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 universeTen Sefirot of Nothingness and 22 Foundation LettersSefer 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 endSefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 1, Verse 5
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
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 ElementalsSefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 2, Verse 1
Identified by the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
- 3 horizontals
- 7 diagonals
- 12 edges
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 SouthSefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 4, Verse 4
And the Holy Palace precisely in the center and it supports them all
# | 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 killSefer Yetzirah Gra Version Chapter 6, Verse 5
Additional attributes
# | א | Title | Concept | Universe | Year | Human | Length | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Beginning | Points Circles Sephirot Dimensions Spheres |
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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 |
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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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