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is defined as R'bigh-i, (Hath fecundated me). The "fifth"-introducing the lower orders of life-is described as Kh'mish-i, (hath enriched me). The "sixth" -that of producing the higher orders of life, with their complement, man-is distinguished as E-sh'sh-i, (that hath enobled me). The "seventh"-that inducing a continuing completeness, in which evolution of form ceases and freedom of action takes its place, that the moral evolution of the self may proceed-is designated E-sh'bigh-i, (that has submitted me to a text-caused me to over- -flow-fully satisfied me): in which the purpose and possible ends of the life of man are expressed.
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THE MYSTERY LANGUAGE
This kosmological view of the signification of the enumerating words can be speculatively carried a step further, when the "eighth" phase of evolution--that of selection, now in progress-appears as Sh-m'ne, (which chooses). The "ninth"-that of deliverance, to follow, Tsh'gh, (though freest). The "tenth" and final statethat of union and happiness Gh'sh're, (blissful union). It is possible therefore that the comparatively modern Kabbalistic doctrine of the ten Sephiroths is the offspring of a dim tradition of ths significative character of the enumerating words of the Mystery Language.
In order fully to realize the way in which the Mystery Language underlies the ordinary or Masoretic system of reading the text of the earlier chapters of the book of Genesis, it is necessary to have a familiar knowledge of the structures of the Hebrew, a thorough -mastery of the inflections of the roots, and a ready
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