Chapter 21
I. The “Unknowable” referred to in various ways in Rig Vedic verse, such
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as “_Nought_ was,” called, later on, Parabrahman—the אין, 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 _identical_. Moreover, in _Genesis_ i, verse 2 is placed as verse 1 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 necessary for _monotheistic_ and Kabalistic purposes. Jeremiah’s curse against those Elohim (Gods) who _have not created_ the Heavens and the Earth,(301) shows that there were other Elohim who had.
