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Tetragrammaton

The tetragrammaton, יהוה‬ in Hebrew and YHWH in Latin script, is the four-letter biblical name of the God and is God

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The tetragrammaton, יהוה‬ in Hebrew and YHWH in Latin script, is the four-letter biblical name of the God and is God.

Moshe Chaim Luzzatto,says that the tree of the tetragrammaton "unfolds" in accordance with the intrinsic nature of its letters, "in the same order in which they appear in the Name, in the mystery of ten and the mystery of four." Namely, the upper cusp of the Yod is Arich Anpin and the main body of Yod is and Abba; the first Heiis Imma; the Vav is Ze'ir Anpin and the second Hei is Nukvah.

the four letters of the tetragrammaton and the Four Worlds: the י is associated with Atziluth, the first ה with Beri'ah, the וwith Yetzirah, and final ה with Assiah.

A Hebrew tetractys in a similar way has the letters of the tetragrammaton (the four lettered name of God in Hebrew scripture) inscribed on the ten positions of the tetractys, from right to left.

The Tree of life ten spheres of emanation are the 10 letters in the tetragrammaton and dots in the tetractys.

Arich anpin

Arich Anpin or Arikh Anpin is an aspect of Divine emanation in Kabbalah, identified with the sephirah attribute of Keter, the Divine Will.

Abba,Imma,Nukvah

Partzufim/Partsufim (Hebrew: פרצופים‎, singular Partzuf, Hebrew: פרצוף‎), meaning "Divine Personae / Visages / Faces / Forms / Configurations", are particular reconfigured arrangements of the 10 sephirot (Divine attributes/emanations of Kabbalah) into harmonised interactions in Creation. Their names derive from mystical discourses in the Zohar, the foundational text of Kabbalah

Tetractys

At the heart of Pythagorean philosophy is the triangular pattern of 10 dots or points called the 'tetractys'

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At the heart of Pythagorean philosophy is the triangular pattern of 10 dots or points called the 'tetractys'. Mathematicians regard it as the fourth of the so-called 'triangular numbers.' These are numbers that are the sums of triangular arrays of dots, each denoting the number 1. For example, 1, 1+2=3, 1+2+3=6 and 1+2+3+4=10 are the first four triangular numbers. The tetractys, however, meant far more than this to the followers of Pythagoras. In fact, so much did they honour it that they swore to their teacher, who had recognised the meaning and importance of this pattern, an oath of loyalty that mentioned the symbol as his discovery. Just as the number 1 is the source of all number, so the Monad symbolized by a point or dot is the divine origin of all phenomena. Integers increase until they attain their perfect completion in the number 10, the Decad. The tetractys is more than just a representation of this number. It symbolizes the 10-fold nature of Divine Unity as it manifests in existence — physical and superphysical. As such, it is the template for constructing holistic objects that possess sacred geometry. By constructing them from tetractyses, objects are revealed to express numbers — the numbers of dots needed to assemble them. When objects possess 'sacred geometry' — not the vacuous label found in many books on the subject but the genuine version, these numbers acquire cosmic, rather than mere human cultural, significance. As such, some of them are relevant to science.It was this amazing power to reveal certain numbers of universal significance, as well as the mathematical nature of the divine design of nature, that made the tetractys so valuable and sacred to the ancient Pythagoreans.

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