Natural Table of the Correspondences Existing Between God, Man, and the Universe

HOWEVER ADVANTAGEOUS the discoveries that one may make in the Hebrew Books might be, they must not be employed as demonstrative proofs of the truths concerning the nature of man and his correspondence with his Principle; for these truths subsisting by themselves, the testimony of Books should never serve them as anything more than confirmation.

Moreover, the Books of the Hebrews, given their depth and the fertility of the Language in which they were written, lend themselves to such a great number of meanings that they are like a battlefield, where each Party, each Sect finds something with which to attack and something with which to defend.

This is why those who, without any assistance other than ordinary lights, plead for or