Cube of Space letters with six cardinal directions (up, down, east, west, north, south). The verse in chapter 5 associates 12 hebrew letters with either 12 diagonal directional 'arms' or 12 diagonal boundaries (different translations contradict each other), which some interpret as referring to the 12 edges of an octahedron, though Paul Foster Case interpreted these as the 12 edges of a cube. In the most authoritative English translation of the Sepher Yetzirah, scholar Aryeh Kaplan interprets this verse (Chapter 5, Verse 2) as describing a cube. (Sefer Yetzirah Page 203) While occult author Kevin Townley explains a cosmology with an octahedron within
Cosmic Cube machine to get the Cube from the ocean floor into which it had dropped during a battle between the Red Skull and Captain America. A Cube—together with 11 other items from Marvel and DC Comics continuity—was used once again as a plot device in intercompany crossover series "JLA/Avengers" #1–4 (Sept. 2003–April 2004: bi-monthly). The Cube also shows up in "Captain America" vol. 5. Aleksander Lukin wants the Cube and is willing to trade the Red Skull for it. The Red Skull claims he does not have it, but has spies out looking for it. Five years later, the Skull is