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Aiwass said:54. Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your crapulous creeds.
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Aiwass said:54. Bahlasti! Ompehda! I spit on your crapulous creeds.
The Messiah and the Serpent (NChSh) tempter of Genesis are thought to be two manifestations of the same thing. Also with the spitting mentioned in this verse it could be venom.Bahlasti = 358.
Godwins lists Messiah or serpent. In this context I would think Messiah.
Here's a possibility.I like this though. The Sepher Sephiroth lists shame first.
The first occurance of Shiloh is in Genesis 49:10. It appears to be a referrence to an individual. A common interpretation is that Shiloh is the Messiah."Shiloh shall come" is listed second. This would make sense if Shiloh was some messiah, but it appears to be a Biblical city.
No one really knows what these words mean. (Crowley thought these two words suggested an explosion. Others have claimed they are Enochian.) So it's all speculation and guess work. But OMPHDA transliterated in Hebrew is 200, which is the numerical value of the letter Resh - The Sun. It may be that the Messiah-Sun is being spat upon the crapulous creeds.I couldn't even begin to speculate on Ompehda.
Here's a possibility.
The first attack with the phallic beak relates to the Wand/Fire.
The second is wings - Air.
The third is claws - Earth.
And the final spit is Water.
This explains Eshleman's thoughts. I couldn't figure out how he got from spitting to Tiphereth.Maybe this apparently sacrilegious act of spitting is actually a purification with holy water.
The first occurance of Shiloh is in Genesis 49:10. It appears to be a referrence to an individual. A common interpretation is that Shiloh is the Messiah.
No one really knows what these words mean. (Crowley thought these two words suggested an explosion. Others have claimed they are Enochian.) So it's all speculation and guess work. But OMPHDA transliterated in Hebrew is 200, which is the numerical value of the letter Resh - The Sun. It may be that the Messiah-Sun is being spat upon the crapulous creeds.
Crapulous (Crapulence) is a state of sickness brought about by excessive indulgence or debauchery usually involving intoxicating drink or food. Are the excesses of religious belief, or what is commonly called "faith", being compared to a sickening intoxicant here? It does bring to my mind the famous Karl Marx quote: "Religion is the opium of the people." I'm also thinking of Crowley's description of the 7 of Cups. Hmm...
1) To pain or distress. Sorrow.
2) Images or Idols.
3) A thing constructed, fashioned or devised; a vessel or a utensil.
III x 54 = 162.
OTzB (Etsab), is a curious word with a lot of different meanings.
When considering meaning number 1 my thoughts are instantly drawn towards the 3 of Swords. The airy Sword of the partial intellect does not work well in Binah. How can the Sword of divison ever hope to comprehend the Cup of Unity? But isn't this what creeds attempt to do? They are intellectual constructs that seek to define That which is beyond them. But in the very act of definition they limit and distort. This may be why R.H.K. spits upon them. It is at once an insult and a blessing. The insult angle is obvious, but the blessing comes via Spit = Water = Heh. I interpret this "spitting" as the effect that direct spiritual experience has on airy dogma.
Definition number 2 suggests idolatry. Thelema does not object to idolatry per se. But what if the object of idolization is an intellectual construct. Formalized systems of belief seem to take on a life of their own and end up becoming valued for their own sake. Rather then being viewed as tools or ways they are elevated to an exalted status. I think we touched on this a little in a previous thread in the discussion of Yama and Niyama.
Definition 3 seems to follow on from this and maybe points to a proper perspective of creeds as artificial, constructed things that can be used. But they are not to be worshiped. They are a means to an end, but not an end in themselves.
(I'm not sure where I picked this up, so I will stand corrected if proven wrong, but I believe in Hebrew the second commandment is 162 letters long. Another idolatry link?)
How did you get there?
I try to follow along with Godwins, but I can't figure it out.
I can't get from Bet Tzaddi Ayin to OTzB. I've been meaning to ask you about it.