Egyptian-Hebrew stream·Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Formation)·Supplement to Chapter V
The twelve simples in body and cosmos
Extended treatment of the twelve simple letters across the twelve organs of the body, the twelve tribes, and the twelve borders/diagonals of the cube of space.
Source context
- Theme
- supplementary elaboration on the double letters and their cosmic, elemental, and anthropological correspondences
- Soul-faculty
- Consciousness Soul
Steiner
not engaged in the GA corpus
Cross-tradition
- Pythagorean number-letter cosmologyCross-tradition congruence appears in Pythagorean treatments of the seven planets and seven musical tones as structurally analogous to the Sefer Yetzirah's seven double letters governing directions, planets, and bodily gates.
- Vedantic phonemic cosmology (Shabda-Brahman)Cross-tradition congruence appears in the Vedantic doctrine of Shabda-Brahman, wherein primordial sound-units (bija-aksharas) bear cosmogonic force comparable to the Sefer Yetzirah's assignation of creative and destructive polarity to each double letter.
SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER V
(Found in some Versions)
1God produced He, predominant in Speech, crowned, combined, and formed Aries in the world, Nisan in the year, and the right foot of man.
2God produced Vau, predominant in Mind, crowned, combined, and formed Taurus in the world, Yiar in the year, and the right kidney of man.
3God produced Zain, predominant in movement, crowned, combined, and formed Gemini in the world, Sivan in the year, and the left foot of man.
4He produced Heth, predominant in Sight, crowned, combined, and formed Cancer in the world, Tammuz in the year, and the right hand of man.
5He produced Teth, predominant in Hearing, crowned, combined, and formed Leo in the world, Ab in the year, and the left kidney in man.
6He produced Yod, predominant in Labor, crowned, combined, and formed Virgo in the world, Elul in the year, and the left hand of man.
7He produced Lamed, predominant in sexual desire, crowned, combined, and formed Libra in the world, Tisri in the year, and the gall in man.
8He produced Nun, predominant in smell, crowned, combined, and formed Scorpio in the world, Marchesvan in the year, and the intestines in man.
9He produced Samech, predominant in sleep, crowned, combined, and formed Sagittarius in the world, Kislev in the year, and the stomach of man.
10He produced Oin, predominant in Anger, crowned, combined, and formed Capricornus in the world, Tebet in the year, and the liver in man.
11He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned, combined, and formed Aquarius in the world, Sebat in the year, and the gullet in man.
12He produced Quoph, predominant in Mirth, crowned, combined, and formed Pisces in the world, Adar in the year, and the spleen in man.
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