11/25/2005

Enoch

"On the sixth day I commanded my wisdom to create man from seven consistencies: one, his flesh from the earth; two, his blood from the dew; three, his eyes from the sun; four, his bones from stone; five, his intelligence from the swiftness of the angels and from cloud; six, his veins and his hair from the grass of the earth; seven, his soul from my breath and from the wind. And I gave him seven natures: flesh for hearing, eyes for sight, the soul for smell, blood for touch, bones for endurance, and intelligence for sweetness and joy,"
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"I created man from invisible and visible nature. From both come his death, his life, and image"


Enoch was born on the sixth day of the month Tsivan, and lived three hundred and sixty-five years.
He was taken up to Heaven on the first day of the month Tsivan and remained in heaven sixty days. He wrote all these signs of all creation, which the Lord created, and wrote three hundred and sixty-six books, and handed them over to his sons and remained on earth thirty days, and was again taken up to Heaven on the sixth day of the month Tsivan, on the very day and hour when he was born.
As every man's nature in this life is dark, so also are his concption, birth and departure from this life.

from: The Book of the Secrets of Enoch