Octagrams

 
 
 

         

The two squares rotated against each other in the center octagram recall the four-square measurement of the altar built for the tent of meeting. The diagram approximates the three- and five-cubit measurements of that altar by means of a certain logic, but those measurements cannot be unequivalently duplicated with precision in this system of drawings by use of the mathematical tools I understand. There is a time and purpose for all things under the sun, however; and, together, we shall come to a full understanding of these matters as such knowledge becomes useful.

Knowledge as stored information is valuable and unavoidable, but it can become an obstacle to further revelation. To focus upon knowledge as a goal, however, violates the initiative of divine revelation, making of it a thing coveted-a thing, ultimately, to be hoarded in jealousy and guarded with contention. True Wisdom is the unique property of HaShem, making foolishness of the wisdom derived from mortal pursuits. True Understanding is the unique gift of HaShem to those readied to receive its honor. Knowledge as an absolute exists only at HaShem's level. At all other levels, knowledge is the product of a manipulation of the wisdom and understanding with which a supplicant has been blessed in a moment in time, or over a period of time.

We do not serve forms. Knowledge on the planes of transformation is a rudimentary formulation of data and speculation: a formulation that is derived from our capacities to receive of Wisdom and Understanding and that is instigated by our desires for their utilization in our lives. Knowledge derived from insights is but a shadowy knowledge: a golden calf that must be returned to the holy fire of Wisdom, again and again, for reduction and ultimate revision.

We are to entertain the alloys of human knowledge with detachment, chewing the cud while keeping our eyes upon the True Goal, the faces of HaShem. True Knowledge will come as a latter rain: it's inevitable. We must be prepared to welcome it, but we are not permitted to hunt it down and to dig it up by the roots to possess it. To attempt to do so is idolatry. When the Door to Knowledge opens to us, we should enter and partake of what is revealed for as long as it is tendered; otherwise, we must maintain our souls in patience, asking of HaShem the righteous, whole-cloth gifts of Wisdom and Understanding, according to His will.

 

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