Semiphoras and Schemhamphoras
(1686)

The Ten Sephiroth

If a man has a knowledge of God as the first great cause, he must also acknowledge other causes or cooperative spirits and determine what official station of dignity and honor to accord to them, and without which knowledge their presence and help cannot be enjoyed. Such honor and dignity must not be shown for the sake of the spirits but for the sake of their Lord, whose servants they are. In this manner the angels of God will encamp around those who fear and love the Lord, and, as Augustinus says, "Everything possesses a predestined angel-power." For this reason the Hebrew theologians -- Mecubaes and Cabalists -- named ten principle divine names as members of God and ten Numerations or Sephiroth as raiment and instruments of the Creator, through which he is infused into all his creatures according to the order of the ten Angelic and ten princely spirit-choirs from which all things derive their power and quality.

  1. The name EHEIE (aser Eheie), its number Cether elion (one Lord), is the simplest Deity, which no eye has seen, is ascribed to God the Father, gives influence through the order Seraphin haiath heiadosch (gate of holiness or of life), that transmits life to everything through Elieic. From this he flows in through premum mohele so that all things must exist -- that the heavens must revolve every twenty-four hours. This wonderful being is called Intelligentia, Mettatron, a prince of faces. His office is to lead others into the presence of the Sovereign, and through him God spake to Moses.
  2. JEHOVAH (Jod, vel Jah), his number Chochma (wisdom): The Deity full of spirit. The firstborn son through whom the Father redeemed man from his curse, is infused through the order of Cherubim, Hebrew Orphanim, of the form or Council. From these he flows into the star-bedecked heavens and produces there many figures. Chavs or creatures, Jod, Tetragrammaton, through the peculiar Intelligentia, Razielem, who was a representative of Adam, etc.
  3. TETRAGRAMMATON ELOHIM, his number is called Binah (caution or sense), and signifies pardon and rest, cheerfulness, repentance and conversion -- the great trumpet, the redemption of the world and life in time to come, is adopted to the Holy Spirit and flows in his might through the order of Thronorum, which is called Arabim in Hebrew -- that is, the great, strong, and mighty angels, from thence through the Saturui Sphaeram it gives to liquid matter the form Stopsie, which was an Intelligentia, Zaphekiel, [who] was Noah's representative, and another Intelligentia, Jophiel, Shem's representative, and these are the three highest and greatest Numerations, as a throne of the divine persons, through whose commands everything takes place, and which is completed by the other seven, which, in this account, are called Numeratione fabrice, etc.
  4. EL, his number Haesed (grace or goodness) and is called mercy, pity, great power, sceptre, and right hand, and flows in through order Dominationum, Hebrew Hasmalin -- confers peaceable justice through Spaeram Jovis and bestows in a general manner special Intelligentia; Zadkiel, Abraham's representative.
  5. ELOHIM (cuhor), a strong God who punishes the guilt of the wicked. His number is Geburah, that is, might, gravity, strength, security, judgment. He inflicts punishment through the sword and through wars. To this is added the judgment-seat of God, the girdle of the Lord, a sword and left arm; also Pached (fear before God) flows in through the order of Potestatum Hebrai Seraphin, so named, and from thence through the Sphaeram Martis, which has great wars and tribulation -- moves the elements accordingly. His peculiar Intelligentia, Gamael, [was] Samson's representative.
  6. ELOHA, the God of Alchemy. His number is Tipheret: grace, beauty, adornment, happiness, and pleasure. [He] signifies the word of life and flows in through the order Virtuhim, which in Hebrew is Malachien: This angel, through Sphaeram Solis, gives perspiculty and life, and reveals metals. His particular Intilligcntia, Raphael, was the representative of Isaac and of the youthful Tobias, and Pehel was the representative of Jacob.
  7. TETRAGRAMMATON SABAOTH, or Adonaij Sabaoth, the God of Hosts. His number is Nezaeh (triumph and victory). To him is accorded the right pillar and signifies eternity, the justice of God, and avenger. He flows in through the order of Principatum or through the Hebrew Elohem, that is, God in Sphaeram Veneris (love and justice). He produces all Vegetable growth and his peculiar Intelligentia, Hamel, and the angel Cernaiul, David's representative.
  8. ELOHIM SABAOTHI, God of Hosts, not of war or wrath, but of pity, for he has both names and goes before his hosts. His number is called Had, that is, honorable confession, ornament, and renown. To him is accorded the left pillar and he flows in through the order of Archangelorum, before the gods in Sphaeram Mercuri (adornment, safety, and unanimity), and brings forth animals. His peculiar Intelligentia, Michael, [was] the representative of Solomon.
  9. SADAI, the Almighty, who does all things abundantly, and Elhay, that is, the living God. His number is called Jesod (a foundation) and is denominated good sense, redemption, and rest. He flows in through the order of Angelorum, in Hebrew Cherubin, in Sphaerem Lunae to increase and decrease all things, supports and contributes [to] the genius of man. His Intelligentia, Gabriel, a representative of Joseph, Joshua, and Daniel.
  10. ADONAY MELECH (Lord and King). His number is called Malchat (kingdom and dominion), and is termed the Church and House of God, and the door flows in through the order of Animasticum of the believing soul -- in Hebrew the life of princes -- and they are inferibr to the hierarchy. They afford information to the children of men, of the wonderful things of knowledge, and guard them against prophesies. For their Anima Messiah Meshia, or, according to others, the Intelligentia, Metratron, which is called the first creature -- the soul of the world, [who is] the representative of Moses, the fountain of all life.

Therefore, all the names of God and the ten Sephiroth are embraced in the Archetypum.

In mundo intelligibili are included the nine choirs of the angels or, according to Dionysius, the ten blessed orders:

  1. Seraphim
  2. Cherubim
  3. Throni
  4. Deminationis
  5. Potestates
  6. Virtutes
  7. Principatus
  8. Archangeli
  9. Angeli
  10. Animae Beatae

The Hebrews, therefore, call them:

  1. Haioth
  2. Hacades
  3. Ophanim
  4. Aralim
  5. Hasmalim
  6. Seraphim
  7. Malachim Elohim
  8. ben Elohim
  9. Cherubim
  10. Issim

The ten representative angels are:

  1. Mattron
  2. Jophiel
  3. Zaphkiel
  4. Camael
  5. Raphael
  6. Haniel
  7. Michael
  8. Gabriel
  9. Anima
  10. Messiae

See also the Formation of the Sephiroth and the Order of Angels.

The Nine Choirs of Angels