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Kabbalah
Kabbalah

Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mysticism aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator deity with the finite and mortal universe of His creation....
 distinguishes between 'four different "worlds" or "planes," based on the verse in Isaiah 43: 7:

Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.


  1. Atziluth
    Atziluth

    Atziluth, or Atzilut , is the highest of four worlds in which exists the kabbalah Tree of Life . Yetzirah precedes it. It is known as the World of Emanations....
     (?????????), or "World of Emanations"; on this level the light of the Ain Sof radiates and is still united with its source.
  2. Beri'ah
    Beri'ah

    Beri'ah, or Briyah , is the second of four worlds in the Kabbalah Tree of Life . It is known as the world of creation. In western occultism, each of the sephirah in this world is associated with a Holy Archangel, and it is associated with the suit of cups in the tarot....
     (?????????) or "World of Creation"; on this level is the first concept of creation ex nihilo however without any shape or form.






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    Kabbalah
    Kabbalah

    Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mysticism aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator deity with the finite and mortal universe of His creation....
     distinguishes between 'four different "worlds" or "planes," based on the verse in Isaiah 43: 7:

    Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.


    1. Atziluth
      Atziluth

      Atziluth, or Atzilut , is the highest of four worlds in which exists the kabbalah Tree of Life . Yetzirah precedes it. It is known as the World of Emanations....
       (?????????), or "World of Emanations"; on this level the light of the Ain Sof radiates and is still united with its source.
    2. Beri'ah
      Beri'ah

      Beri'ah, or Briyah , is the second of four worlds in the Kabbalah Tree of Life . It is known as the world of creation. In western occultism, each of the sephirah in this world is associated with a Holy Archangel, and it is associated with the suit of cups in the tarot....
       (?????????) or "World of Creation"; on this level is the first concept of creation ex nihilo however without any shape or form. This is also where the Highest Ranking Angels are to be found.
    3. Yetzirah
      Yetzirah

      Yetzirah is the third of four worlds in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life , following Assiah and Briah. It is known as the "World of Formation"....
       (????????) or "World of Formation"; on this level the created being assumes shape and form.
    4. Asiyah (?????????) or "World of Actions"; on this level the creation is complete, however it is still on a spiritual level. At a later stage there is the 'physical Asiyah' comprising our physical world with all its creatures.


    Each of these worlds is progressively grosser and further removed from any revealed Godliness, but the ten Sephirot
    Sephirot (Kabbalah)

    Sephirot , in the Kabbalah of Judaism, are the ten attributes that names of God in Judaism created through which he can manifest not only in the physical but the metaphysical universe....
     manifest in all of them.