Text: The 18th Hebrew letter, Tsadi (Ts), means literally a fishing hook. The form of this letter is highly suggestive of this significance. We have found curious books on alchemy dealing with its connection with that mysterious Leviathan concerning which the searching question is raised in that wondrous epic poem known as JOB, "Canst thou draw out Leviathan with a hook?" (Job XL, 1). Tsadi, being the 18th letter, is said to share many of the qualities ascribed to the 8th letter Heth, but to possess these qualities on a higher plane and to express them in a more definitely spiritual manner. Tsadi has been termed the spiritual hook ever baited and set in the sea of Heth. It may be remembered that the 18th figure in the Tarot, corresponding with Heth, is the Moon, which is there exhibited as standing or shining over a field in which we behold 3 living creatures - a dog, a wolf and a fish. The moon is represented as shedding blood upon the earth, and as blood contains the vital principle, in all schools it is taught that the symbol of pouring out blood signifies conveying vitalizing energy.

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