the Mother sat before the King, and they were associated together face to face.
1037. Who shall enter between Them? Who shall stir up war between Them mutually?
1038. Because the Arcanum of the matter is hidden in the time of the disciples of wisdom, who know our
Arcanum, from Sabbath unto Sabbath.
1039. And when they are associated together, then are They mutually mitigated in that day on which all
things are mitigated. And therefore are the judgments mitigated mutually and restored into order, both
superiors and inferiors.
CHAPTER XLIII. CONCERNING THE JUDGMENTS.
1040. ALSO, we have learned in the "Book of Concealed Mystery" that when the Most Holy Ancient One
desired to see whether the judgments could be mitigated, and whether these two could adhere together, that
then from the side of the Woman there went forth a vehement judgment, which the world could not bear.
1041 Whence it is written: "And Adam knew Eve his wife" (Gen. iv. 1). And she conceived and brought forth
QIN, Qain, and said: "I have acquired a man with Tetragrammaton."
1042. And She was not perfect, because She had not been mitigated, and the powerful serpent had transmitted
unto Her the pollution of severe judgment; and therefore She could not be mitigated.
1043. When therefore this man Qain proceeded from the side of the Woman, he went forth rigorous and
severe; severe in his judgment, rigorous in his judgment.
1044. But when he had gone forth, She Herself became thereafter weaker and more gentle. And there went
forth another and gentler birth.
1045. And the former one was removed, which was so vehement and rigorous that all the judgments could
not be mingled together before Her.
1046. Come and see. What is written? "And it came to pass when they were both in the field." "In the field,"
which is known to be the supernal (field); "in the field," which is called the field of the apple-trees.
1047. And this judgment hath conquered his brother because he is stronger than he, and hath subdued him,
and hath concealed him in his own power.
1048. Then therefore, that Holy God was stirred up regarding this may His Name be blessed! and took him
away from the midst before him, and placed him in the mouth of the Great Abyss.
1049. And enclosed his brother by immersion in the Great Sea, so that he might temperate the supernal tears.
1050. And from them men descend in the world according to their path.
1051. And although they are concealed, yet are they extended mutually in themselves and from one body.
1052. And from that body descend the souls, NShMThHVN, of the impious, of the sinners, and of the
hardened in spirit. 1053. From them both at once, dost thou think? No but one floweth down from the one
side, and another from the other.
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1054. Blessed are the just, whose NShMThHVN, souls, are drawn from that Holy Body which is called
Adam, which includeth all things; the place, as it were, wherein all the Crowns and Holy Diadems are
associated together, arrayed in the equilibrium of balance.
1055. Blessed are the just, because all these are holy words which are sent forth through the Supernal Holy
Spirit, the spirit wherein all the Holy Ones are comprehended; the spirit in whom the supernals and inferiors
are collected together (otherwise, whom the supernals and inferiors hear).
1056. Blessed are ye, O Lords of Lords, Reapers of the Field, who know and contemplate those words, and
know well your Lord, face to face, and eye to eye; and through those words worthy in the world to come.
1057. This is that very thing which is written, Deut. iv. 38: "Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine
heart, that Tetragrammaton, He is Elohim (HVA HALHIM), in the heavens above, and upon the earth
beneath: there is none other."
1058. Where Tetragrammaton is the Ancient of Days. Hoa Ha-Elohim , that is the One, blessed be His Name
for ever, and unto the Ages of the Ages.
CHAPTER XLIV. FURTHER REMARKS CONCERNING THE SUPERNAL
MAN.
1059. RABBI SCHIMEON spake, and said: Let us behold. The superiors are below, and the inferiors are
above. 1060. The superiors are below. That is the form of the Man which is the Universal Superior
Conformation.
1061. We have learned this which is written, "And the just man is the foundation, ISVD, Yesod, of the
world," Prov. x. 25, because He comprehendeth the Hexad in one enumeration.
1062. And this is that which is written, Cant. v. 15: "His legs are as columns, ShSh, Shesh, of the Number
Six."
1063. We have learned in the "Book of Concealed Mystery" that in man are comprehended the Superior
Crowns in general and in special; and that in man are comprehended the Inferior Crowns in special and in
general.
1064. The Superior Crowns in general (are comprehended in) the figure of all those conformations, as hath
been already said.
1065. (The Superior Crowns) in special (are comprehended ) in the fingers of the hands, which are ChMSh
KNGD ChMSh, Chamesh Ke-Neged Chamesh, Five over against (or opposed to, or chief above) Five.
1066. The Inferior Crowns (are comprehended in) the toes of the feet, which are special and general.
1067. For the body is not seen with them, seeing they are extraneous to the body. And therefore they are not
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