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Many texts have been produced, that are important to Kabbalistic doctrine, among them the ancient descriptions of ''[[Sefer Yetzirah]]'', the Heichalot mystical ascent literature, the ''[[ | Many texts have been produced, that are important to Kabbalistic doctrine, among them the ancient descriptions of ''[[Sefer Yetzirah]]'', the Heichalot mystical ascent literature, the ''[[Sefer HaBahir]]'', ''[[Sefer Raziel HaMalakh]]'' and the ''[[Zohar]]'', the main text of Kabbalistic exegesis. | ||
''[[Sefer HaRazim]]'', was, according to the Kabbalists, transmitted by the [[angel]] [[Archangel Raziel|Raziel]] to Adam after he was evicted from Eden. Another famous work, the early ''Sefer Yetzirah'', is dated back to the patriarch Abraham. This tendency toward pseudepigraphy has its roots in apocalyptic literature, which claims that esoteric knowledge such as magic, [[divination]] and [[astrology]] was transmitted to humans in the mythic past by the two angels, Aza and [[Azazel]] (in other places, Azaz'el and Uzaz'el) who fell from heaven. | ''[[Sefer HaRazim]]'', was, according to the Kabbalists, transmitted by the [[angel]] [[Archangel Raziel|Raziel]] to Adam after he was evicted from Eden. Another famous work, the early ''Sefer Yetzirah'', is dated back to the patriarch Abraham. This tendency toward pseudepigraphy has its roots in apocalyptic literature, which claims that esoteric knowledge such as magic, [[divination]] and [[astrology]] was transmitted to humans in the mythic past by the two angels, Aza and [[Azazel]] (in other places, Azaz'el and Uzaz'el) who fell from heaven. | ||