Gates of Light

Sha'are Orah, written by the thirteenth-century Castilian Kabbalist Joseph Gikatilla, is a classic guide to the ten sefirot and the biblical divine names and epithets associated with each. Presented here in Avi Weinstein's English translation, it moves systematically through the sefirotic structure, explaining its symbolism and the spiritual significance of invoking God's names. The work was highly influential on later Kabbalah and remains a clear entry into its theosophical vocabulary.