Cosmological sphere

Sphere of the Elements

The sublunary elemental sphere in Agrippa's scale of ten.

2 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located

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The oldest attribution here is Sphere of Malkuth, first attested 1509 CE.

Sphere of

  • Malkuth

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Agrippan occult philosophy (1509–1533)
    Earliest verified attestation
    1509 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    None located
    Evidence
    The source states it

    Agrippa's Renaissance Christian-Cabalist table is explicit. It is not presented as a planetary scheme stated by Sefer Yetzirah or another ancient Jewish source.

    Evidence

    1. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Three Books of Occult Philosophy, 1509–1510, revised through 1533 — Book II, chapter 13, Scale of the Number Ten

      Esoteric primary · systematises · English translation, J.F., London 1651

      The table aligns the ten Sephiroth with the ten spheres in order.

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Planet of

  • Malkuth

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1907 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    Not a planet: the sphere of the four elements — the sublunary realm in Ptolemaic cosmology.

    Evidence

    1. Aleister Crowley, 777, 1907–1909 — Table VI, col. I / Table IV

      · First edition, 1909 (anonymous)

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