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Sefer HaBahir
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Rabbi Berachiah said: What is the meaning of the verse (Genesis 1:3), "And God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light"? Why does the verse not say, "And it was so"? What is this like? A king had a beautiful object. He puts it away until he had a place for it, and then he put it there. It is therefore written, "Let there be light, and there was light." This indicates that it already existed.
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (129)
Thus thou seest that the day was created before the time of the sun and stars; for when God said, [Gen. i. 3] Let there be light; there the light...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (134)
Thus you have a short and real introduction concerning the word which God has spoken, rightly described in the knowledge of the spirit, faithfully...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (66)
Behold, when God said, Let there be light, then the light in the powers of nature, or the seven spirits of God, rose up, and the firmament of heaven,...
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. (7)
Now says Moses; And God said, Let there be Light, and there was Light. This Light now was the fifth Form in the Matrix. For the fifth Essence was not...
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. (14)
Moses writes; God said, Let there be Light in the Firmament of Heaven, which may separate and distinguish Day and Night, and be for Signs, for Times...
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...
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. (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.:17-18)
Mark what John says: In the Beginning of the Creation, and before the Times of the World, was the Word, and the Word was God, and in the Word was the...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (99)
The writer, Moses, saith, [Gen. i.] God separated the light from the darkness, and called the light day, and the darkness night, so out of evening...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (26)
Moses writeth concerning them thus: And God said; Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide or distinguish the day from the night;...
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...
Chapter 22: Of the Birth or Geniture of the Stars, and Creation of the Fourth Day. (62)
Moses writeth, that God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, which should therein give a light to the earth, and divide or...
Paraphrase of Shem
Derdekeas Tells Shem About the Powers of the Universe (2)
The crookedness of the darkness was lack of perception, namely, the illusion that there is no one above him. And as long as he was able to restrain hi...
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. (27)
That Light has wrought in the Knowledge, and in the Understanding, and generated a Similitude of its Substance; and the Substance which wrought was...
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.
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. (34)
When God had finished this on the fourth Day, he saw it, and considered it, and it was good, as Moses writes. Then God desired in his external Will,...
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. (21)
God, who is the eternal Light, he is the eternal Will; he shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness has comprehended the Will: And in that Will (which...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
The Life and Teachings of Thoth Hermes Trismegistus (22)
Then out of the imprisoned Light a mysterious and Holy Word came forth and took its stand upon the smoking waters. This Word--the Voice of the...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Qabbalistic Keys to the Creation of Man (13)
In the opening chapter of Genesis it is stated that after creating light and separating it from darkness, the seven Elohim divided the waters which...
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 ...
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