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1. Using 'qabbalism' in the widest sense. See Ponce, C., Kabbalah; Straight Arrow Books, San Francisco, 1973. 2. Jastrow, M., Dictionary, Pardes Publishing House, New York, 1950, p. 1310. 3. Myer, I., Qabbalah, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., New York, 1970, pgs. 161-2. 4. See the Seyfer Yetzirah or Book Of Formation. 5. Chapter One, Section One. 6. Chapter Five, Section Two. 7. I Kings, 22.19. 8. Isaiah, 6.2. 9. The entire account of Merkabah mysticism is taken from Scholem, G., Jewish Mysticism, h. 10. The onion was sacred to the Egyptians for this very reason. 11. Myer, I., p. 160. 12. To avoid confusion, I have decided to use the English translations of the names of the spheerote. 13. Myer, I., pgs. 280-82; see also Ponce, C., p. 68. 14. Myer, I., p. 201. 15. Ginsburg, C. C., The Essenes/The Kabbalah, Samuel Weiser, Inc., New York, 1974, p. 98-9. 16. Waite, A. E., The Holy Kabbalah, University Books, New York, 1972, p. 611. 17. Waite, p. 610. See also Ponce, p. xx, and Myer, Fig. 36, p. 414. 18. This is well attested in Jewish tradition. 19. Another name for the spheerah Strength is Justice. See Ginsburg, p. 139. 20. King, C. W., The Gnostics And Their Remains, Wizard Bookshelf, Minnesota, 1973, pgs. 317-18. 21. See Myer, p. 169; Ginsburg, p. 93; Schaya, L., The Universal Meaning Of The Kabbalah, University Books, Inc., New Jersey, 1971, p. 149. 22. See the writings of Mircea Eliade on the symbolism found in religion. 23. Reiner, E., A Linguistic Analysis Of Akkadian, Mouton And Company, The Hague, 1965, p. 138. 24. See note 20. |