DeMuT דמות

If one couldn’t tell by the stylization of DeMuT, the capitalized letters allude to DMT, Dimethyltryptamine, one of the most potent psychedelics known to man, and probably the most potent within man. But this is not all DeMuT is; דמות demut is a Hebrew word meaning likeness, form, semblance, image. Properly speaking, demut is an adverb. Demut refers to a physical object, a model or shape made after a specific pattern. Consider:

“Now King Ahaz went to Damascus…and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent Urijah the priest the design of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.” (2 Kin 16:10).

of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.” (2 Kin 16:10). “And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about.” (2 Chr 4:3).

of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about.” (2 Chr 4:3). “And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne….” (Eze 1:26).

of a throne….” (Eze 1:26). “To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto him?” (Is 40:18).

will ye compare unto him?” (Is 40:18). “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” (Gen 1:26).

In the Kabbalah, in the Zoharic literature explaining the vision of Ezekiel, we see the phrase “the place called demut” used once, where demut is considered a cognomen for the inside of the chariot, the Merkabah, namely the center of it; and thus, we note this instance where demut is a noun when in reference to the Merkabah.

The Merkabah is none other than the Cube of Space, which is a design or blueprint of the archetypal architecture which constructs and informs every aspect of this reality. In fact, we are even told in the Zohar that demut is the form which represents all the spiritual dimensions, upper and lower—and by this fact, DeMuT is quite literally the MATRIX.

DeMuT: The Cube of Space

The cube of space is a construct meant to be understood, it details the spiritual reality of all existence; it is an alchemical, temporal, and solar journey. The Sefer Yetzirah is the first publication to mention this symbol, which may have predated the Kabbalistic Tree of Life symbol. Thus, there is a reason why the Hebrew letters are in three groups as the 3 Mother letters, the 7 Double letters, and the 12 Simple letters. Consider:

The Mother letters: Aleph (א), Mem (מ), Shin (ש); attributed to Air, Water, and Fire, the elements. The Double letters: Beth (ב), Gimel (ג), Dalet (ד), Kaf (כ), Peh (פ), Resh (ר), Tav (ת); these are attributed to the planets, which according to the Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A.) is Mercury, Luna, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Saturn, corresponding to the order above. Tav (ת) has a double correspondence, being the element Earth. The Simple letters: Heh (ה), Vau (ו), Zayin (ז), Het (ח), Tet (ט), Yod (י), Lamed (ל), Nun (נ), Ayin (ע), Tsadi (צ), Qof (ק); these are zodiacal attributions, and in the order of Aries – Pisces as the order above.

The 12 boundaries of the cube of space correspond to the 12 simple letters; the 6 faces plus the center (+1) correspond to the 7 double letters; the 3 axes of Above – Below, East – West, and North – South, are attributed to the 3 Mothers.

Here we see the Cube is ordered to the 12 boundaries signifying divisions of time by the zodiacal wheel; the 6 faces and center function as the gyrating Sefirotic planetary Logoi (low-guy, plural for Logos) which is behind the movement of the Cube; finally there are the 3 axes signifying the Ternary which the element earth completes as a quaternary, being the double attribute of Tav (ת)—these elements define space, ie the volume .

Now, all of these letters correspond to the 22 Major Arcana, and so the pictorial symbolism awakens the subconscious of the individual who studies the Cube, giving insight into the spiritual journey every soul is obliged to complete, called by the ancients the Cycle of Necessity .

This cycle is an initiatory process for the soul, which I posit consists of the entire precession of the equinox, the platonic Great Year, commonly reckoned as 25,920 years, or thereabouts, whereas I am in agreement with the findings of Frater Akiba, who conjectures a slightly longer cycle of 26,784 years, which he claims is a rectified elliptical value.

Each Zodiac signifies one of the twelve alchemical phases that the human must go through to become an adept, or to acquire the Philosopher’s Stone—the completion of the Great Work. The Earth and the Universe both go through these same phases, for as the axiom states as above so below.

Thus, at it’s shortest, each human must conquer each phase in each division of time, and by this logic, the Great Work of the World (Adamah) and that of Human (Adam) are completed in pari passu, harmonically.

From DeMuT—To DeMuT

There is a “current” upon the Cube of Space, a specific movement and order in which spiritual development is attained, it is not as straightforward as one might suppose.

The Fool א (Aleph), falls into The World ת (Tav), the World Dancer, who dances upon the air. The World Dancer signifies the eternal self-expression of the ONE IDENTITY through multiplicity, and multiple personas; Tav (ת) is Cosmic Consciousness, but this state is merely like a metaphysical lobby waiting for the incarnation process. Next, this persona must acquire a demut, a form, upon which the Fool may use as a vehicle to journey upon his next destination: the West.

As one can see, the Mother of the MATRIX, The Empress ד (Dalet) is on the Eastern face of the Cube, directing manifest existence from her womb. Dalet (ד) leads to Mem (מ), which is The Hanged Man. Birth requires sacrifice, hence The Hanged Man as מ (Mem) relates to 40 numerically, indicating the 40 weeks of gestation the Mother goes through. We see The Hanged Man actually hangs and is bound to a wooden trunk in the shape of ת (Tav), The World, where The Fool falls (momentarily) to acquire his physical form (and spiritual). It is after this gestational process, that the soul as The Fool may travel to the West by the stream of water signified as The Hanged Man, whose current is from East to West.

When The Fool has reached The Wheel of Fortune, this Wheel directs the Soul to wherever they are spiritually obliged to go; for all souls however, the first lesson or experience upon the Cube of Space is Bondage, typified by The Devil ע (Ayin). This is where the spiritual journey begins; Zayin (ז) is the final path of the simple letters, which leads finally to Dalet (ד) Mem (מ) Tav (ת), otherwise known as DMT, the Door to cosmic consciousness, found in the Holy Palace, the Holy of Holies—the place called DeMuT.

It is my goal to elaborate upon the Night aspect of the Cube of Space:

(Quick note: in Hebrew sometimes words are spelled with and without a Vau (ו), so demut is spelled דמות, where the spelling with Vau (ו) is said to be the plene form, but sometimes we see the “deficient” form, lacking a Vau (ו), and I use this Qabalistic liberty to reveal that without Vau (ו), the spelling matches the English transliteration of DMT, as Dalet (ד) Mem (מ) Tav (ת), or דמת.)