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Yetzirah (also known as Olam Yetsirah, ???? ????? in Hebrew) is the third of four worlds in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life
Tree of life (Kabbalah)

The Tree of Life, or Etz haChayim in Hebrew, is a mystical symbol used in the Kabbalah of esoteric Judaism to describe the path to HaShem and the manner in which He created the world ex nihilo ....
, following Assiah
Assiah

Assiah is the fourth and lowest of the four worlds described by Qabalahistic theory. It represents purely material world, and is known as the World of Action, the World of Effects or the World of Making....
 and Briah. It is known as the "World of Formation".

"Yetsirah" as in "making" is as opposed to "Briah" as in "Creating": actually taking whatever matter that was created in the "Briah" and shaping it into the basic elements

in the Western mystery tradition
Western mystery tradition

Western esotericism is a broad spectrum of spirituality traditions found in Western culture, or refers to the collection of the mystical, esoteric knowledge of the Western world....
, the different Sephirah in this world are associated with the angels, and it is associated with the suit of swords
Swords

A sword is a cutting/thrusting weapon made of metal. Sword or swords may also refer to:* Swords, Dublin, Ireland* Suit of swords, a suit in Latin-suited playing cards and Tarot decks...
 in the occult tarot
Tarot

The tarot is typically a set of seventy-eight cards, composed of twenty-one Trump , one The Fool , and four Suit of fourteen cards each?ten pip and four Face card cards ....
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Yetzirah (also known as Olam Yetsirah, ???? ????? in Hebrew) is the third of four worlds in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life
Tree of life (Kabbalah)

The Tree of Life, or Etz haChayim in Hebrew, is a mystical symbol used in the Kabbalah of esoteric Judaism to describe the path to HaShem and the manner in which He created the world ex nihilo ....
, following Assiah
Assiah

Assiah is the fourth and lowest of the four worlds described by Qabalahistic theory. It represents purely material world, and is known as the World of Action, the World of Effects or the World of Making....
 and Briah. It is known as the "World of Formation".

"Yetsirah" as in "making" is as opposed to "Briah" as in "Creating": actually taking whatever matter that was created in the "Briah" and shaping it into the basic elements

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Within the Western mystery tradition
Western mystery tradition

Western esotericism is a broad spectrum of spirituality traditions found in Western culture, or refers to the collection of the mystical, esoteric knowledge of the Western world....
, the different Sephirah in this world are associated with the angels, and it is associated with the suit of swords
Swords

A sword is a cutting/thrusting weapon made of metal. Sword or swords may also refer to:* Swords, Dublin, Ireland* Suit of swords, a suit in Latin-suited playing cards and Tarot decks...
 in the occult tarot
Tarot

The tarot is typically a set of seventy-eight cards, composed of twenty-one Trump , one The Fool , and four Suit of fourteen cards each?ten pip and four Face card cards ....
. On the Tree of Life
Tree of life (Kabbalah)

The Tree of Life, or Etz haChayim in Hebrew, is a mystical symbol used in the Kabbalah of esoteric Judaism to describe the path to HaShem and the manner in which He created the world ex nihilo ....
 diagram it is associated with the Sephirot Hod
Hod (Kabbalah)

Hod in the Kabbalah of Judaism is the eighth Sephiroth of the Kabbalistic Tree of life . It is derived from hod ??? in the Hebrew language meaning "majesty" or "splendor" and denoting "praise" as well as "submission"....
, Netzach and Yesod.

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See also

  • 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....
  • 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....
  • Asiyah
  • Four Worlds
    Four Worlds

    Kabbalah 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....