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Yahowha. Any ex-hippies know about this group?😃
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Hi

I am not acquainted with any ex-hippies, but I know that “yahowah” or “ya howah” is Arabic , and it means " o’ who is", Arabic is a sister language of Hebrew/Aramaic.

So, I understand that by YHWH, Moses might have been told to address to GodAllahYHWH whenever he was in need, as He certainly existed.

Thanks
 
Paar,
In case you are not familiar with the Hippies, it is the term for the counter-culture movement in America that evolved from what is known as the Beatniks in the 1950s. These people rejected traditional religion and morals for a life of “free love” and drugs. True, they were major movers in the anti-Veit Nam war movement, but it does not justify all the other problems that they caused. Some still adhere to their philosophy, but a more insidious aspect of the movement is when they left the overt practice of this way, the thought processes invaded a good deal of Western thought.

I read about this group last night. The website had some claims about the founder that I could not verify, such as he was “the Highest decorated Marine in WWII” and he defeated the “Judo Champion of Japan in 17 seconds.” He ended up owning a restuarant or two and he had a band. The philosophy looks like a blend of Eastern Mysticism and Western philosophy, typical for a 1960s movement. I am a little confused by his choice of a name, though. Why is he “I am who am”?

Why do you ask?
 
ralphinal said:
Paar,
In case you are not familiar with the Hippies, it is the term for the counter-culture movement in America that evolved from what is known as the Beatniks in the 1950s. These people rejected traditional religion and morals for a life of “free love” and drugs. True, they were major movers in the anti-Veit Nam war movement, but it does not justify all the other problems that they caused. Some still adhere to their philosophy, but a more insidious aspect of the movement is when they left the overt practice of this way, the thought processes invaded a good deal of Western thought.

I read about this group last night. The website had some claims about the founder that I could not verify, such as he was “the Highest decorated Marine in WWII” and he defeated the “Judo Champion of Japan in 17 seconds.” He ended up owning a restuarant or two and he had a band. The philosophy looks like a blend of Eastern Mysticism and Western philosophy, typical for a 1960s movement. I am a little confused by his choice of a name, though. Why is he “I am who am”?

Why do you ask?
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Hi

I did not refer to the hippies, may be I mentioned in a wrong way. I was only explaining my thoughts on YHWH revealed on Moses, there are different connotations, to read it, mine is that it is to be read as “Yahowha” or “ya howah” which is Arabic , and it means " o’ who is"; Arabic is a sister language of Hebrew/Aramaic.

Thanks however for informing me about hippies.
 
paarsurrey said:
Hi

I did not refer to the hippies, may be I mentioned in a wrong way. I was only explaining my thoughts on YHWH revealed on Moses, there are different connotations, to read it, mine is that it is to be read as “Yahowha” or “ya howah” which is Arabic , and it means " o’ who is"; Arabic is a sister language of Hebrew/Aramaic.

Thanks however for informing me about hippies.
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I think I understood that. Thanks for clarifying, though. I wanted you to understand about them. Honestly, they are a major reason the west is in the moral state it is in, but that is for another thread.
 
I’m curious now too. What is this group? Are they Christian? or a protestant denomination? They don’t look Christian
 
swariffin said:
Dear Ahimsa,

Based on the name, it sounds like “Jehovah” to me. Any comment from our JW friends? Just like Paarsurrey, I am also curious about this group.
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I have vaguely heard of ‘The Source’, a famous counterculture restaurant from back in the day, but was not aware of a continuing group such as is depicted on the website. Their philosophies don’t appear too mysterious, however.

I’d say their main symbolic influence is from the Hermetic Qabalah as practiced by the famous occult order the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn (GD) developed a synthesis of classical western occultism combined with some eastern material imported by the Theosophical Society, and especially expressed in their understanding of the Tarot. The GD contained various theological factions, some plainly Christian and some plainly verging on the Neopagan.

The Tarot is, as most of you will know, a deck of symbolic cards used for divination and meditation. The form of the deck known these days was developed in the 18th and 19th century by occultists, and refined by the creators of the GD system. Nearly every current Tarot deck owes its form and symbolism to the work of the GD.

The Yahowah web-site lists as a major influence a fellow named Paul Foster Case. He was a late (early to mid-20th C) inheritor of the GD tradition, more inclined to an Anglo-Catholic approach than some of the more nearly neo-pagan members of the GD. I’d say it was from Case that ‘Father’ took his interest in the Four Letter Name and such Qabalistic mysticism.

The ‘yahowah’ in this group comes from the post-jewish qabalah of the GD rather than from the sort of sources that produced the JWs. Yod-he-vov-he is the name of god, related to the four elements - fire, water, air and earth, respectively. When one adds the hebrew letter shin one gets a version of the name yeheshua - joshua - jesus. In hebrew letter-mysticism shin means the presence of divine spirit, so adding the shin to the four-letter-name means spirit descending into matter - thus the incarnation.

Anyway, more daring readers might be interested in the writings of PF Case, if you want to know whence this sort of philosophy comes.

Ian
 
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