Sefer Yetzirah, the Cube of Space, and the Emergence of ... - Maqom

The last part of our verse from the Sefer Yetzirah says that these twelve plain letters arethe boundaries of the world, and this is quite true if we think of these letters ascorresponding to sensory experience because it is the information from our senses thatdefines the borders of our physical reality. Additionally, if we now add the remainingtwelve plain letters to our diagram, then we complete the construction of the Cube ofSpace from the letters of the alphabet.bkcjtfm,arxdhgvpnsyezuIn many respects, this is an incredibly wonderful diagram. It incorporates, via the threespatial axes, the doctrine that our perception of reality hinges upon triads of one thingbeing opposite another along with the third member of the triad, a mechanism fordynamic exchange. It also defines the six primary directions in terms of qualities such aswisdom and folly that exist along a continuum from one polar opposite to the other, and itrecognizes the center of gravity of the cube as a seventh direction representing the pointof absolute balance. And finally, it alludes to sensory experience as the definingboundary for our perception of physical reality. Quite a remarkable diagram, indeed!Furthermore, we can also interpret the Holy of Holies of the ancient Temple in Jerusalemas a microcosm for the universe represented by the Cube of Space. The room known asthe Holy of Holies was constructed in the shape of a cube, and in the center of this room28