Schemhamphoras

(thing) by The Prophet (6.5 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu May 17 2001 at 19:49:54

Schemhamphoras are seventy-two angels who bear the Names of God, and are used in invocation and in magic.

The Schemhamphoras are names of power. The concept of "names of power" dates to the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Assyrians and Gnostics, as well as the Hebrews, who believed that incredible power could be unleashed through the use of words. The Egyptians invented names of power for magical rituals, which were passed into texts absorbed into Western culture.

The most powerful of all the names of power is the Tetragrammaton. The Tetragrammaton is usually expressed as YHVH, the Hebrew letters yod, he, vau, he. The exact pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton is not known; the most commonly accepted is "Yahweh." So awesome is the Tetragrammaton that for centuries it was considered to be ineffable and was rarely spoken. As early as the time of Jesus, it was whispered only on Yom Kippur by a high priest in the inner sanctuary in the Temple of Jerusalem. In the sacred texts, substitute names of power were used, such as "Adonai" or "Adonay" or "Elohim," and the names of the Schemhamphoras.

Jehovah: was the german translation of YHVH, it is a wrong translation of the Hebrew words, but is still recognized.
Yahweh: is the Hebrew word for God, God revealed this to Moses. It means "I am who am".
Tetragrammaton: the personal and sacred name of God in Hebrew Scripture.

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Yahweh	Invocation	Jehovah	Hebrew
Angels	Hebrew words for God	Ritual	Western culture
Tetragrammaton	Yom Kippur	Scripture	Jesus
ineffable	The Bible	God	Greeks
Moses

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