Attributes of Six-letter god-names

In esoteric astrology, the Sun comprehends the powers of all the planets. In the cabala (in European versions, at least) Tiphereth is the central mediating sphere where the powers of all the other spheres come together. In the crosses of the Lesser Angles, we have the fusion of the Six of the Tree's "Heavenly Hexagram" with the Five of the elemental or mundane spheres under the governance of Spirit. I.e., the union of macrocosm and perfected microcosm in the body of Christ, the Son or Sun. A modern parallel (for those with an aversion to Christian symbolism) would be Thelema's symbolism of the number 418.

To extend what I've said previously, I think that the principle of redemption is the key and essence of the process depicted in the Lesser Angles. I use "redemption" in a much more global sense than Christians use the term, to encompass not only human beings but all the material of creation, but the principle is the same for all levels. The research I did tends to confirm this in all particulars.

In the Six-letter name of God, we have the divine power manifesting in the material world through the planets considered as a double trinity of powers. As described yesterday, when this power finally strikes the "dead" matter at the material pole of existence, it acts to break that matter up into a form that can, in potential, be incorporated into the living creation. (In other visions, the angels have associated this dead matter with the prima materia, the substance out of which all normal matter is formed. They depict this materia as existing in a state of ultimate negativity or inertia; the power of the six-letter name acts to separate a portion of it and make it sufficiently responsive to be acted upon.)

The five-letter name of God was shown as powers expressing the formula of IHShVH, the saving or redemptive power. (Yes, I know this isn't how the Hebrews spelled it -- we're talking Christian cabala here.) This power creates a "vortex" which tends to draw the separated "dead" matter upwards towards the spirit, and (because it contains the archetypes of the elements within itself) defines the forms that matter can take within the living creation.

Both of these names together represent the Christ, who is both Son of God (the six-letter name combining the Mother and Father aspects) and the Savior (the five-letter name).

(I would comment that the symbolism of the Cross does not here represent sacrifice. Rather it represents the divine blessing and the saving power of divine love. In Catholic iconography, the living Christ (as distinct from the dying Christ) is often shown with his arms outstretched, cross-like, as if to embrace the multitude or to pass them his grace. This alternate interpretation is often forgotten.)

The "Kerubic" angels represent the formula of INRI or IRNI, the universal process by which all change, initiation, and movement upwards towards the spirit takes place. The Christ embodied this formula in his life, and the "redemptive" force represented by the crosses of the Lesser Angles makes use of it to transform the materia that has been activated.

The "Servient" angels combine the process of INRI with the power of the five-letter name (minus its letter of spirit) to do the actual "dirty work" of raising up the dead matter and incorporating it into the creation. Their column attributes follow INRI, while their row attributes follow IHVH. But curiously, the IHVH attributes were shown to go from the bottom-most angel upwards rather than top-down as one might expect. This turns out to be reasonably logical once you understand what they were getting at:

Lowest angel = Fire: "heats" the matter and causes each fragment of it to vibrate with its intrinsic "note".

Second angel = Water: Separates and sorts the fragments according to their vibrations, much like a centrifuge.

Third angel = Air: Binds the fragments back together in a structure that accords with the living creation.

Top angel = Earth: "Fixes" or solidifies the pattern, making it permanent.

The "fire" angels are lowest because they must act on the matter first, while it is still in its "lowest" or least responsive state. Each following step figuratively raises the matter higher, where the next angel in turn can get at it.

So each Lesser Angle is, in a sense, the image of Christ pouring his blessing upon the world in order to redeem it. Sixteen times over, once for each sub-element. This system of attributes was not at all what I was expecting when I did the research to discover them. At the time I was theorizing a much simpler system, in which all the columns and rows followed the "Enochian" sequences of elements -- i.e., Air, Water, Earth, Fire, with the central column being Spirit. This theory pleased my sense of elegance, and would have been supported by the one clue on the matter in the diaries. I was secretly somewhat offended when the angels didn't go along with it! Ah, well. So much for what I wanted. :-)