I don't know the answer, but I can point you to the only text I ever read that touched this subject. It's hardcore thelemic (Crowley), so probable not your 'cup of tea'. It's surely not the ultimate truth, but I at least find it interesting (for an outsider of occult initiate groups like me) to get a glimpse of how they internally discuss this topic.
...Or maybe not, and it's all just a ruse?
-> http://www.parareligion.ch/dplanet/motta/moma2.htm
Edit: most relevant paragraph:
...Or maybe not, and it's all just a ruse?
-> http://www.parareligion.ch/dplanet/motta/moma2.htm
Edit: most relevant paragraph:
Quote:...As to the name "Jesus", in Hebrew it is written IHShVH (pronounced Jeheshuah). Please note that this is IHVH, Tetragrammaton, with Shin (Sh) in the midst. Shin is the letter representing at the same time the elements of Fire and Spirit, and in the center of IHVH it equilibrates the Four Blind Elemental Forces of the Demiurgus. Jehovah — the Word of Moses — becomes Jeheshuah — the Word of Jon. In this Word you have the Crucified God, Dr. G.; in it you have the Pentagram, the Sign of Man, the Flaming Star of the Sanctuary; the Cross unfolded into the Five Elements: Fire, Water, Air, Earth and Spirit; here you have the Qabalistic key of the Christian Tetragrammaton, INRI, which means among other things, Igne Natura Renovatur Integra, that is: By the Fire (of the Holy Ghost) Nature is Completely Renewed...