Cube of Space

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As far as I understand, Sefer Yetzirah is a commentary on the first chapter of the Bible - Genesis or Bereshit. This is an intellectual meditation on the process of creation, such as ancient theoretical physics) I just have a cognitive dissonance when Sefer Yetzira is commented on by Dion Fortune or Arie Kaplan. In my perception, these comments cannot be placed side by side. In this connection, the biblical (Jewish) Kabbalah and hermetic Kabbalah are two different things. Although they have the same basis. And this can be encountered in any science, for example, in analytical psychology, as a rule, the methods of humanistic psychology are not used (and so on)

There are definitely different 'branches' of Kabbalah/Qabalah which in many instances are in disagreement with each other, so I agree that the different schools need to be treated as their own distinct philosophies and not mashed together. There is even a brand of Christian Kabbalah. That isn't to say there aren't common threads or syncretic parallels either, but that is a comparative study.

The word Kabbalah means 'to give/to receive' and implies the relationship or attitude towards approaching the divine. So while there are different branches, they are indeed all of the same tree.

Personally, I think it is fruitful to examine each of these branches as their own field or extension from that tree, but that a surface understanding will only yield an awareness of the branches. For one to find the heartwood of the tree, one has to go deep in to one of the branches and follow it back to the trunk. I think after one goes deep through one branch it becomes easier to contextualize the differences between them, if one is so inclined.

Also I have seen it suggested the Sefer Yetzirah could be a commentary, an 'expansion', or even an alternative perspective to Genesis. I think this is where the practical work comes in, each really has to interpret these relationships for themselves because the factual origins of so many of these things are obscured in the sands of time and human investment and invention.

In this case, we are looking at an interesting primal parallel. Cubes are part of the basis of reality, it doesn't have to be tied to any belief. The many lenses through which the Cube can be grasped only displays the immense versatility of the Cube both as a form and as an idea. The geometry is representative of an aspect of universal order and thus by engaging it with our consciousness are able to use it as a trestle board for our own imaginations.