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In Kabbalah, Adam Kadmon (אָדָם קַדְמוֹן, ʾāḏām qaḏmōn, "Primordial Man") also called Adam Elyon (אָדָם עֶלִיוֹן, ʾāḏām ʿelyōn, "Most High Man"), or Adam Ila'ah (אָדָם עִילָּאָה, ʾāḏām ʿīllāʾā "Supreme Man"), sometimes abbreviated as A"K (א"ק, ʾA.Q.), is the first of Four Worlds that came into being after the contraction of ...
Adam Kadmon ("Primordial Man" or "Anthropos"), an anthropomorphic term, is the revelation of the divine will for creation after the tzimtzum. Its paradoxical nature is expressed as both Adam (creation) and Kadmon ("primary" divinity). As the will of Keter, it is pure light, with no vessels, bounded by its future potential to create vessels.
In Lurianic Kabbalah, the lights from Adam Kadmon precipitate Tohu and Tikun. As Keter is elevated above the sefirot, Adam Qadmon is supreme above the Worlds; therefore, it is generally not ennumerated in the list of spiritual worlds. Atziluth (אֲצִילוּת) Emanation. On this level, the light of the Ein Sof radiates but is still united ...
Nekudim is the second of three stages to emerge from Adam Kadmon (Akudim, Nekudim, Berudim). Luria read these from the esoteric meaning of Jacob 's breeding of Laban 's flocks in Genesis 30:27-43. In Nekudim the Sephirot manifest as 10 lights in 10 isolated (point-like) vessels, without interaction.
As the Kav "ray" of illumination shines into the ḥalal or primordial "vacuum"), beginning Creation, it first forms the pristine realm of Adam Kadmon ("Primordial Man"), described in previous Kabbalah, the first of the comprehensive Four or Five Worlds. Adam Kadmon is the realm of Keter ("crown"), supra-conscious Divine Will. Due to its ...
Akudim (עֲקוּדִים in Hebrew) is the first world to result from Adam Kadmon ("Primordial Man"). Sfirot (Heavenly Attributes, depicted as lights) emanating from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and forehead of Adam Kadmon interact with each other to create three sequential "worlds" containing combinations of fundamental heavenly attributes ...
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Building on Kabbalah's conception of the soul, Abraham Abulafia's meditations included the "inner illumination of" the human form [47] The Kabbalah posits that the human soul has three elements: the nefesh, ru'ach, and neshamah. The nefesh is found in all humans, and enters the physical body at birth. It is the source of one's physical and ...