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PREFACE. This metaphyaical essay, called “ Sepher Yezjrah,*' (book on ^reatinn. or g g y ^ ^ o n y ,) which I have endeavored to tender into English, with explanatory notes, is eonsidered b j all m odem literati as the first book th a t ever was written brew language. B nt the tim e of its compt the ñame of ita author have not yet been ascertained, despite of the moat elabórate researchea of renowned aichaeologists. Some m aintain th a t thia essay is mentioned in the Talm nd treatíse Sanhedrin, p. 66 b. and ibid. 67 b. which paasage is according to the comm entary of Eaahi, to treatiae E rabin, p. 63 a., a reliable historical notice. H enee this book was known already in the secosd or a t the beginning of the th ird oentury of the Chriatian E ra. The historian, Dr. Graetz, tries to show very ingenionaly in hia work, entitled “ Gnosticism,” p. 104 and 110, th a t it was written in the early centuriea of the Chriatian Chnrch, especially when the ideas and views of the Gnoatics ■were in vogue. This opinion, however, he afterwards revoked. (See Dr. G raetz’s “ H istory of the Jews,” YoL V, p. 315 in a note.) D r. Tixmz, th e N éstor of the Jewiah K abbis in Europe, main taina th at we have to look for the gén esis of the book “Yezirah” in the Geonic period, (700 — 1000), and th at it was conseqnently compoaed in a post-talmudical time. B ut if so, it is very strange
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th at Saadjah Gaon, who lived in the tenth, and Jndah Halevi, who lived in the twelfth century, represented the book “Yezirah” as a very ancient work. Therefore it seems to me, th a t Dr. Graetz had no sufficient canse to repudíate his assertion concernir) g the age of this b o o k ; because all the difficnlties which he himself and others raised against his Bupposition, fall to the ground, when we consider th at the most ancient works, holy as well as profane, had one and the same fate, namely, th at from age to age more or leas interpolations were m ade by copyists and comm entators. Compare also Prof. Tenneman’a “Grundrisa der Geschichte der Philosophie,” improved by Prof. W endt, p. 207. Tradition, which ascribes the anthorfihip of this book to the patriarch Abraham, is fabulous, as can be proved by many reasons ; but the idea th at Babbi A tib a, who lived about the beginning of the second century, composed the book “ Yezirah,” ia very likely poBSÍble. Be this-as it may, it isw orth while to know the extravagant hypothesea which ancient Jewish philoaophers and theologions framed as aoon aa they began to contémplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories. Although there is an exnberance of weeds, wa wül find, nevertheless, many germ sof truisms, which are of the greatest importance. A Christían theologian, Johann Friedrich von Meyer D. D., rem arked very truly in his Germán preface to the book “Yezirah,*’ published in Leipzig, 1830: “This book isfor two reaaons highly im portant: in the fixst place, th a t the real Cabala, or mystksal
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doctrine of the Jews, which m nst be carefully distingnished from its excrescences, is in cióse connectíon and perfect accord with the Oíd and New T est amenta ; and in the second place, th a t the knowledge of it is of great importance to the philosophicál inquirers, and can not be put aside. L ite a cloud perm eated by beams of light which makes one infer that there is more light behind it, so do the contenta of thiH book, enveloped in obscnrity, abonnd in coroscations of thonght, reveal to the mind th a t there is a still more effulgent light lurking Bomewhere, and thns invitiiig n a to a fnrther contemplation and in restigation, and at the same time demonstrating the daager Qr a uupu^Lml mtestagation, which ib so prevalent in m odem times, rejectinfl th at which can not be onderstpod a t firat sight.'' I flhft.ll now try to give a sketch of the system as it is displayed in the book “T ezirah,” which forms a lin t in the chain of the ancient theoretical specolations of philosophers, who were striving to ascertain the trn th mamly by reasoning a-priori, and who imagined th a t it is thns possible to perm eate all the secreta of natnre. I t teaches th a t a first canse, eternal, all-wÍBe, almighty and holy, is the origin and the centre of the whole universe, from whom gradually all beings emanated. Thonght, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God m ade or created, is metaphorically expresaed by the w ord: writing. The Hebrew langa age and ita characters correspond mostly with the things they desígnate, and thns holy thonghts, Hebrew langaage
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and ita reduction to writing, form a nnity which pro duce a creatdve effect.* The self-exístirig first canse called the creation into existence by qnantity and q uality; the former represersted by ten nnmbers, (Sephiroth,) the latter by twenty-two letters, which form together thirty-two ways of the divine wisdom. Three of the twenty-two letters, namely, Aleph, Mem, Sheen, are the mothers, or tbe first elementa, from which carne forth the primitive m atter of the w orld: air, water and ¿re, that have their parallel in man, (male and female): breast, body and head, and in the y e a r: moisture, coid ajid heat. The other sftven douhle and twelvej simple letters are then represented as stam ina, from which other spheres or media of existence emanated. Man is a microcosm, as the neck separates rationality from vitality, so does diaphragm the vitaüty {rom the vegetativeness. • T h n s for in sta n c e , tb e y im ag in ad th a t th e ñ a m e o f J e h o v a h , , m r r i0 b y rev erain g the a lp h a b e t; ( m ip j ) ; m em aignifiea th e le tte r jo d , xaddi, th e le tte r he, an d pe, tb e le tte r w av. T h ese nnm e a n in g Boanda, th e y sa id , h a v e m agio pow er. S om e m a in ta in e d t h a t th e H e b re w la n g u a g e consista of tw e n ty -tw o co n so n an te, becan se faeÍDg th e c u m p le z o f all b ein g a, ita n o m b e r is eqnal to th e m o st p e rfe c t fig u re, n a m e ly , o f th e p e rip h e ry , a s it ia w el) k n o v n th a t th e d ia m e te r ia alwayB to th e p e rip h e ry aa Beven to tw en tT -tw o .
JIt was freqnentJy observad by Jewish and Christi&n theologians, that the líarcosianio Gnostic Bjstem, as -wel] aa that of the Clementiniana of tbe aecond centnTy, contain many analogien and paral le] b with tha book “ Yezirah." Harona divides the Greek alpbahet into thiee porta, namely: nine mnte coasonanta eitpaiva, eight half vowels f?fii
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God atan de in cloae connectíon with tha Universo, and juflt so ia Tali connected with the worid, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric. In the year by the sphere, in man by tihe heart, and thna is the rnling spirit of God everywhero. Notwithstanding the decay of the individual, the genus is produced by the antithe&is of man and wife. Hebrew commentariea on the book “Yezirah’' were compoacd b y : ñrst, Saadjah Gaon, of Fajum in E g jp t, (892— 942); second, E abbi Abraham ben Dior H alevi; thírd, E abbi Moaea ben N achm an; fourth, Elieser of Germiaa; fifth, Moaes Botarel; sixth, E abbi E liah Wilna: The book “Yezirah,” together with all these commentariea, was published in 1860, in the city of Lemberg. B ut although the commentator Saadjah waa a eober minded acholar in a superetitdons age, a good Hebrew grammarian, a renowned theologian and a good tranalator of the H e brew Pentfltench, Isaiah and Jo b into the Arabian langa age, his ideas and views were, nevertheleas, very often much benighted. See his comments on Yez. Chap. I , etc., etc.; his notes on “Yezirah” Chap. I I I , 2, prove undoubtedly th a t he had no knowledge whatever of natural science, and therefore his onnotations on the book “Yezirah” are of little or no use at all. All the other commentaries mentioned aboye, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contáis nothing but a medley o f arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical diatortiona of scriptural verses, aBtrological notions, orient
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al BDperstitionB, a metaphyaical jargón, a poor knowledge of physica and not a correct elucidation of the ancient book; they drew mostly from their own imagination, and credited the author of “Yezirah” with saying very atrange thinga which he never thought of. I m usí not omit to mentíon two other Hebrew commentariea, one by Ju d ah Halevi, and the other by Ebn Ezra, who lived in the first p art of the twelfth century. They succeededin explaining the book “Ybzirah in a aound scientific manner, but failed in making themaelves generally tmderstood, on account of the auperatitioua age in which they lived, and the tenacity with which the peop]e in that period adhered to the marvelous and supem atural; they found, therefore, but few folíowera, and the 'book “ Yezirah’' remained to the public an enigma and an ancient curiosity, giving rise to a ayatem of metaphyaical delirinm. called Cabala. Translationa of the book “Yezirah” and comments thereon by Ieained Christian authora a re : first, a translation of the book “ Yezirah" with explanatory notes in the L atin langnage, by Wilhelm Postellus, Paria, France, 1552; second, another L atin versión ia contained in Jo. Piatorii artia cabalistical scriptomm, Tom I, p. 869, sqq., difFering from that of Postellus. Some are of the opinión th a t John Beuchlin, while othera m aintain th at Paul Eiccins was the author of it. (See Wolfii Biblioth. H ebr. Tom., I, Chap, 1.) Third, Rittangel published the book “Yezirah,” 1642, at Amsterdam, e n title d : “ Líber Yezirah qui Abrahamo patriarchae adscribitnr, una cuín conunentaxio
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E abbi Abraham F. D. (filii Dior) euper 32 Semitis Sapientiae, a quibus líber Yezirah incipit. Translatus e t notís illustratus, a Joanne Stepbano Rifctangelio, ling. Orient. in Elect. Acad. Regiomontana Prof. extraord. Amstelodami ap. Jo. and Jodoc. Janssonioa,” 1642, in quarto ; fonrth, Johann Friedrich van M ayer, D. D., published the book “Yezirah” in H ebrew with a translation and explanatory notes in the Germán langaage, Leipzig, 1830. A-11 these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regnlated libraries. I was so fortúnate aa to obtain a copy of Dr. M ayer'a edition of the book “Yezirah." H e states in the pro face to it, th a t he had a copy of Postellns' transla tion in mannacript as well as some others, and compared them. The explanatory notes given by this author are, nevertheless, insnfficient and sometimes very incorrect. The preaent translation is, as far as I conld ascertain, the first th a t was ever pnblished in the Engliah langnage. Again, I have to add th at I have not only endeavored to correct a great many misfcakes and erroneous ideas of my predecessors, bnt I have also endeavored to give more complete annotations. I therefore hope th at the candid reader will conaider the great difficultiea I had to overcome in this Btill unbeaten way of the ancient Jew ish spiritual región, and will receive with indulgence this new contribution to archaeological knowledge. D b.
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PUBLISHER’S FOREWORD The service Dr. Kalisch rendered in 1877 by his first English translation of the Sepher Yezirah has grown even greater w ith the passing years. O ther translations, it is true, have a certain m erit; none the less, none has surpassed and few have equalled the work which he did. This is so not because Dr. Kalisch was Jewish and other translators w ere not; but rather because his translation was prom pted by motives unmixed w ith mistaken notions of the author's intent. He dealt with it reverently as the earliest example of Hebrew metaphysical w riting and not as a brief for a particular school of magical legerdemain in the realm o f thought. One readily forgives him, then, for calling the Cabala a system of metaphysical delirium, for such it became in the hands of those whose mental discipline was small and whose imagination large. He rescued the Sepher Ye2irah from the unw orthy use to which such w riters were subjecting it. W ith o u t question, the Sepher Yezirah is a fundamental source of Cabalistic thought, but it should be remembered, as Dr. Johann Friedrich von M eyer pointed out in his preface to the Germán translation of 1830, a distinction" must always be made between the real Cabala and the excrescences which have developed around it. U nfortunately, for most, those excrescences are the Cabala. Dr. Kaüsch's real service lay in restoring the work as a sound metaphysical treatise worthy o f the attention of all seriously interested in the development of such concepts. Originally, the Cabala was conducive to such con cepts, and had Cabalists confined themselves solely to the
13 Yeairah's pattern and not ventured heyond it in extensions of thought hased on fundam ental misconceptions, the extravagances of eighteenth and nineteenth century mysticism would have heen avoided and the Cabala would today be seen as a steady and reliable beacon in a world of dark and confused thinking. But for that result, the human mind itself would have had to be differently constituted. M odern systems of thought— ethical, religious, metaphysical— have nevertheless been permeated with ideas directly traceable to the Cabala. Esoteric societies and fraternal organizations have draw n largely frotn it for their ritualistic teaching and procedure— oftentimes being altogether unaware of their indebtedness. The A ncient and M ystical O rder Rosae Crucis has numbered among its members in the past many who were known to he Cahalists, and today its membership is kept informed of the essential characteristics. It is in the attem pt to make available authentic information on the subject that this reprinting of Dr. Kalisch's translation of the Sepher Yezirah is undertaken. T here is littlft doubt that the careful and properly discriminating reader will be adequately rewarded for the time he spends in the study of this invaluable little essay. Rosicrucian Park October 13, 1948
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SEPH EE YEZIKAH, CHAPTEE I. S ec t io n 1.
T ah ,1 the L ord of bosta, the living Qod, King of the Uni verse, Omnipoteni, AH-Kind an d Merciful, Supreme and Extolled, who is Eterna!, Sublime and M ost-Holy, ordained (formed) and created the Univerae in thirty-tw oa mysterioua patha8 of wiadom by three4 Sepharim, nam ely: 1) S’for ; 2) SippurllEDj and 3) Sapher "'SB which are in Him one and the same. They conaist of a decade out of nothing® and of twenty-two fundam ental letters. H e divided the twenty-two consonante into three divisiona: 1) three mothera, fundamental letters or firat ele menta ; 2) seven double; and 3) twelve simple con sonan ts. S ec t io n 2.
The decade8 out of nothing is analogoua to th a t of the ten fingers (and toes) of the hum an body, five parallel to five, and in the centre of which is the covenant with the only One, by the word of the tongue and the rite of Abraham. S ec tio n 3.
Ten are the num bers out of nothing, and not the num ber nine, ten and not eleven. Comprehend thia great wiadom, underatand thia1 knowledge, inquire into it and ponder on it, render it evident and leads the Greator back to H ia throne again. 1) Bee Nottf oommenring on Pa^e SO
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The decade out of nothing has the following ten infinitudes: 1) The beginniDg9 infinite. 6) The depth infinite. 44 2) “ end 7) 44 E ast ti “ 3) " good 8) t i W est » ti N orth " 4) “ evil,a 9) 14 10) 44 South “ 6) “ height and the only L ord God, the faithfol King, rules over ftll from H is holy habitation for ever and ever. S ec tio n 5.
The appearance of the ten spheres out of nothing is like a flash of lightning, being without an end, H íb word is in them, when they go and r e tu m ; they run by H is order like a whirlwind and humble themselvea before H is throne. S ec tio n 6.
The decade of ezistence out of nothing has its end linked to itB beginning and its beginning linked to its end, just as the flame is wedded to the live coal; because the Lord is one and there is not a second one, and before one what wilt thou count?11 S e c t io n 7.
Concerning the num ber ten of the spheres of existence out of nothing keep thy tongue from speaking and th y mind from p onderíng on it, and íf ffiy m outh urges thee to speak, and thy h eart to think about it, rotura! as it reads: "A nd the living ere atures ran and returned,” (Ezekiel 1,14.) and upon this11was the covenant made.
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SEPHEB YE2IRAH. S ec t io n 8.
The fnllowing are the ten categorías of existence out of n o thing: 1) The apirit of the living God, praised and glorified be the ñame of Him who lives to all e te m itj. The articúlate word of Creative power, the spirit and the word are what we cali the holy spirit.1® 2) A ir em anated from the spirit by which H e formed and eatablished twenty-two consonanta, atamina. Three of them, however, are fundam ental letters, or mothera, se ven double and twelve BÍmple consonanta; henee the spirit is the firat one. 3) Primitivo water em anated from the air. He formed and eatablished by it Bohu11 (water, stones) mud and loam, made them like a bed, put them up like a wall, and surrounded them as with a ram part, p u t coldness upon them and they became dust, as it roada : “H e says to the snow (coldness) be thou earth." (Job 37, 6.) 4) F ire or ether em anated from the water. He eatablished by it the throne oí glory, the Seraphim and Ophanim, the holy living creatures and the angela, and of these three H e formed H is habitation, as it rea d a : “ W ho made H is angela spirita, H ia miniaters a flaming fire.” (Psalm 104, 4.) H e selected three consonanta from the simple ones which are in the hidden aecret of three mothera or firat elementa: ,r " 2 ~X air, water and ether or fire. H e sealed them with spirit and faatoned them to Hia groat ñame and sealed with it six dimensions.1®
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6) H e eealed1® the height and tnrned towards above, and eealed it with ID' 6) H e sealed the depth, tnrned towards below and sealed it -with rn 7) H e sealed the east and tum ed forward, and eealed it with m 8) H e sealed the west and tnrned backward, and sealed it with Vil 9) H e eealed the Bouth and tom ad to tha right and sealed it with ¡TP 10) H e sealed the north and tnrned to the left and sealed it with 'VI S ec t io n 9 .
These aje th e ten epheres of existence ont of nothing. From the spirit of the living God emana ted air, from the air, water, from the water, fire or ether, from the ether, the height and the depth, the Eaat and W est, the N orth and South.
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S ec t io n 1 .
There are twenty-two letters, stamina. Three of them , however, are the firat elementa, fundaméntala or mothera, seven donble and twelve simple conso nante. The three fundam ental letters have as their basis the balance. In one acale17 is the merit and in the other criminality, which are placed in equilibrium by the tongue. The three fnndamental letters O"»"# signiiy, as a is muta like the water and e hisBÍng like the fire, there is x among tfiem, a breath of air which reconciles them. S e c t io n 2.
The twenty-two letters which form the stam ina
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rro
tonm jsi nnn : t ¡ rmt ob - : n tt - - onn -t W
ir a
tonm v xtth ruw nmo• ünn v -iüv : t: tt - t
v id
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nra to
2
tonm : t:
ít d -6 hjw tt
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no». nrniK crntfi on^y.
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not pjg j-rfr
T ; iN n ¡ n it f 't i nioon -d
ntoN ss6^ t o ™ r"ü n n n
.a n i » a }Dny p a n j g p n T o \ a m i a u ® p ] o - n f r y
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SEPHER YEZIRAB.
after having been appointed and eatablished by God, Hecom bined, weighed andchanged them, and formed by them all beinga which are in existente, and all those which will be formed in all túne to come. S e c t io n 3.
H e eatablished twenty-two letters, stamina, by the voice, formed by the breath of air and fixed them on five places in the human mouth, najnely: 1) gutturals, in n K 2) palatal», p 3 ‘ J 3) linguals, n : b ta i 4) dentáis, y i D B T 5) labials, •-] 13 S ec tio n 4.
H e fixed the twenty-two letters, stamina, on the Bphere like a wall with two hundred and thirty-one gates,18and tum ed the spheres forward andbackward. F o r an illustration may serve the three lettera, y There is nothing better than joy, and nothing worse than sorrow or plague.1® S ec tio n 5.
ü u t how waa it done? H e combined,” weighed and changed: the mwith all the other letters in succession, and all the others again with x ; 3 with all, and all again with 3 ; and so the whole series of letters.31 H enee it followa th at there are two hundred and thirty-one22 formationa, and th at every creature and every word emanated from one ñame.” S ec tio n 6.
H e created a reality out of nothing, called the nonentity into exiatence and hewed, as it were, colossal pillara from intangible air. This has been Bhown by the example of combining the letter k with
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jm t ik d
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3
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SEPH ER
YEZIRAU.
all the other letters, and all tho other letters with Aleph (k). H eM predeterm ined, and by speaking created every creature and every word by one ñame. F o r an illustration m ay serve the twenty-two elem entary snbstances by the primitive substance of AlephM (x). C H A P T E R
n i.
S ec t io n 1.
The three first elementa, are typified by a balance, in one scale the m erit and in the other the Criminality, which are p laced in equilibrium b y the tongue. These three mothera, c""2"K are a great, Wonderful and unknown mystery, and are sealed b y six,e rings, or elem entary circles, nam ely: air, water and fire emanated from them , which gave birth to progenitors, and these progenitoTS gave birth again to some offspring. S ec tio n 2.
God appointed and established the three mothera combined, weighed and changed them, and formed by them three m others r"-"K in the world, in the year and in man, male and female. S e c t io n 3.
T he three mothera in the world a re : air, water and fire. Heaven was created from fire or e th e r; the earth (comprising sea and l&nd) from the elementary w a te r; and the atmospheric air from the elementary air, or spirit, which establishes the bal ance among them.
25
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í?3 HN n^in TDT31 nDi» N □}? j^3 DJ? N "qrb jm?i inK c p “rcnn bs n w w n : x p]ua crasn c^nüi Q^fcra ♦^ 0 .x
jr © r u n a
n jin fpi r o *p pto1.ehtk nra« tihti “tío rf\m vhp c^rm yjnDp pn ]íe6i •iwn 020 noooi bttjt : t : rriyae t— ••: cinm t: t : íódid t : n mt a•• ni3«t rfcü omsi cto d^di tw- ana ; v •• -•: v: ninbin i .n
m
s a
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: n at pr*:a *dtt t .3 Q ?5p
r a
tw
n:^?3 d b i s ^ $ " P wk n iS N ty b tf
nno “m i dtsp n^n?: p « i tfNp iffnja vrqo nia« c6e* napa -ni D’p^nnni o*ci &x n 'tw «cot n‘j (■ 1- ¡ •• - •: r .................. , ” :53H «133 UBD6? ni3« ÍT7U pDí pÍD' t^C'K V • t * * *
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26
HEPH EB
YE2ERAH.
S e c t io n 4 .
The three mothera produce in the year” : heat, coldnessM and moístnesa. H e a t -was created from fire, coldnesa from water, and moiatness from air which equalizes them. S e c t io n 6.
The three mothera E?"S"x produce in man, mala and female, breast, b o d j and head. The head was created from fire, the breast from water, and the body from air, which places them in eqnilibrinm. S ection 6.
Fiebt División. God let the letter Aleph (k) pre dom ínate in primitivo air, crowned49 it, combined one ■with the other,80 and fonrred by them the air in the world, moistness in the year, and the breast in man, male and fem ale; in male by and in female by t n"B"x S ec tio n 7. S e c o n d D iv is ió n . H e let the letter Mem (a) pre domínate in primitive water, and crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them the earth, (including land and sea) coldnesa in the year, and the belly in male and fem ale; in male by in female by í X"C"ís S ec tio n 8. T h i b d D iv is ió n . H e let the letter Sheen (o ) pre domínate in primitive fire, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them, heaven in the world, heat in the year, and the head of male and female.83
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3 '
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3 p J l *0
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,rt n 3 a a nn? ib n#p] eña ‘V) niK ?pbpn .j « 3 3 rutcfc: oipn; □‘tíw n■w Dns nm: ma ni ísiai - t v I ; tt
t
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SEPHEB TRZTRAH. C H A P T E R
IV .
S e c t io n 1.
The83 seven double letters, mea
“122 with
a duplicity
o í pronunciation, aapirated and unaapirated, namely: ,rui ,-n ,cb .33
,32,32 serve as a model of softness and
hardness, atrength and we&kness. S ec tio n 2.
Seven31 double letters, ,mC3 U3 ahall, as it were, symboliza -wiadom, wealth, fruitfulness, life, dominión, peace and beauty. S ec tio n 3.
Seven double letters serve to aigrify the antithoaia to which hum an life is expoaed.
The antithesis of
^ -wiadom is fooliahness; of wealth, poverty; of fmit¿ folnesB, childleaanesa; of life, deatli; of dominion,
[ dependence; of peace, w ar; and of beauty, uglineas.
Section 4. T he seven double conaonanta are analogona to the six dimensions : height and depth, E ast and W est, N orth and South, and the holy tem ple th a t atands in the centre, which carries them all. S ec tio n 5 .
The double consonanta are seven, niE3133 and not six, they aie seven and not eight; reflect upon
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29
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* y : n p iD n 3 » ¡3
'nvfr nüanjpp r n s s
Tp nibie? y?# rroan rrn t i D“D d-s t i ra 3*3 nüits6 :ekrn “tea n^ i ip .n
n
5
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•utfftn n?ppn ]-?
nsB a
mona tq -d nnsb tjs rvfciEDa ystf t s■ *; -: • •: “v roían "i^y rnran rfex nnrn rn p n nbToTsto D rmon mn o^n mons rraotf snt rV " i VT •“ TTi •*.• : tbp3■ in miDn! norte o6tf míen nroy• JTt ;— t I
n
i
i
mi»?a
mío n©Di nbyD m -ss tjs r t e si * v t: • t —1': yVPS? jpP Eh¡¡pn orni psy risp :}^>5 dn tíb’ij wn) i
~
.n
tih\ nptf
n
2
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nnp? t js nfris? yatf
30
SEPHER YEZIRAH.
fact, inquire abont it, and make it sn evident, th at18 iiiei Cre&tor be acknowledged to be on H is throne again. S ec tio n 6.
The seven double consonants, stamina, having been designed and established, combinad, weighed, and changed by Qod, H e formed by th e m : seven planeta in the world, seven days in the year, seven gatea, openings of the senaes, in man, male and female. S ec tio n 7.
T he aeven planets in the world are :M Satum , Jnpiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. Seven days in the year are the seven daya of the w eek; seven gatea in man, male and female, a r e : two eyes, two ears, two nostrils and the mouth. S ec tio n 8 .
H e let the letter a predomínate in wifldom, crowned it, combined one with the other and formed by them: the moon in the world, the first day in the year, and the right eye in man, male and female. F i r s t D iv is ió n .
S ec tio n 9. S e c o n d D iv is ió n . H e let the letter j predomínate in wealth, crowned it, combinad one with the other, and formed by th e m : Mars in the world, the second day in the year, and the right ear in man, male and female.
31
,n v a ’ i s d
‘rpyn'i on} nipnj dhd jirqi naintf tfb] nypü :íjído by nyv atfin] v-p by -qh .t n 3 tu Ja
]Bi« j}«n jppn tíd^ n n s j tj:? nib:is? yjy n fe ls Q o p p i D n v 2 p n n p i a i p ; p n i |bpE>
■di e>b:3 onytf nyatf r uttó cr»1 ny2tf Tt vv: ■t : t: ■ t ; *t t: •.napa ,r
n í s a
nsn onwp jrra to # zhm onala nyatf 'fo••''j nyactf njtó m •j1 nyatf n:ab aaia nii t: • t i : t t: • tt: t theJ ropa "oí tfsja cnv?J nyatf srats/n •• : tí- : tt vv : *t ; t: * “ t -
:neni
np: **je^d^ tn
o^ry
. n n 3 12 Ja
“ira ib "1# $ npana Q ni« ^pbcn .n ^ jteftn o r übiya njab ora nyi nn ni ]Bny] :napa "oj tfsia pa; pyi n ^ g .o
n 3w n
"ira ib ntfpi “>Kfiya *j nix :pb?pn .2 xa} o r abiy^ o^xd orn "raí nn ht }b"|«] :n^p^ fcto pp: ]m n $ ?
32
SEPHEB YEZIRAH. S e o tio n 10.
H e let the letter n predomínate in prodncibility, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them : the aun in the world, the third day in the year, the right nostril in man, male and female. T h ik d D iv is ió n .
S ec tio n 1 1 . F o u r t h D iv is ió n . H e let the letter a predominate in life, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by th em : Venus in the world, the fourth day in the year, and the left eye in man, male and female. S ec t io n 12.
H e let the letter c predominate in dominion, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them : M ercury in the world, the fifih day in the year, and the left ear in man, male and female. F i f t h D iv is ió n .
S ec t io n 13.
S ixth D i v i s i ó n . H e let the letter i predominate in peace, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by th e m : S atum in the world, the sixth day in the year, and the left nostril in man, male and female. S ec tio n 1 4 . S e v e n t h D iv is ió n . H e let the letter n predomínate in beauty, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by th e m : Jú p iter in the world, the eeventh day in the year, and the mouth of man, male and female.
-n i > a ’ i
o
33
d
n 3ma -> n 3
ib n stfpi y n p
'i
n iK
Tpbon
.j
n ;q
iBhb# ov qbiy} non on^ i«i ni} nr j^yi : n p p ^ *td t t f e a
pp? T i^ n n t ó
. «"'> n s *d ti
"ira ib gi cpti? o ni« Tpbpn r\ &o3 T?") nv qpiyp rui: on3 nyi ni jpnai :«" Q p ?
btf&fcr p i
n # g
. 3 *^ H 5 tt ti
'to ib itfgi n^ora 'Dni« Tpbnn . n «33 ^ p n c v obly? 33i3 era iix) n.1? HJ jsnyi : r o p í “D i t f s ; ?
b& to;? | i w n $ a
. n""1 n 3 r ti
nrc ib ntte\ cribtfa n niN irbon .1 N33 « ; • ♦T VV - ITI T X \
D i '' ü b iy a
t q e
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n y i r r q rn }s -iy i
: ropa “13 15 ^2 : 3 bstofr -ma n:eü t
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v
;
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;
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:n^p;i -oí tfs:i3 np ru^a
34
HHPHRR YRZIRAH. S ec tio n 1 5 .
B j the aeren double consonants, mD3 *122 were also designed seven worlds (at’cs-reí), seven heavens, seven lands, (probably climates,) seven seas, (probably around FaleBtine,) seven rivera, seven deserta,
dajs aweek, seven weeks from
Fassover to
Beven
Pente-
oost, there ia a cycle of seven years, the seventh íh the release year. and after seven release years íb jubilee.
Henee, God loves the number seven under
the whole heaven.*7 (In the whole natttre.) S ection
16.
Two atonas bnüd two houses, three ston es build bit
honses, ferar build twenty-fonr houses, five bnild
one hnndred and twenty houses, six bnild seven hundred and twenty houses and seven build five ¿housand and fbrty* houses.
From thence further
go and reckon w hat the mouth cannot exprese and the ear cannot hear.
CHAPTER Y. S ection 1. The tsrelve simple letters p"X“33 E":"? *'*,ia"n J"Y‘n eymbolize, as it were, the organs of speaking, think-
•n ■>• H • 1 S D
35
.Vta n 51»a
jnatí nnsg -ra nfao;? jq# dt?: njjpp nísng njptf pr¡rj nyge^ rfdpv nyptf mg; nyip rfrom njptf nnnj nyzjtf niVgi'1nyatf pcp^?B) mitf nsptf niyaü :o ^ n *?*) nnn m'ovn n« aan T^rcb .r"tí
n s o
a
Duag e6b> \;tf nüo cd^n nVT)£ nüü v?"w o'na ni^tf nüla Dnton n«p núo tfpn n^na anejín D’nfryi nixo yjtf niJti Q’íjk
ti# a^q
n¡'zbs< netori nüü a-uat-í ya# crna • T -: v ■* *; • •; “7 ■ atórn kjí jago D-*na orpyw iwnw) t
rb o ] |íkti j'w “□■$ «“ 613^n^ n
t
na
;s;pz^ • T
O
p ID
.» n 3 » a p-yy d-j1? >m m nioitfp rn^y. e n #
36
8EPHER YEZIBAH.
ing, walking, seeing, hearing, working, coition, smelling, sleep, anger, awallowing and langhing.
S ec t io n 2.
The twelve simple consonanta p"S"U C‘‘:"S v ‘ü “n
i“V‘n
symbolize also twelve obligue nointa: east height, north eaat, east depth, south height, south east, arvuth depth, west height, south west, west depth, north height, north weat, north depth.
They grew wider
and wider to all etem ity, and these aré the boundaries of the w orld S ec tio n 3.
The twelve simple letters
C~r*b %",c "n ri"n
stam ina, having been designed, eatablished, combined, weighed and changed by God, He performed by them : twelve consteDations in the world, twelve m onths in the year, and twelve leaders
(organ9)
in the
hum an body, male and female. S ec t io n 4.
The twelve constellations in the world a re : Anea,
■ n v y
l í o
37
nfryp Tvpap rron Tjén "nrnn niré? |“tid^ : pinfr riowh un nrtf nn efp#n .a n : o a
p"«y D"^ ^'ton nn niMtfp rrp y crntf rrrnjp boa ]íd:^s< "tea |tíd? rvnnn nvnra tea ñuto» rvmra tea man •
•
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t
;
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:
•
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:
tea nrnrp' rrp rn . tea rvpn rvpiTi tejí
Saa npíi n'Qiyp S idj rrnnn rrpiTi tea rvnnn n'gnsp S d j n'pi-n rrznyp rnaisy• tea• naiso Tí npisv • teai n^pn n’Jlsv * ¡ ir? JO] iy ’ny. pbini prnnpi rvnnn iDbiy nitea T
o n 3ü a
p»ay D":b ^'cdh nn nito-i^o rrfoy cn tf on? i?! rTW! 1?TV 1W Ii?¡?C IT1^ □■'Kh n *ró oteaT n fe mfry dtw # T** : V •• : T—: 7 T •' :n ^ np? e^djd d^tud i^y agtf n tó t
n n s td a
D'Dixn tíe> nte :
v
t
ubm nite> m fvv dtwJ t
t
t
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SEPHER YEZIRAH.
38
Taurna, Gemini, Cáncer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagitarius, Capricomua, Aquarius and Pisces. The twelve months of the year a re : Nisan, Iyar, Si van, Tanraa, Ab, Elnl, Tishri, Marcheahvaji, Kislev, Teves, Schevat and Adar. The twelve organs of the hum an body are : two hands, two feet, two lddneys, gall, amall intestinea, liver, gullet38 or esophagus, etomach and milt. S ec tio n 5.
First Part. God let the letter n predominate in speaking, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by th em : Aries (the Ham) in the world, the month Ndaan in the year, and the right foot of the hum an body, male and female. F i r s t D iv is ió n .
S ec t io n 6. S e c o n d D iv is ió n . H e let the letter i predom ínate in thinking, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by th e m : Tauros (the Bnll) in the world, the month Iy ar in the year and the right kidney of the human body, male and female. • S ec tio n 7.
H e let the letter ) predom ínate in walking, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by th e m : Gemini (the Twins) in the world, the m onth Sivan in the year, and the left foot of the hum an body, maje and female. T h ib d D iv is ió n .
■m ' s ’ i 3 D
39
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"r^ p j n:ü3 DTEhn nfc/y T• I T • TT : T-J T T
: t jk D'T ■ -7
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t ie J o
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ib
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Second, Parí. F i b s t D iv is ió n . H e let the letter n predomínate in seeing, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them : Cáncer (the Crab) in the world, the month Tanms in the year, and the right hand of the human body, male and femáis. S e c t io n 9.
H e let the letter tí predom ínate in hearíng, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them : Leo (the Lion) in the world, the month Ab in the year, and the left kidney of the hum an body, male and female. S e c o n d D iv is ió n .
S ec tio n 1 0 . T h i r d D iv is ió n . H e let the letter * predom ínate in working, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them : Virgo (the Virgin) in the world, the month Elul in the year, and the left hand of the hum an body, male and female. S ec tio n 11.
Third Part. H e let the letter b predomínate in coition, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by them : Libra (the Balance) in the world, the month Tishri in the year, and the gall of the human body, male and female. F i b s t D iv is ió n .
S e c t io n 12. S e c o n d D iv is ió n . H e let the letter ; predom ínate in smelling, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by th e m : Scorpio (the Scorpion) in the world, the month M archeshvan in the year, and the small intestines of the hum an body, mala and female.
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S ec tio n 1 3 . T h i e d D m fllO N . H e let the letter o predomínate in sleep, crowned it, combined one with the other, and formed by th e m : Sngittariua (the Archer) in the world, the month Kislev in the year, and the stomach of the hum an body, male and female. S ec tio n 1 4 .
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Thcfio are the three mothera or the first elemente, from which emanated three progenitora ¡ primitÍTe air, water and fire, and from which emanated as th eii oflspring, three progenitora and their offspring, nam ely: the seven planeta and their hosts, and the twelve obhque points. S ec tio n 2 .
To confirm this there are faithful w itnesses; the world, year and man, the twelve, the Equípense, the heptade, which God regalates like the Dragón,40 (Tali) sphere and the hoart. S ec tio n 3 .
The first elementa aro air, water and fire; the fire is above, the water below, and a breath of air establishes the balance among them. F o r an illustration may serve, th at the fire carnes the water ia the phonetic character of tt which is mute and e is hissing like fire, there is H among them, a breath of air which places them in eqilibrium.41 S ec t io n 4.
Dragón (Tali) is in the world like a king npon his throne, the sphere is in the year like a king in the empire, and the heart is in the hum an body like a king*3 in war.
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There are seven of -which three are against three, and one places them in equilibrium. There are twelve which are all the time at "war ¡ three of them produce love, and three hatred, three are anim atora and three destrojers. S ec tio n 8 .
T he three th a t produce lo ve are the heart and the e a rs ; the three th a t produce hatred are the liver, the gal! and the tongo e ; the three anim atora are the two nostrils and the m ilt; and the three destroyers are the mouth and the two openings of the body; and God, the faithful King, rules over all from H is holy habitation to all etem ity. H e is one above three, three are above seven, seven above twelve, and all are linked together.
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There4* are twenty-two letters by which the I am, Tah, the Lord of hosts, Almighty and E tem al, designed, formed and created by three Sepharim, TTia whole world, and formed by them creaturea and all thoae th a t wül be formed in time to come. S ec tio n 10.
W hen“ the patriarch Abraham comprehended the great truism, revolved it in hia rnind, conceived it perfectly, made carefnl inveatigationa and profousd inquines, ponderad npon it and succeeded in contemplationB, thü Lord of the Univerae appeared to him, called him hia friend, made with him a covenant between the ten fingere of his han da, which is the covenant of the tongue,40 and the covenant between the ten toes of his feet, which ia the covenant of cir cuncisión, and said of him : “Before I formed then in tho belly I knew thee.” (Jer. I, 5.)
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NOTES. 1) Our author maintalna tbj( there ii i firat ¡otelligcnt, aelf-cxiatmg, Almighty, eterna) ruling cauie of til thinga, and that aa everlaating entíty produced ncoentítici by a progreaaion of eftecta. The divine knowledge, he adda, difiera from the human knowledge ¡o auch a degree, that it givci niatence to al) that ¡a. r ilC l *P ppTl ¡a a talmúdica! eipreaaion. (See Treattae Bava Bathra p. 73.) It acema to me, that the author not only wuted tocontradict Plato'» aaaertion that the Supreme Being had need of a plan, like the human architect, to conduct the great deaign, toben he made the fabríc of the Univerae, but alio the comman belief that God reaaona and acta by ideaa like a human being. Aa the prophet Iaaiah eiclaimedi I “Behcld ! God haa no ideaa like you, and hia waya of acting are not like \ joum." (Iniah 55, 1—}J 2) The number tbirty-twa ía not only the fifth pawer of two, and the aumof ten unitaud twenty-two lettera, but i* tlu the aum of the £rat and laat letter of the Hebrew Pentateuch, namely: 3 » and b ^o, equal thirtytwo. {See Kutari p. 343, tranalated into Germán by Dr. David Caaael.) 3) Patha denote powera, eftecti, kinda, forma, degreea or atagea.
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Theae Sepharim or three worda of «imílar eipreiaíoo aignify 1 firit, fiumber, calculatioa or idea; aecond, the word; third, the writíng of the ^rord. Thejdc¿4word «nJ wriMng ^af the wordl, are aigoa to man for a thiog, and ia not the thing itacif, to the Creator, howcver, idea, word and writíng (of the word) are th^thing itaelf, or aa aome ancient Rabbia remirleed: “¿nVpm am bsn noym “v m nannia idea, word and work are one and the aame to God.** There ia an ideal world in the divine intellect, aecording to which thia aeaaible world wat made. The difference between the human and divine manner of thinking admita no compariaon. 5) Thia meana to aay, that there haa not been any matter or hyle exiating from al) eternity, containing difierent kinda of primitive atomt or moleculea etc., aa the Greek philoaopher, Anaxagorai, taught, but that all thinga are the gradual emanatiooa of one everlaatiog being. Thia idea ia then aymbolically explaíned in the next paragraph. 6) The deaígn of the author ia evidendy to deduce the proof of the de cade from the phenomena in the nature of man, who il generally cooaidered the crown or the final cauae of the terreatíal creation, and upon whom God vouchaafcd two moat precioui gifta, namely 1 the articulattd word, and the
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religioui element (apiritual puríty). Thia paatage ja eipbined fay laaae Satanow ín hi» Hebrew Dictionary entitJed Sephath Emeth, p. 44, b 1 Y’b m n " c a í m b a c n n n b i r b ^ c io c j to n y rn b n nsm m * n n» o ^ p b ta b ú t i ' i a « in n n » b ai o ^ i a n n r n b i r ib r r 'r p K ia “mn i r m s i n n n v m s b s *>rra b s tiin s a n o 'b fib The tonguc i», •■ it wtre, the .i p u s n n l i a n a m m r m n a "stm deacriptíve pen of all che ipiritual issuei, and the genital partí are the or igínalo» of the corporea) aubstancea. Every one of them ic an eterna! covenant in order to preserve the human race for ever, according to ¡ti twofbId being i body and ^gim. Each working aftei ita own way, phy«ica]]y and apiritually. 7) Likc Pythagorai, who taught that the digiti inclusive number ten which are typified in Tetraktya, {Térpaxrví) namely: 1 plut a plui 3 plut 4 equal lo, and which comprlae the whole arithmetica) syBtera of nature, etc. Our author endeavori to ihow the gradual emanjtion of all ehisgt from God, which were completely finíahed Ln ten ipherei. 8) My Hebrew reading ii 11313» b» IS "' M im There are «irioua readíegaj therefore Pottellui rendered it: “reititue figmentum in locum luurn j“ Rittange), “restitue formatorem in throno iuo j** Pistoriua, “fie ■edere creatorem in throno iuo." The author acema to ridicule here the Gnoaticíans who maintained that Demíurg wat the creatorof man and the •enaual world. 9) In God ia the beginning and he 11 the boundary of the Unirertt. Compare a]fio the Talmud treatiae Chagigah p. 12. 10) Here ¡a contradicted the lyitem of ditheiim, comitting of an etereal God, the Author of all good and of “ Hyle" or “Sacan,** the co-eternal and co-equal principie of evil, maintaining that an aU-perfect God alone li the author of all good and evil, and has in hia infinite wisdom so wonderfuliy contrived the nature of thioga, that phvsical and moral evil mar produce cood, and henee contribute to carry out the great detign 0/ tne hupreme " Being. Compare alio Chap. <5 §5. 11) Ai the infinite lerjet of numbera atarte from one unít, 10 wai the whole Univerte formed a uníty, that centrei ín the Godhud. la) The meaning ü, that aa the living creatuiei which the prophet uw in hii viiion were itriclten with such an awe, that they could not go any further to lee the divine glory, and had to return, bo la the decade an eter na! aecret to ui and we are not permitted to undentand ÍL We find thii very ¡dea in the Pythagorean lyatem. The diiciplefl of Pythagorai looked upon the decade aa a holy number, and awore by it and by the Tetraktyl which centain the number cen. 13) See above Note i, God, idea and word are índiviiible.
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14) I adopted here the reading of Judah Halevi, namely: SSHI ppTl p*l31 0^01 OD"> 1HD with the excepción of the word Tlfl i because it ¡a obvioua from “Yezirah,” Chap. II, that the author EJgnifies by the word “Tohu,MnothÍDg, and not something, as Judah Halevi erroneouely thought. Mo&ea fiutarel and otheri tell ul that they had before them a correct copy oí*,SepherY«itah)”where it rtads: C'EK 'li» 1113 ‘131 pVP 1p ni mn tmülica The carne pasaage ¡i mentioned in the Talmud treatise Chagigah, p. 12, a, with the addition of ’pKS’P >1530 BinCia traplOEn The word rnfiblDftn 16 translated by Rash), mcist. Some aay it ¡i a conpound word of blCQi others of etc. But the word i¬ of Semitic origin; ít ia, aecording to my opinion, borrowed from the Greek as the word #V5*3 etc., fiooá, tTlbb&Q floodttonet. The same word U used treatise Beia, p. 24, b, íish that are caught from out of the flood/ 15) Accordíng to the author, the space and i'n dimensión* emaoated from the ether. 16) Judah Halevi in his book entiüed MKusari,” p. 356, illustratea it thus: The Creator is one, and the apace has in the figurative erpreeiion lii dimensión^. The book “Yeairah," having ascribed to the Creator some namet in the spiritual language, chooses now in the human language the fínese sounds which are, aa it were, the (pirita of the other sounds, namely: ‘'Ifl and
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cao only be agam a uníty. H e n e e f r o t o a being that li In tmy reapeet a uaique bein|, there can only emanate one beisg j beuuae would two euentiaJly and truly difitrent thinga iasue conjointly from one being, they cid only proceed fromtwo dífferent thicgi of lubatance, that would contequently admit a diviaion that ia iiiconccivable. They then put the queacion, how carne ao many varíoua beinga into exiatenee? Our author ¡i therefore endeavoring to ihow that the whole univerae emadated gradual!y from the apirit of the one living God. 2 4 ) The reading of Von Jo. Meyer and otherailaa followi: 1inn?3 B c rs i r a o " n is o t n n n s a s m lío-» i r « n c s i c a n i n » B oa o n a i n i a r.»i n s v i i a n r n s n a ^ a i n tn s is-'B n n n n » tpn tu-v'in o'iptn nincs "cn i
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34) Accordíng to the idea of our author, there eminated frota the unity of God three ethereal elementa: primicite air from the apirit, fromthe air, primicíve water, and from the water, primitive fire or echer, out of which carne other apbereg of exiatence in the aignificant and highly imporcant number, aeven, from which descended amaller ipherei and which produced ágain ochen» He endeavon to ahow how the ideal became, aftet tvumercrui emanationa, more condensed, palpable and concrete. The whole creación ia thua Contemplated aa a pyramid, temlnatjn¿_Ín_a_poincat the top -with i Iroad báíia. [_Sce Ór. Ciraetr'i GnoitUiimui, p. 224.] 35) Campare Chapter lf Section j, Note, 8. 36) The order of the planeta (mcluding the Sun) ia atated here aecording to the Ftolemak «7«tem which wat in vogue among the ieained mea till che middle of the fifeeenth century, namely: Moon, Mercury, Venui, Sun, Mará, Júpiter and Saturn. Eut thíl arrangeroent J> undoubtedly an interpolación of a later time, aa the author of the book “Yezirah" lived many yeara befóte Ptolemy. And indeed Prof. Jo. Friedrích Von Meyer and ochen of reliable authoiity had in their coplee of “Yetirah" the following order: .B^iam ¡JIE I M S ."¡jab 3S13 0312 Hfcn Mar», Jupirtf, Satum, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun. 37) Philo (Allegor i, 42,) afeer having called attention to the fact that the heptade is to be found in many hihlical lawa, in the vowela of the Greek lasguage, ín the gamut and in the organi of the human body, exclajma, limitar to our author: “The whole nature exulta Ín the heptade !** 38) The rul^orDennutation ia aa fjllowa s (n— 1) .n.ixax3x4*$xá 17=5040. In our edition it readB : «fcT-S DTBWl FWe tbouiand and four houiei, which ¡a obylouily a míatake, it thould reíd: 5040 houaea. B ' » i x i t5*t¡b« rm an 35) 1 ruó m W l )D9tead of for ti»o reaiani. Jn the fint place, the same thing ia mentioned afterwarda, and in the lecond place, itia proved by toe expresión rO^JPb that the author meanC £0 3 ^ 3 and not
.Tpipmp 40) Some maintaia that by the expraaion Tali ja underatood the con* atelbtion Draco or Dragón, which ia a very large coattellation extending for a great length from Eaat tú West; beglnnlng at the tail which liea half way between the Pointers and the Pole Star, and winding round betwe«n the Great and Little Bear by a continued aucceasion of bright ataca from 5 to so degreca asunder, it coíls round underthefeet of the Little Bear, aweepa round the pole of the ecliptic, and tcrminatea in a trapolumformed by fonf conapicuouB atara from 30 to 35degreea fromNorth Pole. Dr. Steínihneidel (aee Magazin fuer Líceratur dea AusJandeB, 1845) and Dr. Ca$sel fin h¡a commeatary to the book enátled Kusati,) raaintain that the ancíent Jewlah
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NOTEB.
utrooomen ligoiáed by the word Tali, not the constellatjún Draco, but the líae which joina together the two poiata in which the orbjtof the moon Intercepta the ecliptic (Dfagon'a head ifid tail). Dr. Caaael ii of the opinión that our author meant here, prohably the inviiiMe^ celeatial or univenad *gli <íbft the whalfc__illlif
57
G LO SSAB Y o f
R A B B IN IC A L
W O R D S .
K priK *■
To adhere, cohén.
“l'UJ «.
[Syriao ,-ík k Groek áfa]
rrtH n.
Sigo, Letfcer; "rio* hÍTIÍK fundamental latiere. I, 1.
adv.
T I, 8. Air.
I I , ..
|IO O hin0 « t ultertOR; from now fnrtíier. I V 10
ifot t¡4}.
Theae.
|VD3^M * 4 -
[ Oieok iáfov] Obliqne, diagom i direotion. V, ‘J-
VVCK *t :r
Middle. oentw.
Eqnala the biblical .rÓK V I. I.
1 , 2.
2 «-R3 «■
Oleara***, perwpicnity. 1 , 3. 1 n a h? "O I "ipjiTJ *Dd pot the subject in a citar point of view.
K33 *. División. V , 5* »T DTüao», n, n 1 ra Oompoaad of ^'FIE* r s omltting g) between them. ••I» « <• | 1 1 , 1. [Sea Dnkfi’a Spraolm der Miachrukh. p. 68 ]
.11 «. (]U n.
Back. 'a l yg apon the b&ck id eat, npon or abare. ‘ V I, 0. Body, an batanee II, 5.
M i
Cirele, oefostial orb, or aphere.
II, 4.
GLOflSABY.
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1 “RM «.
■Word. I, 8.
im n «■ ~ t•
Think, muse, medítate, refleo t.
nm •• n *•
Reflection, meditotion.
1 ,7.
V, 1.
1 no?
i
Innooenee, parity, godlinew, werít.
*•
II, I.
n r a« i n
MÍBdeed, traspasa.
«*
II , 1-
u •nr o-
To re tira , to tnrn one'a aeif round,
rM * •n*» "■
Rotatíon ¡ from *)Sn to donoe ronad.
II, S.
T
II, 6.
D tono *■
Milt, tpLeen. Y, i .
fK3 or JN2 ade- Here, th e re; JN3D tberice, from thenoe. aa to
n.
S ta r; especi&Dy the plaaet Mercury.
IT , 16.
IT , 7.
T
p 3 JHel JO v. Direot ¡ p a o directed, «itnated. HJCJ «.
Uglisesa. arto. So, tiras.
Tp or
jn a Hiph- JM an
ntS'V^ »• odv.
e.
I, 2.
IV, 3. I, 7.
To intervane in any thiog, to medíate the oeaoe, aooomodata a quarre]- II, 1.
Eatmg, swalloving.
V, ].
Compoaed of the worda *eí> and .Tp that, therefore.
Aooording te IT , 15.
GLOSSABY.
59
0 B IK C a. **1* m tJ »•
Meas Tire, quality, divina attribute.
n ieto
n.
Doctrine, leaaon, parBgraph.
**•
Conatellations j eapecially the twelve signa af Iba Zodiac. V, 3. 31D ^40 a bappy eoaatellation.
adv.
I t ia a partióle like ,3 aa; it is added the word J'Q kind, denoting: aa a kind of, like, aa. II, 4. Chald. inf. nD K D or.nno To apeak, command. II, 6.
T*
The plañet Mar».
IT , 7. I, 4.
T I
níSíD fD 3
ID ’13 e. EÍQD »■ *• ilS'tyO «■
Rampart, a flooi, pavement.
(TO
Gall.
» •i"
«■
JiUílD
Snbatance, reality.
1,8.
V, 4
See j n j
| •
II, S.
IT , 1.
- T
j lili
v.
MJ1J "■ c.
TFith a s following aflar it, significa : to make uae of any thing. IV , 1. The planet Venus. IV, 7. Chalí!.
Stick ia, fasten, oonjom, oonnect.
30} fi. rr
OpcDing.
IV, 8.
TID *■ •V
Arrange.
V, 16.
p 'D
aiftieiov
I, 6.
D **
Sign, illuítration. II, 4. [Sm Geiger's Leeeatijcke der Minhnah, p. 121.]
P’fjD n-
Finiahed;
the end (of a book or cbapter.)
n3'*llí «■
Contention, rivairy.
Tnj) fl-
Fnture. 11,2.
5
• r
V, 5.
GLOHHABÍ.
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0 p"IB «■ a
Chapter, aectíon. Direated of clothes, nndm aed, tdmple.
p-Tf ♦». TT
The pl&net Júpiter.
rr*ttTf ».
Appaarance. 1 , 6.
ira
..
Rflfme, m elt together, oonnect, combine.
mp
v.
To ñx, to fasten.
" ? 'P of n a p «.Btomacb. J3Cnp or J3¡rwp «•
II,
II, 3.
T , 4.
Stomach.
V, 4.
Aignment, evidence.
n 't n
Sight.
T * |
IT , 7.
I, 8.
ITK1 n. ii.
I. B.
T I, 2.
V, ].
n*n n. r•t n n «•
Redandftncy of « atar, moisbieM.
't i n a #
The planet Saturo.
8míH.
I I I . 4.
V, 1.
w IT , 7.
• ir
nn'b» *• * • njrBB* »■
Speaking. Hearing.
V, 1.
m e»
To serve.
I, 8.
'>•
y . 1.
n •b* n. *•
The oonateUation Draco or Dragón.
c^nc>n
Coitñon.
V, ].
T I, 2.
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EXPLANATORY THE
R O S IC R U C IA N O H D ER
A n l i c i p a t i n g q u e s í i o n s w h i c h m a y b e a sk ed h y ihe re a d e r s of th is b oo k, t h e p u b l i s h e r s w is h to a n n o u n c e t h a t th e r e is b u t o n e u n i v e r s a l R o s i c r u c i a n O r d e r existin g in t h e w o r l d to d a y , u n i t e d in its v a r i o u s ju r is d ic iio n s , a n d h a v i n g o n e S u p r e m e C o u n c i l in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h th e o r i g i n a l p l a n of t h e a n c i e n t R o s ic r u c ia n m an ife sto e s. T h e R o s ic r u c ia n O r d e r is n o t a r e lig io u s o r s e c t a r i a n society. T h is in te rn a tio n a l o r g a n i z a r o n retains th e an cien t t r a d i t i o n s , te a c h i n g s , p rin c ip i e s , a n d p r a c t ic a l h e lp f u ln e s s o f t h e B r o t h e r h o o d as f o u n d e d c e n t u r i e s ago. It is k n o w n
as t h e A n cien t, M y s tic a l O r d e r Rnsae. Crucis, w h i c h ñ a m e , f o r p o p u l a r u s e , is a b b r c v i a t e d i n t o A M O R C . T h e h c a d q u a r t e r s f o r t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l J u r i s d i c t i o n of th e O r d e r is l o c a t e d a t S a n J o s é , C a l i f o r n i a . T h o s e in t e r e s t e d in k n o w i n g m o r e o f t h e h i s t o r y a n d p r e s e n t - d a y h e l p f u l o f f e r in g s o f t h e R o s i c m c i a n s m a y h a v e a free c o p y o f th e h o o k o n ti tl e d Th e M astenj o f L ife , b y se n d i n g a d o f i n it e r c q u c s t to S c m b e I. S. M ., R o s i c r u c i a n P a r k , S a n J o s é , C a l i f o r n i a 9 5 1 9 1 , U .S .A .
