SATAN: The Adversary Within
- Etu Malku
- Jul 7, 2024
- 2 min read
In Hebrew, 'Satan' is written with three letters: shin (ש), tes (ט), and final nun (ן).
Shin (ש): Comprised of three upright vavs connected at the base, representing the head, heart, and reproductive organ. It symbolizes thoughts, feelings, and actions, collectively denoting "expression." In Jewish mysticism, it corresponds to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Tes (ט): Depicts a serpent, symbolizing binding. It represents the concept of two bodies influencing each other, like a gravitational pull.
Final Nun (ן): Describes a state of ongoingness or acceleration, potentially leading to perpetuity. An example is light being increasingly drawn to a black hole, eventually unable to escape.
In essence, 'Satan' in Hebrew embodies the concepts of expression, binding, and continuous influence.
When we synthesize the essence of 'Satan':
ש (shin) - the expression
ט (tes) - of being bound
ן (final nun) - in an ongoing state
We understand 'Satan' as the expression of being bound in an ongoing state. Satan is not a form, entity, or something to fear; rather, it signifies the experience of one's life becoming an expression of continuous suffering and adversity. This concept is deeply personal, residing within oneself. Your darkest shadows, those internal struggles and challenges, often manifest as your greatest adversities. Ultimately, the chains that bind you are not external impositions but ones you have accepted or imposed upon yourself through choices, beliefs, or circumstances.
Satan is the name given to the Platonic First Form of the Idea of a Prince of Darkness, an archetypal structure brought into conscious awareness. This archetypal structure is a celebration of rebellious individuality and non-conformity, emphasizing imagination, exploration, and creativity. It exemplifies the human condition, embodying pride, carnality, liberty, enlightenment, undefiled wisdom, and a cosmos driven by the "dark evolutionary force of entropy" that fuels survival and propagation.
The Adversary is Within, Wisdom through Adversity!