Godwin's cabalistic encyclopedia: a complete guide to cabalistic magick

836 Pages·1994·20.04 MB·English

by  David Godwin

Now you have the only sourcebook you'll ever need for
understanding the basis of western mysticism, the cabala.
There is no longer any need for myriad books on mysticism,
magic, and the occult in order to trace down the basic mean-
ings, Hebrew spellings, and enumerations of the hundreds of
terms, words, and names you need to reference as you wind
your way through cabalistic magic and gematria. All the
information is contained in this one source.
Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia is the most complete correla-
tion of Hebrew and English ideas ever offered. Included are
such essentials as all of the two-letter root words found in
Biblical Hebrew, the astrological signs, every demon, angel,
power, sephiroth, path and plane of the Tree of Life you
could ever want to know about and a lot more. Each attribute
and association is fully described and cross-indexed by the
Hebrew, English, and numerical forms. And there's more.
The third and revised edition features a new introduction, a
revamped and rearranged format, and hundreds of new
illustrations and entries. So not only is this the most complete
cabalistic reference tool, it's also the easiest to use.
" ... A notable sourcebook. The
research, the care behind this accumula-
tion of information is staggering."
—The Book Reader
About the Author
David Godwin is a longtime student of the cabala, occult lore, and
magick. Past Master of an esoteric lodge, he has authored The Truth
about Cabala, Light in Extension, and How to Choose Your Own Tarot.
As well as editing and publishing The Qabalistic Messenger and
compiling the index to the current edition of Israel Regardie's The
Golden Dawn, Godwin has had articles published in Fate, Gnostica,
Llewellyn's Magical Almanac, The Golden Dawn Journal, The Texas
Ranger, Dragon, Crypt of Cthulhu, and elsewhere. He currently
works as a free-lance writer, editor, and typesetter, and has
designed award-winning books for regional publishers.
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Llewellyn's Sourcebook Series
3rd Edition
Enlarged and Revised
A Complete Guide to Cabalistic Magick
DAVID GODWIN
GODWIN'S
CABALISTIC
ENCYCLOPEDIA
THIRD EDITION
Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia. Copyright © 1979, 1989, 1994 by
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Third Printing, 1997
Cover design by Christopher Wells
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Godwin, David
[Cabalistic encyclopedia]
Godwin's cabalistic encyclopedia : a complete guide to
cabalistic magick / David Godwin. — 3rd ed., enl. and rev.
p. cm. — (Llewellyn's sourcebook series)
"This book is ... arranged alphabetically both in English and in
Hebrew as well as numerically ... The English magician Aleister
Crowley published a numerological dictionary of the names and terms
of cabalism ... Included here as an appendix"—Introd.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-56718-324-7:
1. Cabala—Dictionaries—Hebrew. 2. Gematria 3. Hebrew
language—Dictionaries—English. I. Crowley, Aleister, 1875-1947.
II. Title. III. Series.
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