The More Select and Obscure Dogmas of the Kabbalists (1569) - Page 23


The duties of Kabbalists and Talmudists. 42	The interpretation of the one-horned hind. A mystical or heraldic creature often symbolizing purity or a specific soul-state. 81
Kabbalists: in what they assert we are to be made blessed. original: "beatificandos." This refers to beatification or the ultimate state of happiness in the divine presence. 53	Stags, fawns, and goats, much celebrated in sacred scripture. 81
Heat: for what reasons it is excessive in some places and not in others. 46	Spiritual stags: who they might be. 81
Heat: why it is felt more intense by us on summer days after noon than before. 47	Stags and Goats: which divine powers they represent in the Archetype. In the Platonic and Hermetic tradition, the Archetype is the divine world of perfect forms that the physical world mirrors. 81
Corpses: why they are given to our adversaries for food, and why they strike terror into us. 4	Canaan was the land in which milk and honey ought to flow. 70
What the colors white and red denote. 145	The character of the Holy Spirit: how it is formed. original: "Character." Here meaning a spiritual mark, seal, or essential nature. 65
Holy things not to be entrusted to dogs. A reference to Matthew 7:6. 6	The Hebrew characters The letters of the Hebrew alphabet. are not to be changed; and why. 177
What the tail denotes. 2	Which characters are superior to others. 177
The causes of any things: how many and what they are according to Aristotle. 120	Characters: some good, some evil. 177
The active cause in particular: little known to Aristotle, and he dealt little or nothing with it. 120	Why God ordered the Cherubim to have wings. 130
Cedar-resin, very useful for teeth. original: "Cedria." 4	The Kittim: who they are called by scripture. original: "Chitimi." Historically identified with the inhabitants of Cyprus or the Romans. 80
The Cedar: what it is to the Hebrews, and how it is named. 42	The River Chebar original: "Chobar." The site of Ezekiel's visions. brings the influx of prophesying. 190
The Cedar tree: why it was most famously sung of by David. 42	Christ is the way and the ladder through which we ascend to God the Father. 64
The Cedar: what was said of it by Theophrastus, Dioscorides, and Pliny. The author cites the three great authorities of ancient botany and natural history. 42	Christ: why he is called the brother of Moses. 90
Cephas: what it denotes. The Aramaic name for the Apostle Peter, meaning "Rock." 75	Christ foresaw all things future regarding himself: and how Elijah must come to preach according to his advent; and that he was to be killed by the Antichrist. 83
The contest between Jacob and Esau: over what matter it was. 206