Jetzira
Jetzira ( he . יצירה 'formation') is the third of the four worlds in the Jewish Kabbalah . The connection of the Pythagorean concept of the four worlds with that of the ten Sephiroth appeared for the first time in the 12th century in the Provencal Sefer ha-Bahir and was worked out in almost the entire later Kabbalistic tradition. According to this concept, the four worlds gradually descend from the purest spirit to impure matter. The garden world of the third day of creation is identified with Jetzira, this world is associated in the Kabbalah with the Garden of Eden and the Fall . Both the angels ( malachim ) and the demons ( shedim ) are located in this world, and their influence extends to the fourth world. The good and bad “drive” present in people according to Jewish ideas can be traced back to Jetzira. The four worlds and the Kabbalistic tree of life are related in two different ways; one assumes a tree of life for each of these worlds, the other, more frequent, ascribes the Sephiroth to different worlds, the Sephiroth Chesed / Gedulah, Din / Gewurah, Tiphereth, Nezach, Hod and Jesod corresponding to the world Jetzira. On the human level, Jetzira is associated with feelings and the power of language.
Individual evidence
- ^ Leonora Leet: The Universal Kabbalah . Rochester: Inner Traditions 2004, p. 6.
- ^ A b Leonora Leet: The Universal Kabbalah . Rochester: Inner Traditions 2004, p. 18.
- ^ Leonora Leet: The Universal Kabbalah . Rochester: Inner Traditions 2004, p. 97.
- ^ Four Worlds . In: John Michael Greer: The New Encyclopedia of the Occult . St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications 2004, p. 180.
- ^ Estelle Frankel: Sacred Therapy: Jewish Spiritual Teachings on Emotional Healing and Inner Wholeness . Boston: Shambhala Publications 2005, p. 263.