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TheEmpress(excerpt/interpretationfromtheBookofTokens,PaulFosterCase) IAMtheDoorofLife,thepassagefromtheworldofideas,intotheworldofform. Expressingmyself,Itakeforminsubstance,butthepowerwhichworksinthatsubstance,isthe sovereignforceofmyoutflowingideas. IpresentmyselfasthePortal,throughwhichLife,EternalandUnbounded,enterstherealmof temporalandlimitedcreation. ThatgreatDoorisBINAH,andBINAHisAIMA,thefruitfulMotherofallliving. Sheisthe"desirableone,"the"preciousthing,"moretobesoughtafterthanrubiesandfinegold. Sheisboth"Father"and"Mother,"forherfruitfulness,comesfromtheLightoftheSupernalWisdom. SheistheThought,whichspinstheplanofexistence,thatwebofmanifestation,whichentanglesthe mindsoffools,andgivesunderstandingtothewise,whoknowthesecretofitsmystery. InherisconcealedtheplentitudeofTetragrammaton,andhiddeninthatDoorofPerplexity,isthe Son,whoisfromallandamongall. ThisistheGatewayoflifeandform. Yetthroughitcomealsodeathandconflict,thewholecircleofcreation.

ThereforeistheDooracauseofseparation,andofthesettingofonepartagainstanother.

Iamtheknowledgeofthewise,andinmetheignoranceofthefoolishhasitsroot,andfrommecome forthallconditions,theevilaswellasthegood. Withoutthesettingoflimits,thereisnobringingforth,andthustherecanbenocreationwithout seemingevil. Creationhathitsorigininlifeunlimited,yetforthesakeofmanifestation,doesthatlifedescendinto theappearance,ofTimeandPlace,andthatwhichhasneitherendnorbeginning,appearstobeborn, andtobebroughtatlasttodeath. Deludedbythisappearancearethoseignorantones,inwhomthelightofmywisdomhathnotyet dawned. Fromtheirdelusionspringsafalsedesire,andfromthatfalsedesireisgeneratedunrighteousaction. Yetnothingisperformedsavebymypower,andIamtherealActorinthesedeludedones,astrulyas inanysage. Fromthefiresofpainandsuffering,kindledbytheirignorance,inmygoodtimeshalltheycomeforth, cleansedfromthedrossofillusion,resplendentimagesofmygoldenself. Mycreativepoweristheprojectionofmyself,anditproducesthesemblanceofanother. Butknow,thatbesidesmethereisnoneother. IonlyamtheKnowerandtheActor,theoneIAM,whetheraloneandunmanifest,orappearinginthe multiplicityofcreatedthings. Theprimalforceofmyideas,dwellscontinuallyinthehighestplaneofemanation,thusitflowsforth intothethreelowerworlds,throughtheDoorofUnderstanding. TheheavenswhereestablishedbyUnderstanding. Iamthefruitfulwomb,whereallcreatureshavetheirbirth. IamtheMotherofmothersandalsotheFather,andifyouhonorme,theGiverofLife,thenshaltyou triumphatthelast,evenoverdeath.

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