Egyptian sun-god and is thus the complementary of everything that is signified by "Is". It is primarily indicative of physical life rather than psychic life, and in general represents the Universal Life-giving power as distinguished from its manifestation in particular individuality. Ra symbolises the Sun, while Is is symbolised by the Moon, and represents the masculine element as emphatically as Is represents the feminine.

"El"

The third syllable, "El", has the significance of Universal Being. It is "THE" --- i.e. the nameless Principle, which includes in itself both the masculine and feminine elements, both the physical and the psychic, and is greater than them and gives rise to them. It is another form of the word Al, Ale, or Ala, which means "High", and is indicative of the Supreme Principle before it passes into any differentiated mode. It is pure Spirit in the universal.

"Israel"

Now, if Man is to attain liberty, it can only be by the realisation of these Three Modes of Being --- the physical, the psychic, and the spiritual; or, as the Bible expresses it, Body, Soul, and Spirit. He must know what these three are in himself and must also recognise the Source from which they spring, and he must at least have some moderately definite idea of their genesis into individuality. Therefore the man "instructed unto the kingdom of heaven" combines a threefold recognition of himself and of God