DIVINE POWER OF LETTERS. UThe sacred significance of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet is paralleled by that attached to those of the Sanskrit alphabet as used in the Sacred Writings of India.
To tap divine power, magicians used various biblical names and titles of God in their incantations, including El, Elohim and Eloa ("the god"), Adonai ("the Lord"), Sabaoth ("Lord of Hosts") and Shaddai ("the Almighty").
By the Divine Power which extinguished the fiery furnace from off those of the house of Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael,100 may He extinguish the fire and the flame, that it burn not the heaps of corn and stalks, nor the house of A., the son of B.
Idealism", or the Tradition wherein Bodily (and Otherwise Human) Spiritualization and Even Bodily Immortalization are Sought, and Which are to be Achieved by Means of the Descent (or Bodily, or Otherwise Human, Contemplation) of Divine Power B.
growth is that they are constantly drawn out by the attractions of the outer world, and that in all the objects of the world God is ever hiding Himself, in order that by that attractive power of Himself He may draw forth the hidden divine powers ...
It is then suppos'd, that Musick is an outward Representation of the Harmony of the Divine Powers and Properties in the Nature of God: who exists and manifest himself in infinite variety and multiplicity, all in perfect Concord and Unity.
Furthermore, there is no moment when man is not nourished and does not exist by virtue of the divine power which flows down upon him.
While being protected Zeus matured receiving all of his divine powers. When the time came for Gaea's prophecy to be fulfilled Zeus consort was Metis, a daughter of Oceanus, whose name means "Prudence" or more often "Perfidy.
This human figure symbolized the Divine Power in all its intricate manifestations.
The term 'demon' is derived ultimately from the Sanskrit root div ('to shine'), through the Greek daimon ('divine power'). To the Greeks daimons were intermediary spirits between humans and the Gods.
Magic, which we have mentioned more than once, was recognised as a potent, though dangerous, means of harnessing divine powers.
He can only receive his full divine power through the authority of the High Priestess. Without her, his claim to kingship is invalid. The embarrassment of the Church is obvious. We too feel embarrassed, because we have no concept of sacred sexuality.
The constantly changing appearance of the heavens indicated to him the ceaseless activity of the gods, and since whatever happened on Earth was due to divine powers, ...
Divine power issues forth from the sun. Thus 'the heavens declare the glory of God.
One who has a peculiar capacity (besides a self-initiated task and a pre-ordained destiny) to transmit energy or divine power, ...
Spiritual and divine powers lie dormant in every human Being; and the wider the sweep of his spiritual vision the mightier will be the God within him.
Like the 'magician' or 'theurgist' in the iconography of the Egyptian tarot card, man is to 'bring down' the divine power and light in order to impregnate and fill the objects of the physical world with their appropriate form of divinity.
See also: World, Spirit, Light, Ritual, Spiritual
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