מְקוֹרוֹת

Sources and Context

Four entry points into the corpus of the tradition

Every fact in this archive rests on a specific book, a specific person, a specific fragment. Four reference guides are collected here — from brief annotations of the primary texts to full bibliographic records, from portraits of the key figures to a gathered anthology of the primary sources.

טֶקְסְטִים Texts and Sources Corpus of the tradition · IV–XXI c. Annotations of the primary texts: Zohar, Sefer Yetzirah, Etz Chaim, 777, Nightside of Eden, Kabbala Denudata, Oedipus Aegyptiacus. Briefly on content, dating, authorship, and where a copy can be found. Open →
בִּיבְּלִיוֹגְרַפְיָה Bibliography ~40 records · ISBN · open copies Full bibliographic records with year, publisher, ISBN, and links to archive.org and open copies. Everything cited in the archive can be found here in its original. Open →
דְּמוּיוֹת Key figures From Moshe de Léon to Karlsson Biographies of the people who shaped the tradition: Kabbalists (Luria, Vital, Rosenroth), occultists (Mathers, Crowley, Grant), modern scholars (Scholem, Idel, Karlsson). Open →
אַסְפָּה Anthology 22 fragments · with commentary Twenty-two key fragments from the primary sources: Zohar, Sefer Yetzirah, Etz Chaim, Sha'arei Ora, Kircher, Crowley, Grant. Each with a translation and a short commentary. Open →
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