| THE TRIANGLE OF SOLOMON | | | | Grammar itself attributes three persons to the verb. |
| PLENITUDO VOCIS BINAH PHYSIS | | | | The first is that whichspeaks, the second that which is |
| The Doctrine of Transcendental Magic | | | | spoken to, and the third the object. In creating,the |
| THE perfect word is the triad, because it supposes an | | | | Infinite Prince speaks to Himself of Himself. Such is the |
| intelligent principle, aspeaking principle and a principle | | | | explanation of thetriad and the origin of the dogma of |
| spoken. The Absolute, revealed by speech,endows | | | | the Trinity. The magical dogma is also one inthree and |
| this speech with a sense equivalent to itself, and in the | | | | three in one. That which is above is like or equal to that |
| understandingthereof creates its third self. So also the | | | | which is below. |
| sun manifests by its light and proves ormakes this | | | | Thus, two things which resemble one another and the |
| manifestation efficacious by heat. | | | | word which signifies theirresemblance make three. The |
| The triad is delineated in space by the heavenly zenith, | | | | triad is the universal dogma. In Magic – |
| the infinite height, connectedwith East and West by | | | | principle,realization, adaptation; in alchemy – azoth, |
| two straight diverging lines. With this visible | | | | incorporation, transmutation; in theology |
| trianglereason compares another which is invisible, but | | | | – God, incarnation, redemption; in the human soul |
| is assumed to be equal indimension; the abyss is its | | | | – thought, love andaction; in the family – father, |
| apex and its reversed base is parallel to the | | | | mother and child. The triad is the end and |
| horizontalline stretching from East to West. These two | | | | supremeexpression of love; we seek one another as |
| triangles, combined in a single figure,which is the | | | | two only to become three. |
| six-pointed star, form the sacred symbol of Solomon's | | | | There are three intelligible worlds which correspond |
| Seal, theresplendent Star of the Macrocosm. The | | | | one with another by hierarchicanalogy; the natural or |
| notion of the Infinite and the Absolute isexpressed by | | | | physical, the spiritual or metaphysical, and thedivine or |
| this sign, which is the grand pantacle – that is to say, | | | | religious worlds. From this principle follows the hierarchy |
| the most simpleand complete abridgement of the | | | | of spirits,divided into three orders, and again subdivided |
| science of all things. | | | | by the triad in each of these. |