Hour of the Time 07142012 Sepher Yetzirah

· SEPHER YETZIRAH Translated from the Hebrew by William Wynn Westcott

SEPHER YETZIRAH THE BOOK OF FORMATION WITH

THE FIFTY GATES OF INTELLIGENCE &

THE THIRTY-TWO PATHS OF WISDOM Translated from the Hebrew by WILLIAM WYNN WESTCOTT,

M.B., J.P.

SUPREME MAGUS OF THE ROSICRUCIAN SOCIETY OF ENGLAND

FOURTH EDITION

EDITED AND REVISED, WITH NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY, BY DARCY KUNTZ

HOLMES PUBUSHING GROUP

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Golden Dawn Studies Series 3 First Edition, 1887 Second Revised Edition, 1893 Third Revised Edition, 1911 Fourth Revised Edition 1st Printing, 1996

ISBN 1-55818-333-7

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Contents Page

Notes to the Fourth Edition.................................................... 7 Introduction to the Third Edition ........................................... 9 Preface to the Second Edition ................................................. 16 The Sepher Yetzirah I. The Sephiroth, Numbers, Letters ................................ 17 I. The Twenty-two Letters .................. ............... ....... ...... 18 III. The Triad .................................................................... 19 IV. The Heptad with Supplement ..................................... 20 v. The Dodecad with Supplement ................................... 20 VI. Conclusion .................................................... "............ 21 The Fifty Gates of Intelligence .............................................. 23 The Thirty-two Paths of Wisdom ............... ............................ 25 Notes to the Sepher Yetzirah ........................ ......................... 28 Notes to the Thirty-two Paths ................................................ 35 The Hebrew Text of the Sepher Yetzirah ............................... 36 Bibliography........................................................................... 54

Illustrations Page

1. The Snake and upside down "Tn ................................. Half-title Based on the cover of W.W. Westcott's, Numbers, 1890.

II. The Ten Sephiroth and Twenty Two Paths ........................... 6 From W.W. Westcott's, An Introduction to The Kabalah, 1910. III. Theli: The Celestial Dragon ................................................ 32 From Rabbi Eliezer Rokeach's commentary on the Sepher Yetzirah, Mantua, 1562.

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