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How is it that we cannot remember that Schabatai in the 5th Sephira, is blessed with two seals by
Yod-Hay-Waw? How is it that this prodigious energy is not recognised to be monopolising its sign,
Ghedi, a new life, whose common elements are movement, resistance and existence? Why is the
evidence that Ghedi is formed by 70 (Ayn) not recognised? Lastly, why is it not seen that
Schabatai is here Hhaim? Suares, SY, 158
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SY: 1:13 Five: three Autiot among the simples. Sealed (the) height (or apex).
Three chosen. Solidified them with his great Name: Yod-Hay-Waw.
And sealed with six extremities. Turned towards the upper,
sealed it with Yod-Hay-Waw.
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A little detail, usually overlooked, that the apex and 5th Sephira are sealed twice by Yod-Hay-Waw,
unlike the rest which receive a single seal, but so important for an understanding of Saturn/Shabatai,
formed by Bayt in the Universe at the 5th Sephira of Life.
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SY 4:5
(This is) in what manner was bestowed (the) kingship on Aut (Bayt) in (by) Hhaim
(the living) and bound (a) crown on it and created with Schabatai (Saturn)
in the universe and Yom Rischon (Rishon) (the day of principle) Beschinah (in the transformation)
and Ein Yamin (right eye) Benefesch (in the individual).
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The 5th Sephira is a hinge-point between the inner and outer energies of Adam Qadmon
as symbolized and determined by the axes/center and faces of the cube, respectively,
the first four sephirot and the last six. The 5th (archetypal life) Sephira reflects
an inner (Hay-Waw) and outer (Hay-Waw) Life. Saturn/Shabatai is the agent for the
realization of those two lives.
Shabatai (Saturn) is formed by Vayt-Bayt on the upper surface of the cube and thus graces us with the
blessing of the Sabbath. It gives us freedom of action through the release of our complete vitality. Its name
is Sheen, the cosmic breath, Bayt, our physical body, Tav, the completion of our body as a Tabernacle of
universal life-death and, finally the Yod manifested existence. Thus Shabatai on our head showers us with
symbolic fire, that which forms the head: it is Hhaim (alive) by Vayt in Ghedi (Capricorn), and Mot (dead) by
Bayt in Deli (Sagittarius).
Suares, The Sepher Yetsira (Yetzirah), p.132
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Just as Dallet, 4, resistance, resonates though the structure of Meadim, Bayt, 2, archetype of containment and duality,
is at the core of Shabatai. In the case of Meadim, Aleph and Yod are locked in the waters
of existence (mayim); here Sheen (300), acts on our bodies (Bayt/2) to make them tabernacles (Tav/400) of cosmic energy,
manifest (Yod/10) and alive (Hhaim). The two Yod's of Hhaim (Hayt-Yod-Yod-Mem) reflect what this life is:
unstructured energy providing two existences for the two Hays of the double seal of the 5th Sephira.
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... Shabatai, living in Ghedi, is none other than "sanctification of the Seventh Day,"
a symbol whose realisation, considering the average state of human consciousness, is very far away.
It is a state of endogenous life and action, a focusing of cosmic energy in unity and in its essential
duality. Suares, SY, p.146
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Linked Semantic Categories of Shabatai:
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Bayt (Beth-Beis-Bayit) in the Linked Categories of the Sepher Yetsira
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Sephirot |
Seal |
Letter |
Planet |
Universe |
Change |
Soul |
Luria |
GD |
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| 5 |
Gevurah |
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Shabatai |
Day 1 |
Right Eye |
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Autiot: Sheen-Bayt-Tav-Yod, 300.2.400.10. In Bereshit, Yod is created between Sheen and Tav.
Here, rather than the endogenous resurrection of Aleph in Bayt-Raysh-Aleph (Sheen-Yod-Tav), we find
the cosmic process (Sheen-Tav) focused on individual containers (Bayt) in existence (Yod). Missing
only Raysh-Aleph, Shabatai is a subset of the total creative process, projected into existence (10),
with the goal of building containers able to house Aleph.
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Tarot Autiot:
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Sephirot: The early versions of the Sepher Yetsira all state that Saturn is formed at the 5th Sephirot.
Of all the planets given to wandering around the Tree of Life in different authoritative interpretations,
Shabatai/Saturn is the most likely to be found among the first four sephirot, where no version
of the Sepher Yetsira, ancient or redacted, places it. The "Six" are the sephirot 5 through 10,
which form Adam Qadmon's "outer" space, and the classical planets Saturn through Venus. The Zoharic
names of the the sephirot are a semantic subset of the formative name. What is important to know is
that the 5th Sephirot is the Sephirot of Life, and it is sealed twice with Yod-Hay-Waw.
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Seal: Turned towards the upper, sealed it with Yod-Hay-Waw. The 5th Sephira is sealed
twice by Yod-Hay-Waw. As noted, these are the inner and outer lives (Hay) of YHWH, and the two
Yod of Hayim. This is the axis of existence (Yod), which is found to have an inner and outer component.
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Formative: Bayt forms Sheen-Bayt-Tav-Yod. Why Bayt forms Shabatai ("the ringed planet") and not some other planet.
Chapter 4, verse 5 will tell you a lot about what version of the Sepher Yetsira you are reading.
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SY IV: 5
(This is) in what manner was bestowed (the) kingship on Aut (Bayt) in (by) Hhaim
(the living) and bound (a) crown on it and created with Schabatai (Saturn)
in the universe and Yom Rischon (the day of principle) Beschinah (in the transformation)
and Ein Yamin (right eye) Benefesch (in the individual).
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The Sephirot 5-10 develop the outer/existential space of Adam Qadmon. The container for cosmic consciousness
is established with an inner and outer life at the 5th/Life Sephira; the Sheen and Tav encourage Bayt to
become a Tabernacle for Aleph. The container must be formed first, which is why Bayt/2, the semantic
prime of containment, forms Shabatai, the equation for the complete release of vitality.
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Triad: Shabatai at the 5th Sephira begins the primary triad of Saturn-Jupiter-Mars.
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Binomial: Opposite sephirot on the axes of the Cube of Space can be considered as two aspects
of the same energy, because they are opposities and they are sealed with the same initial letter
of YHWH: YHW and YWH in the case of the 5th and 6th Sephirot. The energy is a one-way flow which
appears two-fold to us according to our orientation to the flow and resistance/acceptance of the
planetary energies.
In this case the flow is from the 5th/Life Sephira to the 6th/Union Sephira, defining the first
axis of the Cube of Space: the vertical/existential axis, sealed, again, by Yod. The axis defines
existential identity as Body (Shabatai) and Self (Tsedeq).
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Direction:
| Upper |
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Lower |
| 246/806 |
40/600 |
6 |
200 |
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400 |
8 |
400 |
808 |
| Rom |
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Tahhat |
Rom, Upper, or Above, shows Raysh, the whole universe, above us, penetrating (Waw) all biological structures (Mem)
with its Sheen-Noun. Tahhat, lower, related to Hhatam, Seal, shows unstructured energy arising
between two cosmic resistances.
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Subjective Direction:
Lama'alah/Over and Lamatah/Under complement this duality with another polarity.
Controlled organic energy, Lammed/30, in biological structures (Mem/40) takes
two paths: towards the determination of cellular structure in the Tayt in Lamatah,
or towards the realization of freedom in the Ayn of Lama'alah. Both are alive,
but the indeterminate yields a second movement (Lammed). This is the structural
circuit of the energizing energy of existence, sealed with Yod, the result of
Rom burying itself in Tahhat and resurrecting as consciousness. The next double pair
of equations will begin with Mem/40 and concern themselves with the fate of organic
structures, under the seal of Hay, 5, Life, at the Seventh Sephirot.
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Contrary Quality:
| Hhaim-Mot |
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| 400 |
6 |
40 |
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40 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
| 446 |
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68 |
| Gematria: 514 |
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Zodiacal Environment: Ghedi/Capricorn
and Deli/Aquarius are the zodiacal homes
of Saturn/Shabatai. In Capricorn, the nocturnal home, formed by Ayn/70 of realized freedom, Saturn is
Hayim, Life. In Aquarius, the diurnal home, formed by Tsadde/90, Saturn builds and destroys structures
(Tsadde) and is Mot, Dead.
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Pointed Bayt is Shabatai's "death" in Deli, in the sense in which it is said that "If the seed does not die ...
or the shell is broken at the birth of a chick." Of this nature is the fruitful death of Shabatai.
In Ghedi Shabatai is Hhaim. The equation Ghedi places the elements 3.4.10 in their simple state of life.
In this sign Shabatai drives the individual to work hard, both internally and externally. Its Sheen (300) and its Tav (400)
on either side of Bayt, try to confer a double animation on it (with the two Yod of Hhaim) by cause Hhayt to arise from its
unconsciousness.
In Deli Shabatai is Mot. What is usually translated as "the death" of Shabatai in Deli (and
Mot in general) is the transfer of physical Mem (40) to cosmic Tav (400). In this sign Shabatai opens unknown worlds that
attract the individual and tend to make him lose his balance. By a succession of jumps through space, going from 40 to 400, the individual
dies to himself, or at least, to the sense of his own reality. By the Dallet (4) of Deli and its organic Lammed (30), the
individual can react against this current, but it requires an extreme effort.
In Shaur Shabatai finds an analogous setting: Sheen for Sheen, Waw for Bayt, Raysh for Tav. The Bayt of Shabatai,
as well as its Tav (2 and 400) give consistency and resistance to the Waw and to the Raysh of Shaur, stabilizing them, so to say, in a solid container.
The conjunction of the two Sheen affored deep meditation.
In Teomaim Shabatai is, as we have seen, in a setting where Aleph and Yod live together characterized by separate identites.
Aleph comes out of its Tav sanctuary, and its fruitfulness (Waw) meets Maim, Waters in whose depths is Yod. Shabatai, being
precisely the "reply" of Tav and Yod to Sheen, the breath of Aleph, is here the catalyst. The individual is faced with having to
blend two different directions. SY 162-163
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