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A JOURNEY INTO SEMITIC ROOTS
by G.K.Spain
CANTO THE FIRST
Okay, laddies n' lassies,
If you listen up, you will learn something.
Based on the initials
Of biblical Semitic roots,
One of the main meanings
Of Samekh and of Shin or Sin
Is to weave things together,
Consistent with both the willow,
Saille, and with Samekh's source,
The hieratic form of the hieroglyph
'Wick of twisted flax', showing
Strands twisted or woven
(As does the Northumbrian rune
Of its ogam-sound, Ing).
The thing that makes this thunderous
Is that where these letters alight
In the most ancient system
(Which is thus the most potent one)
Is at the center of the Throne world,
The world of man's surroundings
When meditating seated
(Or else heavy with child),
Its bottom half the seven-fold
Stops that divide time --
Called doubles -- its very top
M's subtle savoriness.
Shin's crown stands
For the strands of man's destiny --
The weaving of wide spells
By humankind's progeny.
The old moon-good, Sin,
Stands at the exact center
(Of the Throne world's cauldron's
Rim), while its twin, shin,
Is drawn down from tongue-tip
To counter with its calming "shush"
The sharp sound of Tzaddi's
Whistling, the second sign
Of world-egg Alef-the-tongue,
Meaning this circuit man is on.
And thus destiny springs forth
In weaving, the weaving done
In the head, not in paradise,
That sweetness which itself sits
High above the bubbling
Cauldron's arc of letters
Called doubles: say "mm"
And you transfer to the level
In need of no weaving,
Since grapes there are sweetness
Itself, even if unbeknownst
To Aesop's fox, but then, well,
What'd he know (meaning the fox,
Not Aesop, of course).
Indeed Nun is negation,
It turns out, in Hebrew,
Even though the grammatical sign
For negation is Lamedh.
Qof is the inward part,
The fruit, and its cutting.
Reysh is growled shakiness,
Cheyt a hollowing-out of space,
A blocking-off. And Samekh
Does represent uprightness,
Which is the very reason
The strands need be woven
In the first place (for stiffness).
And Ayin is increase
And drying (being spring).
And Kaf we already knew
As a hand that is bent
Around something. In short,
The language that is Hebrew
And knowledge that is bardic lore
Are thus close-woven
Together, to make a wick
Whose flame stands upright
And burning before us.
by G.K.Spain
CANTO THE FIRST
Okay, laddies n' lassies,
If you listen up, you will learn something.
Based on the initials
Of biblical Semitic roots,
One of the main meanings
Of Samekh and of Shin or Sin
Is to weave things together,
Consistent with both the willow,
Saille, and with Samekh's source,
The hieratic form of the hieroglyph
'Wick of twisted flax', showing
Strands twisted or woven
(As does the Northumbrian rune
Of its ogam-sound, Ing).
The thing that makes this thunderous
Is that where these letters alight
In the most ancient system
(Which is thus the most potent one)
Is at the center of the Throne world,
The world of man's surroundings
When meditating seated
(Or else heavy with child),
Its bottom half the seven-fold
Stops that divide time --
Called doubles -- its very top
M's subtle savoriness.
Shin's crown stands
For the strands of man's destiny --
The weaving of wide spells
By humankind's progeny.
The old moon-good, Sin,
Stands at the exact center
(Of the Throne world's cauldron's
Rim), while its twin, shin,
Is drawn down from tongue-tip
To counter with its calming "shush"
The sharp sound of Tzaddi's
Whistling, the second sign
Of world-egg Alef-the-tongue,
Meaning this circuit man is on.
And thus destiny springs forth
In weaving, the weaving done
In the head, not in paradise,
That sweetness which itself sits
High above the bubbling
Cauldron's arc of letters
Called doubles: say "mm"
And you transfer to the level
In need of no weaving,
Since grapes there are sweetness
Itself, even if unbeknownst
To Aesop's fox, but then, well,
What'd he know (meaning the fox,
Not Aesop, of course).
Indeed Nun is negation,
It turns out, in Hebrew,
Even though the grammatical sign
For negation is Lamedh.
Qof is the inward part,
The fruit, and its cutting.
Reysh is growled shakiness,
Cheyt a hollowing-out of space,
A blocking-off. And Samekh
Does represent uprightness,
Which is the very reason
The strands need be woven
In the first place (for stiffness).
And Ayin is increase
And drying (being spring).
And Kaf we already knew
As a hand that is bent
Around something. In short,
The language that is Hebrew
And knowledge that is bardic lore
Are thus close-woven
Together, to make a wick
Whose flame stands upright
And burning before us.