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Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (59)
1. 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 ת, רּ ר, פּ פ, כּ כ, דּ ד, גּ גThey serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness.
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter IV:(1)
There were formed seven double letters, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, Tau, each has two voices, either aspirated or softened. These are the...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter V:(1)
The simple letters are twelve, namely: He, Vau, Zain, Heth, Teth, Yod, Lamed, Nun, Samech, Oin, Tzaddi, and Quoph; they represent the fundamental...
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...
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,...
Sefer HaBahir
Verses (36)
His students asked: Why is the letter ד thick on the side? He replied: Because of the segol which is in the small patach. It is thus written (Psalm...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter IV:(3)
These seven double letters He formed, designed, created, and combined into the Stars of the Universe, the days of the week, the orifices of...
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,...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter IV:(2)
These seven double letters point out the dimensions, East, West, height, depth, North, South, with the holy temple in the middle, sustaining all...
Sefer HaBahir
Verses (27)
The students asked him: What is the letter ד? He replied: What is this like? Ten kings were in a certain place. All of them were wealthy, but one was...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter I:(10)
Second, from the Spirit he made Air and formed for speech twenty-two letters, three of which are mothers, A, M, SH, seven are double, B, G, D, K, P,...
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,...
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (129)
That is, when thou pronouncest BAR, the last letter R snarleth and murmureth like a trembling breath, and thus does the bitter quality, which is a...
Sefer HaBahir
Verses (14-15)
Why is the letter ב closed on all sides and open in the front? This teaches us that it is the House (בַּיִת) of the world. God is the place of 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...
Sefer HaBahir
Verses (28-30)
They said to him: What is the letter ה? He grew angry and said: Did I not teach you not to ask about a later thing and then about an earlier thing?...
Sefer HaBahir
Verses (19)
Why is ג third? It has three parts, teaching us that it bestows (גּוֹמֶלֶת) kindness. But did Rabbi Akiva not say that ג has three parts because it...
Sefer Yetzirah
Chapter II:(5)
Thus in combining all together in pairs are produced these two hundred and thirty-one gates of knowledge. And from Nothingness did He make something, ...
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