V-2nd, under the rose

[Michael Bailey]

Mark Kohut wrote:

> A...and N.B. Benny could have had his first hint or first inkling or first suspicion that
> love of a machine had been long going on uner the rose............................
>
> BUT, he had his first INTELLIGENCE. A word that started out meaning our human
> understanding  but then evolved to mean INFORMATION largely......and
> see the full discussion in the link below, if interested, trying to define the word before the 1950s in which it
> is generally agreed that 'intelligence' is info gathered IN SECRET.
>

in Qabalah, I think, the Sephiroth are sometimes referred to as "Intelligences"




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