The Tree Sephirot

Sephirot [or "enumerations", Sephiroth, Sefiroth (סְפִירוֹת), singular: Sephirah, also Sefirah (סְפִירָה "enumeration" in Hebrew)], in the Kabbalah of Judaism, are the ten attributes that God (who is referred to as אור אין סוף Aur Ain Soph, "Limitless Light, Light Without End") created through which he can manifest not only the physical but the metaphysical universe.

 

Through a careful study of the Tanakh, Jewish sages identified ten Sephirot (ten being the number of divine perfection) known by the following names/characteristics from highest to lowest:

 

1. Keter - Divine Plan/Creator/infinite light/Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh - I AM THAT I AM (Supreme/Total Consciousness)

 

2. Chokmah - Divine Reality/revelation/Yesh me-ayin - being from nothingness (Power of Wisdom)

 

3. Binah - Understanding/repentance/reason (Power of Love)

 

4. Chesed - Mercy/Grace/Love of (intention to emulate) God (Power of Vision)

 

5. Gevurah - Judgment/strength/determination (Power of Intention)

 

6. Tipheret - Symmetry/balance/compassion (Creative Power)

 

7. Netzach - Contemplation/Initiative/persistence (Power of the Eternal Now)

 

8. Hod - Surrender/sincerity/steadfastness (Intellectual/Observational Power)

 

9. Yesod - Foundation/wholly remembering/coherent knowledge

(Power of Manifesting)

 

10. Malkuth/Lower Crown - Kingdom/physical presence/vision and illusion

(Power of Healing/Accomplishment/Level of Realization of Divine Plan)

 

 

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