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SECTION IGAIL RIPLINGER’SROSICRUCIAN MASTERPIECECHAPTER IA PRIMER ON KABBALAH―And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that inthe day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowinggood and evil.‖ (Gen. 3:4-5)In her 2003 book, In Awe of Thy Word: Understanding the King James Bible: Its Mystery & HistoryLetter by Letter, Gail Riplinger warned Christians against the use of all Greek and Hebrew lexicons andconcordances, as well as Greek-English and Hebrew-English interlinear translations, as aids tounderstanding the Bible. Her reason for placing these resources on the KJV-Only ―Index of ForbiddenBooks?‖ In the course of their research, the Hebrew and Greek scholars who authored them consultedbooks authored by unsaved liberals:―What about the Greek and Hebrew interlinears and study aids compiled by Christianmen?―These men may have inspired Greek and Hebrew words, but the English referencebooks they use to translate them into so-called ‗literal,‘ ‗plain,‘ ‗everyday‘ English, areanything but inspired. Since ancient Koine Greek is not the mother tongue of any livingperson, they must use the books with the ‗corrupt words‘ of unsaved liberal lexiconwriters to create their interlinears and study aids (Dan. 2:9). Since they are forced to usethe very reference books used by the new version translators, their so-called Englishequivalencies or definitions are identical to those in the new versions and are in error.‖(In Awe of Thy Word, p. 518)In place of using the traditional Hebrew and Greek resources to better comprehend the meanings of thewords God used in Scripture, Gail Riplinger recommended that KJV readers ―gather insights about thesubject from linguists who have already explored this vast and new scientific field of letter meanings.‖The meaning of God‘s letters, stated Gail, must be given their proper place, even priority, in determiningthe meaning of God‘s words:―God built the Bible, letter by letter. He gave each sound a sense. The meanings of eachletter can be found in the Bible, in the book of Genesis. Just as God created the basicchemical elements to use a building blocks to create different things, he also createdletters, with significations that they carry to create word meanings. An appendix at theend of this book details some of the central meanings of each letter.‖ (Awe, p. 16)1

In place of Greek and Hebrew resources to help Christians determine accurate word meanings, GailRiplinger recommended worldly books from liberal, humanistic and atheistic universities to aid them indetermining letter meanings. Computer technology and English dictionaries are recommended to replaceinterlinear translations, lexicons and concordances as resources for Bible study. The following liberalinstitutions are among many secular sources of information recommended by Gail for learning the hiddenmeanings of the ―letters‖ in the King James Bible:―Stanford Professor, Seth Lehrer, says that ‗Words tell us more than we everthought.‘ The new field of computational linguistics, with research from the nation‘sleading universities, such as Stanford and MIT, has confirmed letter meanings, asseen in the book of Genesis. Just as the electron microscope allowed scientists to seethings that had always existed at the molecular level, so computer technology andcomputational linguistics allow linguists to see and uncover a pattern of meanings forletters that have always been there. This understanding could revolutionize theteaching of reading ― Explore in the KJV what Harvard‘s Literary Guide to the Bible tells readersabout the Bible‘s ‗sound-meaning interactions.‘ In the 1500s Erasmus said, ‗God is inevery syllable.‘ (The Bible Through the Ages, p. 306)― God knows his English ABCs. He apparently wrote them on butterfly wings,even before the English Bible took flight. A Smithsonian Institute photographer hasdiscovered that each of the 26 letters of the English alphabet is written on the wings ofbutterflies!.―.Only the KJV‘s words are ‗wholesome words‘., according to databases such asOxford University‘s Psycholinguistic Database, Princeton University‘s CognitiveScience Laboratory, and Edinburgh University‘s Associative Thesaurus.‖ (In Awe ofThy Word, p. 18)―The best dictionary for studying words used in the King James Bible is the onlineEarly Modern English Dictionary Database (EMEDD), compiled by linguists from theUniversity of Toronto to ‗correct the OED‘ and more accurately define words as theywere used between 1530 and 1657. Definitions from 16 dictionaries, many available tothe KJV translators, appear instantly online when a KJV word is searched.‖ (In Awe ofThy Word, p. 64)―LITERATURE CITED Only books having an asterisk (*) are recommended forfurther study on this subject ‖The Columbia Encyclopedia, Columbia University Press*The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Cambridge University Press*The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, Cambridge University Press*An American Bible, Stanford University Press*Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th ed. NY Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 1910-1911*The Cambridge History of the Bible, The West From the Reformation to the PresentDay, vol. 3, Cambridge University Press*An American Bible, Stanford University Press*2

The History of the English Language, S. Lerer, Stanford University, Ph.D. Universityof Chicago*How to Read and Understand Poetry, Willard Spiegelman, Southern MethodistUniversity, Ph.D., Harvard UniversityOxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press)*Gods of the Word: Archetypes in the Consonants, Thomas Jefferson UniversityPress, (*great linguistics, non-Christian world view)Mysteries of the Alphabet, Marc-Alain Ouaknin, University of Bar-Han, Israel* (InAwe of Thy Word, pp. 1179-83)In Gail Riplinger‘s new cult of ―letter meanings,‖ it is commendable, and even spiritually-minded, to useliberal, humanistic and esoteric resources in order to learn more about the hidden meanings of letters inthe KJV, but it is folly and arrogance to use Greek or Hebrew resources in order to learn the originalmeanings of the words of the Bible. The subtitle of In Awe of Thy Word — Understanding the King JamesBible: Its Mystery & History Letter by Letter — means that the King James Bible should be understoodaccording to the meaning of its letters, for the hidden meanings of the KJV‘s letters determines themeaning of the KJV‘s words.The reader may be wondering who on earth interprets the Bible by deciphering its letter meanings. Thisarcane subject is the obsession of Jewish Kabbalists who seek ―union with the Divine‖ using a complexsystem of mystical agnosticism and magical practices taught by rabbinic sages.―Kabbalism.includes.a group of divinatory and magical practices, manipulations ofthe alphabet and the text of the Pentateuch, magic spells and rites. All of theseelements go back to very early days—to the beginnings of Israel in Palestine, and it isthese beginnings which shed most light on both scholarly Kabbalism and popularHasidism, and, in addition, go far to illuminate the real, the abiding spiritual meaning ofJudaism in all times and places.‖ (A.E. Waite, The Holy Kabbalah, University Books,2003, p. ix)How do Gail Riplinger‘s readers know that the unsaved linguists she recommended in her book are notKabbalists? They don‘t, since Gail has withheld vital information about the pagan beliefs and hiddenagenda of her sources. For example, one book ―recommended for further study on this subject‖ of lettermeanings is Mysteries of the Alphabet by Marc-Alain Ouaknin, who is a Kabbalist. (see above) RabbiOuaknin is also cited as an authority on the letter meanings of the Tetragrammaton, the four lettered nameof God (YHWH), with no disclaimer or caveat but simply introduced as ―Professor Marc-Alain Ouakninof the Center for Research and Jewish Studies in Paris and a professor at the University of Bar-Han inIsrael.‖ Rabbi Ouaknin‘s other works include Mysteries of the Kabbalah, an introduction to the Kabbalahin which Rabbi Ouaknin expressed the foundational Kabbalistic principle that God is the ―Text‖ of theTorah.―For Christians, the infinite deity also becomes finite through the body of Christ. Forkabbalists, the incarnation is produced in the body of the Text. This statementindicates the importance of reading and study in Judaism. It has been said, ‗God is thetext.‘ This means that the most radical manifestation of divinity is through the text, theBook, and the letters of the alphabet.‖ (Ouaknin, Mysteries of the Kabbalah, pp. 381-2)3

In other words, Kabbalists such as Rabbi Ouaknin believe that God ―incarnated,‖ not as a man, JesusChrist, but in the ―letters‖ of the Old Testament! Moreover, says Rabbi Ouaknin, since this ‗Text-God‘ isinfinite (Ein-Sof), it is the work of Kabbalists and Talmudists to interpret the letters and text of Scriptureso that God‘s words have an infinite number of meanings:―The ‘Text-God’ must be accorded its status of infinity; in other words, every meansmust be used to give it an infinite meaning. These means consist of all the rules ofinterpretation.especially gematria, tseruf [combining letters], and so on. The need tointerpret the text as the liberation of the divine is one of the fundamental meanings of allthe work of kabbalists and Talmudists. The Talmud.is a means of interpreting the textin such a way that the words it contains.can be interpreted in a plurality of ways.―And it is this plurality which becomes freedom—of God and men!‖ (Mysteries of theKabbalah, pp. 381-2)Why would Gail Riplinger recommend the work of a Kabbalist for further study of the subject of lettermeanings? Perhaps for the same reason she falsely attributed to Erasmus the Kabbalistic statement, ―Godis in every syllable.‖ (above quote) The fact is that Gail Riplinger is teaching the same Kabbalisticapproach to the interpretation of Scripture as Rabbi Ouaknin and other Kabbalists whose publications andideas she promotes in her book, In Awe of Thy Word.Gail Riplinger‘s readers should know where her unconventional approach to interpreting God‘s Word willultimately lead. According to The Zohar, the central book of Kabbalah, the letters of the Hebrew alphabetfunction as channels to ―the Light,‖ which is the esoteric term for Lucifer, and the spiritual enlightenmentwhich he offers:The Language of The Zohar―.the individual letters of The Zohar have special significance. In our everyday lives,we‘re used to thinking of the letters of the English alphabet in purely functional terms.The letters of the Hebrew alphabet (used for both Aramaic and Hebrew) should beunderstood in an entirely different way. In addition to their functional importance ascomponents of words, each Aramaic letter is also a channel to a unique form ofspiritual energy. The Aramaic alphabet is a gift of the Creator, just as The Zohar itselfis a gift. Scanning the letters—just letting your eyes pass over them—opens anunlimited channel to the Light.‖ (The Kabbalah Centre DS‖ IN THE WORDSIn Awe of Thy Word is, in essence, a primer on Kabbalah, that is, discovering the hidden meanings in thespiritually energized letters in the King James Bible. An Appendix titled ―The KJV‘s ABCs‖ is adictionary of the 26 letters of the English alphabet and the ―hidden meanings‖ which Gail has fathomed ineach letter. To aid the reader in exploring even deeper meanings in each letter and thereby determine themeaning of the words in the KJV, Gail recommends reading the works of ―computational linguists‖whose ―letter meanings. are shown to agree 100% with meanings ascribed to letters in Genesis.‖ (Awe,4

p. 1115) One ―computational linguist‖ highly recommended by Gail is Margaret Magnus, anotherKabbalist.―Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the world‘s richest scientific brain bank.One of their researchers, ‗Ph.D. candidate in formal theoretical linguistics at MIT,‘Margaret Magnus, ‗developed linguistic, lexical, and algorithmic databases used inspelling and grammar checkers by popular typesetting and word processing software.‘She has numerous linguistic degrees, has done advanced study in mathematics atuniversities worldwide, and speaks over a dozen languages. While creating dictionariesfor word processing software, letter meanings became self-evident to her. This cuttingedge researcher writes.‖ [quotes Magnus‘ book, Gods of the Word: Archetypes in theConsonants]. (Awe, p. 104)Magnus‘ book, Gods of the Word: Archetypes in the Consonants, is also recommended for further studyof letter meanings:―LITERATURE CITED. The books cited here are those from which direct quotationshave been noted. They represent only a tiny portion of those used in researching thisbook. Only books having an asterisk (*) are recommended for further study on thissubject.―Magnus, M. Gods of the Word: Archetypes in the Consonants, Kirksville, Missouri:Thomas Jefferson University Press, 1999. (*great linguistics; non-Christian worldview).‖ (Awe, pp. 1179, 1181)―Non-Christian world view‖ hardly prepares the reader for the esoteric content of Magnus‘ book whoseKabbalistic thesis is that: (1) letters and their sounds in combination are subterranean ―Gods of theWord,‖ (2) the ―Archetypes in the Consonants‖ are ―sound gods‖ or living spirits which actually reside inthe consonants of the English alphabet, and (3) the English language is the playground of this collectionof sound gods who interact with each other and influence human affairs:―These sounds do have the look and feel of a pack of Tarot cards. They are large andarchetypal in nature. As you spend time with a sound, you see it rise from the dust andlive, no less than you or I. It takes on the proportions of a god and moves with a will anddestiny of its own. Yet it remains always rooted in its essence, guided by a coherency andlogic wider than itself. It lives together in discord or in peace with its neighbors andthey fight out their battles and engage in their love affairs within our English words.One suddenly envisions language as the playground of the sound gods. [quotes CarlJung].I, too, am a true believer in the autonomy of the archetype. A /t/ or an /h/ is noless than a Zeus. The consonants are not essentially physical, but they live, evolve, andinfluence human affairs. We overlook something if we deny that they can get up andwalk around.‖ (Gods of the Word: Archetypes in the Consonants, pp. 65-6)Portions of Margaret Magnus‘ book are published on her website: http://www.trismegistos.com/, namedin honor of Hermes Trismegistos, aka the Egyptian god, Thoth, who communicated to the postdiluvianGrail kings the secret doctrine which the pre-flood civilization had received from fallen angels. Margo's5

Magical Letter Page explains the meanings of two ―Archetypes,‖ the ―S‖ and the ―G,‖ which letters shemaintains are inhabited and informed by the ―serpent‖ and the ―Grail‖ respectively:―About 300 hours into this research, you start losing your mind. You start imaginingyou discern archetypes in all those consonants and vowels. (Ho, ho!) For yourconfoundment and entertainment, I now proffer some data on the serpent in /s/ and theGrail in /g/.―In truth, I believe data of this type to be incredibly important. What it says essentiallyis that the consonants and vowels do in fact have a meaning. The most fundamentalaspect of that meaning is pure sound without any interpretation or symbolism. That puresound is meaningful (and how!). But one step above that most fundamental and puresound-meaning is the archetypal meaning. Since the consonants and vowels form thefoundation of the word - not only of its sound, but also of its meaning, then we literallytalk in terms of archetypes. Every word is a sound - a shruti note - on which aresuperimposed a collection of gods whose interaction forms the basis of the word.―And so, friends, I bid you observe how the mighty serpent abides in English S andinforms every word that contains it.‖ (―Margo's Magical Letter Page‖)Magnus then proceeds to show how the ―mighty serpent‖ abides in the English ―S‖ and how the ―Grail‖inhabits the letter ―G‖, as well as every word that begins with or contains these letters. Gail Riplingerendorses Magnus‘ theory that ―‗S‘ is the serpent‖ as sound linguistics. The ‗S‘ section of Gail‘s ―KJV‘sABCs‖ is suggestive that Satan is the Spirit who created the world:―The letter ‗S‘ is as mysterious, as the other letters are simple, at least to the author.‗S‘ definitely has a non-material sense about it, which is verified by its first use as‗Spirit‘ in Genesis 1.―With God‘s Spirit in control in Genesis 1 and 2, ‗s‘ is ‗so‘ ‗star-spangled‘ andsensational. When the ‗subtil‘ ‗serpent‘ shows up in Genesis 3, so does ‗sin,‘ ‗sweat,‘‗sorrow‘ and the ‗sword.‘.S―The letter ‗ ‘ slides in ‗serpent,‘ ‗subtle,‘.―The opposing spirit is evident in words such as ‗Satan‘ and ‗serpent.‘ Magnus isquick to tell her readers that, ‗About 25% of /s/ words in the dictionary are related tothe serpent‘ (p. 57). Her website takes it so far as to conclude, ‘S’ is the serpent. Thewarning, ‗watch out for the s,‘ is based on sound linguistic theory.―The ‗‗slide‘.‘ spirit takes a loose, extending ( ) downhill course in ‗sl‘ words, such as―The first usage ofS– ‗And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters‘(Gen. 1:2) – lends emphasis to its sense of north to south movement. It has a linearmovement from ‗here to there,‘ like the ‗t,‘ but its curvy, north-to-south (Ps. 75:6; Isa.14:13), heaven to earth shape give it a ‗more subtil‘ sense.―The ‗serpent‘ moves and slithers in his S-shaped path.6

―In conclusion, I must admit that the letter ‗s‘ defies a concrete definition. Perhapsit is because the ‗spirit‘ is not concrete.‖ (Awe, pp. 1144-45)Gail has just made the following correlation in her readers minds: ―‗’ spirit ‗slides‘ downward andS ’ slides in ‗serpent,‘ ‗subtle,‘‖ the ‗S is the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.in a north tosouth movement‖ having a ―more subtil‖ sense – the derogatory description of the serpent in Genesis 3:1.(―Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.‖) Theseassociations suggest ever so subtly that the Creator of the world is Satan, which is a major tenet ofGnostic dualism (See: ―The Gnostic Gospel‖)From this example alone (there are others) we can deduce that it is perilous to interpret God‘s Word bylooking for ―hidden meanings‖ in the letters of the KJV or consulting sources like Margaret Magnus‘Gods of the Word: Archetypes in the Consonants. To determine the meaning of a word in the Bible, it‘sreally much safer to consult Hebrew and Greek lexicons, which are dictionaries that define the words ofScripture as they were used in the original languages along with important grammatical informationneeded for translation.In the place of Greek and Hebrew lexicons, however, Gail urges her readers to determine the meaning ofeach word in the King James Bible from the shapes and sounds of its letters:―This chapter shows how word definitions are created and retrieved automatically by thebrain, while simply reading faithfully the sounds of the King James Bible. Explore in theKJV what Harvard‘s Literary Guide to the Bible tells readers about the Bible‘s ‗soundmeaning interactions.‘ In the 1500s Erasmus said, ‗God is in every syllable.‘‖ (Awe, p.16)―The historical and current shape of each letter is a tremendous clue to its meaning. Howand where a letter is pronounced in the vocal chords is another. A letter has more thanone meaning. If you forget the sense, simply look at the letter because it pictures itsmeaning.‖ (Awe, pp. 1115, 1117)Gail‘s analysis of the English alphabet provided detailed visual and phonetic analyses of each letter asguides to understanding their secret meanings. Kabbalist Margaret Magnus also teaches th

Mysteries of the Alphabet, Marc-Alain Ouaknin, University of Bar-Han, Israel* (In Awe of Thy Word, pp. 1179-83) In Gail Riplinger‘s new cult of ―letter meanings,‖ it is commendable, and even spiritually-minded, to use liberal, humanistic and esoteric resources in order to learn more about the hidden meanings of letters in

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