In the beginning of Time, after the Elohim [the “Sons of Light and Life,” or the Builders] had shaped out of the eternal Essence the Heavens and the Earth, they formed the worlds six by six.
The seventh being Malkuth, which is our Earth(382) on its plane, and the lowest on all the other planes of conscious existence. The Chaldean _Book of Numbers_ contains a detailed explanation of all this.
The first triad of the Body of Adam Kadmon [the three upper planes of the seven (383)] cannot be seen before the Soul stands in the presence of the Ancient of Days.
The Sephiroth of this upper Triad are: “1. Kether (the Crown), represented by the brow of Macroprosopus; 2. Chokmah (Wisdom, a male Principle), by his right shoulder; and 3. Binah (Intelligence, a female Principle), by the left shoulder.” Then come the _seven_ Limbs, or Sephiroth, on the planes of manifestation; the totality of these four planes being represented by Microprosopus, the Lesser Face, or Tetragrammaton, the “four‐lettered” Mystery. “The _seven_ manifested and the _three_ concealed Limbs are the Body of the Deity.”
Thus our Earth, Malkuth, is both the _seventh_ and the _fourth_ World; the former when counting from the first Globe above, the latter if reckoned by the planes. It is generated by the sixth Globe or Sephira, called Yezud, “Foundation,” or, as said in the _Book of Numbers_, “by Yezud, He [Adam Kadmon] fecundates the primitive Heva [Eve or our Earth].” Rendered in mystic language, this is the explanation why Malkuth, called the Inferior Mother, Matrona, Queen, and the Kingdom of the Foundation, is shown as the Bride of Tetragrammaton, or Microprosopus (the Second Logos), the Heavenly Man. When free from all impurity, she will become united with the Spiritual Logos, _i.e._, in the Seventh Race of the Seventh Round—after the regeneration, on the day of “Sabbath.” For the “_Seventh_ Day” again has an occult significance undreamed of by our theologians.
When Matronitha, the Mother, is separated and brought face to face with the King, in the excellence of the Sabbath, all things become one body.(384)
“Become one body” means, that all is reäbsorbed once more into the One Element, the spirits of men becoming Nirvânîs, and the elements of everything else becoming again what they were before—Protyle or Undifferentiated Substance. “Sabbath” means Rest, or Nirvâna. It is not the “_seventh_ day” after _six_ days, but a period the duration of which equals that of the seven “days,” or any period made up of seven parts. Thus a Pralaya is equal in duration to a Manvantara, or a Night of Brahmâ is equal to his Day. If the Christians will follow Jewish customs, they ought to adopt the spirit and not the dead letter thereof. They should work one week of seven days and _rest_ seven days. That the word “Sabbath” had a mystic significance, is disclosed in the contempt shown by Jesus for the Sabbath day, and by what is said in _Luke_.(385) Sabbath is there taken for the _whole week_. See the Greek text where the week is called “Sabbath.” Literally, “I fast twice in the Sabbath.” Paul, an Initiate, knew it well when referring to the eternal rest and felicity in Heaven, as Sabbath:(386) “and their happiness will be eternal, for they will ever be [one] with the Lord, and will enjoy _an eternal Sabbath_.”(387)