And These Are The Names

Main Text (The Radiance)

The children of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each man and his household came: Exodus 1:1 And those who are wise shall shine as the brightness Hebrew: Zohar of the firmament; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. Daniel 12:3 "Those who are wise" Aramaic: Maskilim are those who gaze into the secret of wisdom Hokhmah, like those wings and movements of the supernal wisdom. "Brightness" Zohar is the clarity of understanding Binah of the River that flows and goes forth from Eden. And this is the hidden secret called "The Firmament," wherein stand the sun and the moon and all those stars that give light.

The Radiance Zohar is the firmament that shines with clarity over the Garden. Its branches cover all those forms, trees, and spices that are within it. All the beasts of the field and all the birds of the sky are suspended beneath it and dwell under those branches. The Radiance is of the Tree that gives food to all. Its existence is forever and for all eternity. The "Other Side" Sitra Achra; the realm of evil or impurity does not dwell within it, but only the side of Holiness. Blessed is the portion of those who taste of it; they exist forever and for all eternity. These are called "living" in this world and "living" in the world to come. The Radiance strikes this and opens above and below; five parasangs A measure of distance is its path. It is hidden and concealed in its simplicity; within this intellect stands a single light. The Radiance—all colors exist within it. Those colors ascend and descend; they do not settle in another place when the moon travels. When they go forth from it below—and this is like a radiance that does not shine—they settle and do not settle, they stand and do not stand, because they do not settle in another place. This is found in the visitation of the twelve tribes who are established within it, and they descended in this radiance that does not shine into the exile of Egypt with several supernal Matrons Divine feminine presences or entourages, a congregation and an assembly: the names of the children of Israel, etc. Rabbi Shimon opened: "It was a day for all the Lord." Arise, there were two.

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