Olivier, According to the Zohar the first letter Aleph (air) creates the unity between all the other letters/forces. The AMS (Aleph Mem Shin) formula also seems to be air, water fire. Also the Aleph was/is the first born of the letters. In some of my work I first call the Aleph (air), then proceed on to others. Sincerely, Robert Dear All, I have a problem with the individual letter-to-element associations of the tetragrammaton in KTQ. Alexandre Moryason, publisher of Bardon's work in France, in its "Lumiere sur le Royaume" p. 119, adopts the same associations as Franz Bardon in its KTQ i.e: Y=Fire, H=Air, Vav=Water, and the final H=Earth. Rawn Clark, in its commentary upon the theory of KTQ explains that the association should instead read: Y=Fire, H=Water, V=Air, and the final H=Earth. How can these seemingly different correspondances be reconciled?? While I am nowhere near practicing KTQ, it is important for me to have at least a basic understanding of what the associations are. I have read Rawn's commentary upon KTQ's theory, as well as his marvellous commentary upon the Table of Hermes and understood his explanations as to why the sequence of formation should read: Fire-Water-Air-Earth instead of Fire-Air-Water-Earth. I have also read Moryason's comments, which I very loosely translated as follows: "3-The Air Only the Divine Breath, the balancing influence between the two opposite elements, Fire and Water, allows for their interaction. Air "surges" from the Akasha after the Fire (Akashic) and before the Water (if a sequence of events could even be conceived...). Consequently, the Air corresponds to the Second Letter of the Divine Name, He (and not Water) and Water corresponds to the Third Letter (Vaw). Air represents thus the Divine Breath and if it is inexistant, the union between Fire and Water becomes impossible: death occurs; and it is truly what can be observed with physical breathing when it ceases. Air constitues also the vehicle of freedom, agility, the generator of the "Movement", of Life... 4 - Water (...) The link between Fire and Water seems so self-evident that along centuries, certain Kabbalists have attributed to Water the position immediately following that of Fire, and to which corresponds the Second Hebraic Letter of the name of God, "He". This is inaccurate. Although it is actually true that Fire calls for Water and that Water calls for Fire, these two elements cannot communicate to each other. Their discrepancy is such that a Mediator is necessary so that their interaction can work and produce everything that exists in the Universe, in any existing Plane. This Mediator is Air, the manifestation of the Divine Breath, existing within every thing." The above passage I obtained from someone who has Moryason's book. I do not have the book myself. Any insight welcome! Fraternally, Olivier Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis/ b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BardonPraxis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]