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The Early Books 43 Franck, in his The Kabbalah,34 divides the essence of the Sepher Yetzirah into the following: 0) In general, the composition of the world; (2) In the division of the year or in the distribution of time in which the year is the principal unit; (3) The structure of man, the main principal uniting all these factors being the application of the book to the Macrocosm as well as to the Microcosm. It would be fair to say that up until the 9th century the main theme of Jewish doctrine was very much against Kabbalistic teaching, and in many instances was aimed at trying to prevent it from being taught. Gaon Saadiah (892-942 C.E.), head of the Persian Academy at Sura, and one of those who did an enormous amount of Hebrew Linguistic research into Kabbalistic teachings, was one of the first to give Kabbalism its full due as a metaphysical doctrine in its own right. He wrote a reputable commentary on the Sepher Yetzirah which still exists today and which brought a new understanding of Kabbalism to the Jewry of his own era. Gaon Hai (939-1038), a contemporary of Gaon Saadiah, also wrote a commentary on the Sepher Yetzirah, as well as other works that have strong Kabbalistic references, such as "The Voice of God in its Power." The Sepher Yetzirah is a very different book in style from the Bahir and has none of the question and answer phrasing which is so characteristic of the Zoharic documents. Possibly one of the first published versions of the Sepher Yetzirah was in 1562, Mantua Edition. 35 The actual title of the Sepher Yetzirah is a little ambiguous for instead of a being a study of the Sephiroth it in fact is concerned with the formation and structure of the Paths of the Kabbalah. The book itself is broken down into six chapters: Chapter 1 gives the breakdown of the ten Sephiroth and the 22 paths. It also discusses the theory of the Lightning Flash and the hidden method of ascending "Jacobs Ladder" through meditation. The formation of the elements is then discussed; from Spirit came Air, and from Air came Water, and from Water came Fire. The Three angelic Choirs of the Auphanium, Seraphim and Kerubim are then named. The Name ofYOD '" First French Edition 1843, Paris. First published English translation in 1967, by University Books. I found a numberofEnglishtranslationsof variouspartsof the text at 'Whare Ra. Forthe most part they differ only slightly from the later English publication. When quoting from Franck, I will be using the old Whare Ra translations, which no doubt were done in the late 1880s by Golden Dawn members. '", Gulielmus Postellus did a Latin translation in 1552, but it was not for general publication.
44 The Kabbalah ofthe Golden Dawn HEH VAU is then given as the Name which sealed the six directions of the Universe.v" The following are the permutations:'? (5) IHV - Height (6) IVH - Dept (7) HIV - East (8) HVI - West (9) VIH - South (10) VHI - North 3S An observant student of either the Golden Dawn or the Kabbalah will notice that of all the Kabbalistic texts it is that of the Sepher Yetzirah which directly influenced parts of the rituals, diagrams, and teaching of the Golden Dawn. This is particularly true of all the concepts involving geographical direction, when combined with permutations of the Divine name YHVH. For example, at one point during the ritual of the 4=7 Grade of Philosophus, the Candidate is shown a diagram (see following page) and is told by the Hegemon: The Sepher Yetzirah divides the ten numbers into a Tetrad, answering to the Spirit of the Living Elohim: Air, Water, and Fire; and a Hexad, consisting of Height, Depth, East, West, South, and North, the six sides of the cube sealed with the six permutations of the letters YOD HEH and VAU of the Sacred Name. In Chapter 2, the Three Mother Letters of Aleph, Mem, and Shin are directly related to the concept of Air, Water, and Fire. The letters as a whole are then able to be broken down and related to everything created with particular emphasis being placed on the pronunciation. The 22 letters are then formed into 231 gates. These gates are formed by adding each Hebrew letter with another letter, following a certain pattern. For example the first letter Aleph is then placed with every other letter totalling 21 permutations. Beth is placed with every other letter (excluding the one before it, Aleph) which gives 20 permutations. Gimel is paired with every 36 The first four directions are Spirit, Air, Water, and Fire, which are the throne on which the directions are based, The directions proper actually starr in the text from the fifth. 37 The actual formation. of the letters here forms a cube, commonly called the "Cube of Space." 38 The Altar as described in the Golden Dawn's Neophyre rituals is based on this chapter of the Sephcr YetZirah,
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INTRODUCTION TABLE OFCONTENTS CHAPT
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Page 10 and 11: INTRODUCTION The Hermetic Order of
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