Gates of Light

Name: Portae lucis
Author: Gikatilla, Joseph ben Abraham

Portae lucis

Latin

Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla c. 1290 · published 1516

141 pages

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First from Latin

English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.

While the original Hebrew text 'Sha'are Orah' was translated into English by Avi Weinstein in 1994, the specific 1516 Latin translation and adaptation by Paulus Ricius, titled 'Portae Lucis', has never been translated into English. Ricius's version is a distinct Christian Kabbalist work with its own framing and modifications that differentiate it from the Hebrew source.

Related translations found:

Gates of Light (Sha'are Orah), trans. Avi Weinstein (1994) [complete] source

The Christian Kabbalah: Jewish Mystical Books and Their Christian Interpreters, trans. Various (Edited by Joseph Dan) (1997) [excerpts]

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Unlock the secret architecture of the universe through the hidden meanings of the Divine Names. Joseph Gikatilla’s 'Gates of Light' maps the celestial hierarchy, revealing how the human spirit can become a chariot for the divine—if one dares to navigate the 'sanctity and danger' of the Tetragrammaton.