Can Hebrew letters be used as Runes?

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Can Hebrew letters be used as Runes?

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In the Kabbalah, the Major Arcana cards of the Tarot can be applied* to the paths between the Kabbalah's sephiroths.
And the Major Arcana cards of the Tarot have their own Rune equal. (*Might be wrong use of word.)

Example 1: Between sephiroths Kether (1) and Chokmah (2), is a path. Here lies Tarot card 0 Fool. 0 Fool is equal to Rune stone Jera. I also saw that on the same path the Hebrew letter Aleph lies.

Example 2: Between sephiroths Binah (3) and Geburah (5), is a path. Here lies Tarot card 7 Chariot. 7Chariot is equal to Rune stone Kenaz. And I also saw that this path has Hebrew letter Chet.

I'd like to make a set of Runesstones with the Hebrew alphabet; Hebrewstones.

Could this be possible?

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It is very possible. The Hebrew Letters correspond to Sounds, Numbers and Meaning.

For example, Aleph. It represents the number 1, it's sound is Silent, and it's meaning is extensive:
The alef is formed by two yuds, one to the upper right and the other to the lower left, joined by a diagonal vav. These represent the higher and lower waters and the firmament between them, as taught by the Ari z”l (“Rabbi Isaac Luria of blessed memory,” who received and revealed new insights into the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah)

Water is first mentioned in the Torah in the account of the first day of Creation: “And the spirit of God hovered over the surface of the water.” At this time the higher and the lower waters were indistinguishable; their state is referred to as “water in water.” On the second day of Creation God separated the two waters by “stretching” the firmament between them.

In the service of the soul, as taught in Chassidut, the higher water is water of joy, the experience of being close to God, while the lower water is water of bitterness, the experience of being far from God.

In Jewish philosophy, the two intrinsic properties of water are “wet” and “cold.” The higher water is “wet” with the feeling of oneness with the “exaltation of God,” while the lower water is “cold” with the feeling of separation, the frustration of experiencing the inherent “lowliness of man.” Divine service, as taught by Chassidut, emphasizes that in fact the primary consciousness of both waters is the sense of the Divine, each from its own perspective: from the perspective of the higher water, the greater the “exaltation of God,” the greater the oneness of all in His Absolute Being; from the perspective of the lower water, the greater the “exaltation of God,” the greater the existential gap between the reality of God and that of man, thus the inherent “lowliness of man.”

The Talmud tells of four sages who entered the “Pardes,” the mystical orchard of spiritual elevation reached only through intense meditation and Kabbalistic contemplations. The greatest of the four, Rabbi Akiva, said to the others before entering, “When you come to the place of pure marble stone, do not say ‘water-water,’ for it is said, ‘He who speaks lies shall not stand before my eyes.'” The Ari z”l explains that the place of “pure marble stone” is where the higher and the lower waters unite. Here one must not call out ‘water-water,’ as if to divide the higher and lower waters. “The place of pure marble stone” is the place of truth–the Divine power to bear two opposites simultaneously; in the words of Rabbi Shalom ben Adret: “the paradox of paradoxes.” Here “the exaltation of God” and His “closeness” to man unite with the “lowliness of man” and his “distance” from God.

The Torah begins with the letter beit: “Bereishit (In the beginning) God created the heavens and the earth.” The Ten Commandments, the Divine revelation to the Jewish People at Sinai, begin with the letter alef: “Anochi am God your God who has taken you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.” The Midrash states that “higher reality” had been set apart from “lower reality,” for God had decreed that neither higher reality descend nor lower reality ascend. In giving the Torah, God annulled His decree, He Himself being the first to descend, as it is written: “And God came down on Mount Sinai”. Lower reality, in turn, ascended: “And Moses approached the cloud….” The union of “higher reality,” the upper yud, with the “lower reality,” the lower yud, by means of the connecting vav of Torah, is the ultimate secret of the letter alef.


From http://inner.org/hebleter/

For symbols, you can use the Bilblical Hebrew Aleph-Bet just fine. However, there is an older version that reminds me of the Eldar Futhark. I would consider these more 'symbolic' because they're not in common use anymore (like the Runes).

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Re: Can Hebrew letters be used as Runes?

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The old school Hebrew Letters are Runes. They are symbols which have a sound and an idea associated with them, as well as a number and other things depending on school of thought and how many correspondences you throw them into. The traditional magick systems are very different, as are the mystic traditions they are part of, but they are essentially the same type of thing when used a certain way. ie, "Kabbalistically," in the way that Bardon describes Kabbalah. Incantation Magick.

Using them for Divination in the way that the Runes are used isn't common. I've never even heard of the idea before. But like any method of Divination, you can do it if you learn to read the patterns correctly. Experiment with your ideas and develop them, and see what results you get through experience.



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Shinichi wrote:Using them for Divination in the way that the Runes are used isn't common. I've never even heard of the idea before. But like any method of Divination, you can do it if you learn to read the patterns correctly.
You're right.
Qabalistic divination works a bit differently. Instead of casting the 'Letters' and trying to interpret the meaning with the human consciousness, the 'Prophet' (navi (Nun-Bet-Yod-Alef), from the term "niv sefatayim" -- meaning fruit of the lips) induces a trance through ecstatic meditation techniques to experience the Divine directly, and adapts this experience by meditating on the Hebrew Letters either singly or in combination to form Divine Names. In effect, they understand the experience with the spiritual consciousness.

It is very similar to Shamanistic practices with entheogens.

In 'amulets', a combination of modern and ancient Hebrew is used.
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Yes of course.

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Re: Can Hebrew letters be used as Runes?

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Letters/Runes are symbols, symbols imbued with meaning. These meanings lead to magickal experience through interpretation, understanding and meditation.

The answer to the question can Hebrews letters be used as Runes is a theoretical yes, IF, using those letters as runes bring about a new meaning and deeper understanding.

If you learn anything combining the two then please share and let us know.
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I was watching a video about the Hebrew alphabet and noticed in the drawings of the Paleo-Hebrew, that there was something familiar, as though I had seen it somewhere before and remembered that I had seen the Rune Alphabet . Hebrew reads right to left, and Vikings read the Rune http://www.ka-gold-jewelry.com/p-catego ... ewelry.php Alphabet as we do, left to right, the same as the Romans and Greeks did.

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Good post, but did not Master Bardon write about all this in one of his great books? I have personally found the GD magick system to be very helpful in plenty of ways. [wink]

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Re: Can Hebrew letters be used as Runes?

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I have been working with this for many years...and teaching it.

It is correct they have not been in "common use" , however that is to the detriment of modern
Witchcraft and Magical practice , including Alkhemi and Hermetics.

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For symbols, you can use the Bilblical Hebrew Aleph-Bet just fine. However, there is an older version that reminds me of the Eldar Futhark. I would consider these more 'symbolic' because they're not in common use anymore (like the Runes).

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