Al Pi Halachah

כ"א באייר תשס"ז

Yitz comments on Witchcraft And Kabbalah:

How does Judaism and witch-craft square al pi halachah?

Good question. Let's analyze the phrase al pi halachah (על פי הלכה).

First, halachah is lech לך surrounded (where surrounding is a function of hamasovevet) and captured by two feminine letters hei (הה). In other words, it is the command to go! captured in feminine awareness, where the first hei corresponds to Binah (mindful intelligence) and the second hei corresponds to Malchut (active intelligence). This definition of הלכה aligns perfectly with my feminine experience of incarnation, as described in Candle In The Womb:

Do not fear. I will bring you home. Home is forward. Go. I will never leave you alone. Smell what I feel like. Remember. I will bring you home. I promise. Remember. I will always be with you. Remember and do not be afraid. Look at all the wonderful edges I have made ...

Consequently, the evidence of experiential knowledge coupled with word analysis suggests that this witch is a living embodiment of halachah.

Second, indeed the phrase על פי is translated in Shemot 17:1 as "as (Hashem) would command". In other words, one who performs the original mitzvah to "Go! as Hashem would command" via unified complexity of the feminine (Binah and Malchut) is a legitimate definition of the phrase al pi halachah.

As described in the story of my incarnation, Candle In The Womb, I performed this mitzvah as Hashem would command. I came. Over that, I have remembered it, also as Hashem did command.

This remembrance is the next level of meaning to the phrase portion al pi, "over 90". In other words, my remembrance is over and beyond the literal definition, and over and beyond 90 (where 90 is the gematria of פי and על means over and beyond). Over and beyond 90 is 91, the secret of amen (where amen אמן has a gematria of 91) which is a secret contained within my circle name Lleucu (where the phonetic Hebrew transliteration of Welsh/Celtic Lleucu ללאכי, pronounced Lley-kee, has a gematria of 91).

Taking all this together, my name Liorah corresponds to the first level of al pi halachah, where by "going as Hashem did command" into physicality, I moved toward the light of becoming more aware.

My name Lleucu corresponds to the next level of al pi halachah, where I went above and beyond the first command to go!, and also fulfilled the second one which was to remember!

So, to answer Yitz's question, this is how my witchcraft and Judaism square quite well על פי הלכה.

R' Avraham Abulafia teaches that every soul is a witch [1]. As explained above, my soul is an embodiment of al pi halachah. That makes the craft of my soul, my witchcraft, itself al pi halachah.

Footnote:

[1] Meditation And Kabbalah, R' Aryeh Kaplan (p. 103)

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