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Sefer HaBahir
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Rabbi Yanai said: The earth was created first, as it is written (Genesis 2:4), "...earth and heaven." They said to him: Is it not written (Genesis 1:1), "...the heaven and the earth"? He replied: What is this like? A king bought a beautiful object, but since it was not complete, he did not give it a name. He said, "I will complete it, I will prepare its pedestal and attachment, and then I will give it a name." It is thus written (Psalm 102:26), "From eternity You founded the earth" — and then, "the heavens are the work of Your hands." It is furthermore written (Psalm 104:2), "He covered Himself with light like a garment. He spread out the heaven like a curtain, He rafters His upper chambers with water." It is then written (Psalm 104:4), "He makes the winds His angels, His ministers of flaming fire." Finally, it is written (Psalm 104:5), "He founded the earth on its pedestals, that it not be removed for the world and forever." When He made its pedestal, He strengthened it. It is therefore written, "that it not be moved." What is its name? ‘And Forever’ is its name, and its pedestal is ‘World’. It is therefore written, "for the World And Forever."
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (52)
Concerning which, Moses writeth thus: Am Anfang schuff Gott Himmel unb Erden. In the beginning created GOD heaven and earth.
Enuma Elish
Tablet VII (57)
Since he created the realm (of heaven) and fashioned the firm earth
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (2)
For when God through the Word had created heaven and earth, and had separated the light from the darkness, and had given a place to each of them, then...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter II (2)
He created the heavens which are above and the earth and the waters and all the spirits which serve before Him — the angels of the presence, and the a...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (145)
Thus you may understand what the creation of heaven and earth signifieth and is, also what God made on the first day. Though indeed the first three...
Popol Vuh
Part I, Chapter 1 (4)
Thus let it be done! Let the emptiness be filled! Let the water recede and make a void, let the earth appear and become solid; let it be done. Thus...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (67)
Concerning the Constitution and Form of the Earth Many authors have written that heaven and earth were created out of NOTHING. But I wonder that,...
Popol Vuh
Part I, Chapter 1 (5)
First the earth was formed, the mountains and the valleys; the currents of water were divided, the rivulets were running freely between the hills,...
The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (2)
He raised the firmament above the earth as a tent, without pillars to uphold it. In six days he created the seven planets and with two letters he...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israel (49)
He created a reality out of Nothing. He called the nonentity into existence and hewed colossal pillars from intangible air. This has been shown by the...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter II (3)
And this was the only work (God) created on the second day.
On the Origin of the World
YALDABAOTH CREATES HEAVEN AND EARTH AND BEARS THREE SONS (YALDABAOTH CREATES HEAVEN AND EARTH AND BEARS THREE SONS)
When the ruler saw his greatness, he saw only himself; he saw nothing else, except water and darkness. Then he thought that he alone existed. His...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter I (29)
The Angel dictates to Moses the Primaeval History : the Creation of the World and Institution of the Sabbath (ii. - ; cf. Gen. i-ii. ).
The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (40)
At the beginning of the centuries God used the mountains as nails to fix the Earth; and washed Earth's face with the water of Ocean. Then he placed...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 6: Of the Separation in the Creation, in the third Principle. (13)
And so with this Creation and Separation the Length of one Day was finished, and out of the Beginning and End, and Morning and Evening, was the first ...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 4: Of the true Eternal Nature, that is, of the numberless and endless generating of the Birth of the eternal Essence, which is the Essence of all Essences; out of which were generated, born, and at length created, this World, with the Stars and Elements, and all whatsoever moves, stirs, or lives therein. The open Gate of the great Depth. (59)
Now we pray thus, Our Father [which art] in Heaven, hallowed (or sanctified) be thy Name. And in the first of Genesis it is written, God created the...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 8: Of the Creation of the Creatures, and of the Springing up of every growing Thing; as also of the Stars and Elements, and of the Original of the a Substance of this World. (8)
On the second Day, God created the Firmament of the Heaven, viz. the strong Inclosure, [Fence, or Stop] to the Darkness of the original Matrix, that...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 6: Of the Separation in the Creation, in the third Principle. (14)
God made a Firmament between the Waters, and separated the Waters beneath the Firmament from the Waters above the Firmament, and the Firmament he call...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVI: Gnostic Exposition of the Decalogue. (19)
Wherefore Solomon also says, that before heaven, and earth, and all existences, Wisdom had arisen in the Almighty; the participation of which -that...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 7: Of the Heaven and its eternal Birth and Essence, and how the four Elements are generated; wherein the eternal Band may be the more and the better understood, by meditating and considering the material World. The great Depth. (30)
Therefore Moses writes, that God created the Heaven out of the Midst of the Waters: [This you must] understand [to be] out of the eternal watery Matri...
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