I. The "Unknowable" referred to in various ways in Rig Vedic

verse, such as *' Nought was," called, later on, Parabrahman — the pj.?. Ain, No-thing, or Ain Suph of the Kabalists — and again, the "Spirit" (of God) that moves upon the face of the Waters, in Genesis, All these are idailical. Moreover, in Gatesis i, verse 2 is placed as verse i in the secret Kabalistic texts, where it is followed by the Elohim "creating the Heaven and the Earth." This deliberate shifting of the order of the verses was necessarj' for monotheistic and Kabalistic purposes. Jeremiah's curse against those Elohim (Gods) who have not created the Heavens and the Earth,* shows that there were other Elohim who had.
n. The Heavenly Manu-SvSyambhuva, who sprang from Svayambhu- N&rayana, the "Self-existent," the Adam Kadmon of the Kabalists, and the Androgyne "Man." of Genesis i, are also identical.