I. The World of Atziluth
Atziluth is also known as the world of constant emanations, a place where God manifests as the archetypes expressed through Sephiroth.
Olahm ha sephiroth, this is where the archetypes first exist in potential. These archetypes of the sephiroth are the actual templates of creation. They are the ideal representations of what will be once the process of evolution towards perfection inherent in all nature has been completed.
There may also be seen as the pantheistic deities of the pagan religions whose natures and body facets or sides of the ultimate unknowable divine.
Atziluth is the hidden form of God's creation, it is the laying out of the perfect model of how things will be when complete harmony has been reached and attained.
Atziluth can also be seen as being the world of pure will, before it is manifested into actual action.
It is in Aziluth that the ultimate acts without intermediaries are expressed through emanation of concepts.
It is also said by some that Atziluth is the world where God unites with the Shekinah to produce the lower three worlds. Atziluth takes its name from the Hebrew in Numbers 11:17, which states and I will take Atziluth of the spirit which is upon these and will put it upon them.
The numerical significance of Atziluth adds to 537 and can be seen through all the letters attributed to the vertical paths on the three pillars, adding to the same 537, demonstrating that the beginning of the three pillars is contained within the supernal triad of the Sephiroth of Atziluth.
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II. The World of Briah
Briah is the world of creation, where the Archangels are formed from the emanations as they manifest. The ultimate force is taking form into special patterns of order, that enable the further manifestation of energy towards matter.
The pure will of Atziluth forms into the ideas in Briah. It is the universe of the throne khorsia, which is the foundation upon which all creation is formed.
We can find many analogies to that of Ezekial will witches the sapphire throne found in the Bible, of the throne of creation these analogies may be found in world myth, such as the quartz throne of the created God daramulun in aboriginal myth, and also Isis is the throne of Osiris in Egyptian myth.
The Archangels are created in Briah as expressions of the energy of spirit in its purest form. Briah takes its name from the Hebrew in Isaiah 43:7 "I have created briah for my glory," I have formed him and I have made him.
Briah adds to 218 which is the same as ether AVIRA, multitude RBVA and the benignity of time ChSD AaVLM.
When we examine these words we can see that Briah is the place where the Archangels, which are the multitude mentioned above are formed from spirit which is ether mentioned above.
Which acts in the Universe as directors of the Divine will which is the benignity of time also mentioned above.
III. The World of Yetzirah
YETZIRAH is the world of formation, where Angels come into being an act as the distributors of the patterns of order, which is created by the Archangels who rule them.
So it is also sometimes referred to as the universe of Angels. Rising to the level of Yetzirah is known as ascending to "the orchard."
The orchard is another name given for the garden of Eden, therefore it shows a return to the perfection without evil, which is negativity.
To appreciate this fully, we need to consider the glyph known as Jacob's ladder, which we will discuss later on in this email series on Hermetic Qabalah.
Yetzirah is often seen as containing the six Sephiroth from Chesed to Yesod, which are also collectively called the Sephiroth of construction in this context and therefore correspond to the six days of the creation in Genesis which is found in the Bible.
Yetzirah takes its name from the same versus Briah like this…Isaiah 43:7 "I have created him for my glory and I have formed here and I have made him."
Yetzirah adds to 305 the same as dazzling white light and appointed time. So in Yetzirah there occurs the formation of the "Choirs of Angels embodyin'g the dazzling white light who perform the tasks assigned to them by their governing Archangels their appointed time. The "appointed time" also refers to the six days during which the creation of the world took place.
IV. The World of Assiah
Assiah is the world of making, where all matter is formed. This is where man resides, and strives to rise back up through the worlds to the Divine. Assiah is the universe of forms. It is also sometimes referred to as the "veil of tears."
Assiah also takes its name from the same verses the previous two worlds, "I have created him for my glory and I have formed him and I have made him."
Assiah adds to 410, the same as Liberty, holy, and the tabernacle. Therefore in Assiah the world was formed, tabernacle, is a holy place so that man might achieve total liberty.
In freedom, honor, and truth,
David Griffin