MISCELLANEOUS READINGS

Hekhalot Passage (Synopse 109)

"When the time for the afternoon prayer arrives each day, the glorious King sits and extols the "hayyot". Before he finishes speaking, the holy "hayyot" come out from beneath the throne of Glory. Their mouths are full of exultation, their wings full of joy, their hands playing music, and their feet dancing."

"They surround their king, one on his right and one on His left, one before Him another behind."

"They embrace and kiss Him and uncover their faces. They uncover, while the king of Glory covers His face."

"The firmament Avarot splits open like a sieve before the glorious King ..."

Nag Hammadi Texts: Sabaoth

And as he [Sabaoth} had authority, he made himself first of all a mansion. It was huge, magnificent, 7 times as great as all those that exist in the 7 heavens.

And before his mansion he created a throne, which was huge and was upon the 4 faced chariot called "cherubim".

Now the cherubim had 8 shapes per each of the 4 corners so that all the forms amount to 64 forms and he created 7 archangels that stand before it, he is the 8th, and has authority. All the forms amount to 72 ...

3 Enoch Synopse 14

... in 3 Enoch 2, Metatron declares that : "all the secrets of the world, and all the secrets of creation are revealed before me as they are revealed before the Creator. Metatron states that out of the great love and mercy which the Holy One, BBH, loved and adored me more than all the children of heavens, He wrote with his finger, with a burning style, upon the crown of my head the letters by which the heavens and earth were created."

3 Enoch 22

"Above them is a prince, noble, wonderful, mighty, praised with all manner of praise: Keruviel YHWH is his name, a valiant prince, full of boundless power, a majestic prince, with whom is majesty. A righteous prince, with whom is righteousness, a Holy prince, with whom is Holiness. A prince glorified by thousands of hosts, a prince extolled by countless legions."

"A crown of Holiness is on his head, with a sacred name engraved upon it, from which lightning flickers. The bow of the shekinah is across his shoulders, his sword, like lightning flashes, are in his belt, a breastplate of consuming fire hangs round his neck, and the coals of juniper encompass him. The splendour of the shekinah is on his face; horns of majesty are on his wheels, a royal turban crowns his head."