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Fred, you've hit the nail right on the head. Here's a page from an article I'm currently working on. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tree of Balance The Epic of Gilgamesh touches upon the foundation of ancient Assyrian religious beliefs. Over centuries of religious development the Mesopotamian pantheon of city gods gradually merged into an omnipresent deity. This monotheistic concept of god became an essential structural feature of Assyrian religion, philosophy and royal ideology, and was firmly rooted in a complex but coherent doctrinal system underlying the entire imperial culture from mythology to royal rituals and visual arts . The pantheon of gods became manifestations of this omnipresent deity displaying the characteristics needed to attain perfection. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a Mesopotamian parable describing Gilgamesh’s esoteric spiritual journey as he ascends up the Tree of Balance to godhood. In twelve cuneiform tablets Gilgamesh develops from an oppressive, selfish tyrant into a "perfect king." Each tablet describes a distinct phase in Gilgamesh's spiritual development. Nine of the tablets are thematically associated with the "great gods" making up the Tree of Balance, and the order of the tablets corresponds to that of the gods in the Tree of Balance, starting with the god of the netherworld at its root and proceeding in a zigzag fashion through the branches and trunk towards its top . The Epic uses the adventurous journey of an ancient king seeking eternal life as a metaphor describing the inner spiritual journey that the true individual receiver (Quabbalah in Aramaic) must take in order to become the “perfect man.” As Gilgamesh’s physical journey takes him through the spheres of the “great gods,” he receives their spiritual characteristics needed to obtain perfection and balance. He gains the authority of Anu, the wisdom of Ea, the prudence of Sin, the creativity and mercy of Marduk, the righteousness of Shamash, the love and beauty of Ištar, the fertility of Nergal, the prowess of Ninurta/Nabű and the splendour and might of Adad. Gilgamesh in effect spiritually becomes the “perfect king” and the “perfect man” as his characteristics come to equal the Tree of Balance. Not surprising when one considers that the peculiar spelling of Gilgamesh's name in the Epic can be esoterically read as, "the man who matched the Tree of Balance." Anu (Authority) Generation 1 (Prudence) Sîn | Ea (Wisdom) \ | / \ | /(Love/Beauty) Generation 2 (Righteousness) Šamaš–––Ištar–––Marduk (Creativity/Mercy) / | \ / | \ Generation 3 (Splendour/Might) Adad | Nabű (Prowess) Nergal (Fertility) God Characteristic Character from Gilgamesh Gilgamesh Games Nergal Fertility Wrestling with Enkidu Wrestling Nabű/Ninurta Prowess Gilgamesh? Running Adad Splendour/Might Humbaba in the Cedar Forest Boxing Marduk Creativity/Mercy Bull of heaven Bull Jumping Ishtar Love/Beauty Ištar Acrobatics Samash Righteousness Scorpion man guarding the Mountains of Mashu, gate of Šamaš Archery? Ea Wisdom Siduri, also known as Ea’s goatfish. Weight Throwing? Sin Prudence Ur-shanabi Chariot Racing? Anu Authority Napushtim Weight Carrier? The Kabbalah is said to be the ancient Hebrew esoteric philosophy based on a mystical interpretation of the Bible - not the mundane. The Kabbalah, in modern times, has also become merged with the numerological layers of the Hebrew alphabet and our Bible - more commonly known as The Bible code. It is said to present a symbolic explanation of the origin of the universe and relates all things to their supreme archetypes. The Epic of Gilgamesh reveals that the true origin of the Kabbalah is the ancient Assyrian religion. According to Professor Simo Parpola the Kabbalistic Sephirotic Tree can be traced back to its antecedent, the Assyrian Tree of Balance. The ancient Assyrian religion appears to have evolved from monotheism providing an external influence on the individual, to a belief that the individual could obtain godhood by developing the internal characteristics of god through Assyrian mysticism. This emphasised a belief in the existence of realities beyond perceptual and intellectual apprehension that are central to being and directly accessible by subjective experience bringing the individual perfection and spiritual “immortality.” The Epic of Gilgamesh had a great influence on Judaism, besides the obvious story of Napushtim’s Ark which has been borrowed in the Old Testament, the esoteric origin of one of the pillars of Judaism – the Kabbalah - also appears to have been borrowed from the ancient Mesopotamians. --------------------- |
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