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Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter II (3)
Twenty-two letters are formed by the voice, impressed on the air, and audibly uttered in five situations, in the throat, guttural sounds; in the palate, palatals; by the tongue, linguals; through the teeth, dentals; and by the lips, labial sounds.
Secret Teachings of All Ages
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...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
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; ...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (59)
The seven double letters, ב ג ד כ פ ר ת (B, G, D, K, P, R, Th), have a duplicity of pronunciation (two voices), aspirated and unaspirated, namely: פּ ...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (77)
The other syllable (den) is conceived by the tongue and upper gums, and leaveth the mouth open, and the spirit of formation goeth forth at the...
Chandogya Upanishad
Prapathaka II, Khanda 22 (5)
All vowels are to be pronounced with voice (ghosha) and strength (bala), so that the Udgâtri may give strength to Indra. All sibilants are to be...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (55)
The word or syllable (An) thrusteth itself out from the heart, and presseth forth at the mouth, and has an after-pressure [or murmuring sound]; but...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (16)
And therefore the seven spirits of God have created a mouth for the creatures, that when they [the creatures] would utter their voice, which is their ...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (48)
How was it all accomplished? He combined, weighed, and changed: the א (A) with all the other letters in succession, and all the others again with א (A...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (58)
The word or syllable (fang) goeth swiftly from the heart out at the mouth, and is stayed also by the hinder part of the tongue and the gums: and when...
Chapter 6: How an Angel, and how a Man, is the Similitude and Image of God. (18)
So also the tongue sharpeneth, articulateth and distinguisheth all that which the five senses in the head bring through the heart on to the tongue; an...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (97)
The word (Sprach) conceiveth itself between the teeth, for they bite or join close together, and the spirit hisseth forth through the teeth, and the...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (1)
THE Sixth qualifying or fountain spirit in the divine power is the sound, tone, tune or noise, wherein all soundeth and tuneth; whence ensued speech,...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (71)
But that by the word or syllable (mel) it is conceived again upon the tongue, and held fast with the upper gums, and that in the meanwhile the spirit ...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (68)
The word (Himmel) conceiveth itself in the heart, and is thrust forth to the lips, there it is shut up, and the syllable (mel) setteth the lips open...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (47)
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...
Chapter 6: How an Angel, and how a Man, is the Similitude and Image of God. (15)
Then the word stands in the heart as a self-subsisting person, compacted from all the powers [combined]; it is a word and representeth or denoteth...
Chapter 10: Of the Sixth qualifying or fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (15)
And now when the spirits do move and would speak, the hard quality must open itself; for the bitter spirit with its flash breaketh it open, and then t...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Human Body in Symbolism (32)
By the Word of God the material universe was fabricated, and the seven creative powers, or vowel sounds--which had been brought into existence by the ...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
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...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (66)
The word (Gott) conceiveth itself in the midst or centre, upon the tongue, and is thrust thither out of the heart, and leaveth the mouth open, and...
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