Representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism
"Sitra Ahra" redirects here. For the Therion album, see Sitra Ahra (album).
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In the Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, and Hermetic Qabalah, the qlippoth (Hebrew: קְלִיפּוֹת, romanized: qəlippoṯ, originally Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קְלִיפִּין, romanized: qəlippin, plural of קְלִפָּהqəlippā; literally "peels", "shells", or "husks"), are the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism, the opposites of the Sefirot.[1][2] The realm of evil is called Sitra Achra (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: סִטְרָא אַחְרָא, romanized: siṭrā ʾaḥrā, lit. 'The Other Side') in Kabbalistic texts.
In the Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, and Hermetic Qabalah, the qlippoth (Hebrew: קְלִיפּוֹת, romanized: qəlippoṯ, originally Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: קְלִיפִּין...
זְנוּנִים, "Woman of Whoredom") is a princess of the qlippoth who rules Gamaliel, the order of the qlippoth of Yesod. She is found in Zohar 1:5a as a feminine...
to a cosmic filter, as it lies above the world of the qlippoth, or the Tree of Death. The qlippoth, being the world of chaos, is constructed from the imbalance...
in which the Ein Sof itself was the origin of evil and the world of the qlippoth. According to this belief, the tzimtzum and subsequent re-radiation only...
from the fourth husk (Qlippoth nogah), while the animal soul of the gentiles comes from the three lower impure husks (Qlippoth Tumaot). Thus nothing gentiles...
Kabbalistic work Treatise on the Left Emanation, Samael is part of the qlippoth, prince of all demons, and spouse of Lilith. The two are said to parallel...
centuries. Astaroth also features as an archdemon associated with the qlippoth (adverse forces) according to later Kabbalistic texts, as he rules over...
as the first of seven "Infernal Habitations" that correspond to the ten qlippoth (literally "peels") of Jewish Kabbalistic tradition, often in place of...
album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. The title refers to the qlippoth. Stylistically, it retains the aggressive riffing and sheds the harsh growls...
reserved for the elite, who could separate its spiritual source from qlippoth realms of evil if performed under circumstances that were holy (Q-D-Š)...
parallel to the holy, called the Sitra Achra (the "Other Side"), and the qlippoth (the "shells/husks") that cover and conceal the holy, are nurtured from...
the divine emanation in the material world and a byproduct of human sin (Qlippoth). After they are created, they assume an existence on their own. Demons...
netherworld was suffused with divine sparks, concealed within "husks", qlippoth. The glints had to be recovered and elevated to their proper place in the...
and tikkun underlie the origin of free will and the evil realm of the qlippoth caused by the "Shattering of the Vessels" (שְבִירַת הַכֵּלִים), the processes...
he's released by Indra and decides to help the DxD face the threat of the Qlippoth and the Evil Dragons, while he still wishes to have a rematch against Issei...
genre of fiction. Aleister Crowley bibliography Kenneth Grant bibliography Qlippoth Drury (2011), p. 302, n. 161. Granholm (2012). Levenda (2013), p. [page needed]...
iconic founder H.P Lovecraft, drawing on everything from the Tarot to The Qlippoth. In November 2015, Morrison began their biggest creator-owned project of...
evil angels are an incarnation of human vices, which derive from the qlippoth, the representation of impure forces. However, the Zohar also recalls a...
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