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Hebrew:
Sephiroth comes from the Kabbalah, an ancient Hebrew text. It means 'tree of life'. In the Kabbalah, the tree of life is the path to God; along this path, there are ten stations. The lowest stations is earthly, material desires and the highest station is heaven. Each of these stations is called a sephira. The plural of this is sephiroth, the tree of life. The sephirothic system of ten stations and the tree of life is still used on tarot cards.
The 10 Steps:
According to ancient Kabbalists, reality is composed of 10 dimensions. The Kabbalist refers to these 10 dimensions as Ten Sephiroth, meaning "ten emanations" of Light. The names of the dimensions are Keter, Chochma, Binah, Chesed, Gevurah, Tifaret, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and finally Malkhut. Kabbalah further teaches that six of the ten dimensions are contracted and enfolded into one.
The structure of the 10 Sephiroth acts as a prism that refracts the Light into various frequencies giving rise to the diversity that composes the entire spectrum of creation.
Keter: Because Keter is the dimension closest to the Light, it is the infinite source of all intelligence. Keter transmits this intelligence to the Sephiroth below it, but only in a state of potential. Keter contains the totality of what each of us is, ever has been, or ever will be. Every thought, idea or inspiration you will ever have begins and flows from Keter. As Light continues to flow through the succeeding seven dimensions -- Hokhma, Bina, Hesed, Gevurah, Tifaret, Netzakh and Hod -- it combines many different attributes and qualities, including the polarities of male and female energies.
Yesod: All the Sephiroth above pour their particular brand of energy into this vast container the Kabbalists call Yesod. Yesod is like a cement truck that gathers all the raw compounds, blends them together, and pours out an uncongealed wet mixture that will eventually solidify and harden into the substance of our physical universe.
Malchut: Malchut is our physical world. It is here where the mixture hardens like rock, and takes on physical form and structure. It is the only one of the Sfirot (Hebrew spelling of Sephiroth) in which physical material exists Those six dimensions that lie just beyond our perception are known collectively as, Zeir Anpin or the Upper World. When you made the right decision that led you to something wonderful, simply on a gut feeling, your gut was communicating with Zeir Anpin. Whenever you've felt pleasure, happiness, serenity, inner peace, calmness, and the kind of confidence where you could conquer anything, your emotions were touching Zeir Anpin
Final Fantasy 7
Sephiroth is one of the bad guys throughout FF7. He is a genetically altered soldier, who gets confused and taken over by the alien cells
in his body. He is the final boss, you fight him in several forms. Bizarro*Sephiroth, Bizarro*Sephiroth B, Bizarro*Sephiroth C, Bizarro*Sephiroth D, Bizarro*Sephiroth E and just plain old Sephiroth. |
