Chaldean Book of Numbers

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Chaldean Book of Numbers

A work which contains all that is found in the Zohar of Simeon Ben‐Jochai, and much more. It must be the older by many centuries, and in one sense its original, as it contains all the fundamental principles taught in the Jewish Kabbalistic works, but none of their blinds. It is very rare indeed, there being perhaps only two or three copies extant, and these in private hands (TG).

De Zirkoff describes the Chaldean Book of Numbers as an occult treatise unavailable at the time of his compilation. (BCW 3:498).

Zirkoff describes it as a possible source of the Zohar and, citing Blavatsky’s Theosophical Glossary, emphasizes the rarity of surviving copies. (BCW 7:359).

Described by Blavatsky as a source of the Zohar and other Kabbalistic works, surviving in only a few privately held copies; unavailable to the compiler (BCW 8:421).

Zirkoff describes this as a possible source of the Zohar and cites Blavatsky's account of its extreme rarity (BCW 9:407-408).

Zirkoff presents the book as a source of the Zohar and other Kabbalistic works, quoting Blavatsky's statement that only a few privately held copies remained (BCW 11:568).

Some links:

• Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky, Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Халдейская Книга Чисел

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