XIX. (the Sun), central; and XX. (the Judgment), after

which the supreme realization is obtained, the Crown of the
Magi.

We have said that the divine Name is again enunciated
in following the three sectors.

In the first are the arcana I., IV., VII., X. The absolute,
the realization of its virtualities, the dominion of Spirit
over Matter, and the animating principle of beings.
Then, in return, XIII., XVI., XIX. and I. Death (Inertia),

1 Consult for the generation and signification of numbers the
Traité Élémentaire de Science Occulte, by Papus, a learned author,
whose good counsels have produced the best part of this article.

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the astral light, the central sun, and the Unspeakable
himself.

This is the account, by the principles, of the differentia-
tion and integration of the Absolute.

In the second sector, the one which corresponds to the
consciousness of the Absolute or faith, we have the series,
V., VIII., XI., XIV. : the Hierophant, or religion ; Justice,
Force, and the combination of the movements of life; the
image of the Saints; the Mystics of all religions, who by
absolute Faith and Justice, receptive, feminine virtues,
acquire, without seeking for it, the power of working-
prodigies.

Lastly, in the third Sector, that of Love or power of
fecundity, we have the series : IX., Wisdom and Prudence ;
XII., the Sacrifice; XV., self-abandonment to the astral
forces ; and XV1IL, the attainment of the Infinite. The
essence of this series of efforts, both active and passive,
constitutes Initiation, the Redemption.

Let us once more seek for the divine Name, through the
three divisions at once. We shall find, for instance, the
arcana I., II., III., VI., which demonstrate the divine
Trinity, manifesting itself by Beauty and Liberty in the
Intellectual world : it is the passage of the Father Q) to
the Son Q).

Or again, I, VI., IX., X. : The descent of the Father (s)
into the physical world (X.) by the Son (VI.) and by Yesod
(IX.); the Word made flesh. This is the Redemption,
the series which in the SepJur Ydzirah represents the
Column of the Sephiroth (Kether — Tiphereth — Yesod and
Malchutj.1

1 The signification of the cards is borrowed from Fabre d'Olivet,
Wronski, E. Levi, Christian, and the Sepher Ydzirah (translation by
Pap us).

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But we must limit these examples, which the reader will
easily multiply for himself. Let us only add a few more
words upon our second problem : the different manifest-
ations of each of the three persons of the divine Trinity.

The Yod is found in the arcana I., V., IX., XII. and