: rtl;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="heb"><span>וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר כִּלָּ֔ה לְדַבֵּ֖ר אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֑ם וְאַבְרָהָ֖ם שָׁ֥ב לִמְקֹמֹֽו׃</span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> (And departed YHVH when he had finished speaking to Abraham and Abraham returned to his place)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>However, the Zohar speaks about the <i>Shekhinah </i>departing with YHVH. Scholars puzzle over this question as the Biblical text doesn't mention the <i>Shekhinah</i>.
One solution is to say that the <i>Shekhinah </i>is referring to YHVH. My own
solution takes into account that the Zohar and the Jewish traditions
often give alternative readings to enhance the understanding of the
text. Thus if we read </span><span>כלה</span><span> </span><span>as bride, rather than finished, the text is then alluding to the <i>Shekhinah </i>who is also described as the Bride. Thus an alternative reading of 18:33 could be:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">(And came YHVH through the Bride (<i>kalah</i>) speaking to Abraham and Abraham returned to his place) </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm56blAmJFWSD1IO8_U8CoW3yfxXZ7gcyZ-AD3MRT3Mdkbru5vgtS5j84fAbmpxbWirhuE1elUrfr5NemxBPyhh8wGba--xCCC7A-GO2FQhQuOQiLU5eiFquCSHOvh0JAJK9GWzhzGxYLsmm4NoE5ubri1qcQY35i-FLy-EmsvRoyoKccNoA/s259/shekhinah%20bride.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="195" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm56blAmJFWSD1IO8_U8CoW3yfxXZ7gcyZ-AD3MRT3Mdkbru5vgtS5j84fAbmpxbWirhuE1elUrfr5NemxBPyhh8wGba--xCCC7A-GO2FQhQuOQiLU5eiFquCSHOvh0JAJK9GWzhzGxYLsmm4NoE5ubri1qcQY35i-FLy-EmsvRoyoKccNoA/w321-h426/shekhinah%20bride.jpg" width="321" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This mention of Abraham returning to his place (<i>makom</i>)
means him returning from this mystical experience that began in verse 1
and concludes in verse 33. This place (<i>makom</i>) can be linked to the one place (<i>makom echad</i>) of the third Day of Creation. The number 18 alludes to the word <i>Chai
</i>(Life) and the number 33 to the Light of the 33rd Day of <i>Omer </i>which is
linked to <i>Purim </i>and Queen Esther. The gallows of the Book of Esther also
alludes to the 50 levels of <i>Binah </i>or Understanding according to Breslov
teaching. Breslov Rabbi Yehoshua Starrett writes in his book on <i>Megillah Esther</i>:</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><blockquote>"...All
along, Haman's goal had been to separate the Jewish people from
Mordekhai, from the Tzaddik (see "The Decree Against Morchekhai"). But
now, he saw that his plan was not working. The Jewish people were
returning to Mordekhai enmasse. So his advisors had a plan which would
have the same effect- make Mordekhai a martyr. Ascribe to him superhuman
powers, symbolised by the 50-cubit high gallows, made from a tree;
crucify him and elevate him to the status of a god.<br /><br />And when
"Haman" raises Mordekhai, it has two possible effects. Some of us see
the Tzaddik and the lessons he meant for us as beyond reach. Because who
can reach the 50th level, who can hope to "climb the tree", except for
the Tzaddik...And then there are those who turn their backs and say: "
To hold a human being in such awe, to 'raise him on a tree,' to say his
teachings are God's Word and the only way to reach Him- that's
idolatry!" But such a complaint is just a pretext to deny the truth
(Likutey Halakhot, Minchah 7:3, ibid,Hefker 3:2), to cover our real
intention: That we ourselves covet that awe to promote our own
self-idolatry (Likutey Moharan I,10:4-5) so we who won't humble
ourselves, who won't see the Tzaddik so high, choose to blind ourselves
with the veil of our own conceit. We close our ears to his inspiring
lessons rather than reject our vanity...Because it was the 16th of
Nisan, the first day of the Omer-counting, when Haman wanted to hang
Mordekahi on the tree (Rokeach, Esther 6)...So "Haman" thought
Omer-counting time was ideal to "raise the Tzaddik" and disunite all the
Jewish "points'. But Mordekhai the Tzaddik revealed the Day of Purim, a
day which the light of Lag B'omer shines...(In any given year Purim and
the 33rd day of the Omer occur on the same day of the week)...It was
after three days of inspiring the children and the sinners- on the 16th
of Nisan, the third day of the fast- when the scholars came to learn the
laws of the Omer, that Mordekhai revealed its true meaning (Megillah
16a). The Omer which was in the Temple brought on that day, symbolises
the element of renewal...". [see <a data-id="1944106957983058927" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-oaks-of-mamre-and-genesis-18.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">The Oaks of Mamre and Genesis 18: Mystical Reading</a>]<br /></blockquote></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Balak: Verse 52</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">אֲבָל מֹשֶׁה דְּלָא הֲוָה בֵּיהּ פֵּרוּדָא, דִּכְתִיב מֹשֶׁה מֹשֶׁה דְּלָא פָּסְקָא טַעֲמָא. כְּמָה דִּכְתִיב אַבְרָהָם אַבְרָהָם, דְּפַסְקָא טַעֲמָא. בְּגִין דְּהַשְׁתָּא שְׁלִים, מַה דְּלָא הֲוָה מִקַּדְמַת דְּנָא. פְּרִישׁוּ אִית בֵּין אַבְרָהָם דְּהַשְׁתָּא, לְאַבְרָהָם דְּקַדְמֵיתָא. אֲבָל מֹשֶׁה, מִיַּד דְּאִתְיְילִיד, אַסְפַּקְלַרְיָאָה דְּנַהֲרָא הֲוָת עִמֵּיהּ, דִּכְתִיב וַתֵּרֶא אוֹתוֹ כִּי טוֹב הוּא. וּכְתִיב וַיַּרְא אֱלֹֹהִים אֶת הָאוֹר כִּי טוֹב. מֹשֶׁה מִיָּד אִתְקְשַׁר בְּדַרְגָּא דִּילֵיהּ ובג"כ מֹשֶׁה מֹשֶׁה, וְלָא אַפְסִיק טַעֲמָא.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: large;">However, there was no division in Moses, as it is written: "Moses! Moses!" (Exodus 3:4), without any dividing mark, as it is written regarding Abraham: "Abraham / Abraham" (Genesis 22:11), with a separating punctuation mark to make a division. He is now perfected, which was not the case with the earlier Abraham. There is a difference between Abraham at present to Abram of the past. However, at the instant Moses was born, the shining mirror (isparklariya) was already with him, as it is written: "And when she saw that he was goodly" (Exodus 2:2). It is also written: "And Elohim saw the light, that it was good" (Genesis 1:4), because Moses was immediately connected to his own rung. Therefore it says, "Moses! Moses!," without a separating punctuation mark. </span></span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>This process of <i>Shekinah</i>
is also connected to the ‘concept of the heart’, which is the mirror
known as the heart devotion of the Mother. Catholics call this the
‘alliance of the two hearts’ or ‘two hearts that beat as one’. This, in
time, is the face (mirror/glass/window) of the Mother beholding her
Son’s face at his birth, during his life and especially at the Cross on
Golgotha. At Golgotha her Heart became one with his wounded heart, her
face in Adoration became one with his disfigured face- his Divine Glory
was mirrored in her. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Mary
became and is a Living Host and in Eternity she is always united to her
Son. The ‘Divine Will to Create’ is the Son and he chose to create his
Mother as the perfect and unblemished mirror of the Divine Likeness. At
the foot of the Cross on Golgotha, the Mother’s will became one with his
Divine Will in recreating and restoring Man to his place beside God.
This is why the ‘Divine Will to Create’ is also called <i>Gulgalta </i>(the Aramaic for <i>Golgotha</i>)
in the Jewish mystical tradition. This adds understanding to St John’s
concept that Jesus is the Lamb of God slain before the foundation of the
world. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>This uniting of the Mother and Son at <i>Gulgalta</i> is taken up into Eternity in the heart of the Divine Will. This is God’s Plan from all Eternity. This is the Blueprint (<i>Adam Kadmon</i>)
which is the Living Torah. This is why the whole of Creation is made in
the image of this unity of the Mother and the Son through the powerful
action of the Holy Spirit. This is the single act of the Divine Will and
the Divine Desire (Volition) to Create. </span><span>[see </span></span><span><a data-id="112685659301064808" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2005/09/i-beheld-lord-through-mirror.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">I Beheld The Lord Through The Mirror: A Hebrew Catholic Reflection</a><span>]</span></span></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span>
</p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
Divine Presence which is the Divine Heart prepared the Garden of Eden
for Adam and Eve. A garden in which, according to the Jewish book ‘3
Enoch’, the Divine Presence dwelt as a small perpetually burning flame.
As the burning bush was an outward manifestation of the Divine Presence
on Mt Sinai, so the Tree of Life was the outward manifestation of the
Divine Presence in the Garden. The fruit of this tree were the Divine
Attributes of God himself. St Louis de Montfort teaches us that Mary is
this Mirror of the Divine Tree of Life. This is Mary’s Heart in Eternity
which is united always with the Divine Heart of her Son. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zSCkQYkhXbu0svGI1w6QMsJEFdbYetPJGZtUJ78aDmTClN7Tv91wG1gFsKM2ED-rVqTNO7SFW1v_ixCD2OJe4HK2GbwwGV9B4tKJaS_9JSOJqeltrS6W-RY1GYeYbNlj9K-f/s1600-h/Adam-Eve-Michelangelo-L.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410595381285446306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zSCkQYkhXbu0svGI1w6QMsJEFdbYetPJGZtUJ78aDmTClN7Tv91wG1gFsKM2ED-rVqTNO7SFW1v_ixCD2OJe4HK2GbwwGV9B4tKJaS_9JSOJqeltrS6W-RY1GYeYbNlj9K-f/s400/Adam-Eve-Michelangelo-L.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 352px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span><span style="font-size: large;">[see <a data-id="112685719052833250" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2005/09/covenants.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Covenants: A Hebrew Catholic Insight</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;">]</span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The
King here is God himself and the Mother, referred to in regards to Ben
Zoma, is the Mother of the King or the Mother of God. Here it is clearly
revealed that one does not directly gaze at God but one must gaze upon
the Mother as a mirror of the Divine Heart...</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>...</span></span><span><span>‘Bahir’ 98 also speaks of this Divine Heart in connection with the Tree of Life which is the Tree or Body of the <i>Sefirot</i> (Divine Attributes)- <b>“The Heart is the Beauty of the fruit of the Body.” </b>Thus
this Heart is the Divine Fruit. St Louis de Montfort calls Our Blessed
Mother the mirror of the Divine Tree of Life. In ‘Bahir’ 97 the Heart is
said to be sustained by the ‘Lifted Offering’ (in Catholic terms the
Mass), made by the willing hearts of the pious and righteous ones. <b> </b></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“This
refers to the righteous and pious in Israel who raise Me over all the
world through their merit. From them the Heart is sustained, and the
Heart sustains them”. </b></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;">...<span><span>Ben
Zoma ascended, through the Immaculate Heart of the Mother, into the
secret paths of the Divine Heart of the Blessed Holy One, by gazing at
the Mother and the Divine Attributes mirrored in her (her garments). In
reality, it was Rabbi Akiva, the one Rabbinic Jews consider to have
safely ascended and descended, that was deceived by the Evil One. The
origin of some occult beliefs mixed into the Jewish tradition, such as
reincarnation, seem to have their source in Rabbi Akiva and his
followers secret teachings...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>...</span></span><span><span><i>Binah</i>
(Understanding) is linked to Prayer. As stated above 'the heart
understands’ and prayer is described as ‘service of the heart’. In
Judaism one must pray with <i>Kevanah </i>(devotion or concentration of the heart). We have seen that this Heart linked with <i>Binah</i> is the Heart of Imma-Mother who has the deepest <i>kevanah</i> (heart devotion) so that she is the mirror (<i>Mariah</i> or <i>Mar'ah</i>) of the Divine Attributes of <i>Adam Kadmon</i>. Other men are darkened and clouded mirrors of the Divine Attributes but the Mother is a pure and crystal clear Mirror...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>...</span></span><span><span>Miriam is the Mother of Mercy and is the perfect mirror (Mariah) of the 13 attributes or aspects of Mercy (<i>Chesed</i>). 13 is the number of Our Lady of Fatima as well as Queen Esther, who in turn is a type of Our Lady. The numbers one (<i>echad</i>) and love (<i>ahavah</i>) also are numerically 13 in Hebrew. Esther means star and Miriam ha Kedosha is called Star of the Sea (<i>Stella Maris</i>) in Catholic devotion. In many European languages the first part of Our Lady’s name <i>MR</i> means Sea i.e. <i>Mer</i>, <i>Maris</i> and in Hebrew the last part of her name means Sea (<i>yam</i>). The Sea in Genesis is called <i>Mayim</i> (waters) below and Genesis also describes the waters (<i>mayim</i>) above. Kabbalah calls these waters the Spiritual Waters...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>...</span></span><span><span>This <i>kevanah</i> or heart devotion of the Mother is what Catholics call the Immaculate Heart of Miriam (Mary). We unite with Miriam’s <i>kevanah</i>
by fixing our gaze on the Mother and her garments (i.e. ten Sefirot/ 13
Attributes of Mercy mirrored in her) and she takes us in to the heart
of her Son, the Blessed Holy One – the Holy Child, Son of Joseph,
mentioned in the ‘Zohar’...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>...Bahir
63 teaches us that one can’t gaze directly at this Heart and its
mysteries but one can gaze at the Mirror of this Heart which is the
Mother-Daughter of the Divine King and her garments. One begins this Way
of the Heart in union with the Mother through the quality (<i>Hasidut</i>) of Lowliness (<i>Shiflut</i>).
Lowliness was demonstrated by Miriam at the Annunciation by her joyful
acceptance of the Word of God. To attain this lowliness one must be
familiar with the Word of God (the Torah) and then one must humble
himself and obey the Word by uniting one’s ‘Yes’ with the ‘Yes’ of
Miriam...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>...</span></span><span><span>This
method leads to concentrating on one idea and distracting the mind from
everyday thoughts. This adoration method causes the soul to float and
elevate ascending the Tree of Life which is the Attributes of the Divine
Body/Heart. One ascends and gazes on the Attributes of God mirrored in
the Mother’s Heart. This is the left arm of the Divine Body associated
with the colour red. It is the level associated with the Power of the
Precious Blood...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>...</span></span><span><span>Maimonides
(the Rambam) taught incorrectly that the 10 Sefirot in the Godhead are
created Lights or emanations but Nahmanides (the Ramban) taught, in
accord with earlier Kabbalists, that the 10 Sefirot were of the Essence
of the Deity. The mirrors of the 10 Sefirot in the Creation, in the
spiritual world, in <i>Miriam haKedosha</i> and in Man are the created emanations of the Divine Light. The Incarnation unites the uncreated <i>Sefirot </i>in God with the created <i>Sefirot</i>
in man in the person of the God-Man who is the Messiah. Unfortunately,
the Lurianic Kabbalists followed Maimonides rather than Nahmanides...</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span>...</span></span><span><span>The three ‘mother’ letters are linked to the three ‘God made’ expressions. The term ‘Mother’ is linked to Understanding (<i>binah</i>). This is because it is the Mother (<i>Imma</i>) who understands and mirrors God (<i>Elohim</i>)
to the deepest level. ‘God made’ is connected to the concept of the
Mother gazing at and reflecting the Three Divine Lights which are the
Triune God. The Mother acts, as she understands wisdom and puts it into
practice like the Valorous or Worthy Woman in Proverbs. [</span></span><a data-id="112685883078294519" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2005/09/adoration-of-heart.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Adoration of the Heart: A Hebrew Catholic Way</a><span><span>]</span></span></span></p></span></span></span></div></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span></span></span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>A Hidden History</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>This book outlines the hidden
Jewish Christian (Hebrew Catholic) history of ancient Scotland, Britain,
Ireland, France and Iraq. This book recounts the story of one dynastic
family – the Davidic House of Nathan- who came to reign over the nations
of Europe. This Jewish dynasty was established by Mar Joseph of
Babylon in Britain in the 2nd century BC. It was Mar Joseph’s descendant
also called Mar Joseph (of Arimathea) that brought the Jewish Christian
message of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration to Britain in the 1st
century AD. From the time of Mar Joseph of Arimathea this Davidic
dynasty is connected with deep Eucharistic mysticism centred on the Holy
Grail. It is Joseph and his descendants that maintained Perpetual
Eucharistic Adoration in the far isles of the West. It is his
descendants that also established this practice in Iraq in the 2nd
century AD among the Jewish Christians (Notzrim) and in a hidden and
veiled form among the Jewish communities. This is truly a ‘High History
of the Holy Grail’. </span></span><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Band of Eucharistic Adorers</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
</span><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The idea of Perpetual Eucharistic
Adoration and a band or court of Eucharistic Adorers goes right back to
the Blessed Virgin Mary (Miriam haKedosha) and the Cenacle of Jerusalem.
The Catholic mystics and saints reveal that Mary spent her time in the
Cenacle in Eucharistic Adoration. Later in her house in Ephesus,
according to the revelations of the Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich,
Mary also spent time in Eucharistic Adoration. She gathered the women of
her household into a band of Eucharistic Adorers – they were later
called the ladies of the Grail. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Mary
also taught the 12 Apostles this practice. This deep mystery of the
Eucharist was only revealed to the mature Jewish Christians at first as
the Apostles believed that the Gentile believers and new Christians were
not ready to appreciate this deep Eucharistic devotion and could
misunderstand it and turn it into pagan or Gnostic uses. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>During
the first three centuries of the Christian era everything concerning
the Eucharist was guarded as a precious secret. The mysteries of Mary’s
life were also protected in the early stage of the spread of the Gospel.
The early Jewish Christians were afraid that the Gentiles in their
immaturity in the faith could turn Mary into a pagan Goddess figure, if
her full glories were revealed too early.</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>St Peter Julian Eymard reveals that Mary is the apostle of the Eucharist: </span></span><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><blockquote>“In the Cenacle, Mary
devoted herself entirely to the Eucharistic glory of Jesus. She knew
that the wish of the Heavenly Father was to see his Divine Son known,
loved and served by all; that it was a need for the Heart of Jesus to
communicate to men all its gifts of grace and glory… Mary’s one desire
was then to glorify Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, to make him
known, loved and served by all…. Moreover, on Calvary, men had become
her children; she loved them with the tenderness of a Mother, and wanted
their sovereign good as much as her own. That is why she was so eager
to make Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament known by all, to enkindle
all hearts with His love, to see them all bound and chained at his
loving service, to group them into a Eucharistic Guard of Honour, a
court of faithful and devoted adorers… The adorers share Mary’s mission
of prayer in the Presence of the Most Blessed Sacrament…”</blockquote></span></span><span><br /></span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The Western Isles</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>St Joseph of Arimathea and St
Simon ha Kanah (Zelotes) were to establish the Eucharistic Guard of
Honour in the Western Isles of Britain. Joseph and Simon’s descendants
the Fisher Kings maintained this Eucharistic Court of Adorers firstly in
the small wattle church on the Glas Isle (Glastonbury) and later at the
Grail castles, including the one on the Isle of Man and the one on the
Isle of Lundy. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Mar
Joseph of Arimathea’s son Red Nathan took this devotion to ancient
Ireland where it was practiced for 3 or 4 generations until the revival
and triumph of Druidic Paganism, in the time of Conn of the Hundred
Battles. Red Nathan’s son called Brother Phares took this devotion to
Scotland where he established a Eucharistic Court at Camulon (Camulod). </span></span><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>In the East</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Brother Phares entrusted this
Eucharistic mission to his son Nathaniel I and with his other children
he went to Babylonia to establish a Eucharistic Yeshivah (Learning
College or Academy) at Kinyani in southern Iraq. He also took his
brother Adon Zerah’s two sons Simeon and Nathan from Ireland with him to
Babylonia to study at the Kinyani Eucharistic Academy. St Simon ha
Kanah’s grandson Yair ha Kanah was one of the main teachers at this
Yeshivah along with Brother Phares’s son Phineas (Fennius Farsa of
Irish legend). </span></span><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Rav Nehunia</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
</span><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Brother Phares established this
Yeshivah with St Simon ha Kanah’s son Rabbi Nehunia ben Ha Kanah. Rabbi
Nehunia was a secret Eucharistic Adorer among the Rabbinic Jews in
Israel. His Eucharistic school in Israel was called the Emmaus School
which linked it to the account of the Breaking of the Bread on the way
to Emmaus. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The
Jewish mystical book ‘Bahir’ has its origins in this school of Emmaus
founded by R. Nehunia ben Ha Kanah. The Cleopas of the Emmaus account
was an uncle of St Simon ha Kanah and the light called ‘Bahir’ is the
light associated with mystic vision and the Resurrection, which Jesus
revealed at the Breaking of the Bread on the Way to Emmaus. If one
wishes to walk on the Way to Emmaus with Jesus, one must perceive Him in
the Breaking of the Bread (Eucharist) and adore his Divine Presence.</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Babylonian Exilarchy</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Later on in the 2nd century AD
this Davidic Family descended from St Joseph of Arimathea, St Simon Ha
Kanah and St Nathaniel Bar Tolmai (Bartholomew) were to re-establish the
Babylonian Exilarchy under the two brothers Hunia I (Huna) and Nathan
Mar Ukba I sons of Nehunia (Noenius) the Rosh Galuta (Exilarch) of
Scotia (Scotland). For the next few centuries the Exilarch families of
Babylon and Scotland were to be closely linked. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Hunia
I was succeeded as Exilarch of Babylon by his brother Nathan Mar Ukba I
when Hunia went to France to succeed his brother Farabert as King of
the Franks. Their mother Basilda was a Frankish Princess, the daughter
of Marcomer IV of Franks by his British wife Athildis also a descendant
of St Joseph of Arimathea. </span></span><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The Romances</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>This work draws on the Irish,
Welsh, Scottish, French and Jewish traditions, genealogies, histories,
legends and Romances. The medieval Romances of Arthur and the Holy Grail
came forth firstly in Southern France from the same region as the
Romances about the Jewish Princes Aimeri de Narbonne (Machir Theodoric
ben Judah) and Guillame d’Orange (Nathan Kalonymus). These Romances were
spread by the troubadours of Provence and Aquitaine. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> The
troubadours of Provence seemed to have access to a rich tradition
preserved by the royal descendants of Machir Theodoric of Narbonne, the
son of Judah Zakkai ben Ahunai the Babylonian Exilarch also identified
with Eudes of Aquitaine. It was from this same source that the ‘Bahir’
and the teaching of Rabbi Nehunia ben ha Kanah came forth around the
same time amongst the Jewish descendants of Machir (Amorai/ Aimeri).</span></span><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Leabhar Gabhala</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>It is obvious that the compiler of
the Irish work ‘Leabhar Gabhala’ had access to a History of this family
in Scotia that he used in his compilation and reconstruction of Irish
history. When the student of history and mysticism has the key to
history which is the key of David (Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament), one
can examine the ancient sources and reconstruct the veiled and hidden
history of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration as practiced by the Royal
House of King David descended from the Holy Family of Jesus. This hidden
or secret history is Eucharistic and Marian – revealing the secret
(mystery) of the Eucharist and Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration.</span></span><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>St Peter Julian Eymard</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>St Peter Julian Eymard was one
saint that seemed to have access to knowledge about this key of David
and its importance for the future. </span></span><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><blockquote>“Today more than ever
we need men who by self-immolation disarm the wrath of God angered by
the ever- increasing crimes of the nations; we need souls who by their
earnest prayers reopen the treasures of grace which had been closed by
general indifference; we need true adorers, that is, men of fire and of
sacrifice. When their numbers multiply around their divine Leader, God
will be glorified, Jesus will be loved, and society will again become
Christian, won to Jesus Christ by the apostolate of Eucharistic prayer.</blockquote></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Knights and Ladies of the Holy Grail</span></span><span><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>This will be the time of the
Eucharistic Era of Peace promised by Our Lady at Fatima. Today we need a
revival of the Eucharistic spirit of the Knights and Ladies of the Holy
Grail who seek Divine Union with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. We
need Eucharistic wounded Healers and victim souls as modern Fisher Kings
to adore Jesus and intercede for a troubled world. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Our
Lady is once again gathering and leading Eucharistic Guards of Honour,
with Courts (chapels/temples) of faithful Eucharistic Adorers. As
children we thrilled to the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the
Holy Grail. As adults, let us go deeper into Eucharistic meaning of
these Romances. Let us develop our own Romance with the Lover of our
souls who is so abandoned in his prison of love in all the locked
churches of the world. Let us open the doors of our hearts to adore the
Divine Eucharistic Heart that beats with Divine Love and Mercy for us.
Let us don our spiritual armour like the Knights of Old and start on the
Quest for the Holy Grail. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Adoration
is the key to Interior Grail Castle. Every male adorer is a Knight of
the Holy Grail riding the white horse of spiritual power – the fire of
God’s love. Every female adorer is a Queen of the Grail Castle and a
Lady of the Lake, the Lake of God’s mercy. As she adores she bathes in
the Lake of Mercy and with each Holy Hour becomes more and more
beautiful and glorious in her inner soul, until she is radiantly dressed
like Our Lady with the garments and tiaras of the Divine King. [see </span></span><span><a data-id="112884593642082462" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2005/10/hidden-treasure.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">A Hidden Treasure: A High History of the Holy Grail</a><span><span>]</span></span><br />
<span><span></span></span></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><br /></span></span>
<span><span>Balak: Verse 53</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span><span><span>וע"ד לְגַבֵּי דְּמֹשֶׁה, אַזְעִיר גַּרְמֵיהּ, דִּכְתִיב מַלְאַךְ יְיָ.' יַעֲקֹב קָרָא לֵיהּ, בְּשַׁעֲתָא דְּהֲוָה סָלִיק מֵעָלְמָא, מַלְאָךְ. מ"ט. בְּגִין דִּבְהַהִיא שַׁעֲתָא הֲוָה יָרִית לָהּ, לְשַׁלְּטָאָה. מֹשֶׁה בְּחַיָיו. יַעֲקֹב, לְבָתַר דְּסָלִיק מֵעָלְמָא. מֹשֶׁה בְּגוּפָא. יַעֲקֹב בְּרוּחָא. זַכָּאָה חוּלָקָא דְּמֹשֶׁה.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><br /><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Therefore, She reduced or diminished herself towards Moses, as it is written: "The Angel of YHVH" Jacob called Her at the time he departed from the world, by the name of Angel. Why? For in that moment of time, he was inheriting or possessing Her as his own Dominion as Moses also did during his lifetime, but Jacob only after departing from the world. Thus, Moses with Her in his body, Jacob in spirit. Happy is the portion of Moses.<br /></span></span></span>
<span><span><br /></span></span><span>Balak: Verse 54</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span><span>הַגּוֹאֵל אוֹתִי מִכָּל רָע, דְּלָא אִתְקְרִיב לְעָלְמִין לְגַבֵּי סִטְרָא דְּרַע, וְלָא יָכִיל רַע לְשַׁלְּטָאָה בֵּיהּ. יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַנְּעָרִים, כְּדֵין יַעֲקֹב הֲוָה מְתַקֵּן לְבֵיתֵיהּ, כב"נ דְּאָזִיל לְבֵיתָא חַדְתָּא, וּמְתַקֵּן לָהּ בְּתִקּוּנוֹי, וּמְקַשֵּׁט לָהּ בְּקִשׁוּטוֹי. יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַנְּעָרִים, אִינּוּן דְּאִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעָן, אִינּוּן דְּאִתְפָּקְדָן עַל עָלְמָא, לְאִתְמַשְּׁכָא מִנַּיְיהוּ בִּרְכָאן, תְּרֵין כְּרוּבִין אִינּוּן. וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי, הַשְׁתָּא אַתְקִין בֵּיתֵיהּ, וְאִיהוּ אִסְתַּלָּק בְּדַרְגֵיהּ, בְּגִין דְּחִבּוּרָא בְּיַעֲקֹב הֲוֵי. גּוּפָא, אִתְדְּבַק בַּאֲתָר דְּאִצְטְרִיךְ, וּתְרֵין דְּרוֹעִין בַּהֲדֵיהּ.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br />"Who redeemed me from all evil" (Genesis 48:16), which means that he never came close to the side of evil and evil had no domination over him. "Bless the youths (n'arim)..."Jacob established his household, like one who moves to a new house, and who makes his own arrangements and decorates it. "Bless the youths:" That means the known ones, who were appointed over the world so as to draw blessings from them. These are the two male Cherubs. "And let my name be named on them". Now that he established his hosehold and he rose to his own rung. She is connected with Jacob in mystical nuptial union. The body cleaves where it should with the two arms with it. </span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The two young men (<i>ha-naarim</i>)
are a great mystery which are associated by Rebbe Nachman here with the
two masculine eyes (this alludes to the four eyes or minds that dwell
in the Temple - two masculine and two feminine). These two eyes of the <i>naarim</i>
are linked to the mind or intellect in LM 65:7. They signify the two
young men (angels/messengers) that delivered Lot from Sodom, they are
the two young men of the story of the binding (<i>akeidah</i>) of
Abraham and Isaac, they are represented by the two young men Joshua and
Caleb. They are the two angels Metatron and Sandalphon. They signify
Yeshua (Jesus) and St.Joseph. They are represented by the two young men
of the Gospel accounts John the Beloved and John Mark. Here in the Book
of Ruth we also see the pairs of the two young men working in the field,
the two young men of Mahlon and Chilion and also Boaz and his kinsman
(they are the two kinsmen-redeemers).</span></span><span><span> [see</span></span><span><a data-id="4074037117288572346" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2009/07/likutey-moharan-65.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"> Likutey Moharan #65 and Ruth</a><span><span>]<br /></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span>The two <i>Tzadikim</i> are Joseph [also known as Sandalphon (fish-like face or form) in the angelic realm] and Luisa (<i>Nukvah</i>/ being female) represented by the two olive wood cherubim in the Temple that flank the gold cherubim on the Ark. The two <i>kedoshim</i> are Jesus (<i>Metatron</i>) and Mary (<i>Matronita</i>) represented by the two golden cherubim on the Ark. Rebbe Nachman refers to Joseph as the Hidden <i>Tzadik</i> and he awaits the true handmaid he called <i>Tzadaka</i> (righteousness or charity) or <i>Tzadika </i>(female <i>Tzadik</i>) realising that Eva Frank was a false handmaid and not the woman of Edom (Rome) that would reveal this new <i>Daat </i>(knowledge) and enhanced Grace (<i>chen</i>). [see </span></span></span></span><a data-id="4268925198793265176" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2009/07/catholic-jew-reflects-on-likutey.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">A Catholic Jew Reflects on Likutey Moharan 1</a><span><span><span><span>]</span></span></span></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The term <i>Shekhakim</i> also is used for one of the seven heavens of Jewish Mysticism. In some sources <i>shekhakim</i> is associated with the fifth heaven and in others with the third heaven. The five alludes to the five presences <i>Yeshua/Metatron</i>; <i>Miriam/Matronita</i>; Joseph/<i>Sandalphon</i>; Luisa/<i>Nukvah</i> and the Holy Spirit. The three alludes to <i>Atzilut</i> and the Third Fiat (<i>yehi</i>). Some Jewish writings relate that <i>Shekhakim</i>
is the third Heaven where the Angels grind with millstones the Manna
which becomes the food of angels. It is said that the concept of the
Manna was created on the second day of Genesis 1. Thus the term <i>Shekhakim</i>
refers to the Cherubic Presences as well as to a place and to a stage
in mystical meditation and contemplation. Many Catholic mystics speak
about the stage of encountering mystical clouds in their meditation
before they ascend to the deeper penetration of the Divine Mysteries.
Are these the Clouds or wings of the Cherubic <i>Shekhakim</i> which the mystic then uses as a chariot (<i>merkabah</i>) in order to ascend or descend to the inner mysteries of the Kingdom? [see</span><a data-id="4552083171768053726" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2010/10/mystery-of-shekhakim.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"> Mystery of the Shekhakim: A Hebrew Catholic Understanding</a><span>]</span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>The
Choir of the Archangels or Watchers is not the same as the seven
Archangels who are the heads of seven of the choirs. The first Choir in
the Jewish tradition of the <i>Chayot </i>are not listed in the Catholic
tradition of nine choirs but is a separate and higher category of
divine messengers who dwelt or lived in the Divine Will on earth. The
four Archangels of Michael, Raphael, Gabriel and Uriel along with the
Shekhinah is invoked in prayer among religious Jews in the Bedtime Shema
or Night Prayer.<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>1.
Chayot -Jesus (Man- the supreme chayot - Metatron), Mary (Lion or
Lioness the little chayot - Matronita), Joseph (Ox or Unicorn- the
hidden chayot - Sandalphon) and Luisa (Eagle- the very little chayot -
Nukvah) the leaders of all those who lived in the grace of the Divine
Will on earth who are also chayot (living ones). They are present in a
manner that is mystical reality in all generations and as the voice of
praise in all creation.<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>2. Seraphim -Michael<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>3.Cherubim- Gabriel<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>4. Thrones - Ophanim- Uriel<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>5. Dominations - Malakim - Raphael<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>6. Powers- Hashmalim - Sealtiel or Selathiel<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>7.Virtues- Elim or Erelim or Tarshishim- Jhudiel or Jegudiel<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>8. Principalities- Sarim or Elohim- Barachiel<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>9.
Archangels - Beni Elohim or Watchers (Four leaders-Jeremiel
(Remiel)-the Archangel of Mercy and Compassion, Jofiel -the Archangel of
Beauty and Truth, Razziel - the Archangel of Wisdom and Mystery and
Hofniel - the Archangel of Warriors and Victory)<br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>10.
Angels-Ishim (Four leaders- Zadkiel- the Angel of Righteousness and
Holiness, Camael- the Angel of Courage and Hope, Haniel- the Angel of
Grace and Love and Cassiel - the Angel of Faith and Strength) [see</span></span></span><span><a data-id="5720906126273822742" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2022/10/10-choirs-of-angels-or-messengers-of-god.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"> 10 Choirs of Angels or Messengers of God</a><span><span><span>]</span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This
alludes to the covering Cherubim of the Temple. The male Covering
Cherub or Chaya of the God of the Rakia is Joseph or Sandalphon (fish
voice or face). The female Covering Cherub or Chaya of the God of the
deep or under is the Nukvah or Luisa. The other two covering cherubim on
the Ark are the God Man (<i>El haIsh</i>) or Metatron who is Yeshua and the
female covering cherub or Chaya is Our Lady associated with the God of
the rounds in Divine Will or the betweens of the Wheels. 1 Sam 3:4
speaks about God enthroned between the cherubim of the Ark. The four
wheels of Ezekiel are also represented by the four rings on the Ark.
When the cherubim move it refers to whirling wheels...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>...</span><span>Ezekiel 10:1-2 read in Hebrew and at a mystical level reveals <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">the mystery of four <i>elohims</i> (of 32) in Genesis 1.</span> It also reveals this as a mystical Rose Wheel (<i>galgal</i>) with <i>El</i> as its axis. ‘<i>Et elohay</i>’ in Exodus 24:10 refers to the ‘<i>Elohim et</i>’ of Genesis 1:1. In Ezekiel 10:1, when mystically interpreted, we see ‘<i>el-harakia</i>’ (God of the Firmament), ‘<i>el-haish</i>’ (God the Man), ‘<i>el ha beynot</i>’ (God of the betweens) and ‘<i>el-takhat</i>’ (God of the Deep). <i>El-harakia</i> refers to the mystical interpretation of the <i>Rakia</i> in Genesis which is also explained in detail in the Zohar. This is the mystery of the uncreated male <i>rakia</i> [Jesus] and the created female <i>rakia </i>[Mary] represented by the lights of the sun and moon. <i>El-haish</i> refers to the man dressed in linens (<i>begadim</i>)
which refers us to Yeshua (Joshua) the High Priest in Zechariah who is
also known as Yahoel, Metatron and the Angel of YHVH dressed in dirty
and then clean linen. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This Angel is also called the Angel of Joshua who
is the Angel in which God’s name dwells who goes before the Israelites.
He is the Divine Man (‘<i>ish</i>’ or ‘<i>adam</i>’) and his mother in Eternity is the promised <i>Isha</i> (woman) or New Eve (<i>khavah hakhadashah</i>)
in whose image and likeness man and woman are made. Exodus 24:13 read
mystically speaks prophetically of the Resurrection of both Moses and
Joshua (who is a prophetic type of Jesus). <b>“And he will raise up Moses and Joshua his Minister”</b> (Exodus 24:13). <i>El-habeynot</i> refers to Genesis 1 and to ‘come in betweens to the Wheel (<i>Galgal</i>)’. The <i>beynot </i>(betweens) refer to the two betweens of Light and Darkness and the higher and lower waters (<i>mayim</i>). <i>El-takhat</i> refers to the Face over the Deep (<i>tahom</i>)- the male face who is here associated with the place under (<i>takhat</i>) the male cherub. The word <i>shesh-t</i> in Egyptian means a precious white stone and in Hebrew it means six. Jacob Frank refers to this stone as <i>Schessia</i> (<i>Sheshiah</i>). <i>Shoshan et </i>(or <i>sheshet</i>) also refers to the alphabetic Rose Wheel with 22 petals. The Zohar calls this stone <i>Shethyiah</i> the foundation stone (see Zohar Pekida 222a)...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
Zohar reveals that besides the two Chayot called the superior male
Chayah (Metatron/Yeshua) and the little female Chayah, there is a ‘very
little Chayah’. These Chayot are connected with the mystery of the
Galgal (wheel) in Ezekiel and Isaiah and the rounds (galgalim) in the
yehiot (fiats) of Creation, Redemption and Sanctification.</span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> <b>“…
‘This is the Chayah which I saw under the God of Israel by the river
Chabar’ (Ezekiel 10:20). Now, which chayah is here indicated? Rabbi Jose
replied in the name of Rabbi Chiya that the reference is to the little
Chaya. ‘But is there such a little chayah?’ ‘Yes, assuredly there is.
There is a little one and a superior one and there is also a very little
one. This (very little one) is alluded to in the last part of the verse
under discussion: “And under his feet a likeness of a brickwork of
Sapphire (or sapphire stone)’. What was this [very little one] which
they saw? They beheld the precious stone which the Holy One will build
the future Sanctuary, as it is written: ‘I will lay thy stones with fair
colours and lay thy foundations with sapphires’(Isaiah 54:11)”</b></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>...<span> ‘His feet’ refers to the superior <i>Chayah </i>who is <i>El Chai </i>himself the God of Israel. The ‘ likeness of a brick work’ refers to the little <i>Chayah </i>who is the Lady of Israel (<i>Matronita</i>).
The ‘Sapphire Stone’ is the ‘very little one’ (Piccaretta) from whom
the future Sanctuary or era of Sanctification shall be built. The Zohar
reveals that besides the two <i>Chayot </i>called the superior male <i>Chayah </i>(<i>Metatron</i>/Yeshua) and the little female <i>Chayah </i>(<i>Matronita</i>/Our Lady), there is a ‘very little <i>Chayah</i>’ (<i>Nukvah</i>/Luisa). <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">The fourth Hidden <i>chayot </i>not mentioned in this passage is the hidden <i>Tzadik </i>Joseph.</span> These <i>Chayot</i> are connected with the mystery of the <i>Galgal </i>(wheel) in Ezekiel and Isaiah and the rounds (<i>galgalim</i>) in the <i>yehiot </i>(fiats) of Creation, Redemption and Sanctification. The concept of littleness mentioned in Luisa's writings are <i>shiflut</i>, <i>bitul </i>and <i>katnut</i>. [see </span><a data-id="6510914031878858858" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2023/10/mystery-of-sapphire.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Mystery of the Sapphire: Notes for Zoom Class</a><span>]</span></span></span> </p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Balak: Verse 55</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">לְבָתַר דְּאִינּוּן נְעָרִים מִתְבָּרְכָן כַּדְּקָא יָאוּת, כְּדֵין וְיִדְגּוּ לָרוֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ. אָרְחָא דְּנוּנִין לְאַסְגָּאָה גּוֹ מַיִין, וְאִי נַפְקָן מִגּוֹ מַיָּא לְיַבֶּשְׁתָּא, מִיָּד מֵתִין. אִלֵּין לָאו הָכִי, אֶלָּא אִינּוּן מִן יַמָּא רַבָּא, וּסְגִיאוּ דִּלְהוֹן לְאַפָשָׁא וּלְאַסְגֵּי בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ אִיהוּ. מַה דְּלֵית הָכִי לְכָל נוּנִין דְּעָלְמָא.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">After these Youths were blessed as required, then, "Let then exceed like fish in the midst of the earth," since it is the manner of fish to multiply inside water. If they leave the water for dry land, they soon die. These are not like that. They are, however, from that Great Ocean or Sea (of the Divine Will). Their increase (in divine Will acts) is by being fruitful and multiplying these in the earth, which is not the case for all the fish in the world. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Balak: Verse 56</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>מַה כְּתִיב לְעֵילָּא, וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶת יוֹסֵף וַיֹּאמַר, וְלָא אַשְׁכְּחָן לֵיהּ הָכָא בִּרְכָאן, דְּהָא לְבָתַר בָּרִיךְ לֵיהּ, דִּכְתִּיב בֵּן פּוֹרָת יוֹסֵף. אֶלָּא, כֵּיוָן דְּבָרִיךְ לְאִלֵּין נְעָרִים, לְיוֹסֵף בְּרִיךְ. דְּהָא לָא יַכְלִי לְאִתְבָּרְכָא, אֶלָא מִגוֹ יוֹסֵף, וּמִגוֹ דְּאִיהוּ בִּטְמִירוּ, וְלָא אִתְחֲזֵי לְאִתְגַּלָּאָה, כְּתִיב בִּטְמִירוּ, וְיִקָרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי וְשֵׁם אֲבוֹתַי, מִן הָאָבוֹת מִתְבָרְכָן, וְלָא מֵאֲתָר אַחֲרָא. בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ, דָּא הוּא כִּסּוּיָא לְחֹפָּאָה מַה דְּאִצְטְרִיךְ.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br />It is written in the previous verse: "And he blessed Joseph, and said..." (Genesis 48:15), yet we don't find any blessings here. It is only later that he blessed him, as it says, "Joseph is a fruitful bough" (Genesis 49:22). It is because by blessing these Youths, he also was giving a blessing to Joseph. They could only be blessed through Joseph. This is because Joseph is a hidden one, and it is improper to reveal him yet. This is written in a hidden way, because "And let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers." They are blessed from the Patriarchs, and from no other place. "In the midst of the earth:" That is the cover, to conceal and hide that which needs covering or concealing.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Balak: Verse 57</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span>אָתוּ וּנְשָׁקוּה כְּמִלְּקַדְּמִין, אָמְרוּ, הָבוּ וְנִבְרִיךְ. אָמַר אִיהוּ, אֲנִי אֲבָרֵךְ, דְּכָל מַה דִּשְׁמַעְתּוּן עַד הָכָא מִנַּאי הֲוָה, וַאֲקַיֵּים בִּי טוֹב עַיִן הוּא יְבוֹרָךְ, קָרֵי בֵּיהּ יְבָרֵךְ. מ"ט. בְּגִין דְּנָתָן מִלַּחְמוֹ לַדָּל. מִלַּחְמָא וּמֵיכְלָא דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא דִּילִי אָכַלְתּוּן. א"ר יְהוּדָה. בְּרָא רְחִימָא דְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא, הָא תָּנֵינָן בַּעַל הַבַּיִת בּוֹצֵעַ וְאוֹרֵחַ מְבָרֵךְ. אָ"ל, לָאו אֲנָא בַּעַל הַבַּיִת, וְלָאו אַתּוּן אוֹרְחִין. אֲבָל קְרָא אַשְׁכַּחְנָא, וַאֲקַיֵּים לֵיהּ. דְּהָא אֲנָא טוֹב עַיִן וַדַּאי, בְּלָא שָׁאִילוּ דִּלְכוֹן אֲמֵינָא עַד הַשְׁתָּא, וְלַחְמָא וּמֵיכְלָא דִּילִי אֲכַלְתּוּן.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">They approached and kissed him again. They said, Let us bless. He (the Yenuka or Holy Child) said, I will say the blessing, since everything that you heard up until now was from me, and I shall fulfill in me: "He that has a good eye shall be blessed" (Proverbs 22:9). Pronounce it "shall bless." Why? "For he gives of his bread to the poor" and you ate and received my bread and the food of the Torah. Rabbi Yehuda said, "Beloved! Son of the Holy One! blessed be He, were we not taught that the Master of the House (Joseph) cuts the bread and the guest says the blessing after the meal? He replied to them, "I am not the Master of the House and you are not guests. However, I shall fulfill the verse that I have found, since I certainly have a good eye. Without your request, I spoke until now, and you ate my bread and food.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Balak: Verse 58</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span><span>נָטַל כַּסָּא דְּבִרְכָתָא וּבָרִיךְ, וִידוֹי לָא יַכְלֵי לְמִסְבַּל כַּסָּא, וַהֲווֹ מְרַתְתֵּי. כַּד מָטָא לְעַל הָאָרֶץ וְעַל הַמָּזוֹן, אָמַר, כּוֹס יְשׁוּעוֹת אֶשָּׁא וּבְשֵׁם יְיָ' אֶקְרָא. קַיְּימָא כַּסָּא עַל תִּקּוּנֵיהּ, וְאִתְיְשַּׁב בִּיְמִינֵיהּ, וּבָרִיךְ. לְסוֹף אָמַר, יְהֵא רַעֲוָא דִּלְחַד מֵאִלֵּין, יִתְמַשְּׁכוּן לֵיהּ חַיִּין, מִגּוֹ אִילָנָא דְּחַיֵּי, דְּכָל חַיִּין בֵּיהּ תַּלְיָין. וְקוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא יֶעֱרַב לֵיהּ, וְיִשְׁכָּח עָרֶב לְתַתָּא, דְּיִסְתַּכַּם בְּעַרְבוּתֵיהּ, בַּהֲדֵי מַלְכָּא קַדִישָׁא.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br />He (the Yenuka) took the cup of blessing and said the blessing. His hands could not hold the cup and were shaking. When he reached, 'for the land and for the nourishment,' he said, "I will raise the cup of salvations, and call upon the name of YHVH" (Psalm 116:13). He placed the cup in its place and settled to the right and continued the blessings. At the end, he prayed, "May it be your Will that to one of these, life would be drawn from the Tree of Life, upon which all life is dependent, and the Holy One, blessed be He would be his surety, so he would find a guarantor down below, who would agree to be a guarantor together with the Holy King. </span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The <i>Sefer Zohar </i>states: <b>"The Rose is the Cup of Blessing"</b>.
This is part of the mystery of the Holy Grail. It is also the Eucharistic Cup of Blessing in
the liturgy of the Mass. Thus the Rose in another sense refers to the Eucharist. This
is the Cup of Salvation that has messianic significance (see Psalm 116:13). The Zohar
associates this cup with the Holy Child who is Son of Joseph and
associated with the fish (<i>nuna </i>in Aramaic). Every holy hour of Eucharistic
Adoration is an entering into the rose and the Divine Attributes follow
forth as a rose unfolding and blossoming. Rav Hamnuna Sava mentioned in the <i>Sefer Zohar</i> is a
reference to the Fisherking of this period who is a descendant of Joseph
of Arimathea the original guardian of the Holy Grail. This is the Rose
as ‘<i>Shoshan</i>’ the male six petalled one. ‘<i>Shoshanah</i>’ is the female
thirteen petalled Rose...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>...</span><span>The
Patriarch Joseph is a representative of the heavenly Joseph associated
with the Divine Attribute of Righteousness. This heavenly Joseph is the
Ultimate <i>Tzadik</i> (Righteous One). Joseph is the one who lives in
Divine Will through being totally eclipsed or hidden in his spousal
bride. The patriarch Joseph is also a type of Joseph, the
husband of Our Lady, who is also called a <i>Tzadik</i> (rigteous or just man) in the New Testament. Joseph is the hidden <i>Tzadik</i>
and Master of Prayer referred to in the teaching of Rebbe Nachman of
Breslov (see Likutey Moharan 67). Joseph is also a sign of the Messiah
son of Joseph who is to come in the
fullness of these attributes that are called the blossoms of the
Patriarchs. </span><span><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The blossoms are the spiritual fruit of the Divinity. The
Zohar hints that the coming of the two blossoming ones is connected to a
Joseph –like figure with whom they would live in a hidden way in the
Holy Land. The Zohar states that they will be revealed when the Rainbow
herself appears. The feminine Rainbow is the symbol of Our Lady in Eternity (<i>Olam
Haba</i>). When she comes to earth (‘appears on earth’), the full message
of the Patriarchs and the Torah will be revealed about these two pure
child-like ones (symbolised by the Cherubs on the ends of the Ark of the
Covenant). Joseph's coat of many colours represents the male Rainbow or male array of <i>sefirot </i>(attributes). These two pure golden children of Adam and Eve will bring
the full blossoming of the Torah to its deepest level of Messianic,
Marian and Universal understanding. A level only the humble and
child-like ones can fully comprehend. The Zohar is this way of the Rose,
revealing the true blossoming of the Torah. [</span><span><a data-id="2936909768709587497" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2017/01/joseph-cup-of-blessing-and-rosa-mystica.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Joseph, the Cup of Blessing and Rosa Mystica: A Hebrew Catholic Insight</a>]<br /></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><u>The Zohar
</u> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
Zohar compiled by Rabbi Moses de Leon contains much of the traditions
of the Jewish mystical tradition. Rabbi Moses de Leon takes this
precious material and places this wisdom in the mouths of the famous
second century A.D. rabbis. However throughout the Zohar material,
appears the mysterious figures of the Old Man Donkey Driver as a
heavenly messenger and of his mysterious child. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
disguised Old Man is familiar in Jewish tradition as the Prophet Elijah
who sometimes visits men in this guise. The Zohar associates the child
in close connection with this Donkey Driver. The Messiah is to enter
Jerusalem riding on a donkey according to Zechariah, and thus this
Donkey Driver is none other than the Prophet Elijah who is to herald
this Davidic Messiah.
The mysterious Child of the Zohar is revealed as a Son of Joseph and he
is connected with the sign of the Fish. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Thus
hidden in the Zohar is information that Jesus Christ is the Jewish
Messiah. He is revealed as the Christ-Child in the Zohar, an image of
the Messiah dear to Catholic devotion. The wisdom and questioning of the
Child by the Rabbis is an allusion to the Child Jesus in the Temple, at
twelve, confounding the Rabbis of his time. Thus within Judaism is
hidden the true identity of the Messiah. The Zoharic account of this
Child is disturbing and the reader knows that the Child is somehow
Divine or Heavenly not just the son of a famous rabbi. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
Zohar has retained this in hidden form possibly through traditions
coming from Rabbi Simeon Ben Zoma and Rabbi Eleazar who were both famous
rabbis of the second century who accepted that Jesus was the Messiah.
That Ben Zoma taught these Christian doctrines has been recently shown
by Jewish scholarship. Due to the greatness of Ben Zoma, the Orthodox
Jews tried to hide Ben Zoma’s Christian convictions from future
generations. [see </span><span><a data-id="1592859166829618658" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2009/12/eucharist-and-jewish-mysticical.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">The Eucharist and the Jewish Mystical Tradition Part 3</a>]</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUjuzZBASCIpaVO6UxQJlY6UIaBRJWwJcum5Tdj7GGzuRcajZjmjaSVUysa7QepLKgDJGmnREeCzUh3VAwytGFCIAdatvUg7j-3RiFzJgj_jI2HUBn6hrFdLlc1SArpTcj2Op/s1600-h/danny-hahlbohm-christ-and-child.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410812855662205346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuUjuzZBASCIpaVO6UxQJlY6UIaBRJWwJcum5Tdj7GGzuRcajZjmjaSVUysa7QepLKgDJGmnREeCzUh3VAwytGFCIAdatvUg7j-3RiFzJgj_jI2HUBn6hrFdLlc1SArpTcj2Op/s400/danny-hahlbohm-christ-and-child.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 318px;" /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">
<span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Balak: Verse 59</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span><span><br />כֵּיוָן דְּבָרִיךְ, אַסְתִּים עֵינוֹי רִגְעָא חֲדָא, לְבָתַר פָּתַח לוֹן, אָמַר חַבְרַיָּיא, שְׁלוֹם לְכוֹן מֵרִבּוֹן טַב, דְּכָל עָלְמָא דִּילֵיהּ הוּא. תַּוְּוהוּ, וּבָכוּ, וּבָרִיכוּ לֵיהּ. בָּתּוּ הַהוּא לֵילְיָא. בְּצַפְרָא אַקְדִּימוּ וְאַזְלוּ. כַּד מָטוּ לְגַבֵּי ר"ש, סָחוּ לֵיהּ עוֹבָדָא. תָּוָּה ר' שִׁמְעוֹן, אָמַר בַּר טִנָרָא תַּקִּיפָא אִיהוּ, וְיָאוּת הוּא לְכַךְ, וְיַתִיר מִמַּה דְּלָא חָשִׁיב ב"נ, בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב הַמְנוּנָא סָבָא הוּא, אִזְדַּעְזָע ר' אֶלְעָזָר, אָמַר, עָלַי לְמֵיהַךְ לְמֵחֱזֵי לְהַהוּא בּוֹצִינָא דְּדָלִיק. אָמַר ר' שִׁמְעוֹן, דָּא לָא סָלִיק בִּשְׁמָא בְּעָלְמָא, דְּהָא מִלָּה עִלָּאָה אִית בֵּיהּ. וְרָזָא אִיהוּ, דְּהָא נְהִירוּ מְשִׁיחוֹ דַּאֲבוֹי מְנַהֲרָא עָלֵיהּ, וְרָזָא דָּא לָא מִתְפַּשְּׁטָא בֵּין חַבְרַיָּיא.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br />When he finished saying the blessing, he closed his eyes for a moment and opened them afterward. He said, "Friends (Chaverim), you have a message of peace from the good Master, to whom the entire universe belongs. They marveled and wept, and blessed him. They slept over that night. In the morning, they rose early and left. When they met Rabbi Shimon (Rabbi Simeon ben Hillel), they related the episode to him. Rabbi Shimon wondered and said, He is a son of a mighty rock and he is deserving of it, even more than one could imagine. He is the son of Rav Hamnuna Saba (the Wise Fisher King). Rabbi Elazar (Lazarus) was shaken. He said, It is incumbent upon me to go and see this burning lamp. Rabbi Shimon said, This one seeks no renown in this world, since he has in him something supernal. The illumination of his father's oil shines on him and this secret should not be spread among the friends yet. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This section of the Yenuka has been placed into Zohar and the Rabbi Shimon and Elazar has been confused with later Rabbinic figures including Simon Peter and his son Eleazar (St Mark). As mention before Rabbi Judah and Rabbi Isaac were disciples of Rav Shemaya. Thus the Rav Shimon mentioned here is Rav Shimon ben Hillel the father of Gamaliel I who may have been a disciple of the school of Rav Shemaya. Hillel was the grandson of an Irish King Ailell (Hillel) of Heber (southern Ireland), of the Davidic House of Nathan (</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>through his mother Morag).</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> King Ailell left Ireland in 70 BC and came to Jerusalem to study Torah after he abdicated in favour of his son Eochaidh (Yochanan). </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>According to Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, Lazarus (Elazar) was about 8 years older than Jesus and their families had known each other since Jesus was young. Lazarus' parents were very strict Pharisees. His father Zerah was a convert to Judaism from Syria but of noble Egyptian ancestsry and his mother Jezabel or Yochabel was of a very prominent and wealthy family of the House of Aaron. At the time when Jesus was about 13 or 14 he would have been about 22. Some have proposed that the Simeon that blessed Jesus in the Temple was Shimon ben Hillel. <br /></span><span> </span></span> </p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In progress</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div><p></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-46524917725939906872024-01-04T11:55:00.002+11:002024-01-04T12:14:07.385+11:00Skara Brae and Atlantis<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytrf5pnEYc2OiLdyJCxqKJ9M6KBltx4VEmub6vuMB-ea_Y1PZT_U_8q9xXPIe3LEoPL_VnwudA-YKyWEBxsEYUdYxZrykDD0PEVzJawAFclKcrqVHE3DP4eYVwFMBQMpFn_5GlU5Yig0CIfyW1sILq2QB2penwg7s-Bl1zuTdJuJu1JJ8E0U-tX9uhU4/s275/skara.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytrf5pnEYc2OiLdyJCxqKJ9M6KBltx4VEmub6vuMB-ea_Y1PZT_U_8q9xXPIe3LEoPL_VnwudA-YKyWEBxsEYUdYxZrykDD0PEVzJawAFclKcrqVHE3DP4eYVwFMBQMpFn_5GlU5Yig0CIfyW1sILq2QB2penwg7s-Bl1zuTdJuJu1JJ8E0U-tX9uhU4/w570-h379/skara.jpg" width="570" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have just read an interesting article posted on the New Creation website entitled <a href="https://newcreation.blog/the-mysterious-stones-of-the-orkney-islands/#d9168fcd-f68d-45d3-a53b-af7f96d05a0b-link">"The Mysterious Stones of the Orkney Islands"</a> by Abigail L. She discusses this Orcadian civilisation and the settlement of Skara Brae. She writes:</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Prehistoric dating schemes vary among scholars. One system of dating suggests that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesolithic" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Mesolithic Age</a> occurred from 10000–4000 BC and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Neolithic Age</a>
from 4000–2000 BC. Another dating scheme suggests that the Neolithic
Age began earlier, placing the Early Neolithic Age in the years
4500–3500 BC and the Late Neolithic in 3500–2200 BC.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">According to conventional dates, the stone structures on the Orkney
Islands seem to have been constructed around 3500 BC. At the time, the
climate in the region was warm and ideal for growing crops. Analysis of
the human remains from the tombs suggest that the people were healthy
and energetic. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
Some biblical scholars have proposed that <a href="https://newcreation.blog/the-history-of-the-world/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">conventional dating schemes place these time periods too early</a>
in history, citing a Carbon 14 dating offset. Carbon 14 dates seem to
be accurate as far back as 1400 BC, but earlier than that, a sharp rise
occurs, creating a discrepancy in dating that grows exponentially with
earlier dates."</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
personally don't agree with her confidence in radio carbon dates back
to 1400 BC. They are wildly off even in more recent times giving dates
much older or much younger by hundreds of years. She lists the
conventional dates and the re-calibrated dates based on Stripling's
proposal. It is also interesting that some creationists try to link the
end of this civilisation with Joseph's Famine and thus they propose a
date for that Famine as 1708 BC or 1881 BC. Abigail mentions that
Shroeder and Shroeder say this civilisation occurred in the period
immediately after the Tower of Babel event.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">She
lists the conventional dates for the Mesolithic as 10,000-4500 BC which
when Stripling's re-calibration is applied give the dates of 3298-2850
BC, the Early Neolithic as 4500-3200 BC and the re-calibrated date as
2850-2500 BC, and the Late Neolithic as 3200-2150 BC and the
re-calibrated date as 2500-2150.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">What
is my interpretation? I disagree with those Creationist who try to link
this period with the Tower of Babel and Joseph's Famine. I date the
Tower of Babel cataclysmic events with 1850 BC with a Flood of Noah date
of 2005 BC, which I believe was the Cambrian to Permian levels of the
geologic column. Thus the Tower of Babel event occurred at the end of
the Triassic period. I date Joseph's Famine which I believe was
world-wide with 1513-1507 BC, I also hold that the Ice Age began in 1470
BC and ended in 1350 BC with the events of the Exodus. Thus I can not
agree with either the conventional date of the start of this Orcadian
civilisation with 3600 BC or the re-calibrated date of 2600 BC.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thus
my dating of the so-called Mesolithic, the Early Neolithic and Late
Neolithic is 1350-968 BC in Europe. This is also the Middle Eastern
period of the Warm Bronze Age period. Nor do I think there was no bronze
or iron in this period in the Orcadian civilisation, just that due to
the warm climate of that period followed by the cold period traces of
bronze and iron are no longer found. Thus this so-called Orcadian
civilisation was outposts of the Northern Atlantean civilisation of the
Tribe of Zebulon which arose around 1250 BC and was destroyed following
the events that caused the sinking of Atlantis in 968 BC.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Therefore,
these stone edifices are not found before the Pyramids in Egypt which
were mostly built by Joseph and his family in the 15th century BC. These
stone structures are built over 200 years later than the Pyramids of
Egypt. Childe originally dated Skara Brae to around 500 BC and this is
also possible and in this scenario the Orcadian civilisation would be a
post -Atlantean one, possibly established by the survivors of the
Atlantean sinking in 968 BC. In this scenario then the European
Mesolithic could be from 1350-968 BC and the Early Neolithic from
968-680 BC and the late Neolithic 680-460 BC. One needs to remain open
minded as the terms Stone, Bronze and Iron are not necessarily timelines
but evidence of levels of technology found in a culture.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">There
seem to be from what I have read a disagreement among scholars on
whether this was in a warm or a cold period. If it was warm then my
first proposal would be more likely to be correct, whereas if it was
cold then my second proposed scenario could be the correct one. I urge
caution in accepting the validity of carbon dates especially changing
the dating of a culture based on such results. </span></span><br /></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-42381191292853340442023-12-23T01:26:00.014+11:002024-01-07T23:09:44.608+11:00Jeanson and the Lost History of North America<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmnFp1KF2VhaQPIsEz2OA5ajig9vp9A94XAeI7T6bXxSvI5XnE7fiW2z1LtyzN6IaZ2cPCkK705HwtFor_nMZp0sGYTyA_HdqUOe2-AhKk8OUgymrWy3o9I9i-HCACSeIoO9564PIYH_zbfz_BJaTjh3U1_i3eYuwhIxkIJ__OnTFvr0K0PPMXddxbl4/s750/CahokiaSt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="750" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQmnFp1KF2VhaQPIsEz2OA5ajig9vp9A94XAeI7T6bXxSvI5XnE7fiW2z1LtyzN6IaZ2cPCkK705HwtFor_nMZp0sGYTyA_HdqUOe2-AhKk8OUgymrWy3o9I9i-HCACSeIoO9564PIYH_zbfz_BJaTjh3U1_i3eYuwhIxkIJ__OnTFvr0K0PPMXddxbl4/w527-h351/CahokiaSt.jpg" width="527" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />I have just watched the first two parts of Nathaniel Jeanson's discussion of "</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-size: large;">The Lost History
of North America". In the past I critiqued his book "Traced" about
genetics and mainly disagreed with his conclusions (see </span></span><span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a data-id="5662691354613429786" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2022/04/nathaniel-jeanson-and-y-dna-haplogroups.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark"><span style="font-size: large;">Nathaniel Jeanson and Y-dna Haplogroups: A Creationist Critique</span></a></span><span><span style="font-size: large;">).
However, with this presentation I am much more impressed and would
overall agree with his conclusions that he articulated in these first
two presentations. </span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
do not agree with his identification of C -ydna, which is the core
group among the Algic speaking peoples of North America, with the
descendants of Ham. He in these presentations doesn't speak of their
Hamite origin. I hold that C y-dna is a branch of Japheth's descendants
of the Monga branch of C2 y-dna Gomeri (different to the Anda branch of
Gomeri which is C* and C1). C2-M217 y-dna was also called C3.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OSN4nxqp8Sc" width="320" youtube-src-id="OSN4nxqp8Sc"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Above is the first part and below the second.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3Cu20v9Vnmk" width="320" youtube-src-id="3Cu20v9Vnmk"></iframe> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
timeline I may not agree with totally but I think in this case that
Jeanson basically has it right. These Tribes are entering the area of
the USA after 1000 AD when the former white population (as I discuss in
other posts such as Calalus etc) has been slaughtered or fled with only a
small number of white survivors in the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia
area and possibly some hidden in the Appalachian Mountains. The white
Kingdoms, Principalities and Queendoms were overrun by Toltec-Olmec
(Talegs/ Otagil/ Tagil) peoples of mainly Q1a y-dna of the Ishmaelites
in Mexico. Q y-dna used to be divided into Q1a and Q1b but now Q1b- L275
y-dna is called Q2 and the old Q1a y-dna became Q1a-MEH2 and
Q1b-M346 (but is now called Q1a2). </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">One
group of the Toltecs or Tolteca moved north from Mexico and drove the
white population out of Arizona and surrounding areas known as Calalus.
The Chontal Tabascan branch of the Toltecas landed in their ships and
established a base near Tampa in Florida and from there drove the Mayans
and possibly Cododuans out of America. At this stage it is not clear to
me if it was the Toltecas coming from the west or the Chontals from the
east, that destroyed the Cadodu Queendom and assimilated the women and
some of the men into the Tolteca group that established Cahokia
(Talega). [After watching Jeanson's 3rd presentation he seems to answer that for me.]<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like
Jeanson I also believe the Red Record or Walum Olum is an authentic
account preserved by the Lenape or Delaware American Indians. Most of my
research has been about white, Jewish and Judeo-Christian history of North
America in Medieval and Ancient times. Jeanson opens up an interesting
history of North America in the later Medieval period of the C-y-dna Algics
or Algonquin peoples. I look forward to watching the third part of the
series.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
have since writing the above watched the third part and I also enjoyed
it and agree with much of what Jeanson has concluded. I think the
Natchez were the remnant of the people who built Cahokia and were the
Tolteca/ Mayan peoples (not to be confused with the actual Mayans of
Florida and Georgia). ( see </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a data-id="871510274144263557" data-item-type="post" href="https://calalus.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-maya-queendom-of-ireland-north.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">The Maya Queendom of Ireland, North America and Spain</a><span><span>). I also think the Ancients refer to the Aztecs. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>There are unique haplogroups of R1b found among the Nahua descended from the
Aztecs (not found among the other Mexican groups with R1b) which
probably reflects Calalusian ancestry.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ejjhar_fzGw" width="320" youtube-src-id="ejjhar_fzGw"></iframe></span></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><br /></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span>I
must say I think this series for me is Jeanson's most interesting one. I
take my hat off to him for all the hard work and research he has done
and is doing in this area of the lost history of North America. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Added Jan 7 2024: Jeanson has now added the 4th part of his series.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PHbElBx-brU" width="320" youtube-src-id="PHbElBx-brU"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-26272899093983006082023-12-10T12:37:00.002+11:002023-12-10T12:47:02.562+11:00The Sung Version of "Yeshua, Do you trust the Gentiles?"<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-p9p6UOX4QCARGhQjqXY_mwYfxsE5mY_dKFH3JUywctWWcfeeMI1kTzHUI25V0o4KJd494juZgw9qtbOfZJceRxnzLB88lZ3o07XxA1IlRErwGJD3Vl8_lLMnXCIwlvoJv19/s1600/chagall_rutecki.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-p9p6UOX4QCARGhQjqXY_mwYfxsE5mY_dKFH3JUywctWWcfeeMI1kTzHUI25V0o4KJd494juZgw9qtbOfZJceRxnzLB88lZ3o07XxA1IlRErwGJD3Vl8_lLMnXCIwlvoJv19/s400/chagall_rutecki.jpg" width="298" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is a link to the sung version of my free verse poem "Yeshua, do you trust the Gentiles?" which was done by a Hebrew Catholic friend of mine in New York. I wrote it in 2016. It seems even more appropriate today in 2023 after the events since October 7.<br /></span></span></p><p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/jasonpauljohn/yeshua-do-you-trust-the-gentiles-1?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&si=6994B2B75C2E4356A48D36576B4CA549&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing">https://soundcloud.com/jasonpauljohn/yeshua-do-you-trust-the-gentiles-1?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&si=6994B2B75C2E4356A48D36576B4CA549&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing</a></p><p><br />
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<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yeshua, Do you trust the Gentiles?</span></span></div>
<span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yeshua, Do you trust the Gentiles?</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Those who have crucified you again
and again,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the flesh of your Jewish
brothers,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pogroms, Inquisitions and the Shoah,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Holocausts of the wicked,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Are they beloved friends or
evildoers,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Who consume your sacred flesh?</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That flesh which is the flesh of
your Holy Mother,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The crucified Woman of Israel,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A very sorrowful Rachel,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Weeping without break,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For her children no-more,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Gone into an Auschwitz oven,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Or forced assimilation of conversos
to Gentile ways,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To keep quiet and sit at the back,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> of the monolithic Church bus,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">No Shabbat light, no Bris, no
Yiddishkeit,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Forced roast Pork and prawn
cocktail,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A perversion of Shaul of Tarsus,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Ringing throughout their Cathedrals
of uniformity,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">More Temple of Zeus than Jewish
House of worship,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A genocide by Gentile assimilation,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yeshua did not your Jewess mother,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Faithfully light the Shabbas and
festive candles?</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And you and Joseph daily don
Tefillin,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And pronounce brachot in workshop
and Shul,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the land of Israel in both the
Galil and Yerushalim?</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
</div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yeshua Why do you bother with the
Gentiles?</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">French Revolution, Goddess of
Reason,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They spit once again in your face,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In time of Apostasy of Gentiles,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They ban you from the public space,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And enthrone themselves in your
place,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When will the times of the Gentiles
end?</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And you open the eyes of those who
belong,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To the flesh of your flesh, </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">To the heart of your heart,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Covered in your blood,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">After two thousands years of Exile,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Walking the via dolorosa of
history,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Becoming conformed to your
likeness,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A crucified people for a crucified
King,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">A leper people for a Leper Messiah.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Despised by the Gentiles who rage
so furiously,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Against the anointed and his Torah
people,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yeshua have you preserved a small
remnant among the Gentiles,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Who have not bowed the knee to
anti-Semitic mentality?</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And love you in the fullness of
your Jewish flesh and identity,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And long for a Church that is once again
truly made up of Jews and Gentiles,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">As brothers of the one Mother,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That Woman of Israel crowned with
twelve stars,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Brighter is she than the noon-day
Sun,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And crusher of that noon-day demon,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> of Gentile conformity and oppression,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The aborted child of Lilith,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> who arrays herself in the blood of your people,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In a final apocalyptic battle
against the camp of the saints.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Yeshua! Mashiach! cries the Jewish
Rebbes as they see the veil lifted from the Torah,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And behold their Jewish brother,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Not a Gentile God whose followers
persecute in his Gentilised name.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">But the one they have longed for,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hidden in the outskirts of Rome
among the Lepers,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The bite of Edom truly become a
brotherly kiss,</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And Joseph and Judah weeping in
each others arms. </span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">
</span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-60010882242202326142023-12-09T22:14:00.019+11:002024-01-26T22:44:59.710+11:00The 22 Fiats of the Divine Will<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicznH9ZB_3YkwKlW-hTm3PzatrJk-kgcpF3lKg0fM5wvyocxMQl4CkazmnPk-6IKyVj7t8OanyRraQbW95CHIqLFdPih1Iu5u6CeZg4MgcAQ0IUS8aKjVJwsAS3k7AGzVSJ8_Z4WpU0T4fS6LPNAtdFFicwZPoi3oEXCfqDeulHzKCTIjGf2Dh/s500/four-worlds.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="376" height="465" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicznH9ZB_3YkwKlW-hTm3PzatrJk-kgcpF3lKg0fM5wvyocxMQl4CkazmnPk-6IKyVj7t8OanyRraQbW95CHIqLFdPih1Iu5u6CeZg4MgcAQ0IUS8aKjVJwsAS3k7AGzVSJ8_Z4WpU0T4fS6LPNAtdFFicwZPoi3oEXCfqDeulHzKCTIjGf2Dh/w350-h465/four-worlds.png" width="350" /></a></div><p><br /> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In Genesis 1 there are three <i>Yehi </i>(Let it be/ Fiat) and 20 <i>vayhi</i> (And let it be). However, from the first <i>Yehi </i>light shines forth to the other 22 Fiats or <i>yehiot</i>. Each one is associated with a letter of the alphabet. The first <i>yehi </i>encompasses the <i>alef tav </i>and thus the other 22, in the Kingdom of the Divine Will and Fiat. The first yehi is the fiat of the uncreated light whereas the 22 lower lights<i> </i>or<i> yehiot</i> are created lights.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The three vayhi (created fiats) of Atzilut (World of Nearness to the Divinity) descend directly from the <i>Yehi Or </i>(Let there be Light) which is the Divine Light of the World of <i>Adam Kadmon</i> (Divine Man). Thus <i>Yehi Or</i> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">(Let there be Light) </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">is the Fiat of Creation, the <i>Yehi Rakia</i> (Let there be an expanse) is the Fiat of Redemption and <i>Yehi Orot </i>(Let there be lights) is the Fiat of Sanctification.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The three <i>yehi</i>'s are linked to the את (<i>et</i>)of Genesis 1:1 as Heavenly decrees (<i>et haShamayim</i>). The twenty <i>vayhi</i>'s are linked to the ואת (<i>v'et</i>)as manifestations in the physical worlds (<i>v'et haAretz</i>). The את (<i>et</i>) alludes to the God-Man who is the Messiah with the א (<i>alef</i>) representing his Divinity and the ת (<i>tav</i>) his crucified humanity. The ואת (<i>v'et</i>) alludes to Our Lady and St Joseph in virginal nuptial union with the ו (<i>vav</i>) representing Joseph as the male and this second את (<i>alef tav</i>) representing Our Lady. The ה also represents Our Lady as the feminine united to שמים (<i>shamayim</i>) which alludes to Yeshua and Joseph in the Fiat and Mystery of the Redemption. The ה joined to ארץ (<i>aretz</i>) represents Our Lady joined with Luisa (<i>aretz</i>) in the Fiat and Mystery of the Sanctification of Living in Divine Will on earth as it is in Heaven.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Another way of perceiving השמים (ha-Shamayim) is that the ה (<i>hah</i>) alludes to the Holy Spirit, the ש (<i>shin</i>) to the Messiah, the open מ (<i>mem</i>) to Our Lady, the י (<i>yod</i>) to St Joseph and the final closed ם (<i>mem</i>) to Luisa. Another way of perceiving הארץ (<i>ha-Aretz</i>) is the ה (<i>hah</i>) as Our Lady (</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="iw" style="font-family: georgia;">גבירתנו</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">), the א 9 (<i>alef</i>) as the Messiah, the ר (<i>resh</i>) as St Joseph as the <i>Rosh Bayit</i> (Head of the House) and the final צ (tzadi) as Luisa as the Tzadikess or Tzadika. The male שׁ (shin) is Yeshua and the female שׁ (<i>shin</i>) is Our Lady as the Shekhinah. The male ש (sin) and ס (samech) is St Joseph (יושף יוסף) and the female ש (sin) and ס (samech) is Luisa (לוישה לויסה).<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f1c232; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i>Yehi Or -</i> Light of the <i>Adam Kadmon</i> (Divine Man or God-Man)</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #f1c232; font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"> את<br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">World of Atzilut - Miriam in Eternity in Divine Will<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">1. <i>Vayhi Or </i>of Day One א (Gen.1:3)<i><br /></i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">2.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi erev </i>of Day One ב (Gen.1:5)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">3. <i>Vayhi boker </i>of Day One ג (Gen.1:5)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">World of Beriyah -Incarnate Yeshua in Eternity in Divine Will<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">4. <span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Yehi rakia</span></i> </span> of the second Day ד (Gen.1:6)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">5. <i>Vayhi mavdil</i> of the Second Day ה (Gen.1:6)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">6.<i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Second Day ו (Gen.1:7)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">7. <i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Second Day ז (Gen.1:8) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">8. <i>Vayhi boker </i>of the Second Day ח (Gen.1:8) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">9. <i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Third Day ט (Gen.1:9)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">10. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Third Day י (Gen.1:11)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">11. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Third Day כ (Gen.1:13)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">12. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi boker</i> of the Third Day ל (Gen.1:13)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #800180; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> World of Yetzirah - Joseph in Eternity in Divine Will</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">13. <i><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #674ea7;">Yehi m'orot</span></i> of the Fourth Day מ (Gen.1:14)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">14. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Fourth Day נ (Gen.1:15)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">15. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Fourth Day ס (Gen.1:19)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">16. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi boker</i> of the Fourth Day ע (Gen.1:19)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">17. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Fifth Day פ (Gen.1:23)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">18. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi boker</i> of the Fifth Day צ (Gen.1:23)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">World of Assiyah- Luisa in Eternity in Divine Will</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">19. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Sixth Day ק (Gen.1:24)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">20. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi ken</i> of the Sixth Day ר (Gen.1:30)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">21. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi erev</i> of the Sixth Day ש (Gen.1:31)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">22. </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Vayhi boker</i> of the Sixth Day ת (Gen.1:31)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> The gematria for Will or <i>Ratzon </i>(רצון) is 346. The gematria for <i>Hashem Aleph </i>(השם א) is 346. 346 can be read as the 36 lights that radiate from the 4 faces of Genesis 1. YH (yod heh) multiplied by itself is 15 x 15 = 225 and VH (vav heh) multiplied by itself is 11 x 11 = 121 and 225 + 121 = 346. The name Elishah is also 346 in gematria and refers to the ancient name of southern Italy according to the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. </span></p><p></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">H. Derenbourg ("Nouveaux Mélanges Orientaux," pp. 236 <i>et seq.</i>;
English transl. in "Hebraica," Oct., 1897, p. 7), Lenormant ("Les
Origines de l'Histoire d'après la Bible," etc., ii. 2, 34), Dillmann
(Commentary, Gen. x. 4), and Lagarde ("Mittheilungen," ii. 261) regard
it as denoting Sicily or the lower part of Italy, which view is
supported by the Targum to Ezek. (מרינת איטליא).</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Luisa Piccareta came from the Boot of Italy in southern Italy. Elishah can mean the God woman (<i>El Isha</i>) and Luisa the 36-woman </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> (<i>Lu</i> (<i>lamed vav</i>) <i>Isha</i>)</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">. </span><br /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-89824043952088832002023-12-09T15:51:00.004+11:002023-12-10T13:43:41.868+11:00Hebrew Catholic Meditation on the 36 Lights of Chanukah<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmwrFecoDNMZkoFJCrTOKFcqL7fHYB9Q8Y5noCbFlrpddDKwzOroLhlcWMcESliNMrX77RtmDTl0f1_ph4FlMNT_iXTY1qg-kEX_U83c88oOp5RW-vPAHS3dgl1b2q7qksHUJQnRdrKymAsuCB7wOigNp0WopYkmp1wmUwk9m0mbha836kJmK/s310/hanu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYmwrFecoDNMZkoFJCrTOKFcqL7fHYB9Q8Y5noCbFlrpddDKwzOroLhlcWMcESliNMrX77RtmDTl0f1_ph4FlMNT_iXTY1qg-kEX_U83c88oOp5RW-vPAHS3dgl1b2q7qksHUJQnRdrKymAsuCB7wOigNp0WopYkmp1wmUwk9m0mbha836kJmK/w535-h281/hanu.jpg" width="535" /></a></span></div><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> Meditation on the First Night of Hanukkah (Chanukah)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Face over the deep = <i>yehi or</i> = Yeshua (Gen.1:2)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Meditation on the second night of Hanukkah <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Face over the waters = <i>vayhi or</i> = Miriam (Gen.1:2)<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. Face over the Rakia = Sun = greater light = Joseph (Gen.1:16)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Mediation on the third night <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. Face over all the earth = Moon = the lesser light = Luisa (Gen.1:16)<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">5.</span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Elohim said let their be light = Keter (Crown) = Sefirah 1 (Gen.1:3)<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim said Let there be Rakia = Khokhmah (Wisdom) = Sefirah 2 (Gen.1:6)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Meditation on the fourth night</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">7. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim said Let the waters = Binah (Understanding) = Sefirah 3 (Gen.1:9)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">8. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim said Let the earth = Khesed (Lovingkindness/ Mercy) = Sefirah 4 (Gen.1:11)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">9. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim said let there be lights = Din (Judgement) = Sefirah 5 (Gen.1:14)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">10. </span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim said let the waters = Tiferet (Beauty) = Sefirah 6 (Gen.1:20)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Meditation on the Fifth Night </span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">11. </span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim said Let...animals = Netzach (Victory) = Sefirah 7 (Gen.1:24)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">12. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim said Let...man = Hod (Majesty) = Sefirah 8 (Gen.1:26)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">13. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim said Be fruitful = Yesod (Foundation) = Sefirah 9 (Gen.1:29) </span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">14. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">And Behold = Malkut (Kingdom) = Sefirah 10 (Gen.1:31)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">15. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim made <i>rakia </i>= alef א = Mother 1= Binah-Khokhmah (Gen.1:7)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Meditation of the Sixth Night</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">16. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim saw the light & it was good = Bet ב = Double 1 = Khokhmah-Khesed (Gen.1:4)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">17. </span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim saw that it was good = Gimel ג = Double 2 = Binah-Din</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (Gen.1:11)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">18. </span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim saw that it was good = Dalet ד = Double 3 = Keter-Tiferet</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (Gen.1:12)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">19. </span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spirit of Elohim hovered = Heh ה = elemental 2 = Keter-Binah</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (Gen.1:2)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">20. </span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the beginning Elohim created = Vav ו = elemental 1= Keter-Khokhmah</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (Gen.1:1)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">21. </span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim divided between light = zayin ז = Elemental 3 = Khokhmah-Din</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (Gen.1:4)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia;">Meditation on the Seventh Night </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">22. </span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim called the light Day = Chet ח = Elemental 4 = Binah- Khesed (Gen.1:5)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">23. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim called <i>Rakia </i>= Tet ט = Elemental 5 = Khesed-Tiferet (Gen.1:8)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">24. </span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim called the dry land = Yod י = elemental 6 Din-Tiferet (Gen.1:10)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">25. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim saw it was good = Kaf כ = Double 4 = Khesed-Netzach (Gen.1:18)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">26. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim placed them in Rakia = Lamed ל = elemental 7 = Tiferet-Netzach (Gen.1:17)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">27. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim made two lights = Mem מ = Mother 2 = Khesed-Din (Gen.1:16)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">28. </span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim created great fish = Nun נ = Elemental 8 = Tiferet-Hod (Gen.1:21)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Meditation of the Eighth and Final Night</span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">29. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim blessed them = Samekh ס = Elemental 9 = Netzach-Yesod (Gen.1:22)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">30. </span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Elohim created man = Ayin ע = Elemental 10 = Hod-Yesod (Gen.1:27)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">31. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim saw it was good = Peh פ = Double 5 = Din-Hod (Gen.1:21)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">32. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the form of Elohim = Tzadi צ = Elemental 11 = Netzach-Malkut (Gen.1:27)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">33. </span></span></span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Elohim blessed them = Kuf ק = Elemental 12 = Hod-Malkut (Gen.1:28)</span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">34. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim saw it was good = Resh ר = Double 6 = Tiferet-Yesod (Gen.1:25)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">35. </span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim made the beasts (<i>chayot</i>) = Shin ש = Mother 3 = Hod-Netzach (Gen.1:25)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">36. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Elohim said all = tav ת = Double 7 = Yesod-Malkut</span><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> (Gen.1:31)</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-47923354745788018132023-12-08T10:45:00.042+11:002023-12-09T18:15:01.980+11:00Chanukah, Immaculate Conception and Divine Will: 36 Lights<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJytoJnq7kGYH5UWUX_fFDRgkh_3W73BO6w_mnMOs_Jiz6m8VQwgmugOl9xcHPZ4E0Z0Ffv8nCAnOD9a7U7cYWh8NWNV7Pnz54R5776TOnUUyWOlu_Y7_Mwqd_etBIgVlKEdkKQ-UDHLvWFcMiLeEnaHInvKP9yMn6WD9ZoJGE21asbUSEAWBf/s1500/chanukah_lights.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1500" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJytoJnq7kGYH5UWUX_fFDRgkh_3W73BO6w_mnMOs_Jiz6m8VQwgmugOl9xcHPZ4E0Z0Ffv8nCAnOD9a7U7cYWh8NWNV7Pnz54R5776TOnUUyWOlu_Y7_Mwqd_etBIgVlKEdkKQ-UDHLvWFcMiLeEnaHInvKP9yMn6WD9ZoJGE21asbUSEAWBf/w599-h275/chanukah_lights.webp" width="599" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Today (December 8 2023) in the Catholic Church we celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary and this year it is also the first day of Hanukkah. Is there a connection? During the lighting of the Hanukkah (<i>Chanuka</i>) candles over eight days we light 36 Hanukkah candles as well the 8 <i>Shamash </i>(Servant) candles. 8 is the number of the Messiah and he is the Suffering Servant (<i>Shamash</i>) of Isaiah 53. The word <i>Shemesh</i> in Hebrew means Sun and thus the <i>Shamash </i>candle represents the Messiah as the Servant as well as the Sun of the Divine Will.<br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The number 36 represents the light of the Divine Will that Adam lived in the Garden of Eden over 36 Edenic hours. The miracle of oil kept the Temple Menorah alight for 8 days and is considered a manifestation of the Divine Will in salvation history. Hanukkah celebrates this Miracle as well as the Maccabee victory over the Hasmoneans (Syrian Greeks) as well as the victory of Judith over Holofernes. The dairy foods eaten on <i>Chanukah </i>by Jews are in honour of Judith who took salty cheese to Holofernes.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It is interesting that it is the Catholic and Orthodox Churches that retain both the Books of Maccabees and the Book of Judith in their Biblical canon. Judith is a type of Our Lady in the liturgy of the Church. As Judith killed the enemy of God's people so Our Lady will crush the Serpent and its manifestations throughout history. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">While the other manifestation of the Divine Will are only in the effects of the Divine Will as a sign pointing to the coming of the Kingdom of the Divine Will, with the Immaculate Conception this Kingdom of the Divine Will on earth, in its fullness, had its genesis after the Fall. It then reigned in the Holy House of Nazareth in the Holy Family but was absent from the earth in its fullness after the Assumption of Our Lady into heaven until 1889 when it was restored in the person of the Catholic servant of God Luisa Piccarreta and its Kingdom is expanding in those who desire to live in and receive the grace of the living in the Divine Will, rather than just following the Divine Will.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Thus Hanukkah celebrates not just the Miracle of the Oil but all the manifestations of the effects of the Divine Will in delivering Israel from their enemies. The song <i>Maoz Tzur </i>(Rock of Ages) that we sing on Hanukkah reflects that tradition. In the New Testament this festival is called the Feast of Dedication which is also alluded to in the first verse of <i>Maoz Tzur</i>.</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">O mighty stronghold of my salvation,<br />
to praise You is a delight.<br />
Restore my House of Prayer<br />
and there we will bring a thanksgiving offering.<br />
When You will have prepared the slaughter<br />
for the blaspheming foe,<br />
Then I shall complete with a song of hymn<br />
the dedication of the Altar.</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Another translation in English:<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">O Fortress, Rock of my salvation, unto thee it is becoming to give praise: let my house of prayer be restored, and I will there offer thee thanksgivings when thou shalt have prepared a slaughter of the blaspheming foe, I will complete with song and psalm the dedication of the altar.</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This is a messianic verse especially read in Hebrew and for the Hebrew Catholic it alludes to the name <i>Yeshua</i> as the Rock and his desire for the Temple to be a House of Prayer for all nations where the <i>Todah </i>(thanksgiving offering which is the Eucharist) is offered. The mention of the "Dedication of the Altar" alludes for us to Yeshua walking in the Temple at the time of the Feast of the Dedication in John 10:22-24.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="text John-10-22"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="text John-10-22"><sup class="versenum">22 </sup>Then came the Festival of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter,</span> <span class="text John-10-23" id="en-NIV-26505"><sup class="versenum">23 </sup>and Yeshua was in the temple courts walking in Solomon’s Colonnade.</span> <span class="text John-10-24" id="en-NIV-26506"><sup class="versenum">24 </sup>The Judeans who were there gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”</span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="text John-10-24" id="en-NIV-26506"></span><p>The second verse of Maoz Tzur speaks about the Egyptian bondage:</p><p></p><blockquote>My soul had been sated with troubles,<br />
my strength has been consumed with grief.<br />
They had embittered my life with hardship,<br />
with the calf-like kingdom’s bondage.<br />
But with His great power<br />
He brought forth the treasured ones,<br />
Pharaoh’s army and all his offspring<br />
Went down like a stone into the deep.</blockquote><p>The third verse is about the Babylonian Exile and the restoration of the Temple with Zerubbabel and Nehemiah. </p><p></p><blockquote>To the holy abode of His Word He brought me.<br />
But there, too, I had no rest<br />
And an oppressor came and exiled me.<br />
For I had served aliens,<br />
And had drunk benumbing wine.<br />
Scarcely had I departed<br />
At Babylon’s end Zerubabel came.<br />
At the end of seventy years I was saved.</blockquote><p>The fourth verse is about Purim and the story of Queen Esther and Haman.</p><p></p><blockquote>To sever the towering cypress<br />
sought the Agagite, son of Hammedatha,<br />
But it became [a snare and] a stumbling block to him<br />
and his arrogance was stilled.<br />
The head of the Benjaminite You lifted<br />
and the enemy, his name You obliterated<br />
His numerous progeny – his possessions –<br />
on the gallows You hanged.</blockquote><p>The fifth verse is the story of the Maccabees and the Miracle of the Oil.</p><p></p><blockquote>Greeks gathered against me<br />
then in Hasmonean days.<br />
They breached the walls of my towers<br />
and they defiled all the oils;<br />
And from the one remnant of the flasks<br />
a miracle was wrought for the roses.<br />
Men of insight – eight days<br />
established for song and jubilation</blockquote> The sixth verse speaks about the future end of the Exile of Edom and the Antichrist of that time.<p></p><p></p><blockquote>Bare Your holy arm<br />
and hasten the End for salvation –<br />
Avenge the vengeance of Your servants’ blood<br />
from the wicked nation.<br />
For the triumph is too long delayed for us,<br />
and there is no end to days of evil,<br />
Repel the Red One in the nethermost shadow<br />
and establish for us the seven shepherds</blockquote><p>In Hebrew transliteration this verse is: </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><blockquote>Chasof zero'a kadshecha vekareiv keitz hayeshu'ah,<br />Nekom nikmat dam avadecha <br />mei'uma haresha'ah,<br />Ki archa lanu hayeshu'ah ve'ein kaitz leyimei hara'ah,<br />Dechei admon betzeil tzalmmon hakeim lanu ro'im shiv'ah.</blockquote></span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In Hebrew it is:</span></span></p><p dir="rtl" id="docs-internal-guid-5101ad6a-7fff-d239-d3c0-b69673d872da" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><blockquote><p dir="rtl" id="docs-internal-guid-5101ad6a-7fff-d239-d3c0-b69673d872da" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">חשוף זרוע קדשך וקרב קץ הישועה,</span></span></p><p dir="rtl" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">נקום נקמת דם עבדיך מאמה הרשעה,</span></span></p><p dir="rtl" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">כי ארכה לנו הישועה ואין קץ לימי הרעה,</span></span></p><p dir="rtl" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">דחה אדמון בצל צלמון הקם לנו רועים שבעה.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /><span><span style="font-size: large;">This is a more mystical translation:</span></span><br /></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reveal the holy korban (zeroa), <br />and bring near the keitz (end of times) of the Yeshua,<br />Arise against the Nemesis (Antichrist) with the blood of your servants, <br />for Mother (Imma) convicts them, <br />because triumph for us is of the Yeshua. <br />and not the keitz (end of times) of the deteriorated seas,<br />Delay the Red One (Admon) in the shadow of darkness, <br />and rise up for us the seven shepherds.</span></span></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <i>zeroa </i>has been translated as arm because on the Passover Seder plate in the form of the Divine Man, the left arm or hand represents God's judgement and which the zeroa (lamb shank) is placed. The zeroa of Passover represents the korban lamb Passover offering of the Temple. For Jewish Christians this is Yeshua as the ultimate <i>korban</i>. The Red One may represent the Messiah hidden in Edom (Isaiah 63:1) who is the 8th Shepherd or Princely man (<i>Adam</i>) that comes after the seven shepherds (see Micah 5:5).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Rabbi Daniel Lapin writes:</span>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .2in; margin-right: .2in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0.2in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">... The Talmud
says the following: HaShem made this light - a
certain type of light. It was too penetrating. So He
only let it last for thirty-six
hours. And after thirty-six
hours He took it away and hid it for sometime in the future
that has not yet come. And He replaced it with a weaker merely physical aspect of that light. But that as long as
that light was there, for those<b> </b><i>thirty<b>-</b>six</i> hours, Adam by means of
that light was able to see from one end of the world to the other, and from the beginning of time to the end of time. So that
light was the light of total understanding. Isn’t that what light signifies?
The Talmud says anytime that the word “light” is
used in any way in the Torah or Rabbinic text, “light” always means knowledge and wisdom and understanding.<br /></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span><p></p><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <p></p> <p></p><p></p><p></p></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Genesis Rabbah states:</span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">R. Levi said in the name of Rav Ze'eira: That light functioned thirty-six hours, twelve on the eve of the Sabbath, twelve during the night of the Sabbath, and twelve on the Sabbath. When the sun sank at the termination of the Sabbath, darkness began to set in. Adam was terrified, "Surely indeed the darkness shall bruise (envelop) me; night for me is light" (Ps 139: 11): shall he of whom it was written, "He shall bruise thy head and you will bruise him [<i>teshufenu</i>] with your heel” ( (Gen.3:15), now come to attack me! </span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Here we see that the manifestation of the 36 lights of the Divine Will are connected to the coming Messiah and his Mother who will crush the head of the Serpent and his manifestations throughout salvation history.<br /></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In another blog post I wrote in 2020:</span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Yesterday
I was reading from one of the Volumes of the Likutey Moharan of Rebbe
Nachman of Breslov. In lesson 60 the Rebbe spoke of the second tablets
of the Ten Commandments given to Moses which were made of Sapphire. <br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">What
I found particularly interesting was that each tablet was six hand
breadths by six hand breadths. Thus each tablet was 6x6 which equals 36
hand breadths. In our traditional imperial measurements this is about 3
foot by 3 foot. This is the number of Divine Will as I have discussed in
other posts. The 36 Hanukkah candles are a manifestation of the light
of the Divine Will. The Ten Commandments express the Divine Will in
human action. According to one Jewish tradition Adam lived in Divine
Will in the Garden of Eden for 36 hours.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
two tablets represent 36 doubled which is 72 and can be linked with
Aaron and Moses and the 70 elders and the meal they ate on the Sapphire
Pavement (Exodus 24). The Catholic Bible also has 72 books (Jeremiah and
Lamentations are considered one book) that manifest the Divine Will and
Revelation. This can be linked with the concept of the measuring rod. The Greek word κανόνι means a rule or measure or level and translates the hebrew <span class="st">קְנֵח</span> (kaneh) (a measuring rod). <br /></span>
</p><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="p">"...The
length of the rod is six cubits. Each cubit is six handbreadths.
See, therefore, how all the lights are bound together in this light,
which is called "All," since all are contained within it. There are six
directions [the six ketzavot, alluding to the six sefirot from Chesed to
Yesod,
all of which are included in Yesod], and when they are all connected to
one another, they make thirty-six, corresponding to the length of this
rod [36 handbreadths].</span><b><span class="p"> </span></b><span class="p">(see the writings of Rabbi Moshe Hayyim Luzzato (Ramchal) in "The Future Temple" by Breslov Rabbi Yehoshua Starrett).</span></span></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> In 2015 I wrote in a blog post about the role of Mary in John's Gospel:</span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span class="p">The
second chapter of John in a mystical manner, reveals the role of the
intercession of Our Lady as the Mother of the Messiah in restoring,
through her Son, fallen mankind to his lost estate. Our Lady along with
St Joseph and Jesus the God -Man are the first 36ers (called Lamed
vavniks in Jewish tradition) who become present in all generations as
intercessors and victim souls for each generation through re-doing all
the generations acts in the Divine Will. </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span><span class="p">These lamed vavniks who live in Divine Will
are alluded to in Apocalyse 11:1 where it speaks of the measuring rod
(also mentioned in Ezekiel 40:5) which according to Jewish tradition was
6 cubits and each cubit was 6 hand-breaths which equals 36
hand-breaths... </span></span></span><br />
</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">
<span><span><span class="p">John reveals that those who live in Divine
Will (in the 36 hours which is also hidden in the mystery of the 36
candles of Hanukkah) are those in the heart of the Church or Temple who
remain in the inner sanctuary in adoration and worship even when the
rest of the Temple (Church) is being destroyed and trampled. We could
also say that the Bat Kol (Daughter of All) is Luisa Piccarreta as the
daughter (Bat) and Our Lady being the All (Kol). Ramchal links the
concept of 36 with the light called "All". Interestingly the walls of
the Temple were also 6 cubits high (36 handbreaths) and 6 cubits thick
(36 handbreaths) according to Ramchal. </span></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In 2009 I wrote in a post about Jacob Frank and Miriam's Well:</span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The
Bereshit Rabbah and the Zohar speak of Adam (through the primordial
light of the first day of Creation) being able to see from one end of
the world to the other and also of Moses being given through the power
of this light the same ability at the time of his death. This light is
the light hidden in Miriam's Well on the twilight between the first and
second day of creation. This light then blazes forth on the twilight
between the sixth day and the Sabbath via the "Mouth of Miriam's Well"
(Luisa Piccarreta in Eternity) and manifests as the light of the Sabbath
Queen and Presence- the Shekhinah. Through the 'Mouth' the light
becomes the 36 lights associated with the 36 hours in which Jewish
tradition states Adam lived in Divine Will. The 36 candles of Hanukkah
recall this mystery. This is the source of the light of the knowledge of
Living in the Divine Will in the 36 volumes of the "Book of Heaven" of
Luisa.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJAaKtpdukWjppocl4kz0z4dL1CAQeIc2Yf2hWeZn7Rt0Czk83igGDj0TKA3U7D6PfSCQKWnW1QiTjG-ruWMKXJn5hcL-FP5Xx10Kt0KFIcCFImT9TcX_D_LfzrHPDJHYotuH/s1600/adamk.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409568344212547250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPJAaKtpdukWjppocl4kz0z4dL1CAQeIc2Yf2hWeZn7Rt0Czk83igGDj0TKA3U7D6PfSCQKWnW1QiTjG-ruWMKXJn5hcL-FP5Xx10Kt0KFIcCFImT9TcX_D_LfzrHPDJHYotuH/s400/adamk.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 234px;" /></a>
Rabbi Dovber Pinson writes: </span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"...Chanukah
is a cumulative spiritual process through which the total of thirty-six
lights that are kindled grow to reveal the light of creation...What is
light? Light is commonly viewed as a metaphor for wisdom...Maimonides
writes that a prophet can experience a flash of light, of radiance,
which illuminates his direction. "Light" is often used in the Torah to
mean knowledge and wisdom. With the words "Let there be light," the
creation of the world emerged. The Talmud explains that this light
illuminated Adam and Eve for thirty-six hours, Friday noon through
Shabbat day, when "Adam could see from the end of the world until its
[other] end." During this time, the Primordial Light, the inner wisdom
of purpose and truth, was displayed to mankind. But for the purpose of
creation to be actualized and the mandate of overcoming darkness to be
manifested, this intense light was hidden from the universe, stored for a
time yet to come. Ever since, we yearn for that light, search for it
and pursue it in prayer, study and meditation. Yet, even in our darkest
hours we can access this memory born of the 36 hours when we, humanity
as a whole, lived in this light. "Where was this light to be hidden?"
asks the Midrash, "in the Torah." In its radiance we experience the
wisdom, purpose, and intent of creation...As much as Chanukah
commemorates the past, it celebrates the present and the future. For
while Chanukah celebrates the miracle of a single jug of oil burning for
eight days, it also imbues the world with the hope of redemption, when
light will triumph over negativity. This is both a past and future time,
when like during the 36 hours of the inception of humanity, "there will
be no hunger or war, no jealousy or rivalry. For good will be
plentiful, and all delicacies as common as dust. The entire occupation
of the world will be only to know God. ‘For the earth shall be filled
with the knowledge of G-d, as the waters cover the sea.’" (Maimonides)."
</span></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This year (2023) on a post about the number 89 I wrote:</span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">I have explained elsewhere about the significance of <i>Chanukah</i> (the festival of Lights) and the 36 candles with Divine Will. The word <i>Chanukah </i>itself adds up to 89 <i>chet</i>=8, <i>nun</i>=50, <i>vav</i>=6, <i>kaf</i>-20, <i>hah</i>=5 thus 8+50+6+20+5 = 89. Numbers 7 has 89 verses and makes up most of the Torah reading in the synagogue during <i>Chanukah</i>. Numbers 7:89 reads:</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><blockquote><span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/numbers/7-89.htm"><b>89</b></a></span><span> And
when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak
with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the
mercy seat that <i>was</i> upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.</span></blockquote></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> Some students of gematria point out that the last two letters of <i>Chanukah, kaf </i>and <i>hah </i>add up to 25 and the festival of <i>Chanukah </i>begins on the 25th of Kislev. The first part of <i>Chanukah </i>as <i>Chanu </i>can mean "they rested" and thus <i>Chanu kah </i>could
be interpreted as "they rested on the 25th". They then link this 25
also to the 25th word of the Bible in Genesis 1 which is <i>Or </i>or <i>Ohr </i>(light) as in "let there be light" (<i>yehi or</i>) which in Latin is <i>Fiat Lux</i>. One Jewish tradition also states that the first day of Creation was on the 25th of <i>Elul </i>and man was created on the 1st of <i>Tishrei </i>alluded to in the first word of the bible Bereshit (<span style="background-color: #fcff01;">ב</span><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">ר</span><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">א</span><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">שית</span>) rearranged to read <i>b' alef</i> (א) <i>Tishrei</i> (on the first (<i>aleph</i>) of <i>Tishrei </i>(ב א רשית), which is called <i>Rosh</i> <i>haShanah</i> (Head of the Year or Jewish New Year).</span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Gershon ben Shaul a Hebrew Catholic Havurah leader in the USA wrote:</span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">"We want to thank everyone who attended our first Chanukah
Party. We had about 17 crammed into our little townhouse and it was
very cozy. In case you missed it here is what happened. <br /><br />We
began with the lighting of the Chanukah candles with the traditional
blessings. The Chanukah Menorah is full of Messianic significance as
you might expect. In John 8:12, Yeshua (Jesus) proclaimed himself the
Light of the World. And the Menorah has one extra candle that is called
the "shamash". This means servant. The servant candle is always lit
first and all the other candles that we light daily for the eight days
of Chanukah are lit by this candle. This is very much what happens in
our journey of faith as Catholic Christians. It is the Messiah, Jesus
who came to serve us and to light our way in this life and to heaven.
It is His light that lights our path through the darkness in our lives
and the world so that the Church and all of us have the Light of
Life..."</span></b></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;">In 2010 I wrote an article about Noah, the Rainbow and the Sun of the Divine Will: </span></b></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The
Rainbow as female alludes to the created Shekhinah who is Our Lady in
Eternity as the created Wisdom or Sophia that is formed by the Sunlight
hitting the Hidden Waters of the Sky (<i>mayim hashamayim</i> / the
female created dark or hidden waters). The Rainbow as male also alludes
to the Coat or Garment of many colours of Joseph (who is the created
male <i>Shekhen</i>). The Zohar refers to the Rainbow (keshet) as the
female spouse of Joseph (see Zohar 1:247a) and it also associates the
Rainbow with the male phallus and <i>yesod</i>. These are part of the
deep mysteries of a mystical Jewish 'Theology of the Body'. Yehuda
Liebes In "Studies on the Zohar" writes:</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> <br /></span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><blockquote>"The Rainbow (keshet)
alludes to the sefira of Yesod (I,18a) and the same word in its Rabbinic
usage, refers both to the male organ (Sanhedrin 92a) and to the glory
of God (Hagiga 16a, based on Ezekiel 1:28) ... the Rainbow may have
Messianic significance, for according to the Zohar (eg I, 62b) the
Rainbow will appear on the eve of the Messiah's coming (although there
the Rainbow would seem to represent the sefira of Malkut and not
Yesod)."</blockquote></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Jewish month of Kislev in which Chanukah and Christmas occur is represented by the <i>keshet</i>
(bow). This month is celebrated in honour of Mary and Joseph by
Christians. The mystery of the Rainbow as the mystical union between
Shekhinah (also represented by malkut as Mystery of the Kingdom) and
Yesod (Tzadik/Joseph) represents the virginal nuptial union of Mary and
Joseph. Thus Noah as a Tzadik represents the Tzadik Joseph and in
Catholic Marian spirituality the refuge of Mary's Immaculate Heart is
sometimes associated with the refuge of Noah's Ark. Noah's wife's name
according to the Book of Jubilees is Emzara which can mean "mother of
the seed"- this alludes to Genesis 3:15 and thus she is a type of the
future Mother of the Messiah.</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In 2009 in a blog post about the Hand of Miriam and <i>Chanukah </i>(Hanukkah) I wrote:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Jewish festival of light <i>Chanukah </i>is also linked to the <i>chamsa </i>or hand of Miriam by the <i>parshat Mikeitz </i>reading. <i>Shirat Devorah </i>blog states: </span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>""And
Binyamin's portion was five times as large as any of them" [Mikeitz
43:34]As is well known, said R' Naftali of Ropshitz, Chanukah always
falls out during the week that we read Parshas Mikeitz. This is hinted
to in the Torah, as the verse states: "And Binyamin's portion was five
times (chamesh yados) as large as any of them." "Chamesh yados" alludes
to the five instances that we mention the word "yad" (hand) in the
special Chanukah prayer Al HaNissim: You delivered the mighty into the
hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the impure into
the hands of the pure, the wicked into the hands of the righteous, and
the wanton sinners into the hands of those who occupy themselves with
Your Torah."</span></span></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b></b></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span>
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</p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...The <i>Parshat Mikeitz </i>also speaks of Joseph and his dreams. <i>Parshat</i> <i>Mikeitz </i>means the <i>Parshat </i>'from
the end'. This alludes to the period of time known as the 'end of
times'. The Zohar speaks of two periods known as the end of time. We are
now in the first period of the 'end of time' before the Great Era of
Peace. <i>Mikeitz </i>can also mean "from the thorns" alluding to the Ram caught in the thorns at the <i>Akeidah</i> of Isaac as well as the Rose among the thorns in the Song of Songs. The <i>Midrash </i>also says<b>:</b></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>"When
a rose is among thorns, a north wind goes forth and bends her toward
the south and a thorn pricks her, then a south wind goes forth and bends
her toward the north and a thorn pricks her; yet, for all that, her
core is directed upwards. The same is true with the Jewish people.
Although they are oppressed and tortured from all sides by the nations,
their hearts are directed towards their Father in Heaven."</b> </span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The mystical North Wind (<i>Tzaphon ruach</i>) refers to Our Lady who is snow white. It is the North wind that comes and blows on David's harp at midnight. <i>Kabbalah </i>associates this north wind or spirit with the <i>ruach </i>that hovered over the face of the Waters. It also associates her with <i>Binah </i>the Mother. The north wind has the five <i>gevurot</i> (powers) of the <i>Imma </i>(mother/mama) and this is represented by the five wings or corners of the lungs from which <i>ruach </i>comes... </span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">...<span>The
period of thorns is also known as the time of Jacob's trouble which
will end with the restoration of man to living in the Divine Will as
Adam did in the 36 hours. These 36 hours are represented by the 36
lights of Hanukah and the 36 volumes of the Book of Heaven by Luisa
Piccarreta. Rabbi Phincas Winston writing on Parshat mikeitz: </span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"...Likewise
was it the case with Mattisyahu and his tiny army of zealots. Surveying
the developing situation around him, they sensed that a keitz, and
therefore, a redemption as well, was at hand. This encouraged them, like
Mordechai before them, to take a stand and fight, bringing about the
Chanukah miracle we celebrate each year, with the lighting of the
Menorah.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><blockquote>For,
it is the Menorah that symbolizes this very idea of how God builds into
Creation what He needs for each keitz along the way. For example, long
before there was even a first temple, let alone a second temple to
rededicate, the Torah alludes to the miracle of Chanukah: But he got up
that night and took his two wives, his two handmaids, and his eleven
sons and crossed the ford of the Yabok. And when he took them and had
them cross the stream, he sent over what was his. Ya’akov was left alone
… (Bereishis 32:23-25) Rebi Elazar said: He remained for small jars.</blockquote><blockquote>From
here we learn that righteous people value their property more than
their own bodies. (Chullin 91a) God said to Ya’akov, “For endangering
yourself for a small container, I Myself will repay your children with a
small container to the Chashmonaim!”(Midrash Tzeidah LaDerech, Maharil)
Indeed, the Biblical roots of the Chanukah miracle go back even further
in time, while Ya’akov Avinu was just starting his journey, not as he
was finishing it: From where did Ya’akov get this jar?</blockquote><blockquote>When
he picked up the stones from under his head and returned them in the
morning, he found a stone that had a jar of oil in it, and he used it to
pour on the top stone. When it refilled itself, Ya’akov knew it was set
aside for God. He said, “It’s not right to leave this here.” All
miracles throughout Tanach occurred with this jar of oil (Yalkut
Reuveini, Vayishlach).</blockquote><blockquote>And,
apparently, even those beyond Tanach as well: What is the basis of [the
holiday of] Chanukah? The rabbis taught: On the 25th day of Kislev
begin the days of Chanukah, eight days during which we do not eulogize
or fast. For, when the Greeks entered the Sanctuary they defiled all the
oil in the Sanctuary, and when the kingdom of the House of Chashmonai
proved victorious, they searched and could only find one jar of oil with
the seal of the Kohen Gadol still intact,sufficient for only one day of
lighting. A miracle happened to it [the oil], and they were able to
light from it for eight days. (Shabbos 21b)</blockquote><blockquote>Indeed,
this is a novel way to define a keitz: an event during which the
undercurrent of history rises to the top, like a geyser of water
exploding through the surface of time. This is why, the number 36, which
represents the revelation of the Ohr HaGanuz, the supernal Hidden Light
with which God made and maintains Creation: For 36 hours the Light
served … and Adam HaRishon saw with it from one end of the world to the
other. (Yerushalmi, Brochos 8:5) keeps surfacing throughout history.
For, every time it does, it means something to do with redemption, or
the lack of it, has occurred: God called out to the man and said to him,
“Aiyekah—Where are you?” (Bereishis 3:9) The word “aiyekah” is meant
only as a gematria, totaling 36. (Eichah Zuta 1:1)</blockquote></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Hence,
Ya’akov Avinu was away from home for a total of 36 years, was married
to a wife who died at the age of 36, and to another whose name has the
gematria of 36. It is also why, after struggling with the angel for the
entire night, and sustaining some bodily damage, it says: The sun shone
for him—Lamed-Vav—as he passed Penuel and he was limping on his hip.
(Bereishis 32:32) The word “lo” refers to the 36 candles of Chanukah.
(Maharil, Avodah Zarah 3b) Each time the number 36 surfaces, it is a
revelation of the undercurrent of history, a keitz, which is why
Chanukah occurred in the 36th century from Creation. And, when we light
our Menorahs each Chanukah, it is this that we are supposed to have in
mind..."</span></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 2009 I also wrote in an article about the Catholic saint Blessed Raymond Lull:</span></span></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Blessed Raymond Lull [1232-1315] in his work <a href="http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/lull02.htm">"Liber de Lumine</a>"[The
Book of Light]speaks of the logoi or energies of God as the nine lamp
Candelabrum which in Judaism is the menorah of Chanukah. He is also
speaks of it as a Tree and as Flowers. Blessed Raymond Lull seems to
have drawn on the Jewish mystical traditions. Lull's ancestors were
perhaps Jews, as his surname derives from the Hebrew word <i>Lullim</i> used for mystical spiral staircases found in the Jewish Temple. He writes in the Book of light:</span></span> <br /></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>"In
this Book we made one Tree called the Tree or Candelabrum of Light,
with nine flowers as shown, and these flowers are named after the nine
letters of the Alphabet, namely B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. To know this
Art, one must know this Alphabet by heart."</span></span></blockquote>
<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415006502857418210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WFpJN2V8pYA30W33-t8GPDiVdbCG6GgR7earsxUGgGMKEpyHUXzqR5vNjjs3Uq3vWB8CCT3x5NAmHlRsKPzFyuNxcbL445-zWI4zxyr64z49Ergmj14t9E0ojyRFNBv7aCNd/s400/lull.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 336px;" /></span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span>Blessed Raymond Lull</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span></p><p>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Judaism
also speaks of the 36 lights of the Chanukiot (chanukah menorah) as
alluding to the light of the 36 hours that Adam and Eve lived in Divine
Will in the Garden of Eden. Rabbi Michael Ozair writes: </span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>"...Spiritually,
the eight nights of Chanukah are a cumulative and progressive process
through which the light of the menorah grows to reveal the inherent
light of Creation. The total number of Chanukah lights over the eight
days is 36 (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8). As Rabbi Eliezer writes, these 36 lights
arouse that very same Primordial Light which illuminated Adam and Eve on
the dawn of their creation, the first 36 hours of their existence. The
Talmud teaches: "36 hours the Light served . . . and Adam HaRishon saw
with it from one end of this world into the Other". (Yerushalmi, Brochot
8:5)..."</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Idra Zuta section of the Zohar also speaks about this light and its lamps. The Zohar Haazinu states:</span></span> <br /><p></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>"Rabbi
Shimeon opened and said (Song of Songs 7): "I am my Beloved's, and His
desire will arise." All the days that I was perfumed in this world, I
was perfumed with One perfume, namely the Holy One, blessed be He, and
therefore, now "His desire will arise." For He Himself and His whole
holy company come, so that with joy they may hear the secret words, and
the praise of Him, the Most Holy Ancient One. Mystery of all mysteries.
Separate and set apart from all, and NOT separate. For everything is
joined in YH, And He (Hu) is joined within all, He is all, The Ancient
One of all Ancient Ones, Mystery of all mysteries, Conformed and NOT
conformed. He is formed in all that endures, and NOT conformed in all
that is NOT manifest. When He is conformed, <i>He produces nine lights,
which shine forth from Him, from His conformations, and those lights
shine from Him and are lit from Him and they proceed and are spread out
in all directions. As a lamp from which Light is spread out in all
directions. And as those rays which spread out, when they are approached
to know them, are NOT found, except for the lamp alone; so is He, the
Holy Ancient One, the highest lamp, mystery of all mysteries.</i> And He
is NOT found, except for those rays that are extended, those that are
revealed, and those that are revealed and hidden. And they are called
the Holy Name, and therefore are all things One (<i>Echad</i>). And what our
companions said in the former books, that these are degrees that had
been created and the Holy Ancient One was revealed in every single one
of them, because these are the confirmations of the Holy Ancient One..."</span></span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span><span> <br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This
part of the Zohar goes on to discuss the three lights which are the
three Heads and their connection with the 13 aspects of Mercy.</span></span> <br /></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>"...Because
this Holy Ancient One is within One form! Everything is in joy, and He
does not change His mercy forever, in thirteen measures of mercy is He
found. And He, the Ancient One, includes them and rules over
all..."[Zohar Haazinu].</span></span></blockquote> <p></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The Chanukiot also represents these 13
aspects with the nine lamps and the four branches of the chanukiot
whereas the seven lamp Menorah represents the ten Sefirot- with the
lower seven represented by the seven lamps and the upper three by the
three branches of the Menorah. These three top of the skull shaped
branches also represent the Three Heads of the Divine Will.</span></span> <br /></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>"...This
Ancient One is elder of elders.The highest Crown of above with which
are adorned in YH all adornments and crowns. And from Him are all the
lights illuminated, and they shine; but He, He is the Supreme Light,
which is hidden and known as NOT (Ayin).(And all other lights are
kindled by Him and shine.) This Ancient One is found in three heads and
they are included in one Head. And He Himself is the supreme Head,
highest of the highest. And because the Holy Ancient One is formed in
three, so also, all the other lights that shine from Him are formed into
three..." [Zohar Haazinu]</span><span><br /></span></span>
</blockquote>
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>This
whole section of the Zohar is revealing great mysteries of the Divine
Will (ratzon) and its three heads and the three inner lights of the
Godhead.</span></span> <br /><p></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>"...The forehead which is uncovered in the Holy Ancient One,
is called "Ratzon" (Will)." For that Supernal Head, concealed in the
higher which is known as NOT (ayin), An ornamented, comely, perfumed
prince which is contained in the forehead. And because the Will of all
Wills is perfected in the forehead and revealed in that direction, this
forehead is called "Will (ratzon)" And this Will is revealed. The Will
of Wills is found in all worlds, and all the prayers of the inferiors
are accepted, and the countenance of Small Face (Zeir Anpin/the Son) is
illuminated. And everything is found to be mercy and all judgments are
concealed, and upset on the Sabbath at the time of the afternoon
prayers, which is the time when all judgments are awakened. And this
forehead is revealed, and all judgments are upset and mercy is
manifested in all the worlds. And because of this the Sabbath exists
without heavenly or earthly judgments, and even the fire of Gehinnom is
stilled in its place, and the guilty have repose. And to this is added a
soul of joy on the Sabbath, and men should rejoice in the three Sabbath
meals for all faith and the sum of faith is therein manifested..."</span></span></blockquote> <p></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Thus the three meals of the Sabbath are connected to this Mystery of the
Will of Wills (raava d'raavin in Aramaic) as three heads and lights.</span><span><br /></span></span>
</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415001772826059986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio5gAaLUeJ7gZy4sG6oYk9H2L-tUwhqLQ1hWp3mo9f-eIBUK-gnMZGEjdW1LJ9HN7FtI4mBBy1uA0Bwmixi1KIE58lV8c3xM5VFnHm0DeAMl4ghJ63Xu4ULIiXuNd5QfRq-jFn/s400/2menorah.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 306px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 310px;" /></span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span><b>Psalm 67 in the form of a Menorah</b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Zohar as the Dark Light is a manifestation of the effects of the Divine Will revealed in salvation or redemption history. The Book of the Zohar begins with the mystery of the 'Rose among the thorns' which alludes to the Immaculate Conception and reveals that the Book of the Zohar is one that should be read through the prism of Marian mysticism and reveals that hidden light which is one light that is two lights of the Immaculate Conception and the Incarnation of the Messiah. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">They are hidden in the Well of Miriam and are "Let there be Light (<i>yehi or</i>) and there was light (<i>vayhi or</i>)". <i>Yehi Or </i>is the light that is first in thought or priority but later or second in time. <i>Vayhi Or</i> is the light that is second in thought or priority but first in time. They are of one decree or saying, "<i>yehi or, vayhi or</i>" (in Latin: </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><i>fiat lux,</i><i> et facta est lux</i>)</span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> of Genesis 1:3. This is the second decree of Genesis 1 that comes forth from the first decree or saying, "In the beginning God created </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">(<i>et</i>) </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">the heavens </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">(<i>v'et</i>) </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">and the earth". (Genesis 1:1) In fact this is not really the first decree of the ten but the hidden 11th decree associated with Da'at (knowledge) in which it encompasses all the other ten decrees.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thus the 36 lights that manifest at Hanukkah are the 36 lights of Genesis 1. These 36 lights are the ten decrees or sayings linked to the ten <i>sefirot </i>plus the 22 mentions of <i>yehi</i> or <i>vayhi </i>(not including the first <i>Yehi </i>in Genesis 1:3) which are linked to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and the 22 paths within the array of the Sefirotic Diamond or Crystal, plus the 4 faces that are linked to the four worlds or universes. The 10 decrees plus the 22 letters are connected with the 32 mentions of Elohim in Genesis 1 and this is the Divine Heart (<i>lamed bet</i>) and Glory (<i>kaf bet vav dalet</i>). When we add the 4 faces with the 32 Elohims have the concept of the Divine Will.</span></span> <br /></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">see</span></span></p></blockquote><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a data-id="9041155640198117810" data-item-type="post" href="https://aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2015/05/immaculate-conception-and-bereshit.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark" style="font-family: georgia;">Immaculate Conception and Bereshit: A Hebrew Catholic Insight</a></h1><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span class="p"></span></span></span></span></span>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-5190279871834161382023-12-05T22:14:00.025+11:002024-01-28T13:08:02.115+11:00Doves and Turtledoves: A Hebrew Catholic Insight<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-cZVzRx_mNfhBa4sDzaFgMbs1ClxT1zjkscArKT2nNI_A2WT9ANbQKYwTn9RC0SdR4RyaTcdcY9XE4FPl_DWxsbQt7vRUC98cbfkKhoprW-QDi80uwZ_rE0U6hRJykdqa4jphIJQ69JlqKa3zV3VRQfKjVFp0y7B4PbpGkwll6LxE36nbrOz/s233/images.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="233" height="367" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-cZVzRx_mNfhBa4sDzaFgMbs1ClxT1zjkscArKT2nNI_A2WT9ANbQKYwTn9RC0SdR4RyaTcdcY9XE4FPl_DWxsbQt7vRUC98cbfkKhoprW-QDi80uwZ_rE0U6hRJykdqa4jphIJQ69JlqKa3zV3VRQfKjVFp0y7B4PbpGkwll6LxE36nbrOz/w396-h367/images.jpg" width="396" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /><span>I have been reflecting on Reb Nathan of Nemirov (also known as Reb Nosan of Breslov)'s book "Likutey Halakhot" which is his reflections based on the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. In Halakhot 1:7 he talks about the significance of the dove (<i>yonah</i>). <span class="reftext">He uses these insights from Rebbe Nachman's teachings to give a moral homiletical interpretation (drash) for the personal growth and development of the Hasid. However, it is also possible to ascend to the levels of <i>remez </i>and <i>sod </i>to understand this in a Messianic, Marian, Josephine and Luisan interpretation.</span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="reftext">Reb Nosan discusses this in the context of <i>Shir haShirim</i> (Song of Songs) 2:14:</span></span></span></p><div style="direction: rtl;"><span class="heb" style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></div><blockquote><div style="direction: rtl;"><span class="heb" style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">יֹונָתִ֞י בְּחַגְוֵ֣י
הַסֶּ֗לַע בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙ הַמַּדְרֵגָ֔ה הַרְאִ֙ינִי֙ <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">אֶת־מַרְאַ֔יִךְ
</span>הַשְׁמִיעִ֖ינִי <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">אֶת־קֹולֵ֑ךְ</span> <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">כִּי־קֹולֵ֥ךְ</span> עָרֵ֖ב <span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">וּמַרְאֵ֥יךְ</span> נָאוֶֽה׃
ס</span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Yonati b'chagve ha-sela b'seter ha-madregah ha-r'iyni <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">et-mar'eyich</span> hashmiyini <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">et-kolech</span> <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">ci-kolech </span>arev<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"> u-mar'eech</span> naveh.</i></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> O my dove, <i>that art</i> in the clefts of the rock, in the secret <i>places</i> of the stairs, let me see thy <span style="background-color: #fcff01;">countenance</span>, let me hear thy<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"> voice</span>; for sweet <i>is</i> thy<span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"> voice</span>, and thy <span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">countenance</span> <i>is</i> comely. </span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">After quoting this verse Reb Nosan states: </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"My Dove (<i>yonati</i>) is an allusion to the "good point", which is like a perfect (<i>tamah</i>) dove. This dove is called perfect because it is completely faithful to its mate and never leaves him, as the Sages teach."</span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Messiah said that he was giving the sign of Jonah to a wicked generation. Often in Christian theology this is only connected to the death and resurrection of Yeshua after three days, like Jonah was in the belly of the Great Fish for three days. However, there is a much richer way of looking at the concept of "<i>Yonah</i>" and his life as well as in the context of the <i>Yonah </i>(dove) in Scripture. The concept of the Great Fish, for example, connects with the <i>Tzaddik</i>, the <i>Yanuka </i>and the sons of Joseph in the Book of Zohar.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The concept of the two doves are mentioned in Genesis 8 in regard to the waters, Noah and the Ark. Thus the concept of purification and sanctification are connected to the doves and turtledoves. The dove represents the sanctity of the the Holy Spirit united with Our Lady and the turtledove with the concept of the coming of the redemption with the Messiah son of Joseph. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the baptism of Yeshua by Yochanan (St John the Baptist), the descending Dove was the Holy Spirit united with Our Lady in Eternity, manifesting in time together and alluding to Genesis 1, with the waters being the mystical waters of Our Lady's womb and the Spirit of Elohim fluttering over the Face of the Waters. At the same time Our Lady in time was in the Holy House of Nazareth uniting with all in Divine Will. Her manifesting in Genesis 1 and at the baptism of Jesus in her personal timeline comes after her Assumption into Eternity. One does not see the Holy Spirit but only feel or experience his presence. The visible manifestations of fire and the dove are, in a sense, Our Lady's visual presence of being united to the Holy Spirit and being an icon or created vessel of the Spirit.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzdiaBgmA9KjnZmPtxd5GAPQEAx0kxfMrpHUlNXO8efYwjYMmHHnuuAz1JTimIsI8W_zZqIg7nytGu_RXWCuOQllVFWC42upU4bTBvAY6VUvGkX1zMz939PTn_tHJ-8YSQyEAYscA5n9pS1yjyhDiibR-xooASuxrGgaIdsJkXffSAcf_MoYN/s800/tor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="800" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzdiaBgmA9KjnZmPtxd5GAPQEAx0kxfMrpHUlNXO8efYwjYMmHHnuuAz1JTimIsI8W_zZqIg7nytGu_RXWCuOQllVFWC42upU4bTBvAY6VUvGkX1zMz939PTn_tHJ-8YSQyEAYscA5n9pS1yjyhDiibR-xooASuxrGgaIdsJkXffSAcf_MoYN/w466-h349/tor.jpg" width="466" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The concept of the perfect mating of the doves refers to the virginal nuptial unions and in a special way to the marriage of Joseph and Mary. In Leviticus 12 it refers to the purification ritual after a mother gives birth:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/leviticus/12-6.htm"><b></b></a></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/leviticus/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span>And
when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a
daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering,
and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest:
<span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/leviticus/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This <i>is</i> the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
<span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/leviticus/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And
if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles (torim),
or two young pigeons (bnei yonah); the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a
sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she
shall be clean.</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In the New Testament, in Luke 2, it speaks about Mary and Joseph coming to the Temple in obedience to the Torah of Moses to perform this ceremony. In this account they do not seem to offer a lamb just the two doves or turtledoves. This is because the baby Jesus is the mystical lamb who is the burnt offering and Mary and Joseph are the two doves or turtledoves.</span><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/luke/2-22.htm"><b></b></a></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/luke/2-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And
when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were
accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present <i>him</i> to the Lord;
<span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/luke/2-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>(As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
<span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/luke/2-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves (<i>torim</i>), or two young pigeons (<i>bnei yonah</i>).</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Jesus is the lamb that is the <i>korban </i>or gift of the burnt offering which is totally consumed by fire alluding to Redemption or Salvation as the <i>olah </i>or raised sacrifice which alludes to he Sacrifice of the Mass with the lifting up of the Eucharistic Host. The sin offering of which the priests partake alludes to sanctification and atonement. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Joseph and Mary our most pure sacrificial doves, in a sense, are our sin offerings who assist the Messiah in our sanctification. In another sense, Joseph and Our Lady make atonement as a sin offering for us all, just as the Red Heifer and Miriam are said to have made atonement (<i>kippa</i>) for Israel in the Jewish tradition. That atonement is their son Yeshua that they give to all. As the spouse of the Holy Spirit, Our Lady is the Mediatrix of all Graces and St Joseph her husband is eclipsed in her and participates in a unique manner with this mediation of all graces.<br /></span></p><p></p><p><span class="heb" style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">In another sense reading <i>yonati </i>in Song 2:14 as doves rather than my dove we see the concept of the four doves - <i>torim </i>and <i>bnei yonah</i>, the <i>Alef tav</i> (<i>et</i>) <i>Maria </i>or <i>Mareah </i>(image/ countenance) of Song 2:14 refers to Our Lady as the female dove, and the (<i>et</i>) <i>Kol </i>(voice) to her son the Messiah the male turtledove. The <i>v'Maria </i>(male countenance or face) to St Joseph as the male dove and the <i>ci-kol</i> (like the voice) as Luisa Piccarreta as the female turtledove.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span class="heb"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span class="heb">הַנִּצָּנִים֙ נִרְא֣וּ בָאָ֔רֶץ עֵ֥ת הַזָּמִ֖יר הִגִּ֑יעַ וְקֹ֥ול הַתֹּ֖ור נִשְׁמַ֥ע בְּאַרְצֵֽנוּ׃</span><span class="heb"> </span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><span class="heb"></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="reftext"><a href="https://biblehub.com/songs/2-12.htm"><b></b></a></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="reftext"><b>2:12</b> </span><span>The flowers (blossoms) appear on the earth; the time of the singing is come, and the voice of the turtledove (<i>tor</i>) is heard in our land.</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>The first male voice or turtledove is that of the Messiah who comes leaping over the mountains as a stag (Song 2:8-9). Then later comes the voice of the female turtledove (Luisa) in the time when the fig tree begins to bud or blossoms. This refers to the generation which sees the fig tree of Judah budding and a new understanding of Torah in the the Divine Will and the Ingrafting of Judaism and the Jews into union with the Catholic Church (House of Joseph/ Ephraim) and its nations (gentiles) as the vineyard (Song 2:13).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Reb Nosan links the concept of <i>Maria </i>that is comely or attractive to the bride in the Song of Songs who is "black but comely" as she is hidden in the clefts of the rock and the secret place or stairs. He associates this with finding the good point and beautiful in ourselves and others. This mystical stairway or stairs is associated by St John of the Cross with Jacob's Ladder or circular staircase that is hidden in the dark night.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98W9u1KW3IhorGTFda44G4e8vEl1qOua9QhSuCiI5UmPHhOa1ZfGvNO16Y7aGsWSKNUltbS-M3bq43EY9wNTAT4bRF3aeMNpQS2mq7gpZDbD_3h7QBfygUtihML0j97I0Hk9bONHzUVlzPD1itN82_nCCKGd0JgAcZKcRLKfc4R58h7_wje_q/s630/dove.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="630" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98W9u1KW3IhorGTFda44G4e8vEl1qOua9QhSuCiI5UmPHhOa1ZfGvNO16Y7aGsWSKNUltbS-M3bq43EY9wNTAT4bRF3aeMNpQS2mq7gpZDbD_3h7QBfygUtihML0j97I0Hk9bONHzUVlzPD1itN82_nCCKGd0JgAcZKcRLKfc4R58h7_wje_q/w502-h287/dove.jpg" width="502" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Reb Nosan speaks about these hidden good points of beauty needing to be returned or gathered and revealed in each person in order for the Jewish people to merit the Divine Word. The book of Rabbi Hillel Rivlin of Sheklov's entitled "<i>Kol Tor</i>" (the Voice of the Turtledove) associates this Voice with <i>Mashiach ben Yosef</i>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In this short blog post I have just touched on the topic of the doves and turtledoves. there are also many other insights of a mystical nature when we reflect on the concept of Jonah and his life in enriching our engagement with Scripture and the Jewish and Catholic traditions and writings. One of these insights is connected with the Jewish tradition that Jonah was the son of the Woman of Tzerefat whom Elijah brought back to life which has allusions to the Eucharist and the Resurrection of the Messiah.</span><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-30110999336910290882023-12-03T14:35:00.052+11:002023-12-06T11:08:54.555+11:00The Ascent of Mt Tabor<p> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AIi5k2hYkXMJGNpLUU5sa5YLeZo7pJvRGhsNO-Z9clLRU_kn0GO0-UvTGokEnOCp2I1JP3UcNYLl8rCSjVJKUZB9TjkQieNkMQxKbIoAXDkuJxYSc_aIdxFsMZd85Mix_U1h1z9FuInerboP_757PLa6vx8QYy6585WDCppN18MRehIT1L5B/s640/nahal%20tavor.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1AIi5k2hYkXMJGNpLUU5sa5YLeZo7pJvRGhsNO-Z9clLRU_kn0GO0-UvTGokEnOCp2I1JP3UcNYLl8rCSjVJKUZB9TjkQieNkMQxKbIoAXDkuJxYSc_aIdxFsMZd85Mix_U1h1z9FuInerboP_757PLa6vx8QYy6585WDCppN18MRehIT1L5B/w484-h324/nahal%20tavor.webp" width="484" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />In Likutey Moharan I:14:5 Rebbe Nachman of Breslov alludes to the mystery of Mt Tabor with the verse from Numbers 21:18: "And from the wilderness Matanah (vu-ma-midbar matanah)." The Targums associate this with its meaning of a gift rather than a place. Is that gift the wilderness or desert itself? Or is the gift the well that was dug by the Princes? Or is it something else?<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Rebbe Nachman states that Matanah refers to Mt Tabor. Is the well that the princes (<i>sarim</i>) dug mentioned in Numbers 21 referring to the original source of the Nahal Tavor (Tabor River) to the east of Nazareth the Be'er (well) as the Arabs call the Nahal Tavor the Wadi el Bireh? Thus the name of Nahaliel mentioned in Numbers 21 may be referring to the Nahal Tavor as the River of God. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This segment in Numbers 21 is very mysterious and is thus set in this area where the future Messiah will reside and be mysteriously transfigured on Mt Tabor in the presence of Moses and Elijah and the apostles of James, John and Peter. For Catholics this is connected to the 4th mystery of the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary of the Transfiguration of Yeshua on <i>Har Tabor</i>.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Rebbe Nachman discusses this in the context of one of the allegorical tales of Rabbah bar bar Chanah. This tale describes Mt Tabor as a giant Urzila or mountain gazelle (a symbol of Israel and Israel's Messiah coming) that is one day old and Rashbam says it is a newborn Urzila that has been born that very day. Rebbe Nachman then links this with the Messiah and Elijah in Sanhedrin 98a where Elijah says that the Messiah will come "today". </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">This ascent to Mt Tabor is then linked to the concept of kavod (glory) ascending as one becomes more and more lowly (shiflut). Thus one merits the Torah through shiflut (lowliness). This alludes to the Matan Torah (Giving or Gift of Torah) given to Moses on Sinai who was the most humble man on the earth at that time. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbP4RWao1rQVCrFJdsTcj0Dm0Xkxhk-3-ZDByfu2ysHoP_77r8dBwx6zQxv8HYpoxVSyNeOVYlmys2re8zWDGWJ2G04cESUM_0KF1CgJ6Hp9KkBqOLHwfH0VIdAhyphenhyphen8yCM_ztfS1qkJXze-j7-sJ6psjRikB00kv21uPL0YhR8P2RuAqFpS1pa9/s299/mt%20tabor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbP4RWao1rQVCrFJdsTcj0Dm0Xkxhk-3-ZDByfu2ysHoP_77r8dBwx6zQxv8HYpoxVSyNeOVYlmys2re8zWDGWJ2G04cESUM_0KF1CgJ6Hp9KkBqOLHwfH0VIdAhyphenhyphen8yCM_ztfS1qkJXze-j7-sJ6psjRikB00kv21uPL0YhR8P2RuAqFpS1pa9/w584-h328/mt%20tabor.jpg" width="584" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Thus the Messiah will be more humble or lowly than either Moses or Elijah and in the New Testament we see them witness this humble Messiah, who is God in the Flesh, when he makes the elevation of glory on Mt Tabor and he is transfigured and his true glory is briefly revealed. He is the Living Torah in the Flesh.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Rebbe Nachman begins this section 5 of Likutey Moharan 14 by saying that an <i>Adam </i>(a co-worker with God) can only merit the Torah through <i>shiflut </i>and this descent or ascent is like a messianic Ascent linked to "the wilderness or desert to <i>Matanah</i>" as the Ascent of <i>Har </i>Tabor. This is a Breslover version of the Ascent of Mt Carmel (of St John of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila) and the Ascent of Mt Sion (of Friar Bernardino de Laredo).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"There is no <i>Adam </i>that can merit (<i>zokeh</i>) Torah, except through lowliness (<i>shiflut</i>) as our Sages taught in Eruvin 54a: "And from the wilderness to Matanah" (Numbers 21:18)..." (Opening of Likutey Moharan I: 14:5).<br /></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Rebbe Nachman wants us to refer to Eruvin 54a in the Talmud and interpret it is a messianic light. It teaches about the concept of <i>Matanah </i>and lowliness. After speaking about the Torah and Moses and the tablets in section 21 of Eruvin 54a it states:</span></p><p></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><blockquote>אָמַר רַב מַתְנָה: מַאי דִּכְתִיב ״וּמִמִּדְבָּר מַתָּנָה״, אִם מֵשִׂים אָדָם עַצְמוֹ כְּמִדְבָּר זֶה שֶׁהַכֹּל דָּשִׁין בּוֹ — תַּלְמוּדוֹ מִתְקַיֵּים בְּיָדוֹ. וְאִם לָאו — אֵין תַּלְמוּדוֹ מִתְקַיֵּים בְּיָדוֹ</blockquote></span></span>.<span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">This has been translated into English in the William Davidson Talmud as:</span></span></div><div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"Similarly, <b>Rav Mattana said: What is</b> the meaning of <b>that which is written:</b> “The well that the princes dug out, that the nobles of the people delved, with the scepter, with their staves. <b>And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah”</b> (Numbers 21:18)? <b>If a person makes himself</b> humble <b>like this wilderness,</b> which is open to all and <b>upon which everyone treads, his</b> Torah <b>study will endure</b> and be given to him as a gift [<i>mattana</i>]. <b>And if not, his</b> Torah </span></span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">study will not endure."</span></span></b></blockquote><b></b></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> It is of interest to me that this insight into the <i>matanah </i>(gift) is connected to a Rabbi of the same name. The Zohar also uses this form of connecting the name of a Rabbi with the topic being discussed. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rav Mattana was a disciple of Rav Samuel ben Abba and he became an expert in the decisions of his teacher, together with Rav Mattana's contemporary, Rav Judah. Rav Mattana was the rabbi in the town of Paphunya, near Pumbedita.</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Then in section 23 of Eruvin 54a the discussion of this mystery of <i>Matanah </i>continues:</span></span></div><div><div><div dir="rtl"></div><blockquote><div dir="rtl"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא תִּתֵּיב אַכַּרְעָיךָ עַד דִּמְפָרְשַׁתְּ לִי הָנֵי קְרָאֵי. מַאי דִּכְתִיב: ״וּמִמִּדְבָּר מַתָּנָה וּמִמַּתָּנָה נַחֲלִיאֵל וּמִנַּחֲלִיאֵל בָּמוֹת וּמִבָּמוֹת הַגַּיְא״? </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rav Yosef <b>said to him: Do not sit on your knees until you have explained these verses to me: What is</b> the meaning of <b>that which is written: “And from the wilderness to Mattanah; and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; and from Bamoth to the valley</b> in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks out toward the desert” (Numbers 21:19–20)? </span></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Does the mention of Rav Yosef allude to the concept of Joseph and the suffering <i>Mashiach ben Yosef</i>. Then in section 24 it states: </span></span></p><div><div dir="rtl"></div></div><blockquote><div><div dir="rtl"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִם אָדָם מֵשִׂים עַצְמוֹ כְּמִדְבָּר זֶה שֶׁהַכֹּל דָּשִׁין בּוֹ — תּוֹרָה נִיתְּנָה לוֹ בְּמַתָּנָה. וְכֵיוָן שֶׁנִּיתְּנָה לוֹ בְּמַתָּנָה — נְחָלוֹ אֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּמִמַּתָּנָה נַחֲלִיאֵל״. וְכֵיוָן שֶׁנְּחָלוֹ אֵל — עוֹלֶה לִגְדוּלָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּמִנַּחֲלִיאֵל בָּמוֹת״. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rava <b>said to him: If a person makes himself</b> humble <b>like this wilderness,</b> which is open to all and <b>upon which everyone treads, the Torah will be given to him as a gift [<i>mattana</i>]. And once it is given to him as a gift, he inherits it [<i>neḥalo</i>]</b> and <b>God [<i>El</i>]</b> makes it His inheritance, <b>as it is stated: “And from Mattanah to Nahaliel.” And once God has made it His inheritance, he rises to greatness, as it is stated: “And from Nahaliel to Bamoth,”</b> which means heights. </span></span></div></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">And in section 25 the explanation continues:</span></p><div><div dir="rtl"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div><blockquote><div dir="rtl"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">וְאִם מֵגֵיס לִבּוֹ — הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַשְׁפִּילוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּמִבָּמוֹת הַגַּיְא״. וְאִם </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">חוֹזֵר בּוֹ — הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַגְבִּיהוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כׇּל גֶּיא יִנָּשֵׂא״. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>And if he becomes haughty, the Holy One, Blessed be He, lowers him, as it is stated: “And from Bamoth to the valley.” And if he repents, the Holy One, Blessed be He, raises him</b> back <b>up, as it is stated: “Every valley shall be exalted”</b> (Isaiah 40:4). </span></span></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span style="font-size: large;">As the Arizal teaches there is a difference between a man (<i>ish</i>) and an <i>Adam </i>(co-worker with God). An <i>Adam </i>is one who is seeking to do the work (avodah) of living in the Divine Will as Adam and Eve did in the Garden of Eden. One who is starting on this journey to become an <i>Adam </i>is also called an <i>Adam </i>as the Rabbinic principle of 'God seeing one as where they desire to be' comes into play.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Rebbe Nachman teaches in regards to "wilderness to Matanah": </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">"...And
this is <i>Har </i>(mount) Tabor. <i>Har </i>expresses (l'shon) greatness (<i>gadlut</i>) as it is
written in Psalm 30 (7) "Thou makest my mountain (<i>harri</i>) stand strong
(<i>oz</i>)"; and <i>taBoR</i>- expresses <i>SheBiRah </i>(breaking)..."<br /></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Reb Nosan adds that this breaking refers to the breaking of one's pride or haughtiness. The Breslov commentator Rabbi Kramer states that in Aramaic <i>t'bar</i> means to break. The phrase breaking bread which reveals the Resurrected Messiah is <i>Shevirat ha-lechem. </i>As on Mt Tabor the Messiah revealed his glory as the gazelle of Israel or the son of the Gazelle of Israel so in the breaking of the bread on the way of Emmaus he revealed his glory to the two disciples.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Another meaning for Tabor found among scholars is "navel" (<i>tabbur</i>). Is the Holy Land seen as the figure of the Messiah in which Mt Tabor is its navel (bellybutton)? In the strange tale of Rabbah bar bar Chanah it also speaks of the neck and head and a <i>marvata</i>. This <i>marvata </i>is translated as resting place. In Eruvin 54a it also mentions the neck, head and navel or navel chord (umbibical chord or <i>shor</i>). This chord may allude to the <i>Nahal Tavor </i>(Tabor River). Is the head at Nazareth the source or beginning of the River? Is the part of the river known as the Basalt Canyon the neck of the River? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Eruvin 54a in section 7:</span></p><div><div dir="rtl"></div><blockquote><div dir="rtl"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">חָשׁ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ — יַעֲסוֹק בְּתוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם לְרֹאשֶׁךָ״. חָשׁ בִּגְרוֹנוֹ — יַעֲסוֹק בַּתּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרוֹתֶיךָ״. חָשׁ בְּמֵעָיו — יַעֲסוֹק בַּתּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״רִפְאוּת תְּהִי לְשָׁרֶּךָ״. חָשׁ בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו — יַעֲסוֹק בַּתּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְשִׁקּוּי לְעַצְמוֹתֶיךָ״. חָשׁ בְּכׇל גּוּפוֹ — יַעֲסוֹק בַּתּוֹרָה, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּלְכׇל בְּשָׂרוֹ מַרְפֵּא״. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>One who feels</b> pain <b>in his head should engage in Torah</b> study, <b>as it is stated: “For they shall be a graceful wreath for your head.” One who feels</b> pain <b>in his throat should engage in Torah</b> study, <b>as it is stated: “And chains about your neck.” One who feels</b> pain <b>in his intestines should engage in Torah</b> study, <b>as it is stated: “It shall be health to your navel”</b> (Proverbs 3:8). <b>One who feels</b> pain <b>in his bones should engage in Torah</b> study, <b>as it is stated: “And marrow to your bones”</b> (Proverbs 3:8). <b>One who feels</b> pain <b>in his entire body should engage in Torah</b> study, <b>as it is stated: “And health to all their flesh”</b> (Proverbs 4:22). </span></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is this figure of the Divine Man in the landscape of the Galilee a northern reflection of the Temple in Jerusalem which was also built as a figure of the Divine Man? This focus in Eruvin 54a on the health of all flesh, alludes to the verse in Torah "I am the Lord that healtheth thee," which in Hebrew <i>gematria </i>is 888 and is linked to the name Jesus which equals 888 in Greek <i>gematria</i>. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thus one should unite their pains and sufferings of body with the suffering of the Messianic Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53 which is a spiritual engagement or union with the Living Messiah who is the Living Torah. It is a Jewish form of a "Theology of the Body" as a practical and mystical therapeutic engagement connected with the concept or attribute (<i>midah</i>) of the flesh and blood (<i>basar v'dam</i>). <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">The <i>Marvata </i>according to Rebbe Nachman alludes to nuptial union. This may also refer to the joining of the Nahal Tavor to the River Jordan and then the joining of the River Arnon from the land of Moab and Pisgah (summit) and Bamoth (height). The river of Nahal Tavor represent the upper part of of the divine Body and the Arnon River represents the Divine Phallus as Arnon means heights of arousal and Pisgah and Bamoth represent the Divine Scrotum and Moab alludes to the waters or seed of the father (mayim Av). The River Jordan is the girtle that separate the upper from the lower.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today many people walk on a trail alongside the Nahal Tavor and in ancient times this was also done as a pilgrimage walk. In regard to this neck which is the Basalt Canyon it is described by modern hikers:</span></span></p><p><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="color: #0a38ad;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-size: 20px;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;">This
part of the hike is extremely beautiful, the path being framed on
either side by basalt cliffs. There are four stream crossing...</span></span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;">You
will come eventually to two small waterfalls and a pool. The going now
becomes a bit more difficult and there is a section in which you will
need to climb up on rungs in the cliff...</span></span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;">Shortly
after the fourth stream crossing, the blue trail deviates up from the
canyon. The path is rocky and only minimally difficult but is quite long
and steep. So, take it gradually, especially in hot weather. You cannot
miss the view of Mount Tabor on your right...</span></span></span><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;">At the top of the path is the observation area Lashon HaMelech (תצפית לשון המלך) with views of the stream below... (by Arnold Slyper)</span></span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Does this mention of Lashon Hamelech connect with the mention of <i>l'shon gadlut </i>by Rebbe Nachman in regard to this ascent to Mt.Tabor? Does the mention of <i>l'shon Shebirah </i>refer to a similar high spot on Mt Tabor itself. Did Rebbe Nachman of Breslov make this pilgrimage ascent to Mt Tabor when he was in the Holy Land in 1798? Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum writes:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">It was from Medvedevka
that Rabbi Nachman set forth on his pilgrimage to the land of Israel in
the early summer of 1798 despite its being at the center of a major land
and sea war between Britain and Turkey against the French. Rabbi
Nachman’s 14-month trip was fraught with every possible obstacle and he
was repeatedly in mortal danger, but he accomplished his goal of walking
in the Holy Land. He visited the holy sites in the north, but
apparently not Jerusalem . Despite his capture by pirates on his
homeward journey, Rabbi Nachman returned safely to Medvedevka in summer
1799.</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Another writer states on Your Jewish Journey website:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">In 1798-99, Rabbi Nachman travelled to Israel via Turkey. Travelling in
disguise, Nachman experienced many strange adventures on the way.
Although he was ready to return home from the moment he arrived in the
Holy Land (he ended up staying for about six months) the trip served to
be transformative. He later said that his spiritual understanding was
infinitely greater after his trip. Upon returning to the Ukraine, he
began gathering disciples.</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Rebecca Kerzner writes:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">During the years 1798–1799, he made a
dangerous pilgrimage to the Land of Israel, where he gathered the first
group of followers that were to constitute the first generation of
Breslov Hasidim. He visited Hasidic communities in Haifa, Tiberias and Tzfat where he was an honored guest.</span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">There
is a Holy Triangle between Tabor, Tzfat and Migdal with the distance
from Tabor to Tzfat about 40 ks and Tzfat (Safed) to Migdal about 20 ks
and from Migdal to Tabor about 20 ks. Migdal is north of Tiberias on the
Sea of Galilee (Kinneret). In 1777 a large group of Hasidim settled in both Tzfat and Tiberias </span></span>led by Rabbi Menaḥem Mendel of Vitebsk and Rabbi Avraham of Kalisk. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">However, the area called Migdal today may not have been ancient Migdal or Magdala but Magdala of second Temple times may be the ancient settlement at Hamam near Mt Nitai. Today the true location of Bethsaida is not known but according to Blessed Emmerich it is somewhere between Capernaum and Magdala. Thus today's Migdal may have been ancient Bethsaida and the area of Horvat Kur may have been ancient Chorazim, rather than the locations claimed by some scholars in the north of the Sea of Galilee.<br /></span></p><p></p> <p></p><p></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="color: #0a38ad; font-family: georgia;"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text"><span class="wixui-rich-text__text" style="font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In Eruvin 54a in section six it also alludes to the neck and the head:</span></span></p><div><div dir="rtl"></div><blockquote><div dir="rtl"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: הַמְהַלֵּךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וְאֵין עִמּוֹ לְוָיָיה — יַעֲסוֹק בַּתּוֹרָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי לִוְיַת חֵן הֵם״. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Having expounded the verse “For they are life to those who find them” as referring to the Torah, the Gemara cites another teaching related to this verse that praises the Torah. <b>Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: One who is walking along the way without a companion</b> and is afraid <b>should engage in Torah</b> study, <b>as it is stated</b> with regard to the words of Torah: <b>“For they shall be a graceful wreath [<i>livyat ḥen</i>]</b> for your head, and chains about your neck” (Proverbs 1:9). The word <i>livyat</i> is understood here as a reference to <i>levaya</i>, accompaniment, so that the verse is interpreted to mean that Torah is a graceful accompaniment to one who is traveling. </span></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The neck is also mention in section 16 of Eruvin 54a:</span></span></p><div><div dir="rtl"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></div><blockquote><div dir="rtl"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(סִימָן: ״עֲנָקִים״ ״לְחָיָיו״ ״לוּחוֹת״ ״חָרוּת״). אָמַר רַבִּי (אֱלִיעֶזֶר): מַאי דִּכְתִיב ״וַעֲנָקִים לְגַרְגְּרוֹתֶיךָ״, אִם מֵשִׂים אָדָם עַצְמוֹ כַּעֲנָק זֶה שֶׁרָף עַל הַצַּוָּאר וְנִרְאֶה וְאֵינוֹ נִרְאֶה — תַּלְמוּדוֹ מִתְקַיֵּים בְּיָדוֹ. וְאִם לָאו — אֵין תַּלְמוּדוֹ מִתְקַיֵּים בְּיָדוֹ. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In light of the previous discussion, the Gemara cites several expositions of verses proposed by Rabbi Eliezer, while first providing them with a <b>mnemonic: Chains, cheeks, tablets, engraved. Rabbi Eliezer said: What is</b> the meaning of <b>that which is written: “And chains about your neck”</b> (Proverbs 1:9)? <b>If a person makes himself like a chain that hangs loosely on the neck,</b> i.e., if a scholar is not pushy and disruptive to others, <b>and</b> he is also <b>seen but not seen,</b> i.e., just as a chain is covered by clothes and hair, so too, the scholar does not let himself be seen, <b>his</b> Torah <b>study will endure. But if not,</b> if he acts in a rude and arrogant manner, <b>his</b> Torah <b>study will not endure.</b></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1A0DOA2GmRctqlakPULrfecZ4zcia-2uK7jH82rUfTxmjjBagXzGgzSX9bCafYwmbN7Gofvxb1pYAEnrLKfriq3KrkZQMVXmFB8bSgqdD9PzX1c8lGULX7MMc9DbUOlEsgXy1rbt9dzaj2j8__5PoBOrlG8tGdMXLHybkRhw_dZ0h8fYaTS3/s422/joshua_high_priest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1A0DOA2GmRctqlakPULrfecZ4zcia-2uK7jH82rUfTxmjjBagXzGgzSX9bCafYwmbN7Gofvxb1pYAEnrLKfriq3KrkZQMVXmFB8bSgqdD9PzX1c8lGULX7MMc9DbUOlEsgXy1rbt9dzaj2j8__5PoBOrlG8tGdMXLHybkRhw_dZ0h8fYaTS3/s320/joshua_high_priest.jpg" width="227" /></a></div></b></span></span></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span></span></div></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rebbe Nachman goes on to talk about the ball of dung which obstructed the Jordan River in regard to spoiled garments and the Breslov Rabbis see this as an allusion to Yeshua or Yehoshua the High Priest who entered the heavenly place and put on clean garments in Zechariah 3. This is seen by Rebbe Nachman in connection to bringing souls under the wings of the <i>Shekhinah</i>. ִRebbe Nachman taught in Likutey Moharan 14:5:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">" ...One has to expend great effort in order to strip them of the spoiled garments which they put on, as in Zechariah 3:4, "Remove the soiled garments." For it is these soiled that prevent them from returning to the Holy One. They are barriers, just as a river bars passage and makes it impossible to journey on in direction of that river. These soiled garments that must be thrown off..."</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This reference to Zechariah gives this a messianic allusion. Zechariah 1-4:<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="text Zech-3-1" id="en-KJV-22914"><span class="chapternum"></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="text Zech-3-1" id="en-KJV-22914">And he shewed me Joshua (</span>יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙<span class="text Zech-3-1" id="en-KJV-22914">) the high priest standing before the angel of the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.</span> </span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Zech-3-2" id="en-KJV-22915" style="font-family: georgia;"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>And the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> said unto Satan, The <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> rebuke thee, O Satan; even the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Zech-3-3" id="en-KJV-22916" style="font-family: georgia;"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Zech-3-4" id="en-KJV-22917" style="font-family: georgia;"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>And
he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take
away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have
caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with
change of raiment.</span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="text Zech-3-4" id="en-KJV-22917" style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eruvin 54a also speaks of the flesh and blood which Rebbe Nachman in other parts of the <i>Likutey Moharan </i>will discuss from a messianic perspective. Rebbe Nachman doesn't just read and engage with the surface meaning of the Written Torah, Talmud or other Jewish sources but he weaves them together to give ever deeper and higher Messiainic meaning to those texts. This is his process of <i>Likutey </i>or gathering of wisdom which I have discussed in other writings of mine.<i><br /></i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This lowliness (<i>shiflut</i>) which is found in the Messiah and his Mother is explained by Rebbe Nachman to have four levels in order to ascend Mt Tabor. The first is lowliness in regard to those who are greater than you, lowliness to those who you consider equal with you, and lowliness to those who you consider inferior or wicked and lastly to consider one's self the lowest of the low (<i>katnut de Kanut</i>). The Hebrew for the Aramaic <i>katnut de katnut</i> is <i>katan she-bi-k'tanim</i> (קטן</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> שבקתנים).</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is only then that one is truly worthy of the Living Torah and Glory who is the Messiah of Mt Tabor under the form of the breaking of the bread. In order to become an <i>Adam </i>and ascend the mountain, one first needs to break their arrogance or pride in the wilderness or desert (<i>midbar</i>). One descends, first to their friends (<i>Chaveri</i>) who are in the muds of the deepest valleys, and thus one dirties or spoils their garments by becoming a victim soul or <i>Adam </i>for them, in order to elevate them from their filth. <br /></span></span></p><div dir="ltr"></div></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Who are these princes or <i>sarim </i>referred to in Numbers 21? These may be connected to the holy Samaenites mentioned by the great Catholic mystic Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich in her visions.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p></div></div></div><blockquote><div><div><div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">"...Of the Samanenses whom Melchisedech settled in Palestine, I saw long
before the coming of Abraham three men on the so-called Bread Mountain,
in the neighborhood of Thabor. They lived in caves. They were of a
browner complexion than Abraham, and were clothed in skins. They bound a
great leaf on their head to protect them from the sun. Their life,
modeled on that of Henoch, was a holy one. Their religion was simple,
though full of mysterious signification, and they had visions and
revelations which they easily interpreted. Their religion taught that
God would unite Himself with man and for that union they must prepare in
every possible way. They also offered sacrifice. A third part of their
daily allowance they exposed to the sun, either to be consumed by it or, perhaps, for the benefit of other needy creatures.
That the latter was the case, I also saw.</span></span> <br /></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><div><div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">These people lived quite
solitary, apart from the rest of the inhabitants of the country. The
latter were not yet numerous and lived scattered, here and there, in
abodes built in the style of fortified tent cities. I saw those three
men going through the country digging wells, cutting down forests, and
laying the foundations of subsequent cities. I saw them driving the
evil spirits from the air around whole regions and banishing them to
other places, to poor, swampy, foggy districts. I saw again that the
wicked spirits prefer such wretched abodes. I often saw these men
wrestling with them.</span></span> <br /></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><div><div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At first, I wondered how cities could arise where
they laid stones, which so soon became overgrown, and then I had
another vision in which I was shown a number of places built on these
sites; for instance, Saphet, Bethsaida, Nazareth (where those three men
worked on the spot upon which afterward stood the house in which the
angel delivered the message to Mary); Gathepher, Sephoris (in the
region near Nazareth, where Anne's house afterward stood); Mageddo,
Naim, Ainon, the caves of Bethlehem and Hebron. I also saw them founding
Machmethat and many other places that I have now forgotten.</span></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I saw them every month assembling on this mountain where
Melchisedech broke a large four-cornered loaf (three feet square,
perhaps, and tolerably thick) into numerous little pieces which he
divided among them. The loaf was of a brownish color and had been baked
in the ashes. I saw that Melchisedech always went to them without a
companion. Sometimes he bore the loaf quite lightly, as if it merely
floated above his hand; and again when he drew near to the mountain, I
saw it as a weight upon his shoulders. I think he took this precaution
on approaching them that they might look upon him as merely a man. Still
they met him with great reverence, prostrating before him. He taught
them how to plant vines on Thabor. He also gave them all kinds of seeds, which they scattered
in many parts of the country and which now grow wild there.</span></span> <br /></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><div><div><p class="p5"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I saw these
people every day cutting a piece off the loaf with the brown spades
they used at work. They also ate birds, which flew toward them in great
numbers. They had festival days, and they were familiar with the stars.
They celebrated the eighth day with prayer and sacrifice, also some days
in the course of the year. I saw them also making numerous roads
through the still wild country to the places where they had laid
foundations, dug wells, and sowed seed. This they did that the people
coming after them might, by following these roads, make settlements
near the wells and fertile places prepared for them. I saw these three
men often surrounded while at work by crowds of evil spirits, whom they
could see. I saw these spirits, by prayer and the word of command,
banished to swampy wastes. They departed instantly, and the men went
quietly on with their work, clearing and purifying.</span></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They made roads to Cana, Mageddo, and Naim, and in this
way they prepared the birthplace of most of the Prophets. They laid the
foundations of Abelmahula and Dothain, and dug out the beautiful baths
at Bethulia. Melchisedech still scoured the country alone and as a
stranger; no one knew where he lived.</span></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The three Samanenses were old, but still very active. On
the site of the Dead Sea and in Judea, cities already existed. There
were some also further north but none as yet in the central regions.</span></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Samanenses dug their own graves and sometimes
stretched themselves in them; one made his near Hebron, another on
Thabor, and the third in the caves not far from Saphet. They were, in a
certain sense, for Abraham what John was for Jesus. They pu</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">rified the
country, they prepared the land and the ways, they sowed good fruit, and
they brought water for the leader of God's people. But John prepared
the heart for penance and for a second birth in Jesus Christ. The Samanenses did for Israel what John did for
the Church. I have seen such men in other places also, where they had
been introduced by Melchisedech.</span></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I often saw Melchisedech as he appeared in Palestine long
before the time of Semiramis and Abraham, when the country was still a
wilderness. He seemed to be laying it out, marking off and preparing
certain districts. I saw him entirely alone, and I thought: What is this
man doing here so early? There is not a human being in this place! I
saw him near a mountain, boring a well. It was the source of the
Jordan. He had a long fine instrument which, like a ray of light,
pierced the mountainside. I saw him in the same way opening fountains in
different parts of the earth. In those early times, that is, before the
Deluge, I never saw the rivers gushing forth and flowing as they do
now, but I saw volumes of water pouring down from a high mountain in the
east.</span></span></p>
<p class="p5"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Melchisedech took possession of many parts of Palestine
by marking them off. He measured off the site for the Pool of Bethsaida,
and long before Jerusalem existed he laid a stone where the Temple was
to stand. I saw him planting in the bed of the Jordan the twelve
precious stones upon which the priests stood with the Ark of the
Covenant at the departure of the children of Israel. He planted them
like seeds, and they increased in size.</span></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is interesting that Tabor is referred to by Emmerich as the Bread Mountain which gives it a link to the concept of the breaking of the bread. It seems that Melchizedek and these holy ancient ones practiced a ceremony with the breaking of Bread on Mt Tabor. Thus the segments in Numbers 21 that we have been discussing is referring to these <i>Sarim </i>who prepared the land who Blessed Emmerich discusses in her visions. Psalm 89 also refers to Tabor being one of two mountains that could sing for joy at the revealing of God's Name. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is all part of the mystery of <i>katnut </i>(littleness) and <i>gadlut </i>(greatness) in which one moves from <i>katnut </i>to <i>gadlut </i>and then from <i>gadlut </i>to <i>katnut </i>and then to <i>katnut de katnut </i>(littleness of littleness) in order to be a newborn in the Divine Will. This is at the heart of the mystical realism of the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov and of the servant of God Luisa Piccarreta of Corato.</span></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><p></p><p></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-69214670386288286212023-12-02T17:00:00.003+11:002023-12-02T17:09:44.432+11:00Shaar haGilgulim 2:13: The three Wise Ones and the Tikkun of the Nefesh <p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouaoELquu33Mkt7DVpHYoHW4X2UoVr3-YfqLoU6KE4aam-X0BxxXf9d_3luEoWdW42mqNtb_lyWRUrqy7P6yHxBytbkaSEHRvgldtjr9Lz_lDaImkb_7wQpgnZuPE6cPeFtg5SLEEY8S5WSTqDA1XuMvSehnbUN4wOh52MXTl02cI22rtn6-6qngZ4mU/s600/Icon-Holy-Family.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="510" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouaoELquu33Mkt7DVpHYoHW4X2UoVr3-YfqLoU6KE4aam-X0BxxXf9d_3luEoWdW42mqNtb_lyWRUrqy7P6yHxBytbkaSEHRvgldtjr9Lz_lDaImkb_7wQpgnZuPE6cPeFtg5SLEEY8S5WSTqDA1XuMvSehnbUN4wOh52MXTl02cI22rtn6-6qngZ4mU/w364-h428/Icon-Holy-Family.jpg" width="364" /></a></div><p></p><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">והנה
ענין העבור הזה, הוא לשתי סבות, האחת היא, כי ע"י עבור נפש הצדיק באיש
הזה, תתוקן נפש האיש הזה, ותזדכך, כדוגמת ערך נפש הצדיק ההוא, ועי"כ תוכל
לעלות בעוה"ב, במדרגת מעלת הצדיק ההוא, כנזכר כי הצדיק ההוא יעזרהו
ויסייעהו, להוסיף מצות וקדושות יתירות, והנה סבה זו היא לצורך האיש הזה.
עוד סבה שנית, לתועלת הצדיק עצמו המתעבר בו, כי כיון שהוא מסייעו להוסיף
מצות ותקונם, נוטל חלק בהם, וז"ס מ"ש ז"ל, גדולים צדיקים, שאפילו במיתתם
זוכים לבנים וכו'. והוא, כי הוא מזכה אל האיש הזה, ונעשה לו </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">כאב להדריכו ולסייעו, וזוכה בסבתו כנזכר</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shaar haGilgulim 2:13: The three Wise Ones and the Tikkun of the Nefesh </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And Behold! The case of this <i>Ibur </i>(spiritual or mystical pregnancy or impregnation or conception). It is connected to two male (</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">הוא</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">) <i>sabas </i>(<i>sabot</i>) and one (</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">היא</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">) female (<i>saba</i>). She is the Hand (<i>al yidei</i>) that impregnates (<i>ibur</i>) the soul vessel (<i>nefesh</i>) with the Tzaddik in this man (<i>ish</i>), thus repairing (<i>tikkun</i>) the soul (<i>nefesh</i>) of this man (ish). And you will be justified, according to
this concept or method (<i>dogma</i>) that enters the <i>Tzaddik </i>into the soul of that man (<i>ish</i>). And thus you will be
able to ascend (make an <i>aliyah</i>) in this manner, into the degree or hierarchical level of the virtue of that <i>Tzaddik</i>.
As mentioned previously it is because the <i>Tzaddik</i> will help him and
help him to be abundantly enriched with mitzvahs (good deeds) and
sanctifications. And behold now the female <i>saba </i>and the usefulness or
benefit of her for this man (<i>ish</i>). This second <i>saba </i>(wise woman) is an advocate, for the benefit of the <i>tzaddik
</i>himself who conceives or impregnates (<i>ha-mit-ibur</i>) in him. Because he directly helps to add mitzvahs and repair (<i>tikkun</i>) them, he takes part in them. And may their memory be for a blessing the great <i>Tzaddikim</i>,
that
even in their death they exonerate or acquit the sons, etc. And He is,
because he exculpates for this man, and will do acts of suffering for
him in order to guide and help him. And he credits this to this <i>saba </i>(wise woman<i>) </i>as mentioned above.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">My
comments: Arizal after discussing the figure of the Hamnuna Saba in
section 12 moves on to refer to three special sabot or wise ones. Two of
them are male and one female alluding to Messiah son of Joseph, St
Joseph and Our Lady who is also the Hand associated with Miriam's Hand
and the Hand in the story of Daniel and the feast of Belshazzar.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">This section also continues to discuss the mystery of the <i>Ibur</i>
or the mystical impregnation or conception into levels of the soul as
in spiritual rounds or cycles. This also could allude to a second female
<i>Saba </i>(wise one) who works with the second male <i>Saba </i>or <i>Tzaddik </i>in the second part of section 13 and the female <i>Saba </i>known as the Hand is Our Lady who works to impregnate souls with her Son who is the first male <i>Saba </i>or <i>Tzaddik</i>. Just as Miriam the sister of Moses' death provided atonement for Israel so does these four great <i>Tzaddikim </i>of the New Covenant Yeshua, Miriam, Yosef and Luisa provide atonement for all souls.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">Or it could be that the first female <i>Saba </i>and <i>Tzaddik </i>refer to Luisa and Joseph and the second one who is the Advocate and the <i>Tzaddik </i>refers to Our Lady and the Messiah. There are many ways to interpret and perceive these mystical insights. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;">It
is of course valid to interpret this as also referring to other
Tzaddikim, who perform a similar role and in a sense are the hands and
advocates on earth on behalf of the Heavenly Family. They are our
template or model for the role we are called to as Saints (<i>Tzaddikim </i>or righteous ones) </span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">especially</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: georgia;"> those called to live in Divine Will as <i>Kadoshim </i>(holy ones). </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4asNQ8A7buLyfoXnx_pKXoDtg5McuUNWSbGnDLCV9hCiXI_HmByXKlEWpVfdX9JO1nO1wv347mETz_MR_wkkcP7ppvaZU81IXCN-DKe97XFgWWj4uCLjH-tqlaMmM3IUervxx5VaHEBsXEL0UNc5-YmgANnpuDqaJQXLBDGGINtZZWPL0QqL7m0qRiE/s690/seflet2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="408" height="883" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh4asNQ8A7buLyfoXnx_pKXoDtg5McuUNWSbGnDLCV9hCiXI_HmByXKlEWpVfdX9JO1nO1wv347mETz_MR_wkkcP7ppvaZU81IXCN-DKe97XFgWWj4uCLjH-tqlaMmM3IUervxx5VaHEBsXEL0UNc5-YmgANnpuDqaJQXLBDGGINtZZWPL0QqL7m0qRiE/w522-h883/seflet2.png" width="522" /></a></div></span><br /><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a data-id="2965247459321206316" data-item-type="post" href="https://breslovercatholic.blogspot.com/2022/12/shaar-hagilgulim-212-yochai-and-hamnuna.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Shaar haGilgulim 2:12 Yochai and Hamnuna Saba </a></h1><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a data-id="3553590452663786756" data-item-type="post" href="https://breslovercatholic.blogspot.com/2023/12/shaar-hagilgulim-214-mystery-of-son-and.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Shaar haGilgulim 2:14: The Mystery of the Son and Tasting the Word</a></h1><h1 class="title entry-title" itemprop="name"><a data-id="8636331610530244201" data-item-type="post" href="https://breslovercatholic.blogspot.com/2022/11/shaar-hagilgulim-gate-of-spiritual.html" itemprop="url" rel="bookmark">Shaar haGilgulim: The Gate of Spiritual Cycles or Rounds: 1:1-2</a></h1></div>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-35007673186834058572023-12-02T16:48:00.002+11:002023-12-02T16:48:33.999+11:00The Four Chayot and Genesis 1<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">בְּ</span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #f3901d; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">רֵאשִׁ֖</span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">י</span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #ff00fe; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ת</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"> בָּ <span style="background-color: #01ffff;">רָ֣א </span></span></span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: #6fc040; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">אֱלֹהִ֑ים</span><span style="background-color: #ff00fe; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #ff00fe; color: #51a7f9; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">אֵ֥ת</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: #ff00fe;"> הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם</span><span style="background-color: #04ff00;"> וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">׃</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The first verse of Genesis 1:1 has 28 Hebrew letters and 7 x4 = 28 and thus 28 + 4 = 32. 32 is the gematria for heart (<i>leb</i>) and Glory (<i>kavod</i>). To complete this heart it must be united to the four <i>chayot </i>and thus 32 + 4 = 36. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWJ44UiockJD0tXwGVqhuuB5Yzd5KB8vJ2cCP-1kMZWAnh4dDvExcZTEWD-zWjxAvSgboXB6IPcPyiWRhqMddd2UA8L88dadOrHwC4B0d7HLpF7AR5Y6KjkxKVKi3bjNnQVB5zI9gLmW9IGLmm_E0New7N7PNPHdUp6hHVXFqnG1tGgFO-tWvRrQQuC4/s463/adamt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="220" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYWJ44UiockJD0tXwGVqhuuB5Yzd5KB8vJ2cCP-1kMZWAnh4dDvExcZTEWD-zWjxAvSgboXB6IPcPyiWRhqMddd2UA8L88dadOrHwC4B0d7HLpF7AR5Y6KjkxKVKi3bjNnQVB5zI9gLmW9IGLmm_E0New7N7PNPHdUp6hHVXFqnG1tGgFO-tWvRrQQuC4/w84-h177/adamt.jpg" width="84" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">בְּ</span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #f3901d; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">רֵאשִׁ֖</span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">י</span><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #ff00fe; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ת</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"> בָּ</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Adam</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Face of a Man </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Face upon the deep </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yeshua as YHVH as the head (<i>Rosh</i>) of creation and the Divine Son (<i>Bera</i>) and Creator</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLESgZtwEBxeBCobRVLvtz88h077E6yMHRxhtDTv4yATOzWlDMfQvrdX6JctkIZVL4AYUl9tLY_EwEj-bawEj9NuYbySsx9oEOVfy9EwFXdXSGjJxQZrPdMVwEwFZFxjJqBPgWXBgKqhSZPLpu8ZcRO7dbnC_He7DaEJql90j0YNFyKeGMl4xewV4Ec4/s360/lioness.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="360" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLESgZtwEBxeBCobRVLvtz88h077E6yMHRxhtDTv4yATOzWlDMfQvrdX6JctkIZVL4AYUl9tLY_EwEj-bawEj9NuYbySsx9oEOVfy9EwFXdXSGjJxQZrPdMVwEwFZFxjJqBPgWXBgKqhSZPLpu8ZcRO7dbnC_He7DaEJql90j0YNFyKeGMl4xewV4Ec4/w145-h145/lioness.jpg" width="145" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;"></span></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="background-color: #01ffff;">רָ֣א </span></span></span><span style="background-color: #01ffff; color: #6fc040; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">אֱלֹהִ֑ים </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Aryeh</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Face of a Lioness </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Face upon the waters </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Our Lady as the daughter of Elohim and "See the Goddess of the Sea"</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_yEYI_J7PKwMVI4glPbl4p2Bxvhi5qKi_ZZQxEkEHH8KzN7ZaZyt0HbLg4r6fDLxZihUyI_VhGL5n0Lb0SoLA80a9FSrerXCxJM3972uo0uVBpXKdW4glqiPuZcwJ2hVP9YI9Xszs9hLeAPtAiJ7DG547RYCtlBnG89vhIMHiMfB8Ai5ehi5sxU_Ox0/s360/oxbu.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="360" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_yEYI_J7PKwMVI4glPbl4p2Bxvhi5qKi_ZZQxEkEHH8KzN7ZaZyt0HbLg4r6fDLxZihUyI_VhGL5n0Lb0SoLA80a9FSrerXCxJM3972uo0uVBpXKdW4glqiPuZcwJ2hVP9YI9Xszs9hLeAPtAiJ7DG547RYCtlBnG89vhIMHiMfB8Ai5ehi5sxU_Ox0/w165-h165/oxbu.jpg" width="165" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: #ff00fe; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: #ff00fe; color: #51a7f9; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">אֵ֥ת</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: #ff00fe;"> הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם</span></span></span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shor </span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Face of an Ox or Bull</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Face upon the <i>rakia </i>of the Heavens </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">St Joseph as the created alef tav that is the <i>rakia </i>of the heavens (<i>shamayim</i>) </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HgMvUCF3eVHi4l4ZA_LAaT6kezJYX9E8OPTOZ8Zbj9dfbM6u2zYBCIv72dR4IETMWuV62YwL4nW6O__WHT4jm_hbV8b1iOahj3KUSpTO0IJ0xL6Oe9jJPnZDB2Lnvh4i1LH9b8YVQk6ZB8UUq8uri5v3egMHvmPEpszkpA_IzxQkLgVpNyC9Ylw4CJY/s1200/eagle.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3HgMvUCF3eVHi4l4ZA_LAaT6kezJYX9E8OPTOZ8Zbj9dfbM6u2zYBCIv72dR4IETMWuV62YwL4nW6O__WHT4jm_hbV8b1iOahj3KUSpTO0IJ0xL6Oe9jJPnZDB2Lnvh4i1LH9b8YVQk6ZB8UUq8uri5v3egMHvmPEpszkpA_IzxQkLgVpNyC9Ylw4CJY/w203-h135/eagle.webp" width="203" /></a></div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Nesher</span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Face of an Eagle</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Face upon all the earth</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Luisa Piccarreta as the feminine created alef tav that is the voice of all earth and nature in Divine Will </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: georgia; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></p></div>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-10425530098948728422023-11-16T23:10:00.008+11:002024-02-14T01:29:32.079+11:00Catholics, Anti-Semites and a Moral Issue<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQek_Q5Bt-RM5tDyx13TpRQOcdHWn68EoDJovlYxld_kDav_QTyQ1JfIOnPMPwYJ6zbyo104WO6lV_sdeN6rjfPv4BiPy38XweHZa48gzSLXHk4AoCL7hu2fznBvT4KK8tk9BJXQcPPEjnPZN7MQLXRidKn9fa9braFskBkNPb00bEYR2QE7U-/s615/sanhedrin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="615" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQek_Q5Bt-RM5tDyx13TpRQOcdHWn68EoDJovlYxld_kDav_QTyQ1JfIOnPMPwYJ6zbyo104WO6lV_sdeN6rjfPv4BiPy38XweHZa48gzSLXHk4AoCL7hu2fznBvT4KK8tk9BJXQcPPEjnPZN7MQLXRidKn9fa9braFskBkNPb00bEYR2QE7U-/w400-h281/sanhedrin.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /> Some times sincere and well meaning Catholics can read anti-Semitic literature and become influenced by their anti-Judaism and anti-Jewish rhetoric, when these people distort the Jewish positions on moral issues like abortion. I had a friend recently do that and I wrote to him and he apologised to me. I wrote to him:<br /></span><p></p><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span></span></span></div><blockquote><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>I
did not like your other talk about Jews and abortion at all. It seemed
very anti-Semitic. There is a diversity of opinions among Jewish groups
on this. You should not speak about the Talmud ... unless you know more about the Talmudic method of discussion.
You might also remember that St Thomas Aquinas and earlier Catholics also
argued about when the fetus became a fully human soul/being and it has
only been in more recent times that the Church has taught infallibly
that at the moment of conception that the soul unites with the body. St Thomas
Aquinas taught that this occurred in the male fetus around 40 days and
the female fetus around 80 days. Maimonides the Jewish Sage also taught
that this occurred around day 40 too.</span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Among
most Orthodox Jews they do not allow or approve of abortions unless it
is to save the mother's life and then it must only be done with the
permission of a Rabbi and medical experts. The late Chief Rabbi of </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Israel, Issar Unterman, saw any abortion as "akin to homicide" and therefore allowable only in cases of corresponding gravity, such as saving </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>the life of the mother. The approach of the Chabad Hasidim (one of the main Chasidic Jewish groups) is summed up as: </span></span><ul><li><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Under
normal circumstances it is forbidden to take the life of an unborn
child, and it may be akin to murder (depending on the stage of pregnancy
and birth).</span></span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>As long as the unborn remains a fetus, it
does not have a status of personhood equal to its mother, and therefore
may be sacrificed to save the life of the mother.</span></span></p></li><li><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In any
case where abortion may be necessary, it is of paramount importance to
consult halachic and medical experts as soon as possible.</span></span></p></li><li><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Ending
a viable life after 30 days since birth is considered “certain murder.”
After 6 months of pregnancy, when the fetus may be viable, it is
considered “possible murder,” and it is permitted to abort only when the
mother’s life is endangered, as the fetus is classified as a <i>rodef (aggressor)</i>.
Between 40 days and 6 months of pregnancy, the fetus is considered a
“developing life.” Before 40 days it is considered “potential life”
(which is why wasting seed is also forbidden). Aborting during these
last two time periods may be permitted under certain circumstances that
override “developing life” and “potential life”—as always, an expert
Rabbi needs to be consulted.<br aria-hidden="true" /></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Another group of Jewish Rabbis write:</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <br /></span></span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: black;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>"Procreation is a positive </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>mitzvah
[commandment], and he who fails to fulfill this mitzvah is called
"guilty of bloodshed." And much of the pro-natalist attitude of Judaism
helps account for its abhorrence of casual abortion. There may be legal
sanction for abortion where necessary, but the attitude remains one of
hesitation before the sanctity of life and a pro-natalist respect for
potential life.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Accordingly, abortion for "population control" is repugnant to the Jewish system. Abortion for economic reasons is also not admissible. Taking</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>precaution by abortion or birth control against physical threat remains a mitzvah, but never to forestall financial difficulty. Material considerations are improper in this connection. In the Jewish community, today, with a conscious or unconscious drive to replenish ranks decimated by the Holocaust, contemporary rabbis invoke not the more lenient, but rather the more stringent responsa of the earlier authorities. The more permissive decisions, they point out, were in any case rendered against the background of far greater instinctive hesitation to resort to abortion. Against today's background of more casual abortion, rabbis are moving closer to the position associated with Maimonides and Unterman, allowing abortion only </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>for the gravest of reasons."</span></span></div></blockquote></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Referring
to this issue in the context of the horrific acts of October 7 against
Israeli civilians is totally inappropriate and very offensive to all
Jews including Catholics who are Jews. I respect your sincerity and your
passion for defending the dignity of the unborn babies but this
anti-Jewish and anti-talmudic approach is not good. This kind of
criticism is then used by anti-Semites to demonise the Jewish people and
the Jewish tradition and Judaism. It is also used to excuse the horrors
committed by the Hamas terrorists and Palestinian men of Gaza against
innocent men, women children and babies.</span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>When
the Jewish people (see Romans 11) will have the veil that God has
covered their eyes with and they see that their Messiah is Jesus and
that his mother is Mary they will then enter into union with the
Catholic Church and adjust their teachings to conform with the
infallible teachings of faith and morals of the Magisterium.</span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Of
course I want to see the end to all abortions (except in rare cases
allowed by Catholic teaching) both by Jews, Catholics and others but
this pointing of the finger at Jews and Judaism is not the way to do it.
That is like saying because Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi and many other
pro-abortion Democrats are Catholic that the Catholic Church and its
teachings is to blame for abortion.</span></span></div></blockquote><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>After he wrote back and told me I was right and that he was sorry. I wrote this back to him:</span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span class="x_smartReply"><blockquote>Thank you. I appreciate that. We can all get
certain things wrong in our passion and enthusiasm or even horror about
certain issues. I have been guilty of that myself. Be assured it was not
easy for me to write that to you as I didn't want to hurt you or offend
you in any way. I always hold you in my heart and have a special love
and fondness for you as a brother and friend and respect for you as a
priest who loves Our Lady.</blockquote></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We must remember that since the demise of the Sanhedrin in the 5th century Judaism has no magisterial authority to deal with new issues in a definitive way and thus there can be a diversity of understandings and approaches among the Jewish and Orthodox Jewish communities. <br /></span></span></div>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16793420.post-610235596218222952023-11-15T11:28:00.001+11:002023-11-20T11:54:35.079+11:00Light, Colours and Two Suns: Zoom Talk notes<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GlThtadys95oJCunylJHSv_rq_YvBjOt89ZrypCkt862yj1PZog5QdldWPxKKdlYpGH55AZpLYJ9O2AmvIdy1wy8NblX7afvcs_OlzpF4tFQA5RRfRAobc4Do6tLzxJYUHaT0MgGzFdrkvVDw7GHtC7r8CwigRTP-UswphcsjSCHzHHZ6EhG/s1200/twosuns.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7GlThtadys95oJCunylJHSv_rq_YvBjOt89ZrypCkt862yj1PZog5QdldWPxKKdlYpGH55AZpLYJ9O2AmvIdy1wy8NblX7afvcs_OlzpF4tFQA5RRfRAobc4Do6tLzxJYUHaT0MgGzFdrkvVDw7GHtC7r8CwigRTP-UswphcsjSCHzHHZ6EhG/w549-h288/twosuns.jpg" width="549" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /> June 9, 1929 (Volume 26) Book of Heaven<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br />Inseparability of one who lives in the Divine Will; example of the breath. Example of the sun; how it lords over everything and goes in search of everything; such is the Divine Will. Contest between the two suns.<br /><br />My abandonment in the Divine Fiat is continuous, and Its Light eclipses my little intelligence so much, that I can do nothing else but think now about one truth, now about another, concerning the Divine Will. And the more I think about It, the more beautiful and majestic It makes Itself before me; and with an unspeakable love, more than a tender mother, It opens Its womb of light and delivers a birth of light, to enclose it in Its little daughter. Now, while I was in this state, my sweet Jesus told me: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“My daughter, each breath is the life of the next one that follows; so much so, that as one is about to release one breath, before it is emitted completely, it calls for another breath. So, it can be said that the breath has its life and gives life to the creature because it is continuous; they are so united and close among themselves as to be inseparable. And so also for the beating of the heart: one heartbeat calls for the life of the next heartbeat, and the continuous beating forms the life; so much so, that if the breathing and the beating cease, life no longer exists. Such is the soul who does and lives in my Divine Will; her identification, her closeness with It, is such and so great – more than are breaths and heartbeats close among themselves. Therefore, the acts done in my Divine Fiat are like many breaths or heartbeats which the creature does in God, in such a way that she becomes the divine breathing, and my Fiat forms her breathing; so, it is life that they mutually exchange, to form one single life. Therefore, the acts done in Our Divine Will are inseparable from Us, and We feel the contentment of breathing Our work, and of feeling, as Our own, the work which has come out of Us, and of letting her live in Our house – and so close to Us as to breathe her very breath.”</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Then, I continued doing my acts in the adorable Fiat, and my always lovable Jesus added: </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">“My daughter, from the height of its sphere, the sun extends its great wheel of light and embraces the earth, giving it the life of its effects of light, so as to make it germinate. It gives the kiss of life of its light to each plant, to each flower, to each tree, so as to impress upon each plant – for some the life of fragrance, for some color, for some sweetness. It wants to give its embrace and kiss of life to all; it denies itself to no one; it does not reject, whatever the thing might be, even the tiniest blade of grass. On the contrary, wanting to act as a queen who wants to pour her own self out, it goes in search of all, it wants to recognize everything, so as to form in all things the life which is needed for each plant. It would not feel itself queen, nor the right to be queen, if its light did not give its life to everything; so much so, that in its great wheel of light it encloses everything, and it seems that all lap up the life, the beauty, the variety of colors, the growth, from the light of the sun. Nor does it skip over the sea, the rivers, the mountains, to form in them its silvery shades, and the horizon of gold and of silver in the background behind them. <br /><br />Oh! how the sun lords over everything with its light – but not in order to oppress, or do harm to anyone; rather, to vivify, to embellish and to give itself as life of everything. It seems that, in its mute silence, it says to all: ‘How much I love you – my love is as vast as my great wheel of light; my love for the earth is substantial and full of life. Nor do I ever change; from the height of my sphere I am always at my place, to embrace it, love it and give it life.’ Therefore, the earth lives within the great wheel of its light, and each thing keeps its mouth open in order to receive the life of the effects of the light of the sun. Oh! if - may this never be – the sun could withdraw from the earth, or the earth could oppose receiving the goods and the life of the light of the sun, there would be no daylight, but perennial nighttime, and the earth would remain without life, without heat, sweetness would not exist – more than squalid misery. What a dismal change - what terror would the earth become. <br /><br />Such is my Divine Will – more than sun for creatures. In Its endless great wheel of light, It goes in search of everyone, to make Itself be recognized and to form in each creature the Life of Beauty, of Sanctity, of Light and of infinite sweetness. It wants to destroy all bitternesses, uglinesses, miseries in them, and with Its kiss of life, breathing over them, It wants to transform them into what is good, beautiful and holy. But, alas!, the sun created by my Fiat does so many prodigies for the earth, and with its own unique majesty it lays over it its mantle of light, of beauty; and at each of its touches, it gives the life it possesses to each plant; and my Fiat remains with the sorrow of not being able to communicate the goods It possesses and Its Divine Life to souls, because they oppose receiving It, and do not want to lap up the light of my Volition, and therefore they are like the earth if it could oppose receiving the light of the sun – in full nighttime, squalid, weak; and many of them are terrifying to look at. My Divine Will is brimful of so many Divine Lives, of so many beauties and of so many goods that It wants to give to them; It would want to pour Its own self out in order to enclose the creatures within Its womb of light, and make of each of them a prodigy of sanctity, of beauty, one distinct from the other, to form Its heaven on earth. But the human will opposes itself, and my Fiat feels the intense pain – more than a mother when she cannot deliver her child to the light.<br /><br />And so this is why, my daughter, my Divine Will wants to make Itself known, It wants to form Its Kingdom – because these children belonging to It will live voluntarily within and of Its light; they will remain with their mouths open to receive Its kisses, Its embraces and Its affections, in order to form Its Divine Life in them. Then, yes!, will the prodigies that my Volition knows how to do, and can do, be seen. Everything will be transformed, and the earth will become Heaven. And then, the sun which is there under the vault of the heavens and the Sun of my eternal Volition will hold hands; even more, they will engage in a contest, to see which one can make more prodigies – the sun for the earth, and my Will for souls. But my Will will make greater display, so much so, as to form a new enchantment of prodigious beauties never before seen, for the whole of Heaven and for all the earth." </span></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1am_cfwxq2Zgg97CF2kCeDzbIMnmOuFPf8Dp6J7kXasX4i6lJ5qFW4vJ60GCjn2STAHxfFRCNk_AFSSl2paRqcDlG58i6fDA9vxfMTZAQEWQdkyeUPa_O26pzd8rxBZX2eVUsZONt2kb6zi7FNAVxpVeU0tIux5gIfQCQ6bvY_htC8W4wJ9G/s1048/wheel%20of%20light.png" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1048" height="628" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1am_cfwxq2Zgg97CF2kCeDzbIMnmOuFPf8Dp6J7kXasX4i6lJ5qFW4vJ60GCjn2STAHxfFRCNk_AFSSl2paRqcDlG58i6fDA9vxfMTZAQEWQdkyeUPa_O26pzd8rxBZX2eVUsZONt2kb6zi7FNAVxpVeU0tIux5gIfQCQ6bvY_htC8W4wJ9G/w913-h628/wheel%20of%20light.png" width="913" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmxhDSUWN8w6jABPWOQ3KJuwQtUJZkbt6Nro9Hyn0PyzSf3f0sKKVnghEilgsdH-X4NHb3WESMu2Evv1hYx71TW6-1UKMnSGvN6w0BH-pMaSwUezLjTYdwgwrzT6f8ui7iJr3K10OWIPREVnvYfdI0F42i43OIgSgjDN1GesEaAPGrYl3enLe/s320/Lightwheel.jpg" style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="320" height="627" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmxhDSUWN8w6jABPWOQ3KJuwQtUJZkbt6Nro9Hyn0PyzSf3f0sKKVnghEilgsdH-X4NHb3WESMu2Evv1hYx71TW6-1UKMnSGvN6w0BH-pMaSwUezLjTYdwgwrzT6f8ui7iJr3K10OWIPREVnvYfdI0F42i43OIgSgjDN1GesEaAPGrYl3enLe/w643-h627/Lightwheel.jpg" width="643" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span><span><i><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="175" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisA4aGIdIlNBQ6ypE-hbg_IIMkXgK63InBCIe3ORoaeR3rJNk3LnQdTAz_QT1GYdSZUvK06HZGzXTvcHM7BgjfomFaTK8lDLxoGZDJuEb-GFLER5nDytfIH6kiBmqvIgDJlRff/s640/Sefirot.png" width="350" /></i></span></span></span></span> </span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Rebbe
Nachman of Breslov in Lukutei Moharan II:67 speaks about the eye (ayin)
with the pupil (black) and its three colours (white, red and green)
that represent the Four Minds in the Temple. This is the Mystical Temple
of the Sefirot that is a Mystical Sapphire Diamond. Thus we can view
each word and verse in Scripture through the prism of the Four Minds.
These Four Minds are the Messiah (white-keter), the Sabbath Queen
(black-binah), the Tzaddik Joseph (red-gevurah) and the Little Female
(Nukvah) (green-malkhut) </span></span><span><span><span><span>or</span></span> </span></span><span><span><span><span>in Catholic terms as Jesus, Mary, Joseph and Luisa</span></span>.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span>Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed writes:</span></span><br />
</span></p><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> ...The Vilna Gaon continues by explaining that the entire Torah is hinted
at in the Torah’s first section; the first section of the Torah is
hinted at in the first verse; and, everything is hinted at in the first
word. The entire Torah, then, is concentrated into its first word -
"Bereshit" (In the beginning)... </span></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">
<span><span>Thus the first word of the Bible <i>Bereshit</i>
[בראשית] thus can be read in a Messianic, Marian, Josephine and Luisan
perspective. Rabbi Shlomo Riskin writes that the Torah: </span></span><br />
</span><blockquote class="tr_bq">
<span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>
…may be likened to a magnificent diamond, glistening with many
brilliant colors all at the same time. And although the different hues
often appear to be contradictory, when you view the totality of the
light emanating from the diamond, you begin to appreciate how
complementary they really are. Thus the sages of the Talmud understood
that there are many possible truths contained in each biblical
statement, each adding its unique melody to the magnificent symphony of
the whole, synthesizing not in conflicting dissonance but in holy
dialectic…</span></span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">
<span><span>At the level of the Head Triad or the World of <i>Atzilut </i>(Nearness) the Messianic level is a white diamond representing <i>Keter</i> (Crown of the Divine Will), the Josephine level as the steel grey diamond representing <i>Khokhmah</i> (Wisdom), the Marian as the black diamond representing <i>Binah</i> (Understanding) and the Luisan as the brown diamond representing <i>Da'at </i>(Knowledge). </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>At a higher level <i>Keter</i> represents God the Father who is invisible and hidden in transparent white or clear light, silver and Wisdom (<i>Khokhmah</i>)
represents God the Son who is the refiner of Silver (see Malachi 3:3) that is the visible
uncreated image of God, and black and Binah represents God the Holy
Spirit, who is the felt but not seen Spirit of Elohim who fluttered in
synergy with the face over the waters (Our Lady) in the first day of
creative Darkness or Blackness. At this level Our Lady is associated
with Da'at and the colour golden-brown as the one who knows who Elohim
is. Gold representing heaven and Brown the Earth of which she is the
Queen-Mother of Heaven and Earth and of the Kingdom of the Divine Will.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>White
light has hidden in it the seven colours of the Rainbow which is
revealed or reflected with a prism of glass or water. Black light
absorbs or receives all the seven colours and thus appears to us as
black. Gray and Brown are close to each other as they can both be made
from mixing the primary colours of yellow, blue and red. They are
between the black and white. Brown is made by mixing the three primary
colours in equal portions and gray is made by adding more blue. The
mixed colours are known as secondary colours.<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Brown
can also be made by mixing blue and orange (made from a mix of red and
yellow) to get a greeny-brown colour, yellow and purple (made from the
mix of red and blue) makes a vibrant brown and red and green (mix of
yellow and blue) for a dull brown. This Head Triad is the Triad of Kingship.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span>In another sense we can say that <i>Keter</i> in<i> Keter </i>(Crown in the Crown) is the Divine Will united with the Messiah, <i>Khokhmah</i> in<i> Keter </i>(Wisdom in the Crown) is Joseph united with the Messiah, <i>Binah </i>in<i> Keter </i>(Maternal Understanding in the Crown)<i> </i>is the Our Lady united with the Messiah (as her Lord and God) and <i>Da'at </i>in<i> Keter </i>(Knowledge in the Crown) is Luisa in the Messiah (as her Lord, God and Saviour). </span></span></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><i>Keter </i>in<i> Khokhmah </i>(the Crown in Wisdom) is the Messiah united to Joseph as his virginal earthly father, <i>Khokhmah</i> in <i>Khokhmah </i>(Wisdom in Wisdom)<i> </i>is the Spirit of Wisdom united with Joseph, <i>Binah </i>in<i> Khokhmah </i>(Understanding in Wisdom) is Our Lady united with Joseph (as husband (<i>Abba</i>) and wife (<i>Imma</i>)) and <i>Da'at</i> in <i>Khokhmah </i>(Knowledge in Wisdom)<i> </i>is Luisa united with Joseph (in the mystical House of Nazareth). <i> </i></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><i> </i></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><i>Keter</i> in <i>Binah </i>(Crown in Understanding)<i> </i>is the Messiah united to Our Lady (as his mother), <i>Khokhmah</i> in <i>Binah</i> (Wisdom in Understanding) is Joseph united with Our Lady (as his Queen), <i>Binah </i>in <i>Binah </i>(Understanding in Understanding)<i> </i>is the Spirit of Understanding (Holy Spirit) united with Our Lady (as her spouse) and <i>Da'at</i> in <i>Binah </i>(Knowledge in Understanding) is Luisa united with Our Lady (as Queen-Mother). <i> </i></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><i> </i></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><i>Keter</i> in <i>Da'at</i> (the Crown in Knowledge) is the Messiah united with Luisa (in Divine Will), <i>Khokhmah</i> in <i>Da'at</i> (Wisdom in Knowledge)<i> </i>is Joseph united with Luisa (as her Fatherly Guide and Teacher), <i>Binah</i> in <i>Da'at </i>(Understanding in Knowledge) is Our Lady united with Luisa (as her sister and model) and <i>Da'at</i> in <i>Da'at </i>(Knowledge in Knowledge) is the Spirit of Divine Knowledge united with Luisa.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span><span>The seven lower Sefirot represent the seven colours of the rainbow. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>There
are seven discernible, to most human eyes, colours of a rainbow. They
are in this order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo or purple,
violet or pink. Blue and red makes the darker purple and blue and pink
makes light purple. Red and white makes pink. Pink (<i>Yesod</i>) in the
male represents the tip of the phallus and in the female the vulva of
her sexual organ. The red in the pink representing the strength of
sexual arousal and desire, and a rod of Iron in the male and the white
in the pink representing loving kindness and as a white lotus in the
female.<br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>In the Heart or Torso Triad </span></span><span><span><span><span>in the world of Beriyah (Creation)</span></span> the Marian perspective is <i>Khesed (</i>Loving Kindness<i>) </i>as a Sapphire blue diamond, the Josephine perspective in <i>Gevurah</i> (Strength or Power) or <i>Din </i>(Judgement or Justice) as a red diamond and the Messianic perspective is <i>Tiferet</i> (Beauty) or <i>Rachamim </i>(Compassionate
Mercy) as a purple diamond. </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Purple in Kabblah is also seen as the
colour of healing and the colour of St Raphael the Archangel of
the Angelic Choir of the Dominions or <i>Melakim</i> (Kings). </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><span><span>On a mystical level, the purple <i>argaman</i> (ארגמן) also represents the chief angels <b>U</b>riel (<b>א</b>וריאל), <b>R</b>aphael (<b>ר</b>פאל), <b>G</b>abriel (<b>ג</b>בריאל), <b>M</b>ichael (<b>מ</b>יכאל), and <b>N</b>uriel (<b>נ</b>וריאל). </span></span>Uriel means God is Light and Nuriel means God is Fire. </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Michael (upper ascending to <i>Khokhmah)</i> and Nuriel (lower descending to <i>Tiferet</i>) are associated with <i>Khesed/Gedulah</i> and Gabriel (upper ascending to <i>Binah</i>) and Uriel (lower descending to <i>Rachamim</i>) are associated with <i>Din/Gevurah</i> in some traditions. <i>Khesed</i> are the choir of <i>Keruvim </i>(cherubim) and <i>Din</i> the choir of the <i>Serafim</i> (Seraphim). Michael represents <i>Gedulah </i>as the cool sapphire blue of the sky or heavens and Nuriel representing <i>Khesed</i> as the warm aquamarine blue of the sea. Gabriel represents <i>Gevurah </i>as a warm orangey-red that is strong and fiery and Uriel represents <i>Din</i> as a cool or crimson-blood red. This Heart or Torso Triad is the Triad of Prophethood.</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>In Parashah (Torah portion), <i>Tetzave</i>, it describes the design of the vessels (<i>kelim</i>) used in the <i>Mishkan</i> (the Tabernacle or Tent of Meeting) and the vestments of the <i>Kohen haGadol</i> (the High Priest). The three main colours used are <i>tekhelet </i>(blue), <i>argaman </i>(purple), and <i>tola’at shani</i> (red) wool. The Sages of Israel taught in<i> Menachot</i> 43b, that tekhelet
is sea-blue or sapphire-blue. The sea (<i>yam</i>) reflects the sky (<i>shamayim</i>), which represents the Divine Throne with the four faces of the <i>Chayot</i>
as the Man (Yeshua the Great Chaya), Lion or Lioness (Miriam ha Kedosha
the Little Chaya), the Bull or Ox (Yosef ha Tzaddik the Hidden Chaya)
and the Eagle (Luisa Piccaretta the very little Chaya). This refers to
Exodus 24:10, where Israel saw that “there was under
His feet the likeness of sapphire stone (<i>ha-sappir</i>), and the likeness of clear
skies (<i>shamayim la-tohar</i>).” </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>
</span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Blue is associated with water and in Kabbalah, blue is one of the colours of <i>Khesed</i> (lovingkindness). Red is the colour of blood and fire, representing <i>Gevurah</i>,
judgement, power and severity or strength as mentioned above. Combining
red and blue gives purple, the balance between them is <i>Tiferet </i>(<i>Sefirah</i> of Beauty) and <i>Rachamim</i> (Compassionate Mercy) which is associated with the colour purple. <i>Tiferet</i> is a cool light purple and <i>Rachamim </i>is a warm darker purple.<br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> <span><span>In the Lower Triad in the World of <i>Yetzirah</i> (Formation) the Marian perspective is <i>Hod </i>(Majesty or Dark Splendour) as a burnt orange diamond (<i>zohar</i> light). The Messianic perspective is <i>Netzach </i>(Long-suffering or Victory) as a brilliant golden yellow diamond (<i>bahir</i> light). The Josephine perspective is <i>Yesod</i> (Foundation or Phallus) or <i>Tzaddik</i> (Righteousness) as a pink or pinkish violet diamond. This is the Triad of Priesthood. </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The Luisan perspective is <i>Shekhinah </i>(Presence or Dwelling) or <i>Malkhut </i>(Kingdom) as a green diamond. This is the <i>Sefirah</i>
that unites all in the Kingdom of the Divine Will as mystical kings,
prophets and priests. The cool emerald green is associated with the
lower <i>Shekhinah </i>(Presence) and the warm darker olive-green with <i>Malkhut </i>(Kingdom)<i>. </i>Green is the colour of life.<br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCho2Y7Z7BYrz2n_lLiURFVDAmnxsxEYZxiBiOElCF-xD31HmbnFuHNT1VV6fnyRQWw--weDIQTeh_kaZ0cEw8g52WS_6ccdtM24dNxFuV5bhtZv6PkRvfBZebNvUPscY432UHvTa9spD96vUYQYqohwICGXDwqbNsRBYIrss9SVrtZJR-KSlYHTdaJQ/s1149/Luisa-Piccarreta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCho2Y7Z7BYrz2n_lLiURFVDAmnxsxEYZxiBiOElCF-xD31HmbnFuHNT1VV6fnyRQWw--weDIQTeh_kaZ0cEw8g52WS_6ccdtM24dNxFuV5bhtZv6PkRvfBZebNvUPscY432UHvTa9spD96vUYQYqohwICGXDwqbNsRBYIrss9SVrtZJR-KSlYHTdaJQ/s320/Luisa-Piccarreta.jpg" width="223" /></a></div></i></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Luisa as the sound or mouth of Divine Will in all Nature</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span><span>
<span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Luisa
Piccarreta's colours are thus green and brown. They are the colours of
the earth as she is the 'face upon all the earth' mentioned in Genesis
1. The colours of the Messiah Jesus are white, purple and bright yellow which
also alludes to the three gifts of frankincense (white), myrrh (purple)
and gold (yellow). The colours of Our Lady are black, blue and burnt
orange. The colours of St Joseph are steel gray, red and pink (or
pinkish violet). <br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpj_iwWRlIIUW3X7RtWL_R4B60xJizEmfj4FzuPuHpOt0sOBn3R9bDGklN5a7A5LuP_WrzochF-vHnNazyvdYv5OGZe3d0OT76VgpMgGMlvf-GnwWHEUvj6PkPGfsBU3PxcxRfu9telQAcQMQppL_POlXjVRlEDdE70ZCx38pJ1lDsZ1b8BAaFio81w/s221/Luisa-Fiat3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="221" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpj_iwWRlIIUW3X7RtWL_R4B60xJizEmfj4FzuPuHpOt0sOBn3R9bDGklN5a7A5LuP_WrzochF-vHnNazyvdYv5OGZe3d0OT76VgpMgGMlvf-GnwWHEUvj6PkPGfsBU3PxcxRfu9telQAcQMQppL_POlXjVRlEDdE70ZCx38pJ1lDsZ1b8BAaFio81w/w365-h281/Luisa-Fiat3.jpg" width="365" /></a></div></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Luisa as the sound or mouth of the Divine Will of all the Earth</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Each
of the seven colours can be associated with the seven tones in music A
(Green), B (Pink), C (Orange), D (yellow), E (purple), F (red), G
(blue). Or alternatively A (Green), A# or B<i>b </i>(Pink), B (orange), C (yellow), C# or D<i>b</i> (purple), D (red), D# or E<i>b</i> (blue), E (black), F (silver gray), F# or G<i>b</i> (brown), G (white), G# or A<i>b </i>(unknown or clear colour). Another sequence is A# (Green), C# (Pink), D# (orange), F# (yellow), G# (purple), B<i>b</i> (red), D<i>b</i> (blue), E<i>b</i> (black), G<i>b</i> (silver-gray) and A<i>b</i> (brown) and the white of Keter representing all the white keys of the piano that link the flats and sharps. </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>On
a piano there are 36 black notes and 47 white notes making 85 plus the
three pedals equals 88 which is connected to the mystery of the 8 notes
of the Octave and the Messiah, which on the piano is listed as middle C
to high C but the mystical male Octave is A (two notes below middle C)
to A (two notes below high C)<i>.</i> A is<i> Alef </i>or Ma<i>, </i>B is <i>Bet</i> or Ye<i>, </i>C is<i> Gimel </i>or Ho<i>, </i>D is <i>Dalet </i>or Ne<i>,</i> E is <i>Hah </i>or Ti<i>,</i> F is<i> Vav </i>or Di<i>, G is zayin </i>or Ge<i>. </i>The
Octave beginning with the bass A is the masculine octave of the Messiah
and St Joseph and the octave beginning with C is the feminine octave of
Our Lady and Luisa. 888 is the gematria for Jesus in the Greek alphabet
and 888 is also the gematria for the verse in the Bible which says "I am
the Lord that healeth thee". </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Yeshua
is the Divine Word and Breath, Our Lady is the Holy Voice and Song
associated with the throat or vocal chords, St Joseph is the Holy Tune
or Melody (<i>niggun</i>) and the tongue and Luisa is the Holy Sound
associated with the mouth. Together these four (as the <i>Chayot</i> of the Kingdom in Apocalypse 4 & 6, Ezekiel 1 & 10) sing the Song of the
Coming Future Kingdom, just as they did the Song of Creation as the four
faces of Genesis 1.<br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>Thus the first word of the Bible Bereshit [בראשית] can be read in a Messianic perspective as <i>bera </i>(son), <i>rosh </i>(head) and <i>shit </i>(six)
as 'The Divine Son as the Head or Beginning of the six days of creation '
or as 'With the Primordial Son'. St Paul gives this reading to <i>Bereshit</i> in
his epistles. Read in a Marian perspective <i>Bereshit</i> becomes <i>bat reshit </i>having
the meaning of Daughter or Lady of the Beginning or First Daughter as
revealed in the Zohar. A Josephine reading arranges <i>Bereshit </i>as <i>Rosh Bayit </i>(Head of the Home or Master of the House) as demonstrated in the writings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>On the Luisan level it is read as <i>Be Alef Tishrei </i>(in
the first of the month of Tishrei) which is the date of the creation of
Adam on Rosh ha Shanah and the future fulfilment of the festival of
Rosh ha Shanah is the establishment of the Kingdom of the Divine Will on
earth as it is in Heaven in its fullness. Tishrei is the seventh month
and associated in the Zohar with the seventh lower sefirah of Malkhut
(Kingdom). This is connected with the mystery of the spring festival
fulfilment in the first coming of the suffering Messiah as Priest and
Victim the Son of Joseph and the future fulfilment of the autumn
festivals in the hidden Coming through the Eucharistic Presence taken to
its deepest live of the Bread of the Divine Will. This Eucharistic
Hidden Coming as a Thief in the Night is the coming of the King Messiah
as Son of David to usher in the Kingdom of the Divine Will on earth as
it is in heaven and the final fulfilment of the promises made to Israel.<br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The white of <i>Keter </i>also represents the Sun, the silver-grey (steel grey) of <i>Hokhmah</i> represents the stars, the black of <i>Binah</i> represents the Moon and the brown of <i>Da'at </i>represents the earth. The blue of <i>Khesed </i>represents Uranus, the red of <i>Gevurah/Din</i> represents Mars, the purple of <i>Tiferet/Rachamim </i>represents Neptune, the orange of <i>Hod</i> represents Jupiter, the yellow of <i>Netzach</i> represents Saturn, the pink of <i>Yesod </i>represents Mercury and the green of <i>Malkut/Shekinah</i> represents Venus.</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>The
traditional rainbow has seven colours but the modern homosexual (gay)
flag has only six. Six is the number of Man under Sin. Their flag is
missing the pink colour which represents <i>Yesod</i> (foundation) and <i>Tzaddik</i>
(righteousness). This loss demonstrates that they have lost true
masculinity of St Joseph and true fatherhood. It is this rediscovery of
Joseph and the true pure and righteous masculinity and sexuality that
can bring wholeness and healing. However, the most common Lesbian flag
over emphasises the pink and excludes the green of true femininity, the
blue of fatherly and motherly love or kindness and the yellow of
fatherly and brotherly patience and suffering. They are in need of a
Marian healing and a discovery of the true femininity of Our Lady and
Luisa.<br /></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span>There have been a number of other schemas proposed for the colours of the <i>Sefirot</i>. Ramak or Rabbi Cordovero is below: <br /></span></span></span></div><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b>Keter </b>- transparent pure white or colorless (like glass)</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <span><span><b>Khockmah</b> - transparent saphire blue<br /><b>Binah </b>- yellow or gold<br /><b>Da'at </b>- transparent</span></span> </span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b>Khesed </b>- silver with a bluish tinge<br /><b>Gevurah </b>- red<br /><b>Tiferet </b>- light green, like a ripening etrog (citron)</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b>Netzach </b>- light pink<br /><b>Hod </b>- dark pink<br /><b>Yesod </b>- rainbow of hues including blue, red, yellow<br /><b>Malkhut </b>- dark blue with purple tinge. Almost black.</span></span></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span>Some others have proposed the <i>Binah</i> is Green, that Malkhut is black and that <i>Tiferet</i> is yellow, while others that <i>Tiferet</i> is Green. Some have proposed that <i>Khokhmah </i>is purple or that <i>Netzach</i> is purple</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGX9TX6EEU8Po2BhgMSxbDfcWp9DmFGyaMOS7QmmA384TYE-SFnN_x0MuIvU1psq3yy_-Lj5ETCRBmvigVAgNzPmBKTFY18g_1naZKAEbWMDWov_oeL5jdYkkifNbW2TtBVgUQdWx1vTDIqouhP79mHrueKcBG6V9NSYhqjMAmYXGJJiIHbwNX/s597/pupil.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="569" height="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGX9TX6EEU8Po2BhgMSxbDfcWp9DmFGyaMOS7QmmA384TYE-SFnN_x0MuIvU1psq3yy_-Lj5ETCRBmvigVAgNzPmBKTFY18g_1naZKAEbWMDWov_oeL5jdYkkifNbW2TtBVgUQdWx1vTDIqouhP79mHrueKcBG6V9NSYhqjMAmYXGJJiIHbwNX/w502-h526/pupil.jpg" width="502" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In
the "Book of Heaven" Volume 1 of the servant of God Luisa Piccarreta it
mentions three stones of the mystical ring that she is given. I would
say this represent these three layers of the Mystical Eye preparing her
for the deeper mysteries of living in the Divine Will represented by the
black pupil or Holy of Holies and the interior of the Ark of the
Covenant. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><blockquote>After
this, on that morning, in order to dispose my heart more, Jesus spoke
about the annihilation of myself. He also spoke of the immense desire
which I was to excite within me in order to dispose myself to receive
that grace. He told me that desire makes up for the lacks and
imperfections that may be in the soul; it is like a mantle that covers
everything. But this was not a simple speaking – it was an infusion in
me of that which He was saying. <br /><br />While my soul was exciting
itself with ardent yearnings for receiving the grace that Jesus Himself
wanted to give me, Jesus came back and transported me outside of myself,
up to Paradise. And there, in the presence of the Most Holy Trinity and
of all the Celestial Court, He renewed the marriage. Jesus put out the
ring adorned with three precious stones, white, red and green, and He
gave it to the Father, who blessed it and gave it back to the Son again.
The Holy Spirit took my right hand and Jesus placed the ring on my ring
finger. Then I was admitted to the kiss of all the Three Divine
Persons, and each of Them blessed me .</blockquote><p>I now perceive
that the colours of white, red, and green represent the Trinity in
heaven and their icons on earth of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Thus it would
seem that the white stone (the light of <i>Bahir</i>) represents God the Father and his icon Joseph as the right branch of the <i>Shin </i>of the <i>Sefirot </i>with <i>Chokhmah </i>(male wisdom), <i>Chesed </i>(loving kindness mercy) and <i>Netzach </i>(Victory/ Patience). The red stone (the light of <i>Zohar</i>) represents God the Holy Spirit and his icon Our Lady as the left branch of the <i>Shin </i>of the <i>Sefirot </i>as <i>Binah </i>(<span>female wisdom or understanding), <i>Gevurah </i>(strength) and <i>Hod </i>(Majesty) and the green stone (the light of <i>Nogah</i>)
as God the Son in his divinity and as Yeshua in his humanity is the
created icon of his Divinity linked with the middle branch of the <i>Shin</i> of the <i>Sefirot </i>as <i>Keter </i>(Crown of Divine Will), <i>Da'at</i> (Knowledge of Divine Will), Tiferet/Rachamim (beauty/ compassionate mercy) and Yesod/ Tzadik (Foundation/ righteousness).</span></p></span></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span> </span></span></p>Nezir Katanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00703608475647852605noreply@blogger.com