Egyptian-Hebrew stream·The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch)·Book I — Book of the Watchers·Chapter XXXIV
Source context
- Theme
- Enoch's vision of the northern wind-portals and their cosmic functions
Steiner
not engaged in the GA corpus
Cross-tradition
- Mesopotamian cosmologyBabylonian astronomical texts assign distinct functional roles to the four cardinal winds and their sub-portals, exhibiting cross-tradition congruence with the Book of Watchers' enumeration of northern wind-gates and their effects on the terrestrial sphere.
- Kabbalistic pneumatologyThe Zoharic tradition associates the northern direction with the power of Gevurah and divine judgment, exhibiting cross-tradition congruence with Enoch's northern portals as sources of cold, darkness, and restraining cosmic forces.
Chapter XXXIV
XXXIV. XXXV. Enoch's Journey to the North.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
1And from thence I went towards the north to the ends of the earth, and there I saw a great and glorious device at the ends of the whole earth. 2. And here I saw three portals of heaven open in the heaven: through each of them proceed north winds: when they blow there is cold, hail, frost, snow, dew, and rain. 3. And out of one portal they blow for good: but when they blow through the other two portals, it is with violence and affliction on the earth, and they blow with violence.
Chapter XXXV
CHAPTER XXXV.
1And from thence I went towards the west to the ends of the earth, and saw there three portals of the heaven open such as I had seen in the †east†, the same number of portals, and the same number of outlets.
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