The 15 Fundamental Elements in Man

Rabbi Shimshon of Astropolia teaches that the metaphysical constitution of the human being is divided into three times יה: 3 × 15 = 45 = אדם (Adam, man).

“For dust you are, and to dust you shall return” (Genesis 3:19). The course’s mathematical translation: the “dust” = the elementary unit values (1 to 9); making man = adding them together.

According to the course, since man is the crystallization of the order and harmony of creation, the 9 values must be placed in a harmonious, ordered matrix in which all groups of three numbers (horizontally, vertically, diagonally) give the same result: 15 = יה.

Matrix: 4 9 2 / 3 5 7 / 8 1 6.

1) Only the 9 unit values form the numerical value of Adam (45). 2) Only Adam is formed by three times 15 (יה × 3). 3) Only the 9 values in a matrix give 16 times the value 15 (according to the course).

Why three times 15? Because man is the synthesis of a universe created on a three-dimensional basis: G-d created the two worlds through the two letters יה, and man is formed of these two dimensions combined in a three-dimensional infrastructure.

Each combination of 3 values totaling 15 gives 16 different components of the human being: 618, 816, 276, 672, 456, 654, 753, 357, 951, 159, 258, 852, 294, 492, 438, 834.

Examples from the course: material level 618 ↔ 816 (618 = the golden number, incident ray; 816 = its reflected ray). Legal level 438: לוחת = 438, the Tablets of the Law, genetic component of every man.

Rabbi Shimshon of Astropolia reveals, according to the course: “If you know how to understand their formation and interrelation, you will be able to ‘form’ human beings!” This knowledge comes from his uncle, the Maharal of Prague, author of the Golem.

In summary: man = 3 × יה = 3 × 15 = 45 = אדם; the 3×3 matrix forms Adam (45) and gives 16 times the value 15; man embodies both worlds; three-dimensional structure; 16 levels compose the human entity.