Temple of the Black Light (TOTBL) is an international temple ...
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Forbidden Gnos<strong>is</strong> into th<strong>is</strong> world. Sat<strong>an</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>the</strong> bringer <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Light</strong> <strong>of</strong> Sitra Ahra, <strong>the</strong>refore Sat<strong>an</strong> <strong>is</strong>Lucifer.<strong>TOTBL</strong> – 218Tehom <strong>an</strong>d SheolIn th<strong>is</strong> short text we w<strong>an</strong>t to explain one aspect <strong>of</strong> our Current's teachings about <strong>the</strong> Kliffot that willdiffer from o<strong>the</strong>r traditions. Th<strong>is</strong> aspect <strong>is</strong> about <strong>the</strong> name that we use for <strong>the</strong> highest triad <strong>an</strong>d <strong>the</strong>first 'Hell' <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kliffot, which cons<strong>is</strong>ts <strong>of</strong> Satariel, Ghagiel <strong>an</strong>d Thaumiel.Usually, <strong>an</strong>d outside our current, th<strong>is</strong> triad was <strong>an</strong>d <strong>is</strong> called 'Sheol', which c<strong>an</strong> be tr<strong>an</strong>slated as '<strong>the</strong>Pit', '<strong>the</strong> grave' or 'under <strong>the</strong> earth'. The reason why o<strong>the</strong>rs have used th<strong>is</strong> name <strong>is</strong> because <strong>the</strong>y havew<strong>an</strong>ted to point out that <strong>the</strong> highest aspects <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Kliffot really were <strong>the</strong> lowest form <strong>of</strong> spiritualdescent. They connected <strong>the</strong> Kliffot to gross <strong>an</strong>d empty matter <strong>an</strong>d w<strong>an</strong>ted to place <strong>the</strong>ir demiurgic'god' as <strong>the</strong> highest point <strong>of</strong> spiritual 'light'.We, on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r h<strong>an</strong>d, do not see things in th<strong>is</strong> false light <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> hylicoi. For us <strong>the</strong> Kliffot are <strong>the</strong><strong>Black</strong> <strong>Light</strong> M<strong>an</strong>ifested <strong>an</strong>d that which opposes <strong>the</strong> cosmic creation. For us <strong>the</strong> descent into <strong>the</strong>'Abyss'/Daath <strong>is</strong> through Gnos<strong>is</strong> <strong>an</strong>d, <strong>the</strong>refore, a true spiritual form <strong>of</strong> ascent <strong>an</strong>d tr<strong>an</strong>scendence.Because <strong>of</strong> th<strong>is</strong> we choose not to call <strong>the</strong> highest spheres by <strong>the</strong> name that denotes <strong>the</strong>m as <strong>the</strong>lowest. However, that <strong>is</strong> only <strong>the</strong> exoteric reason why we reject <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> name Sheol <strong>an</strong>dinstead use Tehom.The esoteric reason <strong>is</strong> that Tehom, which me<strong>an</strong>s 'great deep <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> primordial waters (<strong>of</strong> Chaos)','The Deep' <strong>an</strong>d 'Abyss', <strong>is</strong> a word derived from <strong>the</strong> Babyloni<strong>an</strong> name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Dragon, Tiamat. Theplural <strong>of</strong> Tehom <strong>is</strong> Tehomoth (depths), which shows <strong>the</strong> roots <strong>of</strong> th<strong>is</strong> word even more clearly. It <strong>is</strong> <strong>an</strong>ame that <strong>is</strong> esoterically connected to Chaos <strong>an</strong>d to <strong>the</strong> pre-Judaic concepts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Primal AcausalForce.One may ask why we do not call <strong>the</strong> three forms above <strong>an</strong>d beyond Thaumiel th<strong>is</strong> name instead, asTohu, Bohu <strong>an</strong>d Chasek would better fit <strong>the</strong> concept <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Triad <strong>of</strong> Chaos. Well, <strong>the</strong>y are in <strong>an</strong>esoteric sense <strong>the</strong> Unm<strong>an</strong>ifested Triad <strong>of</strong> Chaos, or in some contexts even seen as a downwardspointing tri<strong>an</strong>gle <strong>of</strong> <strong>Black</strong> <strong>Light</strong>. Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> actually <strong>the</strong> reason why we call <strong>the</strong>ir three m<strong>an</strong>ifestedaspects on <strong>the</strong> Tree <strong>of</strong> Death/Daath 'Tehom'.16