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- Waters
("lower and upper waters"):
- The Zohar
(1:117a) predicted (two thousand years ago) the advances in civilization
that would precipitate the state of affairs in our days and age. It
states that in "the six-hundredth year of the sixth
millennium" the "lower waters" of knowledge would burst
forth throughout the world. The six-hundredth year of the sixth
millennium corresponds roughly to the beginning of the scientific and
industrial revolutions and the myriad of changes they have wrought in
their wake.
The ascent of the "lower waters" is considered a prelude to
the descent of the "upper waters" of Divine knowledge that
will engulf the world and unite with the "lower waters" during
the time of Mashiach.
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- Will (Ratzon):
- "Will" is the
spiritual state associated with the lowest of the three heads of Keter.
- For further explanation see: The
Powers of the Soul--Ratzon.
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- Wisdom (Chochmah):
- "Wisdom" is the second
of the ten sefirot, and the
first power of conscious intellect within Creation.
- For further explanation see: The
Divine Emanations--Chochmah.
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- World
(Hebrew: olam):
- A "World" is a
spiritual level of creation, representing a rung on the continuum of
consciousness or awareness of G-d. In general, there are four worlds: Atzilut,
Beriah, Yetzirah,
and Asiyah. In particular,
however, these four worlds originate from a fifth, higher world, Adam
Kadmon. All ten sefirot
and twelve partzufim are
manifest in each world; however, since there is a one-to-one
correspondence between the worlds and the sefirot, a particular sefirah
dominates in each world.
For further explanation see: The Worlds
of Abiya.
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- Worlds:
- The lowest of the three
dimensions in which everything exists, as taught by the Ba'al
Shem Tov. See Souls.
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