Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Sephiroth in Lévi
Lévi calls the ten primary notions attached to the first numerical characters the Sephiroth. He describes them through powers such as wisdom, intelligence, mercy, austerity, beauty and kingdom. He combines the ten Sephiroth with twenty-two Tarot figures to form thirty-two paths of absolute science. The account makes numerical arrangement a framework for his wider synthesis.
Also known as Sephirot
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Principal account
InterpretationLévi calls the ten primary notions attached to the first numerical characters the Sephiroth. He describes them through powers such as wisdom, intelligence, mercy, austerity, beauty and kingdom.
Further detail
InterpretationHe combines the ten Sephiroth with twenty-two Tarot figures to form thirty-two paths of absolute science. The account makes numerical arrangement a framework for his wider synthesis.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows Lévi’s argument in Waite’s English translation. The Tarot connection is Lévi’s account and is not silently transferred to all Jewish Kabbalistic schools. The correspondences are attributed to this occult synthesis rather than presented as a universal account of every earlier tradition.
Original passages
Source 1
Transcendental Magic
called the ten SephirothOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 123
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Source 2
Transcendental Magic
thirty-two paths of absolute scienceOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 128
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0128
- Original scan leaf
- 128
- Recorded leaf number
- 128
- Current Reader position
- 122
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