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In Hermetic Qabalah, the Tree of Life is a fundamental concept and symbol that represents the structure of the universe and the spiritual and metaphysical path to enlightenment. It is often depicted as a diagram composed of ten interconnected spheres (called sephiroth) and 22 connecting paths, which together form a pattern resembling a tree.
Yesod (Hebrew: יְסוֹד Yəsōḏ, Tiberian: Yăsōḏ, "foundation") [1] [2] is a sephirah or node in the kabbalistic Tree of Life, a system of Jewish philosophy. [3] Yesod, located near the base of the Tree, is the sephirah below Hod and Netzach, and above Malkuth (the kingdom).
The Kabbalistic Tree of Life with the names of the Sephiroth and paths in Hebrew. Based on Fig. 10, page 155, of The Bahir: An ancient Kabbalistic text attributed to Rabbi Nehuniah ben HaKana, first century, C. E. , Aryeh Kaplan trans.,
As symbol, it was incorporated into the Greek Tetractys by Jewish Kabbalistic occult tradition as an evolving arrangement of ten letters. In gematria, YHWH has a numerical value of 72 (center image). The right image contains the Tetragrammaton in tetractys formation, accompanied by the late-Renaissance Pentagrammaton, below. Tree of Life (Kabbalah)
Kabbalistic Tree of Life with Hebrew names of sephiroth and "flaming sword" path in yellow. The Hebrew names were added by auteur po faure (pofaure at hotmail dot f). Date: 29 July 2009, 11:03 (UTC) Source: Tree_of_life_wk_02.svg This is a derivative work of Morgan Leigh's "File:Tree of life wk 02.jpg" Author
Vital's Etz Chaim is the foundational work for the later Lurianic Kabbalah, which soon became the mainstream form of Kabbalah amongst both Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jewry up to the modern period. This massive multi-volumed work circulated only in manuscript form among mystics for over 100 years, and was first published in 1782.
The world tree or tree of life is an important symbol in Turkic mythology. [51] It is a common motif in carpets. It is used in the logo of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Turkey) and in 2009 it was introduced as the main design of the common Turkish lira sub-unit 5 kuruş. Tree of life is known as Ulukayın or Baiterek in Turkic
the entire Tree of Life is contained in each of the four worlds; in this manner, they are described as one on top of another and in symbolic form by a diagram called Jacob's Ladder. The Tree of Life can be subdivided into four horizontal sections, each representing one of the four worlds. In Kabbalah, each of the ten sefirot of the Tree of Life ...