Reviews for Aleister Crowley's Secret Temple... "This book is excellent! A must have for any library. The author certainly knows her subject. I've been studying Merkabah since the early 90's. She is an expert in this field. They long encoded mysteries have been brought forth! This is artistic … [Read more...]
Did the First Temple of Jerusalem really exist?
The Merkabah provides us with the last of 4 ancient methods of biblical interpretation; the highly secretive 'Sod' of the PaRDeS. Unfortunately it has nothing positive to say to scholars looking for evidence that proves the existence of the First Temple. Although it may be the educated opinion of … [Read more...]
What the apple really was… (spoiler alert – it wasn’t sex).
Introduction. The bible is stuffed with apparently unexplained metaphors, which is one of the reasons why people have speculated over it for thousands of years; in the seeming absence of any type of clarification people have delighted in putting forward their own. In the case of the fruit … [Read more...]
Sarah and Abraham
In the Book of Genesis, Elohim changes the name of Sarah and her husband Abraham from Sarai and Abram, and this gives the gematria of their names a different value. Sarai 213 became Sarah 208 (-5) and Abram 243 became Abraham 248 (+5). Not coincidentally each name is concordent to a span … [Read more...]
Secrecy and Sources
כבד אלהים הסתר דבר וכבד מלכים חקר דבר “It is the glory of Elohim to conceal a word, and the glory of Kings to research a word.” – Proverbs 25:2. A friend asked me today: "what are some good places to look into the historical sources for the specifics of ktav ivri gematria?" (i.e. … [Read more...]
When Jacob’s land was the light!
New research suggests that the biblical character of Jacob was the personification of Summer, and not the patriarchal ancestor of the Jewish people. If the land claim is not divinely sanctioned as was previously thought - what does this mean for Jewish settlers on Palestinian lands? Background - … [Read more...]