Hereunto have I propounded how one thing agreeth with another; and I have
expounded those things which have been concealed in the most Holy Ancient
One, the Concealed with all Concealments; and how these are connected with
those.
But now for a time I will discourse concerning the requisite parts of
Microprosopus; especially concerning those which were not manifested in
the Conclave of the Assembly, and which have been concealed in mine heart,
and have not been given forth in order therefrom.
Hereunto have I mystically and in a subtle manner propounded all those
matters. Blessed is his portion who entereth therein and departeth
therefrom, and (blessed the portion) of those who shall be the heirs of
that inheritance.
As it is written, Ps. cxliv. 15, “Blessed are the people with whom it is
so,” etc.
Now these be the matters which we have propounded. The Father(841) and the
Mother(842) adhere unto the Ancient One, and also unto His conformation;
since they depend from the Hidden Brain, Concealed with all Concealments,
and are connected therewith.
And although the Most Holy Ancient One hath been conformed (as it were)
alone (_i.e._, apparently apart from all things at first sight); yet when
all things are accurately inspected, all things are HVA, _Hoa_, Himself,
the Ancient One, alone.
Hoa is and Hoa shall be; and all those forms cohere with Himself, are
concealed in Himself, and are not separated from Himself.
The Hidden Brain is not manifested, and (Microprosopus) doth not depend
immediately from it.
The Father and the Mother proceed from this Brain, and depend from It, and
are connected with It.
(Through Them) Microprosopus dependeth from the Most Holy Ancient One, and
is connected (with Him). And these things have we already revealed in the
Conclave of the Assembly.
Blessed is his portion who entereth therein and departeth therefrom, and
hath known the paths; so that he declineth not unto the right hand, or
unto the left.
But if any man entereth not therein and departeth therefrom, better were
it for that (man) that he had never been born. For thus it is written,
Hos. xiv. 10, “True are Thy ways, O Tetragrammaton!”
Rabbi Schimeon spake and said: Through the whole day have I meditated on
that saying where it is said, Ps. xxxiv. 2, “My Nephesch(843) shall
rejoice in Tetragrammaton, the humble shall hear thereof and rejoice”; and
now that whole text is confirmed (in my mind).
“My Nephesch shall rejoice in Tetragrammaton.” This is true, for my
Neschamah is connected therewith, radiateth therein, adhereth thereto, and
is occupied thereabout, and in this same occupation is exalted in its
place.
“The humble shall hear thereof and rejoice.” All those just and blessed
men who have come into communion with God, the Most Holy—blessed be
He!—all hear and rejoice.
Ah! now is the Holy One confessed; and therefore “magnify Tetragrammaton
with me, and let us exalt His Name together!”
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