If we seriously consider that a war between two alien civilizations may have been responsible for turning the lush paradise of northern Africa into the barren sands of the Sahara desert around 3,000 BCE perhaps we should also consider what the survivors left behind for a struggling humanity. It seems that there were two separate and distinct sacred teachings that have been confounded and confused over the centuries and both claim to be Kabbalistic in nature.
The most commonly known one is based upon the Jewish Kabbalah of twenty-two letters and the second is the Ogdoadic tradition of Egyptain, Hermetic and Neo-platonic origin which is based upon the Greek alphabet of twenty-four letters. It is worth noting that the elder Futhark runes are also based upon 24 letters and it is thought that perhaps the Greek and elder Futhark runes have a common distant ancestor.
Here is a listing of each. The elder Futhark runes are at this point only suggestions as I haven’t seriously dived into them at this point.
The first grouping represents the lesser mysteries:
Meaning [elemental earth] Greek [Gamma] Jewish [MISSING] Rune [Uruz]
Meaning [elemental water] Greek [delta] Jewish [Mem] Rune [Ingwaz]
Meaning [elemental air] Greek [Rho] Jewish [Alef] Rune [Nauthiz]
Meaning [elemental fire] Greek [Pi] Jewish [Shin] Rune [Othala]
Meaning [spirit or aether] Greek [Theta] Jewish [MISSING] Rune [Fehu]
As you can see the Jewish Kabbalah does not have letters representing the elements EARTH or SPIRIT! This is important because traditional magick uses the pentagram with the five elements: earth, water, air, fire and spirit! The Hermetic Neo-platonic Kabbalah does have these represented symbolically by letters and is the more complete and accurate system.
The second grouping represents the middle planetary mysteries:
Meaning [The Sun] Greek [Iota] Jewish [Dalet] Rune [Laguz]
Meaning [The Moon] Greek [Alpha] Jewish [Bet] Rune [Perthro]
Meaning [Mars] Greek [Omicron] Jewish [Gimel] Rune [Ehwaz]
Meaning [Mercury] Greek [Epsilon] Jewish [Fe] Rune [Isa]
Meaning [Jupiter] Greek [Upsilon] Jewish [Tav] Rune [Berkano]
Meaning [Venus] Greek [Eta] Jewish [Kaf] Rune [Kenaz]
Meaning [Saturn] Greek [Omega] Jewish [Resh] Rune [Jera]
These are fairly well established and not too controversial.
The third and final grouping represents the constellations:
Meaning [Aries] Greek [Beta] Jewish [He] Rune [Wunjo]
Meaning [Taurus] Greek [Zeta] Jewish [Vav] Rune [Hagalaz]
Meaning [Gemini] Greek [Kappa] Jewish [Zayin] Rune [Mannaz]
Meaning [Cancer] Greek [Lamda] Jewish [Het] Rune [Raidho]
Meaning [Leo] Greek [Mu] Jewish [Tet] Rune [Thurisaz]
Meaning [Virgo] Greek [Nu] Jewish [Yod] Rune [Dugaz]
Meaning [Libra] Greek [Xi] Jewish [Lamed] Rune [Ansuz]
Meaning [Scorpio] Greek [Sigma] Jewish [Nun] Rune [Sowilo]
Meaning [Sagittarius] Greek [Tau] Jewish [Samekh] Rune [Tyr]
Meaning [Capricorn] Greek [Phi] Jewish [Ayin] Rune [Ihwaz]
Meaning [Aquarius] Greek [Khi] Jewish [Tsadi] Rune [Gebo]
Meaning [Pisces] Greek [Psi] Jewish [Qof] Rune [Elhaz]
The ancient mysteries were taught in three schools and broken down as described above. The problems lie between confusing or mixing two different systems that are not compatible. The Jewish Kabbalistic system of twenty-two letters is the one commonly known and used today as a “CODE” but it has no symbols representing the elemental qualities of earth or spirit and that is really problematical. There is no feminine or Goddess representation and nothing of spirit or the etheric earth energies which the Hermetic Neo-platonic Kabbalah has.
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