object:1.raa - Circles 1 (from Life of the Future World)
author class:Rabbi Abraham Abulafia
subject class:Poetry
class:chapter
English version by Jerome Rothenberg and Harris Lenowitz Original Language Hebrew (circle 1 - inner rim) be very wary as your fathers warned you of the fire don't be burnt by it & water (spokes) not to drown in it & wind that it not harm you you not use (circle 2 - inner rim) it on condition anyone who takes the name for his own needs transgresses the command (spokes) about said name was formed to be for his own glory only thus the prophet said about its secret (circle 3 - inner rim) whatever has my name and I made it for my honor formed it worked it truly & concerning this the name informed (spokes) his prophets (be he blest) about his name by 3 ways of creation of the skies & earth & man (circle 4 - inner rim) & know according to the name the one most honored is the one of Israel because the name's own portion is his people & and the most honored one (spokes) of Israel is the Levite & the most honored of the Levites is the priest & the most honored of the priests is the Messiah [bk1sm.gif] -- from A Big Jewish Book: Poems and Other Visions of the Jews from Tribal Times to the Present, Edited by Jerome Rothenberg <
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