[Redbook5:274][19880812:0025b]{Angelic
Degrees}[12th
August 1988]
.0025
[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 2nd
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]]
##****
[
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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