Sephiroth Kabbalah
The Sephiroth are ten creative powers enumerated in the Kabbalah as a mystical approach to the mystery of Creation. Each Sephira is the product of an energy of God the Creator of the Jews. These divine powers manifested in the creation of the finite world of the Supreme Power in Sof , the Infinite. Treaties are often Kabbalah Sephiroth as a Tree of Life.
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Kabbalah
The hermeneutic studied medieval Jewish sacred texts of his religious tradition, and performed the symbolic signs as she claimed to discover the elements of a design mystical type Neoplatonic structure of the created world, considered in terms of both physical metaphysical.
The Judaic tradition regrouped all its sacred writings in a collection called Tanakh , an acronym for Torah Law, Neviim Prophets and Ketuvim the Writings. This set of religious texts were translated into Greek by the Septuagint (llxx) of Alexandria, who gave the complete collection called Bible (Greek Paper). Western Christianity inherited the Greek version, but religious Jews and Kabbalists confined themselves to the Hebrew text of origin.
Because only one version Hebrew of the Bible (Tanakh) allowed proponents of Kabbalah to analyze, in addition to the semantics of words and their numerical significance. This study numerological texts is called gematria (from the Greek word which gave the French the word geometry) (point-to-check).
Creation of Light
The Greeks called Genesis the first book of the Bible. Jews for giving way to each of the first books of the Bible text written word, Genesis is called Bereshit in Hebrew (the word means "first, the principle" but it often translates into French as "the beginning").
The first verse says: "1. In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth. "The third and fourth verses say:" 3. Elohim said "Let there be light" and there was light. "4. ... He makes a distinction between Light and Darkness. "
A principle (Bereshit), a gathering of powers (Elohim), the strong expression of creative will (Let Light! Hebrew GOLD), the distinction between a primordial darkness without light and darkness without light, however, still remain strong relationship.
The text adds, "He saw that Light was good." "IL" stands powers (Elohim) that emanate from him. Kabbalah avoid, like all proponents of Jewish culture, moreover, to appoint His Essence intimate conceived as ineffable , it avoids any drift ontological and simply analyze the dynamics of how the creative act.
Retraction of Light by tzimtzum
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov wrote in his treatise Liqout Moharan: "When the Name, blessed be He, wanted to create the world, there was no place to create it, because everything was infinite. As a result, he contracted (tsimtsem) "light" on the sides and through the withdrawal (tzimtzum) formed an "empty space" (halal hapanouy). And within this "space" came into existence the day (time) and measures (spaces) that make up the bulk of the Creation of the World. "
- See also: In Sof Infinity.
The four worlds
The original light (gold qadoum) that filled the Infinite ( In Sof ) equally and without distinction of degree before tzimtzum springs a light emanating in the vacuum left by the retraction of In this light emanating, derive four worlds forever hidden ( olamim ):
- the world of Emanation or the Divine, the
- the world of Creation, the
- the world of Formation,
- and the world of Action,
This pattern of the four worlds (olamim) is found in the Kabbalah of Safed but also in Moshe Chaim Luzzatto and in Cordovero Moses in chapter 16 of Pardes Rimonim.
Two rays of light emanating
This Light emanating (gold nietsal) contains all the Sephiroth , and is divided into two rays, one inside domain of the soul and the divine, and the other being the world of separation. And it is the same for each of the three worlds. Here, the question before us is "how to design emanating from the divine of the divine? . God is essentially ONE (Ehad), but "it by designing the vacuum itself to accommodate the otherness of the world, by withdrawing from himself to himself that God created the world. In this void of God, the world emerges. The creation of empty space makes it possible otherness from the separation "(MA Ouaknin Concerto for four consonants).
According to Kabbalah, God is unity, the Emanation is unique that knows neither change nor multiplicity. Thus, His Light itself does not change and does not linked together. If the essence of God is unknowable, however, we can know His will. The world was created by Ten Commandments and by Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto , "Ein Sof is the Will as He would have the will, which has neither end nor measure nor end, what are the Sephiroth ' He wanted to limit and which is unique attributes he desired. " The will is called "radiation and the Ein Sof," single light "(or gold qadoum Pashut). The worlds of Creation, Training and Manufacturing are worlds from the Primal Light and thus they are forces of the will. These worlds consist of "radiation" and sent (angels) who accomplished the other worlds.
The Shekhinah is not the angel that depending on the strength of the latter. Thus, the manifestation of the Divine Presence will be lower in the world of education than in the Creation etc.. And every unveiling of the Divine Presence is comprised of 10 degrees in each world. These are the terms that are ten Sephiroth of Light beings by acting on their composition.
In summary, the Sephiroth are the strengths of the Higher Will. Thus, the Emanation of the Sephiroth are the strengths of the Will and Sephiroth only three other worlds are the strengths of the Will with the angels. The Sephiroth are arranged according to degrees of strength instilled by emanation. Every created thing has a peculiar principle, which depends on the activity of this peculiar principle rooted in the Sephiroth. Beings are themselves "emanating" from Sephiroth by their strength and intensity. So there is a gradation of beings who follows the Sephiroth of the three lower worlds. The sequence of Sephiroth was born and material ...
"It is certain that mere knowledge of the name of Sephiroth and faces without that of their nature and their purpose is by no knowledge" (The Philosopher and the Cabalist, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto p 122). By following this principle while Kabbalist must know the "vision of the Chariot", that is to say, all the Sephiroth and rules that affect them as taught by tradition (Kabbalah) and then he Know the interpretations of all this "vision of the Chariot." According to Kabbalah Lurianic , following the Tzimtzum appeared Primordial Man (Adam and Adam haRichon haKadmon) from a light beam (QAV) derived from the Ein Sof. In the Ets' Hayyim, the Primordial Man is regarded as a mere "detail" containing all the worlds. And the Primordial Man is made up of successive branches ranging from invisible to visible.
Primal Man and contains AV, SAG, MAH and BEN are four forms of Divine Tetragrammaton. Chem AV is deployed in the Name Yod index, with 10 letters and having a numerical value of 72. Chem SAG is the deployment of Yod Name Index for the He and index for the Aleph Vav. It totals 10 letters and its numerical value is 63. Chem MAH is the deployment of the Name Index Aleph. It has 10 letters and a numerical value of 45. Chem Ben sees the index name displayed in "doubled". It has 9 letters and a numerical value of 52. AV is located in the skull of Primordial Man and therefore of the Sephira hokhmah. This dimension remains hidden from the man who can not grasp the surface. Knowledge does not begin until SAG means the lights coming out of ears of Primordial Man. SAG is likened to Binah (which has a numeric value of 63). From SAG, wisdom begins to unfold. Chem AH corresponds to the light coming out the nose of the Primordial Man and Ben Chem corresponds to the light coming out of the mouth. These lights are the production of vases by the output and the return of Sephiroth! There are the light of eyes that are points, and their breaking their fall. Finally there is the World Repair with all its faces: the Old, the Long Face, Father, Mother, Little and the Female Figure.
To return to the World Points (haNiqoudim olam), there occurs what is called the breaking of the vase, it arises in the output and the return lights of the mouth, since it is during this withdrawal would have held training Keli (Vase), root of materiality. The vases were arranged one under the other characteristic points of the world where the Sephiroth are isolated from each other. This is indeed a cause of the breaking of the vase. The Emanation of the Sephiroth are broken and fell into the worlds of Creation, Training and Manufacturing. It is said that the interior portion of the Sephiroth of the Emanation have fallen into the world of Creation, that the middle has fallen into the world of Training and the outer part has fallen into the world of manufacturing.
Breaking the 288 produced sparks of light that were contained in the vases. When they fall, they are mixed with the "bark" (qelipoth) and "there is nothing in the world, in all worlds, and similarly in all parts of the manufacturing world as the mineral, plant, animal or human, where you can find sparks of holiness mixed with bark, and it should be sorted "(Rabbi Chaim Vital , Mavo Shearim 7 2 1). This sort must take place in the Feminine in Malkuth, Royalty, last Sephiroth, our world. This sort depends on the recovery of the purified light to the world of Emanation.
From the polarity of the Sephiroth
Light emanating from the Sephiroth may be more or less intense according to the laws. In this sense, all the Sephiroth emit light and receive light. It is said that the emission of light is masculine in nature while the reception is of feminine nature. In this sense, all the Sephiroth, Kether but are bi-sexual. Each of the 10 Sephiroth therefore receives impulses reaching it from En-Sof and pours in turn: "Know that the emanation has been issued to certify that the unity of the Infinite, and if the receiving do not unite in pouring, and pouring in receiving, uniting in one power, one could recognize that both are one single power, but together, starting with them we know the power of unity. But when he saw the power of the kingdom so obvious, it will no longer doubt the unit that is hidden. Thus every thing, or Sephira without exception, is pouring and receiving "Azriel of Gerona, Sha'ar haChoel. According Mopsik, "Sex of souls," p. 54: "Each Sephira - and thus the whole emanation - is both male and female, pouring and receiving." "Everyone without exception degrees of YHVH, blessed be He, has two forces, a force receives what is above it, and pours its second side of the goodness of what is beneath it , to the navel of the earth (Malkuth). Each degree without exception is therefore possess two bodies: a reception power to receive the effusion of what is above him, and a transmission power to pour well what is below it, this way the structures are called androgynous, as receiving and pouring. This is a big secret among the mysteries of faith, "Joseph Gikatilla, Sha'ar Orah, Chapter 5 fol. 58b. The question we must ask ourselves here is: how is it that the Sephiroth are androgynous while some are called males and other females?
It seems that the latter classification is based more on how the outpouring and receiving in the intrinsic quality of the Sephira.
"In reality there are four particular Sephiroth which receive and pour out, and this is the secret of the androgyne. Such are the other dimensions in the unit of the upper chain holy and pure, they are also the secret of effusion and receiving. Why are some called "women" (Binah, Guebourah, Hod and Malkuth)? Because color dimensions which flow in them is engraved in them and through them, it appears as a pestle and mortar, because it never detaches. As for all other dimensions, they are nested in the same way, except that here there color over a color, like the flame on ember, "Fragments of a commentary on Genesis by J. of Hamadam, translation by Ch Mopsik, pages 51-52. Here the word denotes the color content characteristic of each Sephira substantial. According Hamadam, Kether is only male and the other androgynous males hokhmah the Sephiroth, Chesed, Netzach and Tiphareth. There is thus a double state androgynal: female androgyny (neqvah) for Sephiroth male and female androgyny (Zahar) for male Sephiroth.
The Parzufim.
Little is said about the Figure it treats light as a woman treats her child. The action is threefold: gestation, lactation and maturity. The action is not completed in pregnancy and there are so-Victoire-Crown Foundation. In nursing it is more complete, we find Generosity Discipline-in-Splendour and maturity Wisdom-Discernment-Knowledge.
Both actions are the Long Figure livelihoods and well perfect. Justice comes from the long face that softens, so it's the long face that comes across well but Justice is necessary, Justice is the Petite Figure and Female point of view of those who receive little face from the perspective of the effusion. What lies between is the Father and Mother: "And you will see that just as the causes create effects, Father and Mother Petite Figure breed and the Feminine: the Father is the remote cause and the first and Mother is the proximate cause and second ... "
According Cordovero each Sephira has six aspects:
1 - its hidden aspect;
2 - the aspect under which it occurs;
3 - the aspect in which it materializes;
4 - the appearance by which the upper Sephira can instill in her the power to come from other Sephiroth;
5 - the aspect by which it acquires the power to emanate the Sephiroth hidden within it;
6 - the aspect by which the following is Sephira emanated.
In Lurianic Kabbalah, Kether is formed as Parzuf (face) of Arikha ANPIN, long face, and the Sephiroth Binah hokhmah become parzufim Imma and Abba, Father and Mother. The union of these two parzufim born on Zeir Anpin, Small Figure, which extends from Gedulah to Yesod. Malkuth became the parzuf of Nukba of Zeira, Women's Zeir. These 5 parzufim Lurianic Kabbalah are in the final form of the Adam Kadmon.
"What the wise man boast of his wisdom, that the brave man boast of his bravery and the rich man boast of his riches but let him who boasts boast of this: to be intelligent and I know "Jeremiah 9 to 22.23.
According to modern Kabbalists, the Sephiroth are actually real worlds as real as our physical world. Yesod is what some call the astral world where lunar visit those states experiencing near-death ( NDE ) and also all the people who died in the first moments of their lives not physical.
The Sephiroth
Short hermetic symbolism of Sephiroth
The representations below illustrate the symbolism of the Sephiroth in the tradition hermetic , which differs from the Jewish tradition Malkouth Meaning: Kingdom Planet: Olahm Yesodoth (the sphere of the elements, Earth) Element: Earth Color: Brown Number: 10 Image: A young woman crowned, seated on a throne Correspondence briatique : stability Under: Discernment Vice: avarice & inertia Qlipah: stasis Spiritual Experience: Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel Titles: Gate, Gate of Death, the Gate of Tears, the Gate of Justice, the lower mother, Malkah, the Queen, Kallah, the Bride, the Virgin Name of God: Adonai ha Aretz, Adonai Malekh Archangel Sandalphon Angelic Order: Ishim Common names: the real world, physical matter, earth, Mother Earth, the physical, natural world, the strength, stability, inertia, bodily death, incarnation, ... Meaning: Foundation Planet: Levanah (Moon) Element: Ether Color: Purple Number: 9 Image: a handsome and strong Briatique Correspondence: receptivity, perception, purity Virtue: independence Vice: illusion, dream Qlipah: blind obedience Spiritual Experience: Vision of the Mechanism of the Universe Titles: the Palace of Images Name of God: Shaddai el Chai Archangel Gabriel Order Angels: Common names: perception, imagination, instinct, apparently, the moon, the unconscious, instinct, connections, illusion, dreams, divination, ether, sex, secret doors, ... Meaning: Glory, Glory Planet: Kokab (Mercury) Element: Air Color: Yellow Number: 8 Image: Hermaphrodite Briatique Correspondence: abstraction Virtue: honesty, trust Vice: the desire Qlipah: rigidity Spiritual Experience: Vision of Splendour Titles: None Name of God: Elohim Tzabaoth Archangel Raphael Angelic Order: Beni Elohim Common names: reason, abstraction, communication, conceptualization, science, language, money, math, medicine, philosophy, Qabalah, the law, the "rights", ritual magic. Meaning: Victory, Firmness Planet: Nogah (Venus) Element: Water Briatique color: green Number: 7 Image: a beautiful naked woman Virtue: openness to others Vice: closing the other Qlipah: routine, habit Spiritual Experience: Vision of Beauty Triumphant Titles: Perfect. Name of God: YHVH Tsabaoth Archangel Haniel Angelic Order: Elohim Common names: passion, pleasure, lust, sensual beauty, feelings, emotions - love, hate, rage, joy, depression - the misery, excitement, sympathy, the empathy, desire, ecstatic magic. Meaning: Beauty Planet: Shemesh (the Sun) Element: Fire Briatique color: orange, gold Number: 6 Image: a king, a child, a God sacrificed Correspondence briatique: centered, all Virtue: Devotion to Great Work Vice: pride, importance given to his own person Qlipah: false Spiritual Experience: Vision of Harmony Titles: Melek, the King; Zeir Anpin the Microprosopus, the Son Rachamin, charity. Name of God: Aloaha ve Daath Archangel Mikhael Angelic Order: Malahim Common names: harmony, integrity, completeness, self-sacrifice, the Stone of God, the center, the Philosopher's Stone, identity, the solar plexus, a King, the Great Work. Other names: Geburah, Gueburah, Gevurah, Guevourah Meaning: Strength Planet: Madim (March) Element: Fire triumphant. Briatique color: red Number: 5 Image: A Mighty Warrior Correspondence briatique: Power Virtue: courage & energy Vice: cruelty Qlipah: bureaucracy Spiritual Experience: Vision of Power Titles: Pachad, Fear, Din, Justice Name of God: Elohim Gibor Archangel: Kamael Angelic Order: Seraphim Common names: power, justice, retribution, the Act in its execution, the cruelty, oppression, domination, severity, martial arts. Meaning: Mercy Planet: Tzadekh (Jupiter) Element: Air Briatique color: blue Number: 4 Image: A Mighty King Briatique Correspondence: authority Virtue: humility & obedience Vice: tyranny, hypocrisy, bigotry & gluttony Qlipah: ideology Spiritual Experience: Vision of Love Titles: Gedulah, the Magnificence, Love, Majesty Name of God: El Archangel Tsadkiel Angelic Order: Hashmalim Common names: authority, creativity, inspiration, vision, excess, secular & spiritual power, submission, birth. Meaning: Knowledge This Sephira, which is not one, has no demonstrated capacity and can not be invoked directly. Common names: a tunnel, a door, a hole, a wormhole, a black hole, a vortex. Meaning: Understanding Planet: Sabbath (Saturn) Element: the (sub-) Earth Briatique color: black Number: 3 Image: three elders on thrones Correspondence briatique: intelligence Virtue: stability Vice: inertia Qlipah: fatalism Spiritual Experience: Vision of Punishment Titles: Aima, the Mother, Ama, the Crown, Marah, the Sea of Bitterness: the Mother of Forms, the Mother Superior. Name of God: YHVH Archangel Tsaphkiel Angelic Order: Aralim Common names: the restriction, coercion, slow, infertility, incarnation, karma, destiny, the mother, fertility, death. Meaning: Wisdom Planet: Mazlot (the Zodiac, the fixed stars, Uranus) Briatique color: silver, gray-white Number: 2 Image: a bearded man Correspondence briatique: harmony, music Virtue: good Vice: evil Qlipah: arbitrary Spiritual Experience: Vision of God Titles: Abba, Father, Father supernal. Name of God: Iah Archangel Raziel (Jophiel) Angelic Order: Auphanim Common names: pure creative energy, life force. Meaning: Crown Planet: Rashith Gilgalim ha, Fire Whirling (Big Bang), the first tourbillon (Neptune) Briatique Color: pure white Number: 1 Image: a man in his face bright like the sun on a throne Briatique Correspondence: Unit Virtue: Success Qlipah: futility Spiritual Experience: Union with God Titles: Ancient of Days, the Macroprosope, Tte Blanche, Existence of Existence, Rum Maalah. Name of God: Eheieh Archangel Metatron Angelic Order: Hahioth qodesh ha, Animal Saints Common names: unity, union, all, pure consciousness, God, Divinity, the Manifestation, the Beginning, the Source, the Emanation. The novel by Umberto Eco , Foucault's Pendulum , is built in part around Sephiroth. The comic Promethea , with Alan Moore and JH Williams III is an excellent introduction to the Tree of the Sephiroth (published by Editions Semic (volumes 1, 2 and 3) and Panini Comics (Volumes 4 and 5)). Yesod
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