Is it Resh Tiphareth (Hebrew) or Ras Tafari (Amharic)?
Both Hebrew and Ethiopian Amharic are related languages. Interestingly enough, author Timothy White
says that Ras Tafari, who was renamed Haile Selassie following his coronation
as emperor of Ethiopia, “exhibited familiarity with Cabalistic doctrines,” in his book
Catch A Fire: The Life of Bob Marley. Selassie’s hand gesture in the photo above is
not a coincidence, as he intentionally displays the same gesture in several other
photos.
On the Cabalistic/Kabbalistic Tree of Life the
power vector known as “Tiphareth (Beauty)” is representative of the sun which is known
as “Zion” in Hebrew. Tiphareth unifies the concrete and the immaterial since it
is a bridge between the objective plane and the subjective plane. In Cabalistic
thought, Tiphareth is also synonymous with the “King of Kings, Lord of
Lords and Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah.” Meanwhile Kether
represents his father who art in heaven.
When we magnify the beauty
within ourselves, then beauty becomes an inescapable realty in the world around
us. Fueled by love, this dedication to the cause of refinement fosters the
Collective Security of the 10 power vectors that comprise Tree of Life. Once this covenant between the 10 spheres of influence has been achieved, the gift of the Holy Shekinah comes down from heaven to
earth in the form of the New Jerusalem (Revelations 21:2), which is really the
New HERU Salem (Peace).
The descent of the celestial city, is the equivalent to the rise of the new day’s sun, Heru, who refuses to “Set”
below the horizon. Peace of mind is what
propels a man’s ascension through various stages of evolution as he reaches his highest ground.
If we were to superimpose
Kemetic deities on the Tree of Life, then Heru would occupy Tiphareth, which is the sphere of beauty.
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