Book of Formation or Sepher Yetzirah by Knut Stenring

Author:Knut Stenring
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780892545568
Publisher: Nicolas-Hays, Inc.

TABLE II.—THE 10 SEPHIROTH ACCORDING TO “ SEPHER YETZIRAH. ”

TABLE III.—THE 3 MOTHERS ACCORDING TO “ SEPHER YETZIRAH.”

TABLE IV.—THE 7 DOUBLES ACCORDING TO “ SEPHER YETZIRAH. ”

TABLE V.—THE 12 SIMPLES ACCORDING TO “ SEPHER YETZIRAH. ”

NOTES ON THE BOOK OF FORMATION

The Book of Formation.— = SPR ITzIRH (“Sepher Yetzirah ”).

Book.—SPR = book, letter.

Formation.—ITzIRH = formation, creation (Gen. ii. 7).

After setting aside provisionally those portions of “ Sepher Yetzirah ” which, on account of their content, we have come to regard as spurious, it was found that 72 verses remained, and may be taken to constitute the original text, as written by Rabbi Akiba. The old mystics sought to harmonise the outer form of a book with its inward significance, and the number 72 is in perfect correspondence with the subject-matter of “ Sepher Yetzirah,” because it can be derived from the name of the Lord in the following manner: IHVH, IHV, IH, I (10+5+6+5)+(10+5+6)+(10+5)+10 = 72. (Comp, the Schemahamphorasch, Exod. xiv. 19, 20, 21.)

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