Back quite a while ago, I discussed the four worlds of Kabbalah.  There are other names that describe them beyond what I listed in that post ( Read more... )

Malkuth, Kingdom, corresponds to the attribute Shiflut, Lowliness. It is here that the mystic journey begins. Lowliness is the first rung of the ladder that brings us up to G-d. In an introduction to Hasidic tales that I was reading, it talked about Shiflut and Kavanah being the two most common themes in Hasidic writings. They are two important ( Read more... )