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Twelve repetitions of IHVH fill interlocking squares. A surrounding statement of enduring kingdom accompanies promises of empire, renown, glory and the power to inflict loss. [1]
Mathers 1889 · Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 65; figure 34, Plate VIII; plate PDF page 86
Alongside the authority assigned to the first two solar pentacles, the third promises kingdom, empire, renown and glory, and the power to inflict loss. Its notice attributes this force to the twelvefold presence of the Tetragrammaton. [1]
An upright square and a rotated square form an eight-pointed framework filled with repeated names. Mathers reads IHVH twelve times. He says the surrounding wording resembles Daniel 4:34 but is not identical to it. [1]
The interlocking squares give the repeated IHVH names a regular architectural frame. Mathers describes the enclosing sentence as similar to Daniel 4:34, with its language of an everlasting kingdom and dominion through the ages. The repeated name and enduring kingdom turn the diagram’s ordered structure toward a claim of sovereignty. [1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Book I, chapter XVIII; printed p. 65; figure 34, Plate VIII; plate PDF page 86
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