This is also an exception
reference book, including The 32 Paths of Wisdom, Their Correspondence
with the Hebrew Alphabet and the Tarot Symbols.
It lays out the principles of
Kabbalistic cosmology and the Tree of Life, how humankind (the
microcosm) reflects the Divine (the macrocosm). It also sets forth the
Hebrew doctrine of Logos--the creation of the world in numbers, letters,
and sound. As such, it is a seminal text for all serious magicians.
Stenring has made a
word-for-word translation from several texts, choosing only those parts
which he believed to be authentic. He reveals the text's secrets in his
diagrams, tables, and extensive notes. His "Master Key to the
Theoretical and Practical Kabbala" is a diagram of the correspondences
between the English and Hebrew alphabets and is not found in other
translations of the Sepher Yetzirah.
Also unique in this translation is Stenring's assignment of certain
tarot cards to the paths on the Tree of Life. Several authors have done
this before, but Stenring asserts that he arrived at his correspondences
on his own.
The introduction by Waite surveys the historical background of the Sepher Yetzirahtranslations and the import of this foundational Kabbalistic text.
Purchase "Sefer Yetzirah," by Akiba ben Joseph and translated by Knut Stenring.
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