Numbers 17:2 · World English Bible
Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod.
The rod is the spine, the single stem up which the awakening energy climbs, and to take a rod from each is to gather the whole nerve-power of a person into one place to be tested. The 12 rods are the 12 cranial nerves in the head, the complete set of channels through which spirit works, the same 12 that keep returning as tribes and disciples and signs of the zodiac.
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The rod is the spine, the single stem up which the awakening energy climbs, and to take a rod from each is to gather the whole nerve-power of a person into one place to be tested. The 12 rods are the 12 cranial nerves in the head, the complete set of channels through which spirit works, the same 12 that keep returning as tribes and disciples and signs of the zodiac. To write each man's name on his rod is to mark each nerve by the way it works, its conduct and function, not by any label.
Only one rod buds. When the spinal energy has risen and the cranial channels are gathered, one true path shows life while the counterfeits stay dead wood.
Rod: the spine, the stem up which the awakening energy rises 12: the 12 cranial nerves in the head, the full set of channels spirit works through Name: the way, what each channel actually does, not a mere label Israel: Isis the spirit, Ra the mind, and El the god within, joined in one person
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