Long ago, I started a series of posts on the 231 Gates mentioned in the Sepher Yetzirah, the Book of Creation (or Foundation).  I posted a summary, then the first three gates,then took a break and never got back to then.  A person approached me a few days ago, asking me what my thoughts were on the Samech/Lamed Gate.  So I wrote up the following in ( Read more... )

"This secret is implied by the fact that up to this point in the portion the letter samekh does not appear.  Although the Companions have commented, still samekh is a helper, namely a helper above, for above turned face-to-face, male and female supported by each other, indeed, supported eternally, fashioned in truth and integrity (Psalms 111:8).   ( Read more... )

I'd like to correct a couple things I said in my post of the Gates, and to look at some new things about the 50 Gates of Understanding ( Read more... )

If the Hebrew letters and the Sephiroth are Cauldrons, they are also Pentacles or Pentagrams. A Pentagram is a tool. Each one has a central meaning and five elements, which can be used to strength or work the Pentacle. These elements are keys to understanding the Pentacle not just in the Emi, the Ruach, but in the Vivi, Nephesh, and Ori, ( Read more... )

If the Hebrew letters are Black Fire, the Sephiroth, full of light, are White Fire.

The following are the 32 Cauldrons of Black and White Fire, based on my understanding of them:

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When I first started studying Kabbalah, I was half way between sleeping and waking.  Something came to me at that time:  the destruction of each thing is present in its beginning.  DNA breaks down at a set rate.  The decomposition of each thing is determined my its material and how well it is constructed.  Nations fall based on flaws in the ( Read more... )