Raziel HaMalach. Attributed to the Angel Raziel as instructed to Adam HaRishon (Primordial Man) upon his expulsion from Paradise.

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

Not recorded

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author

(KABBALAH).

Place

Grodno

Publication

1793

Description

Second edition.

references

Vinograd, Grodno 26.

summary

The first section of this fundamental work, known as the Sepher HaMalbush, relates that soon after Adam was exiled from the Garden of Eden, he prayed to God with remorse over his fall from grace. Whereupon the Angel Raziel appeared in order to console Adam by imparting to him the wisdom of the Book of Raziel from which Adam’s descendants would be equipped to foretell their future. An intricate formula with complex instructions follows, indicating preliminary actions to be performed prior to studying the text. Included here are detailed spiritual laws of Nature, knowledge of the energy contained within the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the power of Man’s soul within the confines of physicality; in other words, how to harmonize physical and spiritual existence in this material world. This second edition was issued more than 90 years after the first edition (Amsterdam, 1701).

Stained, corners worn, old tape on last page, contemporary signatures. Modern calf. 4to.

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