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A TREATISE ELUCIDATING
BIBLE ALLEGORIES
AND THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF NUMBERS
By
W, J. COLVILLE
NEW YORK:
MACOY PUBLISHING & MASONIC SUPPLY CO.
1916
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CONTENTS.
Introduction ....... 9
Chapter I 17
A General Outline of Kabbalah.
Chapter II .......
Inner Significance of the 22 Letters
29
Chapter V , . .82
The Kabbalistic Use and Signifi-
cance of Numbers.
Chapter VI .,..,..
Kabbalistic Views of the Human
95
Chapter IX . 126
Biblical Traditions Kabbalistically
Considered.
Chapter X 139
Abraham. Melchisedec, Moses and
the Law.
Chapter XI , .153
Doctrine of the 3 Temples of the
Messiah.
Introduction 1
1 Introduction
Introduction 1
Beth B House 2
Gimel G Camel 3
Daleth D Door 4
He H Window 5
Van V Peg, nail 6
Zayin z Weapon, sword 7
Heth Ch Enclosure, fence 8
Teth T Serpent 9
Yod I Hand 10
Kaph K Palm of hand 20
Lamed L Ox-goad 30
Mem M Water 40
of Kabbalah 19
and as the neck unites the head with the rest of the
body Vau has been mentioned with valve and mys-
tically referred to as the blending point between
upper and lower Manas in our interior consistency.
The 7th letter, Zayin (Z), means radically a sword
or any sort of weapon, but hieroglyphically it stands
for an arrow. Being the 7th letter, many have been
the sacred ideas associated with it and frequently
,
60; Ayin, 70; Pe, 80; Tzaddi, 90; Qoph, 100; Resh,
200; Tau, 400. The relatively large numbers be-
tween 400 and 1000 are expressed as follows: Final
Qoph, 500 Final Mem, 600 Final Nun, 700 Final
; ; ;
holy existences.
The Divine Name is composed of only 4 letters,
Ihvh, but the right pronunciation of this Ineffable
Name is known but to very few, and to one who
knows how to speak it rightly it is the means where-
by the most stupendous feats of sacred magic can
be accomplished. There is nothing impossible to
one w ho can pronounce the sublimest of all names
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98 Kabbalistic Views
in Samael.
Though these 2 representative Angels, one com-
monly designated good and the other evil, seemingly
as opposite as Parsifal and Klingsor, the Kabbalah
by no means contents itself with simply teaching the
ancient well-nigh universal doctrine that every soul
on coming into incarnation is attended by a spirit
of light and a spirit of darkness. There is a deeper
and fuller interpretation placed upon these opposing
influences agreeing with the doctrine inculcated in
James which plainly states that though
the epistle of
no man tempted by God to do evil there is no
is
the veins; the 9th through the flesh; the 10th pro-
duces the skin; this is, of course, in an order of
proceeding downward, for the Kabbalah teaches, as
does Swedenborg, that highest correspondences are
with interiors and lowest with exteriors. There is
no idea of vengeance or vindictive punishment in
Kabbalistic teaching, but there is a stern and un-
compromising doctrine of cause and effect. We are
not arbitrarily rewarded or punished for virtues or
Concerning Cause and Effect 1 1
1 1 Kabbalistic Doctrine
in Israel 121
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who keep the Law. (3) The souls return into the
spiritual world and are reunited forever therein.
(4) The keeping of the Sex Law, which is part of
the Secret Doctrine, ensures the procreation of those
who may be called Children of the Doctrine, assur-
edly a peculiar people/'
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