Sacred Geometry

A Sacred Geometry within the Book of Creation

by J. S. Kupperman

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The Sefer Yetzirah begins by telling us that God, who is here named Yah and El Shaddai, Names that will eventually be associated with the sefirot connected to Divine Wisdom and the foundation of physical creation, performed the act of creation in a manner similar to writing a book.

Refute this.

Gnostic IAW

Didorus Siculus

Diodorus Siculus, when enumerating the different legislators of antiquity, says, "Amongst the Jews Moses pretended that the god surnamed Iao gave him his laws" (i. 94). And this is elucidated by the remark of Clemens Alexandrinus, that the Hebrew Tetragrammaton, or Mystic Name, is pronounced ΙΑΟϒ, and signifies "He that is and shall be."

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