Yetzirah is more literally translated as formation. The socalled book of creation actually in kabbalahhebrew its really the book of formation since yetzirah is the world of formation and beriah is the world of creation is replete with esoteric symbology. Journal for the study of jewish mystical texts, vol. Sepher yetzirah is a collection of secret traditions supposedly passed down from abraham. God of the armies of israel, everliving god, merciful and gracious, sublime, dwelling on high, who inhabiteth eternity. Pdf sefer yetzira the book of creation download full. One of the most important books on the kabbalah, sepher yezirah is an outstanding meditation manual on the creation of. It is a codebook which has been researched and understood by few people. Practical kabbalah and self creation this blog is devoted to an investigation into the topics addressed by jacobus g. The earliest known jewish text on magic and cosmology, sefer yetzira book of creation, appeared. It forms the foundation of mystical religious interpretations within judaism.
Kabbalah of creation is a new translation of the early kabbalah of rabbi isaac luria, founder of the most influential jewish mystical school of the last 400 years. Kabbalah is a set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between the unchanging, mysterious eternal god and the finite universe of gods creation. Kabbalah centre february 8, 20 the universe began not with an atom or a subatomic particle, but with the thought of creation which encompassed a world in which every human being would enjoy total happiness and fulfillment, free from any form of chaos or pain. Three root forces engraved, carved, weighed, permuted and formed the other three root forces. The book of creation is the source of kabbalistic meditation. In two and thirty most occult and wonderful paths of wisdom did jah the lord of hosts. Book of creation abraham kabbalah library bnei baruch. The sefer yetzirah, or book of creation, is a magicomystical text within the corpus of jewish esoteric literature.
Sepher yirah, book of formation, or book of creation is the title of the earliest extant book on jewish esotericism, although some early commentators treated it as a treatise on mathematical and linguistic theory as opposed to kabbalah. A traditional kabbalist in judaism is called a mequbbal. Early kabbalah had a strictly dualistic view of things. Letters are a crucial part of the kabbalistic theory of creation. The book of creation in theory and practice kindle. It is with great pleasure that i announce the publication of the book of immediate magic part 1 500 pages. The zohar gods sefer torah and the creation of the world. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with optical recognition software. Axis mundi the creation series book 1 the concise book of mitzvoth. The earliest roots of kabbala are traced to merkava mysticism. The sefer yetzirah is the foundational text of kabbalah, which is centered on 187, a number that is heavily used to fabricate our reality. In section terumah, 161b, the zohar teaches that god looked into the sefer torah and from there created the world. In kabbalah, each letter is considered a letter of creation, as the letters form words and words are used in the 10 utterances by which god made creation.
Although written in simple hebrew, it is incomprehensible. The kabbalah of conscious creation, how to mystically manifest your physical and spiritual desires takes you through the four kabbalistic worlds of creation to help you manifest your desires while also teaching you how to become not only a receiver but a giver as well, thereby developing a connection with the ultimate creator and tapping into the divine flow of giving and receiving. The divine force established its rule, might, eternity and unity through thirtytwo secret paths of the descending upper light and concealed itself in three categories. The book of creation is an ancient book, written 3,800 years ago and comprises five pages. The sefer yetzirah or yesira, or other transliterations has been dated to wildly different periods of time, and is, depending on the commentary you read, the earliest hebrewlanguage book of science, or a key work of kabbalah a form of jewish mysticism apparently beginning in the late twelfth century, and still alive, a meditative text, or even a book of magic.
Often translated as the book of formation, sefer yetzirah is the earliest extant jewish esoteric work and the only one mentioned in the talmud. God was transcendent and above, whereas creation was below. A few thousand years ago, kabbalist rabbi shimon bar yochai, author of the sacred zohar, the major book of kabbalah, said the literal understanding of the ten commandments is a. In pages 148157, chapter 8 of the book, the thought of creation, rav ashlag explains that kabbalah must be open and available to everyone because the zohar is the vessel that draws the energy for the final redemption. This is the first part of volume four of the shadow tree series, and it perpetuates the fundamental tenets of self creation in which it is maintained that the centre establishes the circumference, and that personal reality is emanated in harmony with personal will. The sefer yetzirah is the earliest hebrew text of speculative mystical jewish thought, appearing sometime between. Sefer, book of formation, or book of creation is the title of the earliest extant book on jewish esotericism, although some early commentators treated it as a treatise on mathematical and linguistic theory as opposed to kabbalah. About this course whether you have been studying kabbalah for ten minutes, ten months or ten years, power of kabbalah level 1 is your foundation to understand and live the key kabbalistic technology that. However, this book is much more than a translation. This version of the sefer yetzirah contains three versions. Learn the kabbalistic secrets of the spiritual process of creation and how you can connect with the same energy of creation on a daily basis.
Only those who have been educated in the language of kabbalah can perceive the meanings hidden in the hebrew letters. The combinations of letters, each of which represent a flow from the sefirot, diffuse down the chain. It was written prior to rabbi shimons zohar, or the book of splendor. A translation of the early kabbalah of rabbi isaac luria, the founder of the most influential jewish mystical school of. These pages are summaries from my new 347page book kabbalahs secret. The sefer yetzirah, the ancient book of formation which provides the foundationtext for prophetic kabbalah, takes this idea to an ontological extreme. Kabbalah views the hebrew letters as channels of spiritual life force, flows of energy which change matter. Kabbalah is mainly based on two texts, the sepher yetzirah the book of creation and the zohar the book of enlightenment. Kabbalah is closely related to the meditative kabbalah and uses various signs, incantations, and. Kabbalah of creation offers readers a readable, verse translation of the intriguing text, the gate of principles, that is printed in the beginning of the hebrew edition of rabbi chaim vitals the tree of life.
Kabbalah of genesis, a free online course the book of genesis hebrew. Looks like science is finally catching up to kabbalah. The sefer yetzirah, which means book of formation, is a short book about the theories of maaseh bereshit, the mystical account of the creation of the universe. The sefer yetzirah says god created the world in part by using the twentytwo letters of the hebrew alphabet. Sefer yetzirah is the title of the earliest extant book on jewish mysticism, although some early commentators treated it as a treatise on mathematical and linguistic theory as opposed to kabbalah. Rabbi kaplans translation of this oldest and most mysterious of all kabbalistic texts provides a unique perspective on the meditative and magical aspects of. Between god and creation, however, there is an unbridgeable abyss, though the ten emanations revealed the concealed essence of god within the universe and therefore god was considered immanent within creation. Gan naul is one of three commentaries on sefer yetzirah by abraham abulafia. Sefer yetzirah book of creation foundations of the. Best viewed at around 160% zoom the english language version starts on page 38.
The book of creation, known in hebrew as the sefer yetzirah, is one of the. Kabbalah stand in contrast to the biblical concept of a personal god who redeems his creatures and his creation through the work of christ on the cross. So if you do not have a good understanding of how the tree of life works, of how kabbalah works, you can never understand the book of revelation, and also the book of genesis, or the rest of the bible. We are happy to make an experience tour with you our activity takes place all over the world online. The sefer yetzirah, or the book of creation, was written approximately 3,000 bce, and was the first kabbalistic book to be written. And now men see not the light which is bright bahir in the skies. Bereshit is a book of kabbalah that hides profound and ancient knowledge. Book of the zohar the zohar gods sefer torah and the. Kabbalah, cabala kabbalah, kabala general information informacje ogolne. Kabbalah for beginners kabbalah kabbalah education. In kabbalah, the sefirah of malchut within the world of atzilut is called the mouth of g.
Kabbalah seeks to define 1 the nature of the universe and the human being, 2 the nature and purpose of existence, and 3 various other ontological questions. The sepher yetzirah or the book of creation 1 of 2 youtube. We are stardust, we are golden, we are billionyearold carbon, and weve got to get ourselves back to the garden. Deeper reality kabbalah, chassidism and jewish mysticism. There are 187 chapters in the torah, where the code. Sepher yezirah a book on creation by isidor kalisch. The sefer yetzirah the holy kabbalah the plasmaverse. Tradition attributes the work to the 1stcentury talmudic sage and mystic rabbi nechunya ben hakanah. For the sefer yetzirah, language is the very stuff of creation, and grammar the way in which it is formed. Kabbalah publishers kabbalah for beginners 4th edition rav michael laitman, phd. The bible tells of god creating the universe with a few words, like let there be light, but the. God created the world with the holy language, hebrew. It describes the structure of the universe and the method of its creation.
Technically, kabbalah is not a religion, and it never was. God of the armies of israel, everliving god, merciful and gracious, sublime, dwelling on. It originated around the 11th century as an outgrowth of earlier jewish esotericoccult traditions. It is through this mouth that the ten utterances of creation found in the book of genesis were said. To those of us familiar with the literal accounts of creation found in the hebrew bible, this seems a remarkable statement. Sefer yetizrah the book of formation, the very first kabbalistic text. The bible, the book of zohar, the tree of life, the study of the ten sefirot. The notion that the universe is comprised of four worlds, or levels of reality, first occurs in th century kabbalistic texts, but became more popular in lurianic kabbalah and then in 19th century hasidism, and is especially resonant today.
Jewish kabbalah is a set of esoteric teachings meant to explain the relationship between god, the unchanging, eternal, and mysterious ein sof. In two and thirty most occult and wonderful paths of wisdom did jah the lord of hosts engrave his name. The sefer yetzirah the holy kabbalah book of creation riders of the chariot this is a hebrewenglish translation of the kabbalists book the sefer yetzirah book of creation. To most people, the very word kabbalah implies the mystical experien. The sepher yetzirah or the book of creation, aka the book of formation, is one of the most famous of all the ancient kabbalistic texts. The commandments which can be observed today sefer hamitzvot. It began to flourish in palestine in the 1st century ce and had as its main concern ecstatic and mystical contemplation of the divine throne, or chariot merkava, seen in a vision by ezekiel, the prophet ezekiel 1. Kaplan adds a current perspective given the knowledge of later books of kabbalah like zohar, bahir or lurias etz haim.