The Zohar (introduction)
← all texts · Kabbalah · 13th c. CE (attributed to 2nd c.)
What this is
The central text of Kabbalah — a mystical commentary on the Torah, structured around the ten Sefirot (the emanations of the Tree of Life) and the hidden inner life of God. Sperling & Simon's translation is the public-domain English.
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Companion reading path
What to read alongside it, and why.
The short, earlier Kabbalistic cosmogony the Zohar builds on.
The Torah the Zohar is a mystical commentary upon.
The Corpus Hermeticum
Gnostic & Hermetic
The parallel Western esoteric tradition of emanation and the divine mind.