Auction P4047 (Lisbon & Online) » Lot 11
November 13, 2008 9:00PM — Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal

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Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)  

Texts in English with cabalistic themes

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Two Original documents handwritten by Fernando Pessoa. Texts in English with cabalistic themes. Includes a very rare figurative drawing by Fernando Pessoa: “God / brain”. Ink on paper with annotations in pencil.

Breath of living God;/ Breath of breaths, a condensation of the primeval breath;/ Primeval watters an emanation of the breath of breaths;/ Primeval fire, ariving from the primeval watters;/ The 4 fundamental principles

[...]10 divine emanations (Sephireth).
- the 4 as above (verso) and six directions of space - height, depth, E, W, S, N. [...]

Two written sources recognized by the Cabalists:
Sefer Jezirah, att. to Rabbi Akiba
Sefer Yehav, att. to Simeon ben Jochai
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the 10 sephiroth in the developed cabala

(Ménard : Hermès Trismégiste, traduction Complète, 1866.)
Dufresney: “Histoire de la Philosophie Hermetique”, 1742
God / brain
Arthur Sacadura Freire Cabral 23 de Maio de 1881 5 a. m. Celorico da Beira»(Sacadura Cabral).

PROVENANCE: From the estates of Fernando Pessoa´s heirs. DIMENSIONS: 11.5 x 10.5 cm. sheets