My first post sparked some interest over in Paganspace and it also prompted me to work a little harder at it and arrive at some interesting conclusions. First I must say that the resolution must wait until my next post, but this one is to ask further questions that have come up as a result of my first post. I’m going to repost the core infor as a reference so people can follow this:
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]
In this series we see the reason and importance of having 24 sacred letters instead of 22. This gives three very important groupings; elemental, planetary and zodiacal. This is not allowed in the Jewish system. But what really does it mean that earth and spirit or aether are not represented in the Jewish system? It means that the Jewish system is a mystical and religious system and earth and spirit/aether are not considered important. We cannot truly understand the scope of this until my next post when I bring in Organic Gnosticism. For now let’s jump to the subject of the runes.
The elder Futhark has 24 letters and in my last post I tried placing the runes in a similar manner as the Greek letters. It was my best guess off the top of my head but something felt wrong and it took me a while to place it. It was something that Shawn shared that helped the light bulb come on. He mentioned that there were 8 runes in a series of three rows. I might mention that Ogdoadic means the number 8 is held sacred and special.
I have recently been studying the druid culture and suddenly it seemed obvious that the runes belonged with the druid culture as a grouping of three. The number 8 is a symbol of a circle with the 4 quarters and midpoints. This is the pagan observance of the seasons of the year. Druidry considers three circles as sacred often walking three times in a circle. We can even consider the three circles as three worlds, the underworld/summerland, the physical world, and the emotional world. Druidry emerged as a form of shamanism with close links to nature. I will talk more about what this means in my next post. We are getting close to some interesting revelations.
After some thought I realized that the Druidic system and the Egyptian, Hermetic, Neo-platonic system are not structured in the same way. I was wrong to try to interpret that runes in that manner.
What now seems obvious is that the Egyptian, Hermetic Neo-platonic system was a synthesis of both the runic and the Kabbalistic systems! It was a blending of both systems and more than that it gives us an idea of which two alien groups were at war resulting in the destruction of the Mediterranean basin around 3,000 BCE. The two warring civilizations were represented by Druidry on one hand and the Jewish Kabbalah on the other. The Ogdoadic tradition was an effort at the unification of both!
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