Sefer Yetzirah, the "Book of Creation"
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Sefer Yetzirah - The Creation of a Formation
The Hebrew name of "Sefer Yetzirah" in English is the "Book of Creation" or the "Book of Formation."
This cryptic manuscript has evoked speculation and controversary for centuries. Those who discover this strangely written manuscript have pondered its meaning with a variety of interpretations.
Some believe that the Sefer Yetzirah is about the creation and manipulation of the Universe. Some have claimed that it holds the key to the creation of a golem, an artificial man. Others say, it's both.
Great Jewish scholars like Aryeh Kaplan, Gershom Scholem and Moshe Idel have made some sense of the Sefer Yetzirah. But, what we read today are English translations of Hebrew and German (Yiddish) writings that have a tendancy to lose some meanings in their translations.
Sefer Yetzirah - Create What??
Out of all of the persistant traditions, the most common is the ability to create a golem, a living object, by use of the techniques described in the Sefer Yetzirah. This golem comes to life by the meditations of the golem-makers who learn their techniques from studying the manuscript. The golem has its appearances on non-Jewish mysticism as well- Egyptian, Greek and other cultures have their own versions of our Frankenstein. Read more...
But, the most discussed and known aspect of the Sefer Yetzirah is its definition of the Tree of Life and the ten sephiroth. This explains the organization of the Universe. New sections on the Sephiroth are included on the upcoming QBL software program.
Sefer Yetzirah - Create your own Universe
The Sefer Yetzirah is filled with mystery and shrouded with myths, misconceptions and illusions. Out of all of the Hebrew manuscripts that have survived over the centuries, the Sefer Yetzirah continues to amaze and confuse those who study its pages.
This web site is the gateway to a computerized study of this mysterious manuscript which has influenced Judaism, Christianity, Occultism, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Science and Psychology for thousands of years.
While most of my original material is still in handwritten notes in my file cabinets, more sections will be uploaded here with samples to a full printed book, interactive Qabalah study web site and software program. Read more...
The Sefer Yetzirah is also known as Sefer Yesirah, Sefer Yetsirah, Sefer Yetzira, Sefer Yesirah and Sepher Yezirah. The various spellings are based on the Hebrew letters, Y, Tz, Y, R, H. Depending on how the author pronounces or translates the sounds, determine how that author spells the word.
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My Top Choice Kabbalah Books from Amazon
"Sefer Yetzirah"
"The Book of Formation" or "The Book of Creation"
By Aryeh Kaplan
The authoritative text on the study of the "Sefer Yetzirah" or Book of Formantion (Book of Creation). Kaplan's explanations are easy to understand and make sense. A must have manual for anyone ready to decifer this ancient manuscript.
• Paperback: 398 pages
• Publisher: Weiser Books; Rev Sub edition (May 1997)
• Language: English
"Origins of Kabbalah"
By Gershom Sholem
Amazon.com: Gershom Scholem's Origins of the Kabbalah provides a painstakingly detailed history of Kabbalah's rise among medieval French and Spanish Jews, describes the first publication of Jewish mystical texts, and investigates the growth of their influence on Jewish religious life. The book also doubles back to describe secret traditions of Jewish Gnosticism, which describe a Creation story so numerological and esoteric it makes the New Testament book of Revelation look as simple and straightforward as a Saturday-morning cartoon. This book is much denser than Scholem's excellent On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism, but for readers with a basic knowledge of Kabbalah, it shouldn't be rough going. --Michael Joseph Gross.
• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: Princeton University Press; Reprint edition (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English (August 1988). English, Hebrew (translation)
"On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism"
Author: Gershom Scholem
Amazon.com: Gershom Scholem, who died in 1982, remains the biggest gun in kabbalah scholarship, and On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism is perhaps his most accessible book on the subject. It contains definitive essays on the relation of the Torah to Jewish mysticism, the mythology of the kabbalah, and the place of Jewish mystics in the Jewish community. This book helped reinvigorate 20th-century Jewish studies with an awareness of the living reality of God, after the 19th century's more astringent scholarly emphasis on law and philosophy. It shows how Jewish mystics have been less concerned with adherence to orthodoxy than their Christian counterparts, and freer in their expression of the divine aspects of eroticism. Furthermore, Scholem offers great insight regarding the ways that kabbalah has not only threatened the authority of institutional religion, but also served as a source of its vitality. --Michael Joseph Gross
• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Schocken; New Ed edition (January 30, 1996)
• Language: English
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