03-26-2018, 08:57 AM
Here’s a meditation from the Book of Tokens by Paul Foster Case on the Hebrew letter Shin ש.
Quote:1 I AM the circle of eternal flame,
self-fed.
From this Fire all things proceed
In it all things have their being,
And to it all returns.
2 To the unenlightened
It is a devouring flame,
And therefore it is the fang of death;
For by my transforming power
Do I cause the cessation of mine expression
In created forms,
And the unwise see not that cessation in one form
Is but the transition to another.
3 SHIN, the TOOTH or fang,
Is the perfect circle also,
Without beginning,
Without end.
This the wise perceive,
And know that for no creature
Can there be death.
4 Triple is my flame in manifestation, And one in essence.
Three tongues of Fire,
Three manifesting Words,
And One Being whence all come forth.
One Archetypal world,
One creative letter.
And three worlds derived therefrom.
Such is the manifestation of the sacred Fire.
5 This is the Fire of formation,
And by this Fire is atonement made.
This Fire is hidden
In the depths of the waters Of the Great Sea,
For in the Root of Waters
Is concealed the Fire of the Father.
6 Behold, this is the Fire of the Breath of the Mighty Ones, And it appeareth as a flame of separation.
This living Flame is the power of the Anointed One, The Power of the mighty thunders of the swift flash
Which divideth the One into the Two,
And in its return
Absorbeth the Two into the perfect Unity.