אַרְבַּע עוֹלָמוֹת
Arba Olamot · The Four Worlds
— descent of light —
touch · to enter
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אַרְבַּע עוֹלָמוֹת
qliphoth
ה ו ה י
י
אֲצִילוּת
Atziluth · יוד · Yod · Fire
World of Emanation
The point from which everything comes. Light not yet divided into things.
אֵשׁ
Yechida
21
אהיה
מ ט ט ר ו ן
Metatron
תֻּמִיאֵל Thaumiel · double crown
פרסא · Parsa I
Descent
ה
בְּרִיאָה
Beriah · הא · Heh · Water
World of Creation
The first division. Light enters form, still pure.
מַיִם
Neshamah
112
יהוה אלהים
ר ז י א ל ר
Raziel
בֹּהוּ Bohu · barren womb
פרסא · Parsa II
Deeper
ו
יְצִירָה
Yetzirah · וו · Vav · Air
World of Formation
Forms recognisable but still fluid. 22 letters assemble them out of air.
רוּחַ
Ruach
525
יהוה צבאות
מ י כ א ל מ
Michael
Mothers אמש · 3 Doubles בגדכפרת · 7 Simples הוזחטילנסעצק · 12
תֹּהוּ Tohu · chaos of forms
פרסא · Parsa III
Toward matter
ה
עֲשִׂיָּה
Assiah · הא · Heh (final) · Earth
World of Action
Matter. The only sefirah that can be touched.
אֶרֶץ
Nefesh
65
אדני
ס נ ד ל פ ן
Sandalphon
חֹשֶׁךְ Choshek · darkness
The axis
יהוה · Tetragrammaton · Axis of the four worlds
י
Yod
Fire · Atziluth
אצילות
ה
Heh
Water · Beriah
בריאה
ו
Vav
Air · Yetzirah
יצירה
ה
Heh (final)
Earth · Assiah
עשיה
The four worlds are not four places. They are four densities of one and the same light. The qliphoth stand behind every one of them: the lower you go, the thicker the shell. To walk the path upward is to peel these shells off, one by one.
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