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Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter II (1)
The foundations are the twenty-two letters, three mothers, seven double, and twelve single letters. Three mothers, namely A, M, SH, these are Air, Water, and Fire: Mute as Water, Hissing as Fire, and Air of a spiritual type, is as the tongue of a balance standing erect between them pointing out the equilibrium which exists.
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The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (44)
There are twenty-two basic (sounds and) letters. Three are the first elements (water, air, fire), fundamentals, or mothers; seven are double letters; ...
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The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (53)
The three Mothers, א מ ש, in the universe are: air, water, and fire. Heaven was created from the elementary fire (or ether) ש, the earth, comprising s...
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The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (51)
The three Mothers, א מ ש, enclose a great, wonderful, and unknown mystery, and are sealed by six wings (or elementary circles), namely, air, water, fi...
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The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (97)
The first elements are air, water, and fire; the fire is above, the water is below, and a breath of air establishes balance between them. The token is...
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The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (36)
He selected three consonants (I, H, V) from the simple ones--a secret belonging to the three mothers, or first elements; א מ ש (A, M, Sh), air, water,...
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The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (46)
He established twenty-two basic letters, formed by the voice and impressed upon the air by the breath. He set them to be audibly uttered in five diffe...
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The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (67)
In the central triangle are the three Mother Letters from which come forth the seven Double Letters--the planets and the heavens. Surrounding the...
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The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (33)
Primordial water He extracted from the air. He formed therein twenty-two letters and established them out of mud and loam, making them like a border, ...
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The Tree of the Sephiroth (69)
According to the original conception, from the union of the Divine Father and the Divine Mother is produced Microprosophus--the Short Face or the...
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The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (47-48)
He fixed the twenty-two basic letters in a ring (sphere) like a wall with two hundred and thirty-one gates, and turned the sphere forward and backward...
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Fifteen Rosicrucian and Qabbalistic Diagrams (7)
Figure 2 is the Qabbalistic symbol of elemental water; Figure 9 represents the spiritual invisible water. Figure 3 is the Qabbalistic symbol of...
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Fundamentals of Qabbalistic Cosmogony (17)
The Qabbalists used the letter ש, Shin, to signify the trinity of the first three Sephiroth. The central circle slightly above the other two is the...
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The Theory and Practice of Alchemy: Part One (99)
The main point, however, is proved: the alchemical philosophers used the symbols of salt, sulphur, and mercury to represent not only chemicals but...
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Fundamentals of Qabbalistic Cosmogony (36)
The ten emanations from A 1 to A 10 inclusive are called the foundations of all creations. The Qabbalists designate them the ten roots of the Tree of...
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Fifteen Rosicrucian and Qabbalistic Diagrams (13)
Figure 26 is the character of the air, showing that air is born out of the Eternal Light and the ethereal water. Figure 27 is the character of water....
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The Hiramic Legend (17)
Cheth, Resh and Mem. (1) ח, Cheth, signifies Chamah, the Sun's light, i. e. the Universal, invisible, cold fire of Nature attracted by the Sun, manife...
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The Tree of the Sephiroth (66)
From this eternal and ancient androgyne--Kether--come forth Chochmah, the great Father, and Binah, the great Mother. These two are usually referred...
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The Tree of the Sephiroth (62)
Having demonstrated that the Qabbalists divided the universe into four worlds, each consisting of ten spheres, it is necessary to consider next how...
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The Tree of the Sephiroth (70)
Three vertical columns support the universal system as typified by the Sephirothic Tree. The central pillar has its foundation in Kether, the Eternal...
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