Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00074)

What I am referring to is the sumbol of the point
within a circle and the metaphor of the point
emanating a ray into the circle. That is peculiar to
Lurianic Kabbalah.

--- Gerald Schueler <gschueler@earthlink.net> wrote:
> <<<The use of the word "ray" in connection with this
> metaphoe, which can be found in the SD, was first
> seen in Eliphas Levi. That wors is not used by any
> other pre-Blavatsky writer that I am aware of,
> except for Albert Pike, who quotes Levi. So the
> metaphor and the peculiar use of language both
> disclose the sources used.>>>
> 
> Steve, you may be right about the word "ray," I
> don't know. But the idea of divinity
> self-manifesting can be found in ancient Egypt where
> the god Tmu was said to be self-manifesting. The
> idea of a self-manifesting divinity is equivalent to
> the idea of a causeless-cause. Both are necessary
> assumptions that we humans have to make in any
> attempt to explain creation.
> 
> Jerry S.
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