Divine Emanation

Mahdihassan, S. A positive concept of Divinity emanating from a study of Alchemy. Iqbal Rev 10, no. 1 (1969) 72-125. 

Since the Deity is in possession of a wealth of magical divine powers, she is therefore, also in possession of a great number of names. These mystical divine names do not consist of senseless compositions of letters, but they indicate exactly each and every aspect of the nature of the Deity, and connected to this is the divine emanation of power. 

See the sphere become citrine, olive, russet, and indigo in color. For the remainder of the meditation period, rest in the vitalizing power of the Divine Lights of Emanation. Close with the Qabalistic Cross.]... 

The Divine Unity of the world of Atziluth becomes subdivided into the creative powers when the world of Briah emanates from its heart. The Tiphareth of Atziluth simultaneously becomes the Kether of Briah. It is important to note the use of the term subdivided. It is repeated over and over in the ceremonial presentations of the Mysteries, in the al-... 

The Tower is an image of the Tree of Life, portrayed in the form of an edifice. This enables the practitioner to study and experience in detail the various interweaving influences that constitute a human being. In the present practice, the castle is being worked in the level of Atziluth, the Qabalistic world of Divine unity and of emanation. This may seem an odd statement to make at first, but there is good reason for it. 

Atziluth—The World of Emanation and the level of inherent Divinity—King Color Scale ... 

The Corpus Hermeticum is composed of Greek writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. It is apparently a collection of doctrinal and inspirational writings by several authors, as is the Bible. The Corpus Hermeticum has a number of key themes. These include the absolute goodness of God who is both One and All self-revelation of the Divine Mind in the cosmos the universe as an emanation of living beings... 

Green is the color that outlasts the others. From this color emanate flashing, sparkling rays. This green may be absolutely pure or it may become tarnished. Its purity proclaims the dominant note of the divine light its dullness results from a return to the darkness of nature. 

The first issue to challenge the Middle Platonists was the precise relationship between fate and providence. Apuleius and Pseudo-Plutarch had s olved the problem of evil by relegating heimarmene to a lower aspect of the divine principle of pronoia. Yet the farther one moved from the divine source in the chain of cosmic emanations, the more room that opened up for the capricious or even deleterious effects of planetary gods and daimones upon humans. To complicate the issue further, Platonist philosophers needed to define and reconcile heimarmene and pronoia with the related causal principles of chance (tuxv)), and necessity (dvdcyxy)). 

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