The Sepher Yetzirah, or Book of Formation, although very short, is probably the most important of the Kabalistic texts.
Several authors have done this before, but Stenring asserts that he arrived at his correspondences on his own..
Also unique in this translation is Stenring\'s assignment of certain tarot cards to the paths on the Tree of Life.
His "Master Key to the Theoretical and Practical Kabala" is a diagram of the correspondences between the English and Hebrew alphabets and is not found in other translations of the Sepher Yetzirah.
He reveals the text\'s secrets in his diagrams, tables, and extensive notes.
As such, it is a seminal text for all serious magicians.
Stenring has made a word-for-word translation from several texts, choosing only those parts which he believed to be authentic.
It also sets forth the Hebrew doctrine of Logos--the creation of the world in numbers, letters, and sound.
It lays out the principles of Kabalistic cosmology and the Tree of Life, how humankind (the microcosm) reflects the Divine (the macrocosm).
Its secrets were passed on in the Hebrew oral tradition until it was written down in the 2nd century b.c.e.
The Sepher Yetzirah, or Book of Formation, although very short, is probably the most important of the Kabalistic texts
