Assiah (or
Asiyah, also known as Olam Asiyah, עולם עשיה in Hebrew, literally the World of Action) is the fourth and lowest of the
four worldsKabbalah, from the Medieval circles around study of the Zohar, distinguishes between four different "worlds" or "planes of existence" that successively link the Infinite Divine essence , with our physical finite Creation...
described by Qabalahistic theory. It represents purely
material existenceMaterial world may refer to:* Nature.* Material World, a Canadian television sitcom in the 1980s.* Material World, a BBC Radio 4 science programme....
, and is known as the World of Action, the World of Effects or the World of Making. In
western occultismWestern esotericism is a broad spectrum of spiritual traditions found in Western society, or refers to the collection of the mystical, esoteric knowledge of the Western world...
it is associated with the
TarotThe tarot , , is a pack of cards , used from the mid fifteenth century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Italian Tarocchini and French Tarot. The tarot has four suits corresponding to the suits of conventional playing cards...
card suit known as
PentacleA pentacle is an amulet used in magical evocation, generally made of parchment, paper or metal , on which the symbol of a spirit or energy being evoked is drawn. It is often worn around the neck, or placed within the triangle of evocation...
s (or Coins or Disks, the terminology varies according to the deck).
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Assiah (or
Asiyah, also known as Olam Asiyah, עולם עשיה in Hebrew, literally the World of Action) is the fourth and lowest of the
four worldsKabbalah, from the Medieval circles around study of the Zohar, distinguishes between four different "worlds" or "planes of existence" that successively link the Infinite Divine essence , with our physical finite Creation...
described by Qabalahistic theory. It represents purely
material existenceMaterial world may refer to:* Nature.* Material World, a Canadian television sitcom in the 1980s.* Material World, a BBC Radio 4 science programme....
, and is known as the World of Action, the World of Effects or the World of Making. In
western occultismWestern esotericism is a broad spectrum of spiritual traditions found in Western society, or refers to the collection of the mystical, esoteric knowledge of the Western world...
it is associated with the
TarotThe tarot , , is a pack of cards , used from the mid fifteenth century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Italian Tarocchini and French Tarot. The tarot has four suits corresponding to the suits of conventional playing cards...
card suit known as
PentacleA pentacle is an amulet used in magical evocation, generally made of parchment, paper or metal , on which the symbol of a spirit or energy being evoked is drawn. It is often worn around the neck, or placed within the triangle of evocation...
s (or Coins or Disks, the terminology varies according to the deck). The world of
YetzirahYetzirah is the third of four worlds in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, following Assiah and Briah...
follows it.