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Kabbalah distinguishes between four different "worlds" or "planes": This article is about traditional Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism). ...

  1. Atziluth (אֲצִילוּת), or "World of Emanations", on this level the light of the Ain Sof radiates and is still united with its source.
  2. Beri'ah (בְּרִיאָה) or "World of Creation", on this level the first concept of creation ex nihilo however without any shape or form. This is also where the Highest Ranking Angels are to be found.
  3. Yetzirah (יְצִירָה) or "World of Formation" on this level the created being assumes shape and form.
  4. Asiyah' (עֲשִׂיָּה) or "World of Actions", on this level the creation is complete, however it is still in a spiritual level. At a later stage there is the 'phyisical Asiyah' comprising our phyisical world with all its creatures.

Each of these worlds are progressively grosser and further removed from any revealed Godliness, however the ten Sephirot manifest in all of them. Atziluth is the highest of 4 worlds in which exists the kabbalistic Tree of life. ... Beriah is the second of 4 worlds in the kabbalistic Tree of Life. ... This article is about the religious attributes. ... Asiyah is the 4th and last of the worlds in which exists the kabbalistic Tree of Life. ... The tree of life. ...



 
 

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