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God is One above three, three are above seven, seven are above twelve, yet all are linked together.
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There are twenty-two letters by which the I AM (YAH), the Lord of Hosts, Almighty and Eternal, designed and created by three Sepharim (Numbers, Letters, and Sounds) His universe, and formed by them all creatures and all those things that are yet to come.
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When the Patriarch Abraham had comprehended the great truths, meditated upon them, and understood them perfectly, the Lord of the Universe (the Tetragrammaton) appeared to him, called him His friend, kissed him upon the head, and made with him a covenant.
First, the covenant was between the ten fingers of his hands, which is the covenant of the tongue (spiritual); second, the covenant was between the ten toes of his feet, which is the covenant of circumcision (material); and God said of him, "Before Abraham bound the spirit of the twenty-two letters (the Thora) upon his tongue and God disclosed to him their secrets.
God permitted the letters to be immersed in water, He burned them in the fire and imprinted them upon the winds.
He distributed them among the seven planets and gave them to the twelve zodiacal signs.
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Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
The passage describes God appearing to Abraham by kissing him upon the head.
All passages →Covenanttheology
A binding agreement or relationship between the divine and a people or individual, establishing mutual obligations.
The passage explicitly details a covenant made between God and Abraham involving both spiritual and material aspects.
All passages →Letters Of Creationcosmology
The twenty-two Hebrew letters as the building blocks through which God creates and sustains all existence.
The passage centrally states that God created the universe by twenty-two letters through Numbers, Letters, and Sounds.
All passages →Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
God is depicted as active, appearing to Abraham and making a covenant with him.
All passages →Numerical Mysticismtheology
Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.
The passage repeatedly references specific numbers (one, three, seven, twelve, twenty-two) as structural elements of divine reality.
All passages →Sacred Namestheology
Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.
The Tetragrammaton and YAH are presented as powerful divine names central to creation and covenant.
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“CHAPTER V.
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(It is written) Isa.
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4: "Woe unto the sinful nation, unto the people heavy with iniquity, unto the seed of evildoers, &c." (Here the author of the "Siphra Dtzenioutha" reasoneth concerning the small word HVI, "woe," whi…”
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jewish_mysticism|The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha)|1b
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Shared concept: Letters Of Creation — The twenty-two Hebrew letters as the building blocks through which God creates and sustains all existence. (derived)
jewish_mysticism|The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha)|1c
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jewish_mysticism|The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha)|1d
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(Where this word KPKH, if it be written according to the usual p.
100 custom KPK, Khephakh , yieldeth the number 120.
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jewish_mysticism|The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha)|1e
“31: "And He was wise above every man." Because these are not classed with man.
21.
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jewish_mysticism|The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha)|1f
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jewish_mysticism|The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha)|1g
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jewish_mysticism|The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha)|1h
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T…”
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jewish_mysticism|The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha)|1i
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48 19.
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Shared concept: Letters Of Creation — The twenty-two Hebrew letters as the building blocks through which God creates and sustains all existence. (derived)
jewish_mysticism|The Kabbalah Unveiled|Introduction, Section 1f
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Shared concept: Letters Of Creation — The twenty-two Hebrew letters as the building blocks through which God creates and sustains all existence. (derived)
jewish_mysticism|The Kabbalah Unveiled|Introduction, Section 1h
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