{Angelic Degrees}[12th August 1988]

[Redbook5:274][19880812:0025b]{Angelic Degrees}[12th August 1988]

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[continued]

This is a revised* attempt to pin down the nature of Angelic hierarchies from our point of view:

[Text extracted from ms table shown above:]

			The Ophanim		Wheel (collective)
	**	***
c	0	1	Seraphim	└→	Serpent		–
s~	1	2	Cherubim****	└→	Chariots	Vertical Polarity	|
m~	2	4	Thrones	└→	Cardinal Qualities	Vertical + Horizontal	+
u~	3	8	Dominions	└→	Cardinal Qualities	+ Principles	#
a~	4	16	Principalities	└→	Qualities & Principles	Cardinal & Diagonal	#*
#**	----	----	----------------	----	----------------------------	---[Point of Accumulation]#**
j~	5		Powers	└→	+ Gift of the Spirit &c
g~	6		Virtues	└→	+ Virtues, Cardinal,	Spiritual &c
r~	7		Archangels	└→	+ Special Messengers	\	/ #***
c	8		Angels	└→	+ Ordinary Messengers	/	\ #***

In this instance, each level includes the level above, but in diffused form.#****

Numbers:

The first column [of numbers, headed ‘Powers/Dimensions’]** is the power[,] or number of dimensions (Time = 0,; 1,2,3 = spatial; 4 = ?solidity/spin; 5-8 = chaotic, ‘reducing’ or balancing 1-4.)

The second column [of numbers, headed ‘No. of Types’, ie 2 to the power of the number in the first column]*** is the number of basic differentiations possible in each dimension.## This might not necessarily [mean] that there can be only one Seraphim; merely that if there are more than one, they will all be the same fundamental type; but that there can be 2 types of Cherubim. But Ezekiel##* has 4 – so unless they were Thrones (they carried the Throne), you would have to start one level up (or down) on Pascal’s Triangle##** – which would put the Point of Accumulation##*** at just before or after Distraction, which [then] has No. 32 [in the 2^nd column of numbers] instead of 16. All sorts of other changes may follow!

But would the Spirit → God⁽⁰⁾ → Son⁽¹⁾ → ↨⁽²⁾ progression be clearer than

Spirit⁽⁰⁾ → God⁽¹⁾ → Son^[sic] ↨ ?

*(cf IV.[[Redbook4:142-143][19871020:2058]{Angelic Hierarchies [continued (19)]}[20th October 1987],]143

**[ms column heading:] Powers/Dimensions

***[ms column heading:] No. of types [ie the 2 to the power of the number in the previous column]

****(There should be 4 per Ezekiel [Chapter 1]? [See fn##*, &fn ult ##****, below])

#[Tiny alternative diagrams in ms here: (1) A square cross concentric with 2 concentric circles, of the outer of which circles it is diametric; or (2) concentric square and diagonal crosses with no circles.]

#*[Tiny ms diagram here of concentric square and diagonal crosses concentric with 2 concentric circles, of the outer of which they are diametric.]

Names <880818>

#**[ms row description:] Point of Accumulation

#***re Vices & general living <880813>

#****[cf [Redbook5:223][19880724:1443h]{The Sphere [continued (8)]}[24th July 1988]]

##eg Thrones:

G~

A~

M~

+C†I~

##*Ezekiel [Chapter 1] has 4 – they must have been Thrones

[See fn ult##**** below, which doesn’t appear actually to mention Cherubim in either translation.]

[Perhaps they were the front and rear axle.... :)]

##**[[Redbook5:222-223][19880724:1443g]{The Sphere [continued (7)]}[24th July 1988],] p223

[& see [Redbook5:218-239][19880722:2307]{The Sphere}[22nd July 1988]ff]

##***[[Redbook5:248-262][19880803:1017b]{Chaotic Determinism (+ Extracts)}[3rd August 1988];

[Redbook5:253-254][19880804:1354b]{Chaotic Determinism (+ Extracts) [continued (12)]}[4th August 1988]]

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Ezekiel, Chapter 1: (Authorised/King James version – for modern translation, see below)

1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity, 3 the word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.

4 And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. 5 Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. 6 And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. 7 And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. 9 Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. 11 Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. 12 And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. 13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. 20 Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. 21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

22 And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. 24 And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings.

26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

(Authorised/King James Version of the Bible)

(B) Modern translation:

Ezekiel Chapter 1:

The Vision of the Chariot

1 In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. 2 On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoi′achin), 3 the word of the Lord came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chalde′ans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was upon him there.

4 As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness round about it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming bronze. 5 And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the form of men, 6 but each had four faces, and each of them had four wings. 7 Their legs were straight, and the soles of their feet were like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze. 8 Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. And the four had their faces and their wings thus: 9 their wings touched one another; they went every one straight forward, without turning as they went. 10 As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in front;[a] the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle at the back.[b] 11 Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above; each creature had two wings, each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies. 12 And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went. 13 In the midst of[c] the living creatures there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures darted to and fro, like a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel upon the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them.[d] 16 As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of a chrysolite; and the four had the same likeness, their construction being as it were a wheel within a wheel. 17 When they went, they went in any of their four directions[e] without turning as they went. 18 The four wheels had rims and they had spokes;[f] and their rims were full of eyes round about. 19 And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. 20 Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.

22 Over the heads of the living creatures there was the likeness of a firmament, shining like crystal,[g] spread out above their heads. 23 And under the firmament their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another; and each creature had two wings covering its body. 24 And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the sound of many waters, like the thunder of the Almighty, a sound of tumult like the sound of a host; when they stood still, they let down their wings. 25 And there came a voice from above the firmament over their heads; when they stood still, they let down their wings.

26 And above the firmament over their heads there was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like sapphire;[h] and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness as it were of a human form. 27 And upward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were gleaming bronze, like the appearance of fire enclosed round about; and downward from what had the appearance of his loins I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him.[i] 28 Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about.

Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

Footnotes:

Ezekiel 1:10 Cn: Heb lacks in front

Ezekiel 1:10 Cn: Heb lacks at the back

Ezekiel 1:13 Gk Old Latin: Heb And the likeness of

Ezekiel 1:15 Heb of their faces

Ezekiel 1:17 Heb on their four sides

Ezekiel 1:18 Cn: Heb uncertain

Ezekiel 1:22 Gk: Heb awesome crystal

Ezekiel 1:26 Heb lapis lazuli

Ezekiel 1:27 Or it

(Revised Standard Version of the Bible)

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