eard of the Most Holy Ancient One.

Six there are; nine they are called. For the first conformation goeth
forth through that Spark of the most refulgent Light-bearer,(869) and
goeth down beneath the hair of the head, assuredly beneath those locks
which overhang the ears.

And it descendeth before the opening of the ears unto the beginning of the
mouth.

But this arrangement is not found in the Most Holy Ancient One. But when
that fountain of Wisdom, CHKMTHA, _Chokmatha_, floweth down from MZLA,
_Mezla_, the Influence of the Most Holy Ancient One, and dependeth from
Him, and when Aima, the Mother, ariseth, and is included in that subtle
ether, then She, Aima, assumeth that white brilliance.(870)

And the Scintilla entereth and departeth, and together mutually are They
bound, and thence cometh the One Form.

And when there is need, One ariseth above the Other, and the Other again
is concealed in the presence of Its Companion.

And therefore there is need of all things; of one thing for performing
vengeance, of another for showing forth mercy.

And therefore David the king hath sought out this beard, as we have shown
already.

In this beard nine conformations are found, (among which are) six myriads
which depend among them, and are extended throughout the whole body.

And those six which depend hang in the locks which are beneath the abodes
of fragrance, three on this side and three on that.

And in the ornamentation of the beard hang the three remaining
(conformations); one above the lips, and two in those locks which hang
down upon the chest.

And all those six (other conformations), three on this side and three on
that side, go forth, and all depend from those locks which hang down, and
they are extended throughout the whole body.

But on account of those three (conformations), which are more connected
with the ornament of the beard than all the others, the Holy Name is
written in its purity.

When it is written thus, Ps. cxviii. 5: "I invoked IH, _Yah_, in my
trouble: IH, _Yah_, heard me at large: Tetragrammaton is with me,
therefore I will not fear."

But that which we have already laid down in the Conclave of the Assembly
concerning these words, "In my trouble I invoked IH, _Yah_," that this is
to be referred to that place where the beard beginneth to be extended,
which place is more remote, and before the ears, is also correct.

And in the book of the dissertation of the school of Rav Yeyeva the El