Kabbalistic Correspondences

Iorwerth Thomas · 05 Apr 2005, 03:03 · from 2005-April.txt.gz

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From: iorweththomas at hotmail.com (Iorwerth Thomas)
Date: Tue Apr  5 03:03:52 2005
Subject: (urth) Kabbalistic Correspondences
Message-ID: <BAY102-F32A55334C3EE8CA77AE4F6B93C0 at phx.gbl>

Ok, referring to my general reference for all thing Jewish and mystical[1], 
we have 4 universes each corresponding to an aspect of the creative act (the 
book isn't very detailed on _how_ this works):

Atzilut, Beriyah, Yetzirah, Asiyah.

Each has its own tree of life; Malkhut for the next one up stands above 
Rachamin (Mercy), also known as Tiferet (Beauty), of the one below.

Further to some discussion months ago linking Severian with Gevurah 
(Strength, representing strict and unforgiving justice, tempered in the 
divine by the other sephira), it is also (apparantly) associated with the 
Old Testament figure Isaac.

I doubt this makes things any clearer.

Iorwerth

[1] The 'Ars Magica' RPG supplement 'Kabbalah: Mythic Judaism'.  Not, 
perhaps, the most authoritative source, but most books in the game line are 
fairly well researched; best take this with a pinch of salt.

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