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Get HaShemot
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Author: Abraham Abulafia
Composed:  c.1269 – c.1275 CE
The stated purpose of Get HaShemot ("Divorce of the Names"), one of Abraham Abulafia’s earliest works, is to convey the general principles of his kabbalistic system, though he expresses reservations about his qualifications and a concern with revealing too many secrets. The work includes extensive description of different “worlds” and their relation to each other, discussion of divine names and the creative powers of names and letters, and more. Abulafia compares the work to a writ of divorce in the sense that it will separate “false names” from those with true wisdom.

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