sefirot

The light that clothes itself in the vessels of the sefirot is the essence, like the ray of sunlight.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction to Kabbalah Part 6: The Sefirot, or, 'If Everything is God, how come it doesn't look that way?' 2009

For the Kabbalah, not atoms or subatomic forces but the sefirot are the fundamental structures of the world of multiplicity.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction to Kabbalah Part 6: The Sefirot, or, 'If Everything is God, how come it doesn't look that way?' 2009

Here in the Hebrew version he gives the example of the Kabbalists who maintain that there are existents, namely the sefirot, whose rank is inferior to Ein Sof (the infinite source) from which they emanate, but superior to the movers of the celestial spheres.

Elijah Delmedigo Ross, Jacob 2005

Beginning with the ten "sefirot," which we'll explore next week, theosophical Kabbalah describes countless physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual symbols, correspondences, and relationships.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 4: Kabbalah As A Spiritual Practice 2009

These paths are also reflected in the 10 sefirot -- spheres of energy that are the building blocks of physical reality yet also relate to character traits as well as states of consciousness:

Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Kabbalah and the 32 Types of Consciousness Rabbi Adam Jacobs 2010

These paths are also reflected in the 10 sefirot -- spheres of energy that are the building blocks of physical reality yet also relate to character traits as well as states of consciousness:

Rabbi Adam Jacobs: Kabbalah and the 32 Types of Consciousness Rabbi Adam Jacobs 2010

One helpful metaphor is to think of the sefirot as ten different panes of stained glass through which the Infinite Light -- the ohr ein sof -- shines.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question 2009

Prophetic Kabbalah also uses the conceptual structure of the sefirot, but focuses less on understanding complex mythical and symbolic structures and more on techniques for altering the mind in order to open it to God.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question 2009

For many theosophical texts, the world exists and appears as it does because God manifests through these sefirot, which both contain God's Light and, to speak in metaphor, dimmed or colored it in increasing degrees.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question 2009

We will explore the sefirot in detail, and take a look at some key theosophical texts in future installments.

Jay Michaelson: An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question 2009