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The Kabbalah: its doctrines, development, and literatureGinsburg, Christian D. (Christian David)

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The Kabbalah: its doctrines, development, and literature

Name: The Kabbalah: its doctrines, development, and literature
Author: Ginsburg, Christian D. (Christian David)

Ginsburg, Christian D. (Christian David)

Cabala

From this representation of each triad, as consisting of a threefold
principle, viz., the two opposites, masculine and feminine, and the
uniting principle, the development of the Sephiroth, and of life
generally, is symbolically called the Balance (‏מתקלא‎), because the
two opposite sexes, are compared with the two opposite scales, and the
uniting Sephira is compared with the beam which joins the scales, and
indicates its equipoise.

Before we enter into further particulars about the nature, operation,
and classification of these Sephiroth, we shall give the Sohar’s
speculations about the Supreme Being, and its account of the origin of
the Sephiroth, and their relationship to the Deity.


         THE TEN               THE TEN          THE TEN           THE TEN
         SEPHIROTH.            CORRESPONDING    CORRESPONDING     CORRESPONDING
                               NAMES OF THE     CLASSES OF        MEMBERS OF THE
                               OF THE DEITY.    ANGELS.           HUMAN BODY.

   /  1. כתר‎, Crown.         \
   |  2. ‏עתיקא‎, the Aged.    |
   |  3. ‏נקודה ראשונה‎,       |
   |     Primordial Point.   |
   |  4. ‏נקודה פשוטה‎,        |
   |     Smooth Point.       |
i. <  5. ‏רישא הוורה‎, White   > ‏אהיה‎, I am       ‏חיות‎, ζῶον.       Head.
   |     Head.               | (Exod. iii. 4).
   |  6. ‏אריך אנפין‎,         |
   |     Macroprosopon.      |
   |  7. ‏אדם עילאה‎,          |
   |     Heavenly Man.       |
   |  8. ‏רום מעלה‎,           |
   \     Inscrutable Height. /
ii.      ‏חכמה‎, σοφία,          ‏יה‎, Jah (Isa.    ‏אופנים‎, κίνησις.  Brains.
         Wisdom.               xxvi. 4).
iii.     ‏בינה‎, νοῦς,           ‏יהוה‎, Jehovah.   ‏אראלים‎, Arelim    Heart.
         Intelligence.                          (Isa. xxiii. 7).
   /  1. ‏חסד‎, χάρις,         \ ‏אל‎, the Mighty   ‏חשמלים‎,           Right Arm.
iv.<     Love.               > One.             Chasheralim
   \  2. ‏גדולה‎, Greatness.   /                  (Ezek. i. 4).
   /  1. ‏דין‎, Judgment.      \ ‏אלה‎, the         ‏שרפים‎, Seraphim   Left Arm.
v. <  2. ‏פחד‎, Justice.       > Almighty.        (Isa. vi. 7).
   \  3. ‏גבורה‎, Strength.    /
vi.      ‏תפארת‎, Beauty.        ‏אלהים‎, God.      ‏שנאנים‎, Shinanim  Chest.
                                                (Ps. lxviii. 18).
vii.     ‏נצח‎, Firmness.        ‏יהוה צבאות‎,      ‏תרשישים‎           Right Leg.
                               Jehovah Sabaoth. Tarshishim
                                                (Dan. x. 6).
viii.    ‏הוד‎, Splendour.       ‏אלהים צבאות‎,     ‏בני אלהים‎, the    Left Leg.
                               God Sabaoth.     Sons of God (Gen.
                                                vi. 4).
ix.      ‏יסוד‎,                 ‏אל חי‎, Mighty    ‏אשים‎, Ishim (Ps.  Genital
         Foundation.           Living One.      civ. 4).          Organs.
   /  1. βασιλεία sc. τῶν    \
x. <     οὐρανῶν, Kingdom.   > ‏אדני‎, the Lord.  ‏כרובים‎, Cherubim. Union of the

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