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The Chicken Qabalah
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THE
CHICKEN
Oh-BALAH
OF
RABBI LAMED BEN CLIFFORD
A Dilettante's Guide to
What You Do and Do Not Need to Know
to Become a Qabalist
LON MILO DUQ!)ETTE
~WEISERBoOKS
York Beach, Maine, USA
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First published in 2001 by
WEISER BOOKS
P. O. Box 612
York Beach, ME 03910-0612
www.weiserbooks.corn
A
NEW
IMPROVED
QABALISTIC TEXT
OF GREAT CYNICISM AND WISDOM WRITTEN
EXPRESSLY FOR DILETTANTES WITH
REALLY SHORT ATTENTION SPANS
WHO PRETENTIOUSLY CONSIDER
THEMSELVES HERMETIC QABALISTS
BUT WHO ARE NONETHELESS SERIOUS
ABOUT UTILIZING A TINY PORTION OF THE
HE BREW QABALAH
FOR SPIRITUAL
ENLIGHTEN-
MENT.
*
Copyright © 2001 Lon Milo DuQuette
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any for
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any
information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Weiser Books
Reviewers may quote brief passages.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
DuQuette, Lon Milo.
Chicken Qabalah of Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford / Lon Milo
DuQuette.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical referencesand index.
ISBN 1-57863-215-3 (pbk.)
1. Cabala. 2.Tarot. 3. Tree oflife. 4. Gematria. 5. Cabala-Humor.
I. Title.
BF1611 .D869 2001
135'.47-dc21
2001017612
Typeset in 11/ 14 Adobe Garamond
Text design by Kathryn Sky-Peck
Back cover photo by Paul Martens
Printed in the Unired States of America
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08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01
876 5 4 3 2 1
Thepaper usedin thispublication meets the minimum requirements ofthe
AmericanNational StandardfOr Information Sciences-Permanence ofPaper
for PrintedLibraryMaterials Z39.48-1992 (R1991).
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
CONTENTS
The author wishes to thank the following individuals who con-
tributed to the manifestation of this work in the world ofAssiah:
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii
Foreword-My Life with the Rabbi, by Rodney Orpheus
xi
Constance Jean DuQuette, whose love and sense of humor has
almost overcome her detestation of the Qabalah;
I
ntro uction: onress 0
d " C c l' n
.
xix
Rodney Orpheus, who interrupted his decadent life as rock star,
recording artist, and globe-hopper to pen the Foreword;
Chapter O. Who Was Rabbi Lamed Ben Clifford?
1
Chapter 1. Frequently Asked Questions
About Chicken Qabalah
Rabbi Gizmo Ben Lamed, who graciously opened his heart and his
archives;
5
Chapter 2. The Ten Command-Rants
13
Ida Pengala, of Augury TOday, and Dr. Terrence Stool of Gomer mag-
azine:
Chapter 3. The Sepher Yetzirah
25
Chapter 4. The Hebrew Alphabet
.37
Ms. Carolyn Tillie, who four years ago promised to reward me with
a ten-course "Qabalistic" dinner if I were ever to write a book on the
Qabalah.
Chapter 5. The Ineffable Name of God and
the Ark of the Covenant
69
Chapter 6. The Four Qabalistic Worlds and
the Four Parts of the Soul 79
Chapter 7. The Tree of Life 105
Chapter 8. Qabalistic Magick and the Tree of Life 129
Chapter 9. The Chicken Tarot and the Holy Guardian Angel ..147
Chapter 10. Last Lecture-Games Qabalists Play ."
179
Epilogue: Shem-ha-Mephorash-The Rabbi's Last 72 Words .. 201
N
otes
.
203
Gl
ossary
.
213
Bibli
1 10grap y
h
.
223
I d
n ex .. "
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227
About the Author
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234
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