Puerta del cielo (Gate of Heaven)
Chapter 1. Reports Some of the Qualities and Excellencies of the Man of the Ineffable Tetragrammaton
Because the ineffable four-letter name of the Tetragrammaton is located in ‘Adam Qadmon, it will be useful to report here, in addition to what has been said about this in several other places, some of my thoughts about his qualities and excellence…
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