The Isometric Sephirot: The Forgotten Correspondences

The key to this mystery was embodied in the Sephirotic Tree. The Devil and All His Works, Dennis Wheatley

Preface

This is the culmination of around eighteen years study into the Book of Formation and the Sephirotic Tree from a professional interest in the informative and educational use of graphics, visual communication and geometry. I have no particular religion, dogma or belief system to either support or defend.

Introduction

What if the founding works of the Abrahamic tradition were originally geometry texts that have been elaborated, mistranslated and misunderstood over the centuries?

What if the Tree of Life was conceived as an isometric projection?

What if the Book of Formation describes this isometric tree in a complete and coherent manner?

This work represents an attempt to demystify centuries of esoteric attrition. The purpose and significance of the curious double cubic structure described is a matter of speculation.

Isometric projection

Using basic geometry to represent the X, Y and Z axes at 120°

Construction

With 32 mystical paths of Wisdom … He created His universe Ten Sefirot of Nothingness and 22 Foundation Letters Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 1, Verse 1-2

Take 32 objects: 10 points and 22 lines.

Ten points

Ten Sephirot of Nothingness: Their measure is ten which have no end
A depth of beginning, A depth of end,
A depth of good, A depth of evil,
A depth of above, A depth of below,
A depth of East, A depth of West,
A depth of North, A depth of South
Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 1, Verse 5

Five pairs of opposites. Identified by the numbers 1 to 10.

# Title
1 Beginning
2 End
3 Right
4 Left
5 Height
6 Depth
7 East
8 West
9 North
10 South

Twenty two lines

Twenty-two Foundation Letters: Three Mothers, Seven Doubles and Twelve Elementals Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 2, Verse 1

Identified by the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

Three horizontals

Three Mothers … Their foundation is a pan of merit a pan of liability and the tongue of decree deciding between them. Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 1, Verse 1
# א Title Concept Universe Year Human Length
11 א Between Air Atmosphere Equinox Chest √2
12 מ Below Water Earth Winter Belly √2
13 ש Above Fire Space Summer Head √2

Seven diagonals

Seven Doubles: Up and down, East and West, North and South
And the Holy Palace precisely in the center and it supports them all
Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 4, Verse 4
# א Title Concept Universe Year Human Length
14 ב Up Life | Death Saturn Saturday Right eye √2
15 ג Down Peace | War Sun Sunday Left eye √2
16 ד East Wisdom | Folly Moon Monday Right nostril √2
17 כ West Wealth | Poverty Mars Tuesday Left nostril √2
18 פ North Growth | Desolation Mercury Wednesday Right ear √2
19 ר South Grace | Ugliness Jupiter Thursday Left ear √2
20 ת Centre Dominance | Subjegation Venus Friday Mouth √6

Twelve edges

Twelve Elementals … It is they that are the boundaries of the Universe. Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 4, Verse 4
# א Title Concept Universe Year Human Length
21 ה North-East Sight Aries Nisan / March Left ulna 1
22 ו East height Hearing Taurus Iyar / April Right humerus 1
23 ז East depth Smell Gemini Sivan / May Right tibia 1
24 ח North West Speech Cancer Tammuz / June Right fibula 1
25 ט North height Eating Leo Av / July Left humerus 1
26 י North depth Coition Virgo Elul / August Left tibia 1
27 ל South West Action Libra Tishrei / September Left fibula 1
28 נ West height Walking Scorpio Cheshvan / October Left radius 1
29 ס West depth Anger Sagitarius Kislev / November Left femur 1
30 ע South East Laughter Capricorn Tevet / December Right ulna 1
31 צ South height Thought Aquarius Shevat / January Right radius 1
32 ק South depth Sleep Pisces Adar / Febraury Right femur 1

Summary

Three: Each one stands alone, one acts as advocate, one acts as accuser and one decides between them. Seven: Three opposite three and one is the rule deciding between them. Twelve stand in war: Three love, three hate, three give life and three kill Sefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 6, Verse 5

Additional attributes

# א Title Concept Universe Year Human Length Type
1 Beginning Points
Circles
Sephirot
Dimensions
Spheres
2 End
3 Right Good
4 Left Evil
5 Height
6 Depth
7 East
8 West
9 North
10 South
11 א Between Air Atmosphere Equinox Chest √2 Lines
Horizontal
Mothers
12 מ Below Water Earth Winter Belly √2
13 ש Above Fire Space Summer Head √2
14 ב Up Life | Death Saturn Saturday Right eye √2 Lines
Diagonal
Doubles
15 ג Down Peace | War Sun Sunday Left eye √2
16 ד East Wisdom | Folly Moon Monday Right nostril √2
17 כ West Wealth | Poverty Mars Tuesday Left nostril √2
18 פ North Growth | Desolation Mercury Wednesday Right ear √2
19 ר South Grace | Ugliness Jupiter Thursday Left ear √2
20 ת Centre Dominance | Subjegation Venus Friday Mouth √6
21 ה North-East Sight Aries Nisan / March Left ulna 1 Lines
Edge
Simples
22 ו East height Hearing Taurus Iyar / April Right humerus 1
23 ז East depth Smell Gemini Sivan / May Right tibia 1
24 ח North West Speech Cancer Tammuz / June Right fibula 1
25 ט North height Eating Leo Av / July Left humerus 1
26 י North depth Coition Virgo Elul / August Left tibia 1
27 ל South West Action Libra Tishrei / September Left fibula 1
28 נ West height Walking Scorpio Cheshvan / October Left radius 1
29 ס West depth Anger Sagitarius Kislev / November Left femur 1
30 ע South East Laughter Capricorn Tevet / December Right ulna 1
31 צ South height Thought Aquarius Shevat / January Right radius 1
32 ק South depth Sleep Pisces Adar / Febraury Right femur 1

Notes

Last modified 14/6/2021. This document is a working draft and is subject to change. Earlier drafts: 1 and 2.

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