Qliphoth. In Jewish Kabbalah[edit] In Jewish Kabbalistic cosmology, the Kelipot are metaphorical "shells" surrounding holiness. They are spiritual obstacles receiving their existence from God only in an external, rather than internal manner. Divinity in Judaism connotes revelation of God's true unity, while the shells conceal holiness, as a peel conceals the fruit within. They are therefore synonymous with idolatry, the root of impurity through ascribing false dualism in the Divine, and with the Sitra Achra (סטרא אחרא "Other Side"), the perceived realm opposite to holiness.
They emerge in the descending Seder hishtalshelus (Chain of Being) through Tzimtzum (contraction of the Divine Ohr), as part of the purpose of Creation. In this they also have beneficial properties, as peel protects the fruit, restraining the Divine flow from being dissipated. Hermetic Qabalah magical views[edit] Mathers' interpretation[edit] Crowley, Regardie, and Heidrick[edit] Thamiel[edit] Thamiel: Duality in God Golachab[edit] Eve and the Identity of Women: 7. Eve & Lilith. In an effort to explain inconsistencies in the Old Testament, there developed in Jewish literature a complex interpretive system called the midrash which attempts to reconcile biblical contradictions and bring new meaning to the scriptural text.
Employing both a philological method and often an ingenious imagination, midrashic writings, which reached their height in the 2nd century CE, influenced later Christian interpretations of the Bible. Inconsistencies in the story of Genesis, especially the two separate accounts of creation, received particular attention.
Later, beginning in the 13th century CE, such questions were also taken up in Jewish mystical literature known as the Kabbalah. According to midrashic literature, Adam's first wife was not Eve but a woman named Lilith, who was created in the first Genesis account. Only when Lilith rebelled and abandoned Adam did God create Eve, in the second account, as a replacement. Lilith also personified licentiousness and lust. Lilith? THE QLIPHOTHIC TREE OF TRANSFORMATION PART 1: PRESERVING THE NECRONOMICON TRADITION | Papers in the Attic.
I thought that it would be a good time to review one of the rarer subjects covered in the occult world, The Qliphotic Tree of Death (Transformation). Many of our articles here have given some information on the Qliphotic Tree in the past, but I thought it would be good to make this a separate chapter in the Necronomicon Tradition, as there is little information about the Qliphotic Tree is print. So let us begin this next Chapter of our discussion by defining the term Qlipoth. Interestingly, the term Qliphoth, kliffoth, or klippot, is derived from the Hebrew term qelippot, meaning “peels”, “shells” or matter. The qliphoth in Kabbalah are thought of as the opposites to the sephiroth (singular sephirah). The ten sephiroth are thought to be ten divine “enumerations” or “emanations” of God into the universe. It is thought that the qliphoth are the ten (or eleven) manifestations of darkness, into which God’s divine light cannot reach.
The Kabbalah by Alexander S. “Kabalah (Heb.) 1. 1. 2. 3. Seven Heavens. Seven Heavens is a part of religious cosmology found in many major religions such as Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Catholicism and in some minor religions such as Hermeticism and Gnosticism. The Throne of God is said to be above the seventh heaven in Abrahamic religions. Judaism[edit] According to the Talmud, the universe is made of seven heavens (Shamayim):[1][2] The Jewish Merkavah and Heichalot literature was devoted to discussing the details of these heavens, sometimes in connection with traditions relating to Enoch, such as the Third Book of Enoch.[3] Hinduism[edit] Hinduism also has the concept of seven heavens (Svarga).
According to the Puranas and the Atharvaveda there are fourteen worlds. Islam[edit] The word "heaven" is used in the English translation of the Arabic word سماء (Samaa'a). The Qur'an frequently mentions the existence of seven (Samaawat), or heavens Seven-level underworlds[edit] See also[edit] Notes[edit] References[edit] Davidson, Gustav. External links[edit] User:Lilitu. In some kabbalistic texts, Lilith is a female demon, a succubus, who may have been Adam's first wife, before Eve. Because she would not accept subordination, she has become a symbol to many feminists, especially some Jewish women's groups. "Lilith" by John Collier, The Atkinson Gallery, Southport, England Lilith in World myths[edit] The original name in Sumerian was "Lilitu", and the transliteration from the Hebrew may be as "Lilith," "Lillith," or "Lilit".
Various versions of the Lilith myth exist; the original Lilith was a Mesopotamian night demon with a penchant for destroying children. Hieronymus associated Lilith with the mythical Greek Lamia, a Libyan queen who mated with Zeus. Lilith in the Bible and other ancient texts[edit] Lilith's name only appears once in the Old Testament at Isaiah 34:14-15, where it is translated as "great owl" in the King James Version of the Bible, leading to Lilith often being portrayed in imagery as an owl (this interpretation has been disputed). Torah. Torah (/ˈtɔːrə/; Hebrew: תּוֹרָה, "Instruction, Teaching"), or what is often referred to in English as "Pentateuch" (/ˈpɛntəˌtuːk, -ˌtjuːk/), is the central concept in the religious Judaic tradition. It has a range of meanings: it can most specifically mean the first five books of the twenty-four books of the Tanakh; it usually includes the rabbinic commentaries in it; the term Torah means instruction and offers a way of life for those who follow it; it can mean the continued narrative from Genesis to the end of the Tanakh; it can even mean the totality of Jewish teaching, culture and practice.[1] Common to all these meanings, Torah consists of the foundational narrative of the Jewish people: their call into being by God, their trials and tribulations, and their covenant with their God, which involves following a way of life embodied in a set of moral and religious obligations and civil laws (halakha).
Meaning and names[edit] Torah as Pentateuch[edit] Contents[edit] Genesis[edit] The Talmud, Demonology & Magic. "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. " Psalms 1:1-2 In his book "On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism," the well-respected Gershom Scholem gives some insight into the subliminal process through which mystics of all religions use Scripture to justify their aberrant exegesis of Scripture: "...not my intention to discuss mystical exegesis in its concrete application to the Bible. Vast numbers of books have been written by Jewish mystics attempting to find their own ideas in, or read them into, the Biblical texts...
Many productive minds among the Kabbalists found this a congenial way of expressing their own ideas, while making them seem to flow from the words of the Bible. Some will argue that mysticism is far removed from the Judaic writings. "Gittin 70a. An article on Teutonic Magic by F. "b. B.