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25 09 2008

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Where to begin with Metatron and Shekinah?

According to tradition, Metatron was once a man called Enoch, he was transformed into an angel.

In the Chronicles of Enoch, there is a passage about
when he first visited heaven,
before his death and transformation.

It reads:

“Then the Lord said to Michael:
‘Go and strip Enoch of his own clothes;
anoint him with oil, and dress him like ourselves’
and Michael did as he was told.
He stripped me of my clothes,
and rubbed me over with a wonderful oil
like dew; with the scent of myrrh;
which shone like a sunbeam. And I looked at myself,
and I was like one of the other angels;
there was no difference
and all my fear and trembling left me.”

There is a mysterious connection between Metatron
and the Shekinah.

Shekinah is the female principle of God in man.

According to the Zohar,
creation of the world was the work of Shekinah.

The Shekinah was exiled after the
Fall of Adam and Eve.

Rabinnic teachings are that
“to lead the Shekinah back to God
and to unite Her with Him
is the true purpose of the Torah.”

The protectors of children and teachers of children who have passed over prematurely.

He is thought to be the angel who lead the Israelites through the wilderness of Exodus.

Metatron is also referred to as the Liberating Angel or in his female aspect the Shekinah. The Shekinah is thought to have been the feminine presence of God which dwells upon the earth with man. She’s also identified in Christian traditions as the Holy Spirit. Philip K. Dick’s novel The Divine Invasion talks about the Shekinah manifesting on earth as the Torah, the Sacred Law - rather similar to the Word or the Logos. God and the Shekinah seek to reunite with one another. Hindu mythology offers the parallel of Shakti - the female manifestation of the divine. It’s only through the union of the gods and their shakti consorts that creation occurs.

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