In Kabbalah, there are four worlds, the World of Emanations, the World of Creation, the World of Forms (if you know Plato, you'll get that one), and the World of Action.  We live in the World of Action, which is the world change occurs in, and those changes ripple back up to the higher worlds.  Everything in our world begins in the the World of ( Read more... )

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"This secret is implied by the fact that up to this point in the portion the letter samekh does not appear.  Although the Companions have commented, still samekh is a helper, namely a helper above, for above turned face-to-face, male and female supported by each other, indeed, supported eternally, fashioned in truth and integrity (Psalms 111:8).   ( Read more... )

I wrote before about the Divine Mirror.  I've been thinking about it again, but in a different way.   Here is the post I talked about it before.

The worlds can be seen as mirrors, each reflecting the one before.  Just as our mirrors are two dimensional, creating an approximate mirrored three dimensional image, somethings are "lost" or altered in each ( Read more... )

There is a concept in the Kabbalah of yesh ma'ayin, "something from nothing".  Yesh means "something" and represents everything that we think of as real, the four worlds.  Ayin (or ain, ein, en, etc., spelled "אין", not "עין" like the letter ayin) means "nothing" and represents everything that wasn't created, i.e., G-d.  G-d took the stuff of ( Read more... )

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי רָקִיעַ בְּתוֹךְ הַמָּיִם וִיהִי מַבְדִּיל בֵּין מַיִם לָמָיִם
ז וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָרָקִיעַ וַיַּבְדֵּל בֵּין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ וּבֵין הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל לָרָקִיעַ וַיְהִי-כֵן
ח וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָרָקִיעַ שָׁמָיִם וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר יוֹם שֵׁנִי
6 And God said: 'Let there be a ( Read more... )

Netzach is connected to Action, about 'Asah.  Hod is connected to Prophecy, about Naba'.  When we receive Victory, it's because of Action.  We confront something straight on and overcome it.  This is Netzach.  Hod, however, is different.  Hod is about discussion and embracing, about closeness and Words.  Hod is using Prophecy to change the ( Read more... )

I've talked about Qlipoth several times.  The Divine Mirror gives us a good way to look at them and understand them.  The first world, Atziluth, is the reflection of G-d.  Briah is a reflection of Atziluth.  Yetzurah is a reflection of Briah.  Assiah is a reflection of Yetzurah.  Assiah is the world closest to us.  We can veiw the Qlipoth as the ( Read more... )

There is a concept I have mentioned many times, but never actually wrote about.  That concept is the Divine Mirror ( Read more... )

Damam and the Three Souls

Which soul is Damam found in ( Read more... )