The Head of all Heads, the Head which is not a Head[799]—namely, that which is in that Head—neither knows nor is known, because it cannot be comprehended either by Wisdom or Understanding.
And therefore is it read, Num. xxiv. 11: “Fly thee in thy place;” and Ezek. i. 14. The Chaioth, living creatures, are said to run forth and return.
And therefore is the Most Holy Ancient One called AIN, Ain, the Negatively Existent; seeing that back from Him dependeth the AIN, the Negative Existence.[800]
But all those hairs and all those locks depend from the Hidden Brain.
And all are calm (otherwise, are disposed) in the Equilibrium; neither in any manner is the neck seen (i.e., because of the locks which overshadow it).
Because He the Most Holy Ancient One is in an unvarying condition of joy, neither changeth He from mercy forever.
But in the thirteen measurements[801] of mercies is He found, because that Wisdom hidden in Him is divided into three[802] paths in a quaternary, and He Himself the Ancient One comprehendeth [pg 307] them, and through them doth He reign over all things.
One (path) which shineth in the midst of the hairs going forth from the Skull, is that path by whose light the just are led into the world to come.
Like as it is written, Prov. iv. 18, “And the path of the just shineth as the Light.”
And concerning this it is written, Isa. lviii. 14, “Then shalt thou delight thyself in Tetragrammaton.”