Sefer Yetzirah

Yetzirah - the World of Formation represented by the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet as described in the Sefer Yetzirah. In the innermost segment, the 3 mothers, followed by the 7 doubles and the 12 singles.

The Sefer Yetzirah (Hebrew: ספר יצירה "Book of Formation"; also translated as "Book of Creation") is considered the oldest independently transmitted work of the Kabbalah. In Jewish secret teachings, Yetzirah largely corresponds to the astral world, whose lowest three regions, however, overlap with the 3 uppermost regions of the etheric world (→ 7 regions of the astral world). The book presents the essential elements of creation in their origin (cosmogony) and their structure (cosmology). These elements are the 10 primordial digits (sefirot) and the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Literature

• Karl Erich Grözinger: Jüdisches Denken. Theologie - Philosophie - Mystik: Band 2: Von der mittelalterlichen Kabbala zum Hasidismus, Campus Verlag, Frankfurt/Main 2005
• Rudolf Steiner: Mythen und Sagen. Okkulte Zeichen und Symbole, GA 101 (1992) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Der Orient im Lichte des Okzidents, GA 113 (1982), ISBN 3-7274-1130-9 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Das Ereignis der Christus-Erscheinung in der ätherischen Welt, GA 118 (1984) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
• Rudolf Steiner: Mysterienstätten des Mittelalters, GA 233a (1991) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org

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