The Unweaving of Ea

Separate elements of the primordially differentiated object, whether the cosmos as a whole or an individual microcosm, must be subject to two mutually balancing forces. On the one hand, there is a force that sustains the differentiated state (as we have already discussed, it is traditionally called Naxash and arises from the centrifugal thrust of energies); on the other hand, a unifying force is necessary; otherwise, the very systemic nature of being would lose its meaning and its internal integrity.

This unifying Power, under whose influence blocks of energy form in the macrocosm, monads form their adiry, and, more generally, any stable conglomerates of elements form — is traditionally called Ea (Akkadian – Hiyya, the name under which this Force is studied in Kabbalah) — after the ancient Mesopotamian god of the unifying principle of the waters, or, in the Advaita philosophical tradition, Bindu.

In fact, it is precisely the interpenetration of Naxash and Ea in their influence on the World Environment that creates the Great Flow of Power — the world vortex of Telesmi — much like a spider weaving its web, neither mixing the strands nor allowing them to separate.

Despite its macrocosmic, universal character, the force Ea, of course, manifests as a system-forming influence in any union.

The original evolutionary process of the mind’s development is organically integrated; each differential link is grasped through sequential awareness of the elements of its nature: each new achievement deepens prior understanding of what was previously known; causes and effects are mutually conditioned and, in the realm of free creativity, evolutionary regenerate one another.

However, like any important force, Ea is subject to the perverting influence of predators, turning into destructive agents. In other words, sometimes the Unifying Power is used to hold together disharmonious elements that weaken each other, which, of course, leads to a dissipation of energy, benefiting scavengers.

Therefore, like all other forces and attractions, the force Ea must remain under the Magus’s control; it must be constantly monitored to avoid (or, at least, to minimize) the retention, within the overall system, of elements that are disharmonious.

For this purpose, a rather elaborate, though effective, maneuver has been developed — the so-called “unweaving of Ea.” Using various techniques — slowing the breath, special incense, and the like — the Magus achieves an “unweaving,” a temporary suspension of mental integrity in order to discern the elusive thread of individuality. It is likely that this is precisely the aim of the various techniques of “inner silence,” which allow a glimpse behind the veil of externally created Ea systems.

The unweaving of Ea also has many practical aspects — from reading imprints (since by removing the tight weave of one’s energies one can read others), to purifications and other forms of transformation. Moreover, of course, it is the unweaving of Ea that plays a key role in alchemical transmutation — the “remelting of the soul.”