THE EXTERNAL TRADITIONS OF THE BOOK

Of Formation.

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With thirty-two wondrous paths of wisdom original: "duabus & triginta viis admirandis sapientiæ" by an established decree, the Lord Jehovah God of Sabaoth—or of hosts—the living God, God almighty and all-sufficient in Himself, sublime and exalted, inhabitant of eternity, whose name is holy, h created His world. i original Hebrew: "Sepher, Sapher, Sippur" By means of the Scribe, the Script, and the Scroll The Latin text translates these as "The Numberer, the Number, and the Numbered." These represent the three dimensions of creation through language and mathematics. (where there are 10 elements) there are 10 Sephiroth Sephiroth: the ten divine emanations or "numbers" through which God interacts with the universe k of Belimah original: "Belimah," often interpreted as "nothingness" or "restraint.", that is, of silence, and without any adjunct; l 10 Numerations or considerations of things. 22 letters: three mothers, seven doubles, and twelve simples. Ten Sephiroth of Belimah. m Ten and not nine, ten and not eleven. n Understand with wisdom, and be wise with understanding. o Test them and speculate from them. p Establish the matter in its clarity, and restore the formation to its place, or to its seat. There are ten Sephiroth of Belimah, whose 10 properties q have no limit and an infinite depth. The depth or abyss of the beginning, the abyss of the end or posterity. The abyss of goodness, the abyss of evil. The abyss of height, the abyss of that part which is beneath it. The depth of the East, the depth of the West, the dep—