I admit that I have issues with some of Kaplan's conclusions and
interpretations, which are sometimes influenced through his own
religious lens and occasionally are not at all supported by the text.
However, I cannot really comment on the translation itself as I haven't
had to read Hebrew since I was 13. However in this case I was referring
specifically to a chart on pg. 46, which looks at sefirot to direction
attributions from the Ari, the Raavad, Isaac the Blind and the Ramak,
with relevant citations. It is perhaps interesting to note that all four
are different and none of them match the GD's version, which is mapped
into a room.
peace
-j
Khem Caigan wrote:
> Jeffrey doth schriebble:
>>
> <SNIPS>
>> For Jewish correspondences I would recommend taking a look at
>> Aryeh Kaplan's translation of the Sefer Yetzirah. In the case
>> of the GD, I believe the attributions of the lower sefirot,
>> from Malkhut to Tiferet, are discussed in the Z1 paper, vol 6
>> of the Complete GD, begining on page 56 of my edition, under
>> "The Symbolism of the Temple"
> <SNIPS>
>
> You might want to consider using some other edition
> of the *Sefer Yetzirah* for purposes of citation -
> apparently our edition doesn't sit well with some
> academics.
>
> Scholem even went so far as to call our edition of
> the *Bahir* "worthless".
>
> *Notes on Editions of Sefer Yetzirah in English*
> http://tinyurl.com/kqpaw
>
> While we are on the subject of elemental attributions,
> you might want to look at my < strangely formatted >
> essay on the subject over on WitchVox:
>
> Elemental and Astrological Magic
> http://tinyurl.com/o33d6
>
> And here is a link to the diagram which ought to have
> appeared in that essay instead of that clot of mangled
> ASCII:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mzyhn
>
> See also:
>
> Golden Dawn Research Center
> - The Four Elements in the Western Tradition
> http://tinyurl.com/pfn2g
>
> TEMPERAMENT
> http://tinyurl.com/n53hy
>
> The Eightfold Year
> and the Stages of Life
> http://tinyurl.com/sxjbn
>
> Cors in Manu Domine,
>
>
> ~ Khem Caigan
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> " And what if all of animated nature
> Be but organic harps diversely fram'd,
> That tremble into thought, as o'er them sweeps
> Plastic and vast one intellectual breeze,
> At once the Soul of each and God of all? "
>
> ~ Coleridge
>
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