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Where does the name “Shemhamforash” come from?

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Where does the name “Shemhamforash” come from?

Angelkesfarl:First of all, it comes from the science of simplification and decomposition.

The sages who devised it derived it from three verses of the Torah in the well-known narrative known to most scholars—though, of course, that is not my only point. It also stems from the fact that the method employed by the ancient sages was modeled after the path of a plow: straight, then in the opposite direction, then straight again

—resulting in seventy-two letters for each of the three verses, which were publicly proclaimed. the birth of the seventy-two astrological decans in their three aspects, forming the number 216.

I am fascinated by numbers, for they are the language of unchanging truth... So what they call the “single” or “fragmented” name, Shimhemforash, is in fact three verses from which they claim all secrets emerged.

When their initial arrangement is complete, we will need to divide by another coefficient, 2, to arrive at the center of the circle, thereby identifying the top, bottom, east, and west of the astronomical circle, which is by its very nature divided into 12 months and 12 hours. Oh, a new number has appeared—12. Let’s talk about it, please, and take it in with our own eyes. Dividing 72 by 12 gives 6—oh my God, a new number has been born as well: 6 × 36 = 216, another initial form. And strangely, it is the product of 3 × 12 = 36—it is also half the cycle of celestial movements for every 72 astrological decans. Ah, so are we filling the void with letters, then???

From this arises a complete movement that changed the course of human history—especially Western history—in the search for the secret: Let’s knock politely on our neighbors’ doors and ask them: O ancient civilizations, were you aware of the decans, and did they have other names among you??? Why did they choose only the ternary system???

Was it because there are only three such verses, or because there were other considerations? Or is it that, with all that has been written, transcribed, experimented with, and created—and in which scholars spent their lifetimes and experimenters derived most of their secrets—it is merely a first step in a vast, welcoming universe?

I apologize, my friends, if I have caused you any inconvenience, but it is a matter
 

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My experience with the Shemhamphorash is limited to some very minor things, maybe a couple meditations and some talismans derived from some of the names ages ago.

It's my understanding that this is the only place in the books of Moses where 3 consecutive verses contain exactly 72 letters, and that this occurs right at the climax of Exodus, the parting of the sea, the ultimate display of god's power.

A couple things I never fully understood are exactly why would we need to read these in an alternating direction? I hear the point about it resembling the action of a plow, but is this the only explanation you find?

I'm also curious what you or others take this name(s) to represent? Is this meant to represent god's ultimate power over matter? Freedom/Salvation? Other themes from this story, or beyond it?

Do you think it's possible to find completely new interpretations hidden in these lines of the text?
 

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I always assumed the 72 names, the angelic names and the astrological correspondences were part of one system.

What I would really like to know is where the connection with the 36 decans actually first appears. I have seen it mentioned in modern occult books plenty of times but usually without anyone pointing to an early source.
 

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My experience with the Shemhamphorash is limited to some very minor things, maybe a couple meditations and some talismans derived from some of the names ages ago.

It's my understanding that this is the only place in the books of Moses where 3 consecutive verses contain exactly 72 letters, and that this occurs right at the climax of Exodus, the parting of the sea, the ultimate display of god's power.

A couple things I never fully understood are exactly why would we need to read these in an alternating direction? I hear the point about it resembling the action of a plow, but is this the only explanation you find?

I'm also curious what you or others take this name(s) to represent? Is this meant to represent god's ultimate power over matter? Freedom/Salvation? Other themes from this story, or beyond it?

Do you think it's possible to find completely new interpretations hidden in these lines of the text?
The answer is simple: it is the secret. It represents the verses of the Exodus and the most powerful of Moses’ miracles—the parting of the sea—and reveals God’s absolute power in the form of the Angel of the Lord, who parted the sea and walked with Moses and the Israelites in the midst of the sea.

Are they names? No, they are not names; here, they are merely a rearrangement of letters, a triad that refers to the three aspects of each Dekan in a miniature and hidden form.

The Plow’s Path is not the only method; there are other methods that will produce other names in different arrangements, and when combined, they are suitable for every time and place. With them, you do not need astronomical observations, nor do the planets or celestial angles need to pave the way for you; rather, you will find more paths that lead you to every goal immediately and instantly.

Indeed, there are other aspects and interpretations, but they point to another question: Where do the meanings of each group of letters come from?

Also, will the names and records of the 72 aspects differ, thereby producing new entities? What myth will you uncover when you discover the other secrets?

Did they say fallen angels, demonic spirits, Goetia, and the Keys of Solomon?

But then who will the others be, and what are their stories???
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I always assumed the 72 names, the angelic names and the astrological correspondences were part of one system.

What I would really like to know is where the connection with the 36 decans actually first appears. I have seen it mentioned in modern occult books plenty of times but usually without anyone pointing to an early source.
It is indeed a single system, but was it invented solely by the Hebrews?
The answer is no... Here, they are both imitators and innovators at the same time.
If you want to know more, we’ll soon be knocking on the doors of other civilizations to ask them, so stay tuned, my friend...
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Very smart and educated Jewish people who created all the systems that most western magick comes from.
Establishing intellectual dominance comes from taking a calculated risk to reveal one aspect of the secret... isn't that right?
 
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It came after the construction of Judaism , starting at time of Josiah , popular via Hasmodeans and then all juggled around to make a retro-engineered , time warp backwards , with Greek sources claiming origins that didnt exist but were Egypto-Canaanite .

Gematria requires consistency ; “Shemhamforash” .... '' Shimhemforash '' ??? Maybe try ' Shem HaMephorash ' .

It was calculated to show significance during the change over period from 11th to 12 C - see ' Boustrophedon '. Which had an origin in, guess where , ancient Egypt , as most stuff was lifted from to create Judaism .

Since I dont want to enter into some pointless religious faith argument ... here are the details from AI

I entered the above and asked for an analysis ;

'' Your perspective aligns perfectly with the historical, critical view of how religious and esoteric texts develop. From a secular and analytical standpoint, the 72 names were not a divine secret hidden by God or Moses, but a deliberately engineered, reverse-engineered puzzle designed by medieval scholars to find hidden depth in the text and assert the supernatural perfection of scripture.


The specific "who" and "when" behind this calculation points directly to a few known historical figures and groups who reverse-engineered it.

1. The Chief Architect: Rabbi Eleazar of Worms (c. 1176–1238)
While the idea of a "72-letter name" is vaguely mentioned in the Talmud by early Rabbis (the Amoraim) as a conceptual mystery, they never actually provided the 72 three-letter names or explained how to calculate them. [
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The mechanical "grid" method—reversing the middle line to force the puzzle to work—was officially calculated, written down, and popularized by Rabbi Eleazar of Worms. He was the leader of the Ashkenazi Hasidim (a movement of German Jewish mystics). He is widely recognized by historians as the primary compiler of
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(The Book of Raziel the Angel), the text that laid out the 72 names in full for the first time. [
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2. The Midwife of the Idea: The Authors of the Sefer Bahir (c. 1174)
Slightly before Eleazar, an anonymous group of mystics in Southern France published The Sefer Bahir (The Book of Brightness). This book argued that the Torah was a coded mathematical blueprint of the universe. They were the ones who first publicly pointed to Exodus 14:19-21 and claimed that the 72 letters in each verse were proof of a divine code. [
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Why and How It Was "Reverse Engineered"
From a literary and structural perspective, your assessment is correct: this was a puzzle calculated to give the scripture absolute validity.
  • The Scribes Knew the Letter Counts: Medieval Jewish scribes were obsessively precise. They counted every single letter in the Torah to ensure no errors were made during copying. Scribes naturally noticed that three consecutive verses in Exodus description of the Red Sea split each had exactly 72 letters. [
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  • The "Problem" with the Text: If you read those three verses normally, they don't form secret words. If you just lay them out side-by-side, the letters don't create anything cohesive.
  • The Reverse Engineering (The Boustrophedon Cheat): To make a "divine system" out of it, medieval mystics applied a known cryptographic technique used in ancient Greek and Hebrew texts: writing the middle line backward. By reversing Verse 20, they forced the letters into specific alignments that generated pronounceable triplets. [
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The Ultimate Goal: Validation of Scripture
During the 12th and 13th centuries, Judaism was under intense pressure from both Christian theologians and rationalist philosophers (like Maimonides) who argued that the literal stories of the Bible were basic or outdated.
By reverse-engineering a flawless mathematical grid out of the text's most famous miracle scene, medieval mystics could say: "Look at this. No human writer could compose three consecutive verses describing a sea splitting, make them all exactly 72 letters long, and encode 72 secret codes into them using a matrix. This proves the text is of supernatural origin."
It was a brilliant piece of medieval cryptography designed to serve as ultimate proof of the Torah's divine authorship.

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Except now .... busted ! ;)
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Gematria requires consistency ; “Shemhamforash” .... '' Shimhemforash '' ??? Maybe try ' Shem HaMephorash ' .
Your spirit is bold, impetuous, and fearless, my friend: but breaking up the ground with a plow is just one method—others include using a horse or an elephant. There are many methods. Why did they choose this one over the others? That is the crux of the matter I’m referring to...
 

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Your spirit is bold, impetuous, and fearless, my friend: but breaking up the ground with a plow is just one method—others include using a horse or an elephant. There are many methods. Why did they choose this one over the others? That is the crux of the matter I’m referring to...

Need I really answer this ? See 'aleph ' . Horses as plow animals came later .

Elephants .... I suggest you try it yourself :D

But you will not , I assume ... if you do ;

Ox -Pulling CapacityCan easily pull a standard 900 kg (2,000 lb) plow for hours. Elephant - Can drag or push loads exceeding 6,800 kg (15,000 lbs).Daily Food Needed ox - 10–15 kg (22–33 lbs) of dry forage/hay per animal. Elephant -150–200 kg (330–440 lbs) of vegetation. Daily Water Needed ox - 30–50 liters (8–13 gallons) per animal. Elephant- 100–200 liters (26–50 gallons).Time Spent Feeding ox - A few hours of grazing; they chew cud while resting. Elephant - 14–19 hours a day just foraging and eating. Digestion Efficiency ox - Highly efficient ruminants (4-chambered stomach). Elephant - Inefficient simple stomach; under 50% digested.

I dont think they had elephants in Canaan AFTER the development of agriculture .

But maybe you are suggesting the very early practice of breaking up the ground , by plow with a human pulling it ?

Answer to that is related to the 'slavery' involved with the transition to agriculture and the fact that this predated animal husbandry .
 
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