Chapter 1421

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Source of Measures, p. 65. The author explains: “Note that in Hebrew, Jared, the father of Enoch, is construed to be ’the mount of descent,’ and it is said to be the same with Ararat, on which the cubical structure of Noah, or foundation measure, rested. Jared, in Hebrew, is י־רד. The root derivations are the same with those of Ararat, of acre, of earth. The Hebrew י־רד is literally, in British, Y R D; hence, in Jared, is to be found literally, our English word yard (and also י־רד, for Jah, or Jehovah, is rod). It is noteworthy that the son of Jared, viz., Enoch, lived 365 years; and it is said of him, by rabbinical commentators, that the year period of 365 days was discovered by him, thus bringing, again, time and distance values together, i.e., year time descended, by coördination, through the yard, or Jared, who thus was its father, in or through Enoch; and truly enough, 1296 = yard (or Jared) × 4 = 5184, the characteristic value of the solar day, in thirds, which, as stated, may be styled the parent, numerically, of the solar year” (ibid.). This, however, by the astronomical and numerical kabalistic methods. Esoterically, Jared is the Third Race and Enoch the Fourth—but as he is taken away alive he symbolizes also the Elect saved in the Fourth, while Noah is the Fifth from the beginning—the family saved from the Waters, eternally and physically.