Etz Chaim Hermeticis Lucis

ETZ CHAIM HERMETICIS LUCIS DE KABBALA KeTeR-------ChoKMaH------BINaH---------CheSeD--------AVRAHAM GeVURaH------YITZCHAK TIPhEReT------YA'AKOV NeTzACh-------MOSHE HOD-------------AHARON YESOD----------YOSEPH MaLKUT--------DOVID Is this to say that one can know and understand the descent of Ain Sof Aur by the study and analogy of the written Torah?

OLAHM HA-ATZILUT SHEMOT HA-SHEM In the World of Archetypes AHIH--------------------------------------------------KeTheR YH-----------------------------------------------------ChoKMaH YHVH ELoHIM--------------------------------------BINaH EL-----------------------------------------------------CheSeD ELoHIM GIBOR-------------------------------------GVURaH YHVH ELOaH Ve-DAaT---------------------------TIPhAReT YHVH TzAVAOT-------------------------------------NeTzaCh ELoHIM TzAVAOT----------------------------------HOD

ShaDaI EL ChaI------------------------------------YeSOD ADoNaI Ha-AReTz-- ------------------------------MaLKUTh 68. Nine names are engraved in ten; Ehe'yeh IS KETER; Yud-Hei IS CHOCHMAH; Ehe'yeh Asher Ehe'yeh IS BINAH; Yud-Hei-Vav-Hei, WHOSE VOWELS ARE LIKE ELOHIM IS YISRAEL-SABA AND TEVUNAH; El IS CHESED; Elohim IS GVURAH; Yud-Hei-Vav-Hei IS TIFERET; Tzva'ot IS NETZACH AND HOD; and Adon and Shadai BOTH REFER TO YESOD. ADON IS THE CROWN OF YESOD; SHADAI IS YESOD ITSELF. 69. These ten Names are each engraved according to Its aspect. And all these Names were engraved and entered the Ark of the Covenant. Which one is it? It is Adonai, the one that was revealed and appeared AFTER THE CIRCUMCISION to Avraham. IN OTHER WORDS, THE NAME ADONAI IS THE SECRET OF THE NUKVA AFTER SHE HAD RECEIVED THE OTHER TEN NAMES, WHICH ARE ALL THE GRADES OF ATZILUT. BUT BEFORE HE WAS CIRCUMCISED, HE DID NOT ACHIEVE THE SECRET OF 'SEEING.' UNTIL THE CIRCUMCISION, HE SAW ONLY THROUGH THE NUKVA, WITHOUT HER BEING ATTACHED TO THE UPPER GRADES. 70. Michael is the name of the right, THAT IS, CHESED, which cleaves to the name ADONAI and serves It more than the other ANGELS. Wherever the secret of the name ADONAI appears, SO DOES Michael. If Michael disappears, so does Elohim, WHICH IS THE NUKVA, together with Shadai, WHICH IS YESOD. 71. In the beginning, there were three men who were dining while enclothed in an image of air. They most certainly ate, because their fire ate and consumed everything, thus bringing contentment to Avraham. AND HE CLARIFIES THAT they were truly fire. This fire was covered by an image of the air and was not seen. The food that they ate was a burning fire. And they ate it, and Avraham received pleasure from this. 72. As the Shechinah departed, it is written: "and Elohim went up from Avraham" (Beresheet 17:22). So Michael immediately departed with Her, as it is written: "And there came two angels to S'dom..." (Beresheet 19:1). At the beginning, it is written three, but now it reads "two angels." FROM THIS, WE CONCLUDE THAT THE ANGEL Michael, who is to the right, also departed as the Shechinah rose. AND ONLY TWO ANGELS REMAINED. "For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven...that the angel of Hashem ascended in the flame of the altar..." (Ibid. 20). Here, however, it is written: "and Elohim went up from Avraham"; IT IS NOT WRITTEN THAT THE ANGELS DEPARTED FROM AVRAHAM. THIS IS because Micheal left WITH ELOHIM, while Refael and Gavriel remained.

75. Of them it is written: "And there came two angels to S'dom at evening." "...at evening..." when Judgment hovers above the world. And afterward, one angel departed, and Gavriel alone remained TO OVERTHROW S'DOM. Because of the merit of Avraham, Lot was saved. Therefore, he was also privileged to have the two angels come and visit him. End of Sitrei Torah

OLAHM HA-BRIAH NAMES OF THE ARCHANGELS

In the World of Creation MeTaTRON RaTzIEL TzaPhQIEL TzaDKIEL KaMaEL RaPhaEL URIEL, ANIEL MIKaEL GaBRIEL SaNDaLPhON

OLAHM HA-YETZIRAH THE ORDERS OF ANGELS In the World of Formation ChAYOTh Ha-KaDOSh OPhANIM ARALIM ChaShMaLIM SeRaPhIM MeLaKIM ELoHIM B'NaI ELoHIM CheRUBIM AShIM

OLAHM HA-ASSIAH The Zodiacal and Planetary Forces InThe World of Action RaShIT Ha-GILGaLIM MaZLOT ShaBBaThAI TzeDeK MaDIM SheMeSh NOGaH KOKaV LeVaNaH OLAM YeSODOTh