, or the Jewish Liturgies for the
festivals, are full of compositions where the first letters of the
sentences follow the order of either the "Atbash" or "Tashrak." The
latter is simply a reversed order of the alphabet.

THE REAL KABBALAH

The "Real Kabbalah" consists of theoretical and practical mysteries.

1. The theoretical mysteries treat about the ten spheres, the four
worlds, the essence and various names of God and of angels, also of the
celestial hierarchy and its influences and effects on this lower world,
of the mysteries of creation, of the mystical chariot described by the
Prophet Ezekiel, of the different orders and offices of angels and
demons, also of a great many other deep subjects, too deep for
comprehension.

2. The practical Kabbalah is a branch of the theoretical, and treats of
the practical use of the mysterious names of God and of angels. By
uttering properly the Shem-ham-mephorash, i.e., the ineffable name of
Jehovah, or the names or certain angels, or by the mere repetition of
certain Scripture texts, miracles and wonders were and still are
performed in the Jewish world.

THE KABBALA

Know thou that the 613 Precepts of the Law form a compact with the Holy
One--blessed be He!--and with Israel, as it is often explained in the
Zohar. It is written (Exod. iii. 15), "This is My name, and this is My
memorial." "My name," in the Hebrew characters, together with "Yeho,"
amounts numerically to 365; "Vah," together with "My memorial," amounts
to 248. Here we have the number 613 in the Holy One--blessed be He! The
soul is a portion of God from above, and this is mystically intimated by
the degrees of "breath, spirit, soul," the initial and final letters of
which amount to 613, while the middle letters of these amount to the
number of "Lord, Almighty, God." The soul of Moses our Rabbi--peace be
on him!--embraced all the souls of Israel; as it is said, Moses was
equivalent to all Israel. "Moses our Rabbi" amounts to 613; and "Lord
God of Israel" also amounts to 613.

_Kitzur Sh'lu_, p. 2, col. 2.

Now let us illustrate the subject of "fear and love." Fear proceedeth
from love and love proceedeth from fear. And this you may demonstrate by
writing their letters one over the other, and then dividing them by
horizontal and perpendicular lines, thus Love perfecteth fear, and fear
perfecteth love. This is to teach thee that both are united together.

Ibid., p. 4, col. 2.

The Holy One--ble