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Origins
Era of CompositionSefer Yetzirah, c. 3rd-6th century; Kabbalah proper emerging in Provence and Catalonia from the late twelfth century, with the Zohar c. 1280-1290 2 Overview
What Defines This GroupingTexts of Kabbalah in the broad sense: the classical Jewish corpus, Sefer Yetzirah, the Bahir, the Zohar, together with modern Hermetic Qabalah in the Golden Dawn line, which adapted its structures for Western magic. The two are distinct traditions. 2 Learn More
The Kabbalistic texts
This group gathers texts of Kabbalah, the tradition of Jewish mysticism. Its foundational works include the Sefer Yetzirah, the brief and ancient Book of Formation, and the Zohar, the great thirteenth-century commentary that became the central text of the tradition.
The browser will find the key works the atlas gathers. The entries describe each text's teaching, authorship and dating, distinguishing the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition from the later Christian and Hermetic adaptations that drew on it.
Grimoire / manual of magical operations
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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. QabbalahView the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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