The Universal Kabbalah

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Inner Traditions / Bear & Co, 2004 M09 29 - 494 pages
Presents a new understanding of the laws of cosmic manifestation through the sacred geometry of the Sabbath Star diagram

• Explores three higher levels of consciousness above the four worlds of the classical Kabbalah

• Reveals the mathematical code of the laws of all cosmic manifestation

This landmark work by an innovative modern Kabbalist develops a scientific model for kabbalistic cosmology and soul psychology derived from the kabbalistic diagram of the Tree of Life and the author's own Sabbath Star diagram--a configuration of seven Star of David hexagrams. This geometric model begins with the four worlds of the classical Kabbalah, which bring us to the present time and birthright level of the soul, and is then expanded to three higher enclosing worlds or levels of evolving consciousness. The Sabbath Star diagram therefore accommodates both the emanationist cosmology of the earlier Zoharic Kabbalah and the future orientation of the later Kabbalah of Isaac Luria. The hexagram elements that construct each expansion of the Sabbath Star diagram configure the cosmic stages of each of its “worlds.” The matrix that is produced by these construction elements configures the level of the multi-dimensional soul that is correlated with each cosmic world. In its final stage, this model unites the finite and infinite halves of the Sabbatical world in a way that exemplifies the secret doctrine of the Kabbalah.

Not only does this work offer a new, inclusive model for the Kabbalah but it also provides a basis for complexity theory, with its final extrapolation to infinity. The universality of this model is further shown by its applicability to such other domains as physics, sociology, linguistics, and human history. This universal model encodes the laws of all cosmic manifestation in terms that are particularly coherent with the formulations of the Kabbalah, giving a mathematical basis to many aspects of this mystical tradition and providing a new synthesis of science and spirituality for our time that may well write a new chapter to the Kabbalah.

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Contents

The Star and the Tree
2
THE HEXAGRAM AND HEBRAIC SACRED SCIENCE
7
AN ESOTERIC KEY TO GENESIS AND THE ZOHAR
10
THE HEXAGRAM OF CREATION
13
A FURTHER STUDY OF JEWISH COSMOLOGY
20
The Sabbath Star Diagram
28
THE SCIENCE OF EXPRESSIVE FORM
44
A GENERAL PREVIEW
48
TEMPTATIONS BEYOND THE MATRIX BORDER
228
The FifthWorld Matrix Model of the Ruach Soul
236
THE RUACH MATRIX MODEL OF MEDITATION
247
THE LEVELS OF RUACH MASTER POWER
249
The SixthWorld Matrix Model of the Neshamah Soul
256
THE MATRIX PARTZUFIM
262
THE SEFIROT AND THE PATH OF THE SOUL
267
THE SPIRAL TREE AS PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL
269

Generation of the FourthWorld Diagram
56
GENERATING THE FOURTHWORLD DIAGRAM
58
THE FOURTHWORLD DIAGRAM AND THE FALL
68
THE FOURTHWORLD DIAGRAM AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENT
81
THE SABBATICAL MODEL OF REDEMPTION
83
THE TRIVALENT LOGIC OF THE SABBATH STAR DIAGRAM
87
The Evolution of the Fourth World
90
THE SABBATH STARS OF YETZIRAH
91
THE FIRST SABBATH STAR OF ASIYAH AND THE MINERALS
98
THE SECOND SABBATH STAR OF ASIYAH AND THE PLANTS
106
THE THIRD SABBATH STAR OF ASIYAH AND THE ANIMALS
112
THE FOURTH SABBATH STAR OF ASIYAH AND MAN
118
The FifthWorld Diagram and the Messianic Age
126
THE FIFTHWORLD SABBATH STARS AND THE MESSIANIC AGE
131
STAGES OF RUACH CONSCIOUSNESS
144
The SixthWorld Diagram and the World to Come
148
THE LAWS OF DIAGRAM CONSTRUCTION AND NUMBER THEORY
162
THE CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS AND GENDER
165
THE CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS AND THE PARTZUFIM
169
The Culminating Diagram of the Cosmic Octave
181
THE UNIFICATION OF THE NAME
186
THE WORKING OF THE CHARIOT
189
THE OCTAVE DIAGRAM AND THE TZIMTZUM
197
THE ANGELS OF ARAVOT
204
The FourthWorld Matrix Model of the Nefesh Soul
214
THE DUAL SPIRAL MATRIX IN ITS UNFALLEN AND FALLEN FORMS
220
THE FOURTH AND FIFTHWORLD MATRIX MODELS OF THE NEFESH AND RUACH SOULS
270
THE SIXTHWORLD MATRIX MODEL OF THE NESHAMAH HEART
273
THE SIXTH WORLD MATRIX MODEL OF THE NESHAMAH MIND
279
Forbidden Crossings and the Illusion of Knowledge
288
BEYOND THE FOURTHWORLD MATRIX BORDERS
289
BEYOND THE FIFTHWORLD MATRIX BORDER
294
BEYOND THE SIXTHWORLD MATRIX BORDER
300
LIGHT UNITS AND THE ILLUSION OF KNOWLEDGE
308
The Octave Matrix of the Chayah Soul
313
REDEMPTION THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE
319
THE SIXFOLD CHERUB TREE AND THE MEASURE OF THE BODY
329
Exploring the Geometry of the Infinite beyond the Cosmic Circle
336
THE EIGHTH WORLD
346
THE NINTH WORLD
353
Charting the Infinite Future
358
THE RELATIONSHIP OF CONSTRUCTION AND MATRIX ELEMENTS
362
The Final Model of Infinity The Sabbath Star System
373
THE CONVERGING DECIMAL SEQUENCE
380
CONVERGENCE AND THE LAW OF COMPLEX MAGNITUDES
390
Scientific Implications of the Hexagram
402
A Systems Model of Sociology
409
Systematic Linguistics
427
A Gender Model of Human History
444
Notes
464
Index
486
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Leonora Leet (1929–2004) received her Ph.D. from Yale University and was a professor of English at St. John’s University, specializing in Renaissance English literature. Her previous books on the Kabbalah are Renewing the Covenant, The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah, and The Kabbalah of the Soul.

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