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QABALISTIC CONCLUSION
Nothing now remains but for the scribe to bear witness to the strange Qabalistic “coincidences” connected with this Drama.
Was Wagner a great Qabalist? Were those from whom he obtained the sources of his information such? Who can tell?
Rather I would suggest that, being inspired, this Drama must of necessity conform to all truth, on all planes. For there are certain Numerical Emanations, called the Ten Sephiroth, and there are certain Vibrations of a numerical nature connected with Words.
It is not my intention to write a treatise on the Holy Qabalah (those who wish to study this interesting subject may do so in “Q.B.L. or The Bride's Reception"), nor to describe fully the “Tree of Life", nor the methods of drawing numerical meanings from words. The accompanying plate shows the structure of “The Tree of Life", and the Frontispiece indicates how the “Chalice of Ecstasy” may be drawn therefrom.
The Qabalistic teaching is that Malkuth—The Kingdom—The Animal Soul—THE FALLEN DAUGHTER must be RAISED through the Office of the SON—Tiphereth —The Sun—Harmony and Beauty, to the Throne of the MOTHER—Binah—Under- standing—THE CUP, when she is again united to the FATHER—Chokmah—Wisdom —Will—THE SPEAR, thus absorbing all into THE CROWN—Kether—The Pure Light of the DOVE which descends upon their Union.
Thsi is the Mystery of Redemption and of the Great Work, the Uniting of the Microcosm and the Macrocosm—Man with God.
The main Formula of the Great Work, that of the Rose and Cross, is symbolised in the Great Order as 5ø=6ø. This refers to the Microcosm and the Macrocosm as the Pentagram or Fivefold Star on Unconquered Will and the Hexagram or Six-fold Star. The Work is to discover their equivalence, and to unite them.
The first stage of this Union occurs in TIPHERETH, and is accompanied with the feeling of Ecstasy. This Sephira is that of the SUN, and is necessarily connected with the Solar Numbers of which 6, 66, and 666 are the Scale. This is the Sphere of the Crowned King—The Son who unites in himself both Glory and Suffering.
But since there has been, what we may term, a change of Office in the Great Hierarchy in this New Aeon, we find that the Number 418 which is the numeration of “ABRAHADABRA” the Word of the Aeon is also particularly attributed to this Sphere, since it represents perfectly the formula of 5ø=6ø. (See Sepher Sephiroth, Equinox Vol. I. Number VIII.)
Again 777 is a number representing alike “The Flaming Sword” and the Unity of all things including the World of Shells. In Greek Qabalah it corresponds to the word STAUROS—The Cross.
It is worthy of notice, and most careful consideration, therefore, that with slight adjustment of spelling, the Names of the principle characters in the Drama have an extraordinary significance.
TITUREL, Founder of the Grail Order, adds to 666.
MONSALVAT, the Mountain of Salvation, adds to 666.
GAMURET, the Father of Parzival, adds to 666.
AMFORTAS, with his Cross of Suffering, adds to 777.
KLINGSOR, who represents Choronozon (333) adds to 333.
GURNEMANZ, Conductor of the New King, adds to 418.
PARZIVAL, The Pure Fool, adds to 418.
KUNDRY and GUNDRYGGIA, alike add to 290.
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