12 apostles, Qumran as the New Jerusalem secret
The identification of parts of the city with the community is rather in terms of names inscribed: those of the twclve tribes on the gates and those of the apostles of the Lamb on the twelve foundation stones. The whole city is described in units and mUltiples of twelve, symbolic of the eschatological renewal of Israel.
NEOTESTAMENTICA 22 (1988) 43
https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/3420/1/247188.pdf
use of magic in early christianity - pdf
Hermes tells him that before rebirth, he must first confront and cast out the twelve tormentors — emotional, instinctual forces that bind the soul - reflections of the zodiac inside the body...
aka the "small universe" meditation or small heavenly circuit....as the secret of alchemy.
Hermes the Thief: The Evolution of a Myth
https://brill.com/view/journals/jpt/2/2/article-p128_3.pdf
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