ואת-גביעי גביע הכסף ... Bereshit 44:2
The phrase "and put my chalice, the silver goblet" (in Hebrew above) has a total gematria of 752, the same gematria as the Hebrew word for the phase "in a cleft" (בנקרת) in Shemot 33:22.
Shemot 33:22 - And it shall come to pass, while My glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with My hand until I have passed by.
Chalice (goblet) is derived from the shoresh גבע, meaning to "elevate". Magickally, a chalice can correspond to either water or fire, although most commonly in the craft it corresponds to water. Why?
In kabbalistic tarot, the suit of "cups" (chalices) pertains generally to the universe of Beriyah. Keter of Beriyah occupies the place of Tiferet of Atzilut [1]. Elementally, Beriyah corresponds to water, while Atzilut corresponds to fire.
Given this information, the "goblet of fire" corresponds to the "place" on the Tree of Life where Keter of Beriyah (water) and Tiferet of Atzilut (fire) are One. In other words, in Keter of Beriyah (which is Tiferet of Atzilut) peace is made between fire and water. Thus, the goblet of fire is exactly this place where peace is made in the heavens [2]. Which heaven is it made in? Aravot [1].
Taking all this together, we can also see that the "cleft" which sheltered Moshe while Goddess's Glory passed by is the "place" on the sefirotic tree corresponding to the goblet of fire and Aravot.
Interestingly, I had an experience of Aravot in 1996. I've written a poem about it previously (notably here and here). Consequently, I have a goblet of fire both "in the heavens" and "here" in this lowest world.
Yirah Ila'ah, Eliyahu's Cup, The Goblet of Fire
from a sidefolding
looking, seeing something yet not yet
like a great plain of immaterial fire and space
rolling and unfolding
like billowing waves of timewater and lava
empty of place
sensing
in it, deep deep eternal
trembling in sight of it
balancing, returning the gaze
burrowing
into the folding, where I
I was, looking feeling the mind
expanding greatly
one
mo-ment longer
going
past boundaries trembling
in awe of it
the greatness and power of it
from fear and being no thing
admitting I, I looked until
I could look no
more
the last great drop of awesomeness
in it
Footnotes:
[1] Kabbalah, Tradition Of Hidden Knowledge, Zev ben Shimon Halevi (p. 41)
[2] He who makes peace in His heavens, may He make peace for us and for all Israel; and say, Amen. (Oseh Shalom, Conclusion of the Amida)
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Eliyahu's Cup & The Goblet Of Fire
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Love your site.
I experienced an occult inversion after reading Zev Ben Shimon Halevi on the subject of the 3 Mothers.
No longer was the goddess bound to the rigid earth element but rather operated subtly behind the fire of the imagination which ascends through the elements water air fire.
All the books of the dead say in their wheel of life mythology that enlightenment starts with death by the collapse of the strength of the will to live by the mechanical urge of the most gross Earth element which collapses by yielding to the higher information of the Water element, when a total life review begins to set the scene for a crisis which is the foundation of unyielding despair , the prerequisite for crossing from Water into Air which adds more detail to past forgotten memories and Air into Fire which purifies the soul, freeing it from the burden of time itself. With each step of dimensional ascendance the cross correlation of scarce information gathers together to lay out a path made of syncroncicities.
The author Stephen King said a riddle that the pathway of enlightenment and the path way to hell end in the same place, the realm of fire.
This did disturb me as I knew he did not mean it as a joke. When I came to experience the element of fire and understand the Zohar’s concept of the three mothers which are the three elements water air fire, which draw the soul back to its origins. I began to take Kings quote as a form of wisdom and encouragement which the following essay is my attempt to explain a riddle and mystery.
The environments of the upper circle and the lower pit are both identical and consist of the fierywater, except the upper being for the voluntary participation and the lower for involuntary participation. Our capacity of perception determines which course we take, or how the cosmos reacts to us. We all start off in the earth element both males and females predominantly experiencing everything in a crude context, fixated on a male bias, misinterpreting an androgynous divinity as a father god and seeing maleness everywhere. The feminine is used here as a higher evolved ideal ascended soul which leaves behind male bias and violent brute strength while balancing its fire essence imagination it acquires spiritual beauty. This is the ascending towards wisdom for both males and females. The challenge for each individual is to overcome the retrograde shadow aspect of each of the seven planetary energies and recover the lost fire essence of the Shekhinah within each one. This is the soul work of ascension.
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,
for She is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed. By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place; by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.
The Bible, Proverbs 3: 13-20
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