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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The path of the flaming sword (Hebrew: נתיב החרב הבוערת) refers to the flaming sword which God put to guard the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve were cast out. [30] It is a concept in Kabbalah which represents the order in which the ten sefirot were created.
Numerous etymologies have been proposed to account for the name Metatron, but there is no consensus, and its precise origin is unknown. [15] [16]: 92–97 Some scholars, such as Philip Alexander, believe that if the name Metatron originated in Hekhalot literature and Merkabah texts such as 3 Enoch, then it may have been a magical word like Adiriron and Dapdapiron.
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 Mesopotamian mythology, the Cosmic Man archetype is exemplified by the god Marduk, who, after defeating the primordial chaos deity Tiamat, uses her body to create the world. [ citation needed ] In Norse mythology , Ymir is the primeval, hermaphroditic giant whose body was the raw material for the creation of the cosmos, representing the ...
In Genesis 2 God forms "Adam", this time meaning a single male human, out of "the dust of the ground", places him in the Garden of Eden, and forms a woman, Eve, as his companion. In Genesis 3 Adam and Eve eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge and God condemns Adam to labour on the earth for his food and to return to it on his death.