7. Raven 
Twenty-two Foundation Letters
fixed on the wheel at 231 Gates
the wheel turns forward and back
The mark of a thing/word:
if good nothing is greater than happiness
if evil nothing is worse than torture
Twenty-two letters He:
Lawed
Carved
Weighted
Combined
ALEF with all of them
Combined them and made
the soul of all made things
and the soul of all things to be made
How did He weigh them and combine them?
ALEF with all of them
all with ALEF
BET with all of them
all with BET
and so with all of them
returning empty
going out from 231 Gates
so that the souls of all made things
and all speech
comes out of one Name
He made the Distinct from the Indistinct
made the Nothing Something
carved great rocks from the air that has no substance
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
are like a scales
one plate for what is earned
one for what is owed
the tongue of law keeps them apart
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
are a great secret
covered wondrous hidden
by six rings
Fire Water and Wind come out of them
dividing into male and female
Know Consider and Be Silent
Fire bears Water
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
the birth of the sky is from fire
the birth of the air is from wind
the birth of the earth is from water
Fire above water beneath
the tongue of law keeps them apart
From them Fathers were born
and from them All was made
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
are in the world
Wind Water and Fire
the sky made from Fire
the earth made from Water
the air from Wind keeps them apart
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
are in the year
heat cold and wet
heat made from Fire
cold made from Water
wet made from Wind keeps them
apart
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
are in the being head
belly and organ
the head made from Fire
the belly made from Water
the organ made from Wind keeping them apart
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
She/He lawed them
carved them
combined them
sealed by them
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
are in the world
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
are in the year
The three Mothers ALEF MEM SHIN
are in the being male
and female
She/He made the letter ALEF king in the air crowned it
combined the letters
one with another
made by it:
air in the world
wet in the year
organ in the living being male and
female
She/He made the letter MEM king in the water
crowned it
combined the letters
one with another
made by it:
earth in the world
cold in the year
belly in the living being male
and female
She/He made the letter SHIN king in fire
crowned it
combined the letters
one with another
made by it:
sky in the world
heat in the year
head in the living being male
and female
How did She/He combine them?
ALEF MEM SHIN
ALEF SHIN MEM
MEM ALEF SHIN
MEM SHIN ALEF
SHIN ALEF MEM
SHIN MEM ALEF
Sky=Fire head=Fire
Air=Wind belly=Water
Earth=Water heart=Wind
The three Mothers ALEF MEM
SHIN
made with
ALEF Wind Air
Wet Organ lawed Tongue between
made with
MEM Water Earth
Cold Belly plate for what is owned
made with
SHIN Fire Sky
Heat Head plate for what is owed
These are ALEF MEM SHIN
(From "The Sefer Yetzira" The Book of Creation, a Hebrew text of the mystic tradition (Neo-Pythagorean), c. third-sixth centuries A.D. Text: The four texts in Sefer Yetzira, Lewin-Epstein Publishers, Jerusalem, 1965. In Origins, Creation Text from the Ancient Mediterranean co-Edited and Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Charles Doria and Harris Lenowitz, Anchor Books, 1976)