Much folklore, tradition, and mythology talk of a boundary, an edge, a division between worlds. Why this is common should be fairly evident. If there is an Otherworld, Underworld, any type of world beyond ours, if there was no separation, there would be no other world, the two would be one. For the two to be distinct, or function as distinct, ( Read more... )

Four guardians sit at the gates of worlds ( Read more... )

This time of year, with Halloween approaching, there are a lot more horror films watched, more horror elements in television shows, and more horror books read than any other part of the year. There is a marked focus in this direction, both in those pursuing watching and reading, and in those speaking against the genre. Many of these elements spill ( Read more... )

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... )

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... )

Have you ever felt the difference between a house with people living in it and one without?  Have you ever walked into an abandoned building and felt like it's asleep or dead?  Have you ever moved and noticed there comes a point where the old house seems to have lost its soul, or the new house starts to feel more welcoming?  The presence of humans ( Read more... )

The third Cauldron is the Cauldron of Wisdom.  It is also Mimir's Well, Miriam's Well, Shin, and the Cauldron of the Skull, which is the Ori/Neshamah/Godself, and the Blessed Pentacle.

The Cauldron of Wisdom is born on its lips, which makes it the hardest Cauldron to access.  This Cauldron distributes wisdom in poetry and art.

The Preserving ( Read more... )

The second Cauldron is the Cauldron of Warming.  It is Urth's Well, Aleph, Jacob's Well, and the Emi/Ruach/Talker which is the Caudron of the Ribcage and the Pearl Pentacle ( Read more... )

The first of the three Cauldrons is the Roaring Cauldron, the Cauldron of Motion.  As we discussed this is also Hezekiah's Tunnel, the Cauldron of the Pelvis, the Iron Pentacle, the Fetch/Vivi/Nephesh, and Mem ( 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... )