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Originally posted by VIL
Hey, Phillip, I have been researching Daath and the Abyss and was wondering if you could explain this as it relates to the Sephiroth of bodily experience.
Thank you,
VIL
Hi Vil,
Daath means "knowledge" and is what is called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in Genesis. The other tree, the Tree of Life, is what is commonly spoken of in kabbalah. The second tree, the Tree of Knowledge, is Daath itself. This is the Tree of Gnosis.
Daath is the "hidden" sphere, it is therefore the hidden knowledge. But what type of knowledge? How is "daath" used in the Bible? Let us take a look at few quotes:
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And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived... Gen 4:1
Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son... Gen 4:25
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived... Gen 4:17
Behold new, I have two daughters which have not known a man... Gen 19:18
Four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male... Judges 21:12
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing that I known not a man? Luke 1:34
Daath is tantric knowledge, which means: the knowledge of how to harness the energies manifested through the crossing of elements. Remember that tantrism does not mean "sex," it means continuum, or loop of thread, which is implying the continuous current of energies that is flowing everywhere. There many means of crossing: wisdom and compassion, man and wife...
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The harmonious march of a system of worlds depends on the cross - the magnetic point where the two forces (centrifugal and centripetal) are found equilibrated. Therefore, the power which supports the worlds is in that magnetic Cross of space.
A masculine cell (named zoosperm) is crossed with a feminine cell (named ovum) in order for the human entity, the outcome of this cross, to emerge. Consequently, the Human Being is the outcome of the crossing of a masculine zoosperm with the feminine ovum.
Nothing can come into existence without the power of the Cross.
The sincere and ideal shaking of hands crosses and harmonizes the mutual affection of two people. Therefore the Cross of the handshake originates the living affection between two souls.
Walking on the street, a handsome youngster finds an attractive damsel; they glance at each other, and from that prodigious, subtle and impalpable Cross (yet palpable in its magical power) affection, love, is born, which later organizes a home. Their Cross will produce astonishing effects, such as the multiplication of their species, the grandiosity of a country, and perhaps the birth of a new genius who will increase the progress of science or philosophy for the sake of the world. The magnetic crossing of two views shows and demonstrates that power is in the Cross.
A Seed is introduced within the earth and it crosses its power with the chemical elements which constitute the structure of the planet; thus, trees, flowers, fruits and new seeds are produced, which will eventually increase their species and multiply them ad infinitum. Therefore, the power is in their Cross.
Nothing new can exist, nor can the old be transformed without the Cross.
http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/the-writings-of-samael-aun-weor/the-power-is-in-the-cross.html
How is Daath the cross? See the the following images:
http://kalignosis.com/images/TheHolySpirit.jpghttp://www.gnosticteachings.org/images/stories/kabbalah/daath-briah.gifquote:
The Hebraic Kabbalists speak unto us about the mysterious Daath that appears in the Tree of Life, the Sephirah that has no designated divine name, nor Angelic host of any type, and that has neither a mundane sign, planet nor element.
Image Daath, the Sephirah of Hebrew Mystery, is produced by the Esoteric conjunction of Shiva-Shakti, Osiris-Isis, perpetually united in Yesod, the Foundation, the Ninth Sephirah, the Ninth Sphere, the sex, but hidden by the mysteries of Daath which has the Tantric knowledge, which is processed with the Sahaja Maithuna, or Sexual Magic, that when correctly utilized permits the Intimate Self-realization of the Being.
It is necessary that all of us profoundly reflect, that we deeply comprehend all of this. He and She are united in the Cubic Stone of Yesod, which is the sex. The perfect Tantric knowledge is the outcome of the union of He and She with which we can internally Self-realize ourselves in all the levels of the Being.
http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/the-writings-of-samael-aun-weor/daath---tantric-knowledge.html
Daath is the Tree of Good and Evil because "good" is just evolution of energies, and "evil" is the devolution of energies. If you wish to modify the "good" and "evil" currents within yourself, the sexual act is the way to do it.
The answer to your question is that Daath is the Larynx (throat) of God. The top triangle of the tree of life (Kether, Chokmah, Binah) are the "head," the "crown of life" spoken of in Revelation. If you place the image of a man so that these three form a crown, Daath is placed at the throat. Why the larynx? Because it is from the larynx that the creative Word comes from. When God speaks, he Creates: Let there be light! And all creative acts are sexual acts. Creativity is sexuality of another name.
The larynx of everyone is sexual. We know this through our own lives, when, by becoming sexually mature, our voices changed due to the sexual activity of our nervous system. Daath (throat) is related with Yesod (sexual organs). This is why we pronounce sacred mantrums, in order to transmute the sexual energy found in Yesod. Pronouncing a mantra during the sexual act transmutes the energies upwardly; the vapor of the seminal (sexual) energy rises up the whole body, vitalizing it. This is also why the common man and woman cannot help but scream like animals when they fornicate, this is the instinctive "evil" or downwardly influence that "daath," tantrism, can imply upon the nervous system in order to forcefully expel the sexual energy down from the superior worlds to the inferior worlds. There is a reason why there is an instinctive push to expel the sexual energy via orgasm, and to scream like an animal when it happens, why it feels so "natural;" if you want to know why then read the chapter entitled The Liberation of Good and Evil, here:
http://kalignosis.com/book/13TheLiberationOfGoodAndEvil.phpWhat we want, through sexual transmutation and psychological transformation, is the following:
http://www.gnosticteachings.org/images/stories/kabbalah/star.gifThe Abyss is Klipoth, Hell, the Inferno, the Amenti, etc., etc., etc. The Infradimensions of nature. The Abyss is the Nine Spheres of Hell, the inverted Nine Spheres of Heaven, which is the Tree of life.
http://www.gnosticteachings.org/images/stories/kabbalah/ten-spheres.gifWithin the personal Abyss lie all of our defects. It is necessary to submerge one's self into the Abyss to extract all the values that we currently have trapped there, in side of Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. When we extract the values from our defects, the result is virtue and awakened consciousness. The Abyss is our subconsciousness, our unconsciousness, and our infraconsciousness. These are 49 levels of the mind, the 49 demons of Yaldabaoth (see Pistis Sophia), and every level of the mind contains a demon that is us. We comprehend our own vices and defects through meditation. This is why so many heroes enter into Hell to perform a great task, it is the symbolism of dieing to one's sin. When one dies to everything they are (the ego), then they are "dead," and when one is dead, only then can they resurrect. Because with Death, one kills Death, and becomes immortal.
When we "eat" of the Tree of Good and Evil, in other words when one wastes the sexual energy through orgasm, Jehovah Elohim says, "you shall surely die," this is the death of the spirit. This is Cain being born and killing Abel. But when one "kills" death by psychologically dieing, symbolized by the decapitation (head, ego, "I") of John, then one "kills" death, which is Cain, and enters back into the Garden of Eden.
Eden means "voluptuousness." One enters Eden through the perfect sexual transmutation of the Four Rivers of Eden. Each river is a part of one's nervous system. So when one kills "death" (ego) then one can enter back into Eden and eat from the the Tree of Life, which is immortality.
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And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
The land of Havilah is our own physical body, and the gold of this land is the solar atoms from our seminal system, that is to say, the semen’s potable gold.
And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
This second river is the Cephalo-Rachis liquid, which is the other pole of our seminal system. With it we encompass the whole land of Ethiopia, that is to say, the whole of our head and throat, since we form the brain and throat with the Cephalo-Rachis liquid.
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. (Genesis 2:10-14)
The river which goes toward the east of Assyria and the river Euphrates are the two poles of the woman’s seminal system. Therefore, the woman is towards the east of us, because she is the door of Paradise and this door is always towards the east. Eden is sex itself. Thus, the Tree of Life is within Eden itself. The great Hierophant Eliphas Levi said that the Great Magical Arcanum is the Tree of Life and that “at the foot of this Tree is the source of the four mysterious rivers of Eden.” Yet, he fearfully says in a moment of consternation: “Here I must pause, and I fear that already I have said too much.” This is the formidable, unutterable secret which no Initiate has ever dared to reveal. This is the formidable secret of the “Great Arcanum.” The four rivers of Eden are the sexual forces of man and woman. The Tree of Life is in the midst of these four rivers of Eden." - The Revolution of Beelzebub
All of this information and much, much more is explained in the four Gnostic Kabbalah lessons.
