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The Four

In Jewish exegesis, PaRDeS speaks

about four layers of meaning. It is

an acronym for these fourfold levels. 

Peshat (???????)—“surface” (“straight”) or the literal 

(direct) meaning. Remez (?????)—“hints” or the deep 

(allegoric: hidden or symbolic) 

meaning beyond just the literal sense.

Derash (???????)—from Hebrew darash: “inquire” 

(“seek”) And

Sod (????) (pronounced with a long O as in ‘sore’)— 

“secret” (“mystery”) or the esoteric/mystical meaning, 

as given through inspiration or revelation.

Sod is the periphery on which Kabbalah hangs. 

The real truth is the secret hidden within 

The deceptive covering. The fourth level of exegesis: 

Sod-Secret belongs to the esoteric 

“Nistar-Hidden” interpretations of scripture.

“AVA,” “MAsons,” “Easter, 2016,”

“288 Recombinant

Sparks?” 

Sephiroth?

Seph-I-Rot and the value of the ten. 

Sod

Superoxide Dismutase (S.O.D)

Sodomy

Earth, a turf war

Michael Collins

It’s in Whitman and the Crane bag,

Crane and Whitman were aware.

Sodomasochism

System of a Down

Summer of Darkness

Sewed

So?

PaRDeS has some similarity to

the Christian fourfold scheme: 

Literal, Typological, Moral & Anagogical.

The fourth seems more apocalyptic than

hermetic, dealing in prophesies. 

In Islam, the four are literal expression (‘ibāra), 

allusion (ishāra), subtleties (la?ā’if), and deepest 

realities (?aqā’iq). 

The literal expression is for the common folk (‘awāmm), 

the allusion is for the elite (khawā??), the subtleties 

are for friends 

of God (awliyā’), 

and the deepest realities are for the prophets (anbiyā’).