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The Sepher
Yetzirah
Chapter 3
3.1
Three Mothers: aleph, mem, shin.
Their
foundation is a scale pan of merit and a scale pan of liability, and the tongue
of decree deciding between them.
3.2
Three Mothers: aleph, mem, shin.
A great mystical
secret covered and sealed with six rings.
And from them emanated air, water
and fire; and from them are born Fathers, and from Fathers, descendants.
3.3
Three Mothers: aleph, mem, shin.
He engraved the, He
carved them.
He permuted them, He weighed them.
He transformed them, and
with them He depicted:
Three mothers aleph, mem, shin in the
Universe
Three mothers aleph, mem, shin in the Year
Three mothers
aleph, mem, shin in the Body, male and female.
3.4
Three mothers, aleph, mem, shin, in the Universe are air
water and fire.
Heaven was created from fire;
Earth was created from
water;
and air, from Breath, decides between them.
3.5
Three mothers, aleph, mem, shin, in the Year are the
hot, the cold and the temperate.
The hot is created from fire;
the cold is
created from water;
and the temperate, from Breath, decides between them.
3.6
Three mothers, aleph, mem, shin, in the Body, male and
female, are the head, belly and chest.
The head is created from fire;
the
belly is created from water;
and the chest, from Breath, decides between
them.
3.7
He made aleph king over air
and He bound a crown to
it
and He combined them one with another.
And with them He formed air in
the Universe, the temperate in the Year, and the chest in the Body.
The male
with aleph, mem, shin;
and the female with aleph, shin, mem.
3.8
He made mem king over water
and He bound a crown to
it
and He combined them one with another.
And with them He formed earth in
the Universe, cold in the Year, and the belly in the Body.
The male with
mem, aleph, shin;
and the female with mem, shin, aleph.
3.9
He made shin king over fire
and He bound a crown to
it
and He combined them one with another.
And with them He formed Heaven
in the Universe, hot in the Year, and the head in the Body.
The male with
shin, aleph, mem;
and the female with shin, mem, aleph.
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