Human Spiritual Structure: Kabbalah
Notes in progress © 1998-2002 Alan McAllister  


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The Kabbalah is the Jewish mystical tradition. It is centered on, or represented by the ten serifot, or the Tree of Life. These are traditionally arranged as follows:

			Keter

		Binah		Hokhmah

		Gevurah		Hesed 

			Tif'eret

		Hod		Nezeh

			Yesod

			Shekhinah

Keter (Kether Elyon)

The crown of God, that part of the divine which inspires physical manifestation. The point of beginning between Heaven and Earth. It is not well defined and thus has the broadest scope.

Hokhmah

Wisdom. The connection between Divine Mind and human thought. Form preceding manifestation, manifestation starts here. This sefirah has a male tone.

Binah

The understanding and intelligence of God. The Divine Mother, the womb from which all physical creation comes.

Hesed

The love and mercy of God. Greatness. The Right Arm of God.

Gevurah (Din)

Power, judgement, and punishment. The Left Arm of God.

Tif'eret (Rahamin)

Compassion, harmony, and beauty. The trunk or heart of the tree.

Nezeh (Netsah)

The endurance of God. The Right Leg of God.

Hod

The majesty of God. The Left Leg of God. The legs of God are the source of prophecy.

Yesod

The procreative force of God, the phallus. The merging of energy into physical form. The Righteous One.

Shekhinah (Keneset Yisra'el, Malkhut)

The mystical community of Isreal (feminine), or by extention of all people. The grounded life force of the Earth, Moon, Rose, the Garden of Eden.

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