Teli - Apep: Celestial Serpents

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Many Kabbalists identify the Teli with the constellation of Draco as the guardian of the pole upon which the Universe is reflected into material form, others identify it as the Milky Way- in all interpretations it seems to denote a celestial serpent or dragon that is closely linked to the galag (‘cycle’, or ‘sphere’) as in the verse “He set them in the…

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Aryeh Kaplan's commentary on the Sefer Yetzirah contains an in-depth explanation of the mechanism of the Celestial Serpent, and its connection to the Villon (Vellum).
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