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Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XXI: The Jewish Institutions and Laws of Far Higher Antiquity Than The Philosophy of the Greeks. (70)
According to the true reckoning, there appear to be seventy-two generic dialects, as our Scriptures hand down. The rest of the vulgar tongues are formed by the blending of two, or three, or more dialects.
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...
Eugnostos the Blessed
Eugnostos the Blessed (23)
Then the twelve powers, whom I have just discussed, consented with each other. males (and) females (each) were revealed, so that there are...
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; ...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter V:(3)
Three mothers, seven double and twelve simple, these are the twenty-two letters with which I H V H Tetragrammaton, that is our Lord of Hosts,...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter II:(3-4)
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...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter I:(2)
Ten are the numbers, as are the Sephiroth, and twenty-two the letters, these are the Foundation of all things. Of these letters, three are mothers,...