Kabbalah - Origins of the Sefirot and Tree of Life - Isaac the Blind Saggi Nehor & Azriel of Gerona

The Kabbalistic theory of the Sefirot in the Tree of Life configuration is perhaps one of the most enduring images of Jewish mysticism and esoteric spirituality more generally. This episode introduces the earliest manifestations of the Sefirot as systematic divine emanations along with the Right, Center, Left configuration that became the Etz HaHayyim or Tree of Life by exploring the teachings of the early French and Spanish Proto-Kabbalists Isaac the Blind or Saggi Nehor ("Full of Light") and his student Azriel of Gerona.

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I always found it fascinating and coincidental that Ain Soph sounds so similar to how we Taoists contemplate about the Tao. That of their being an Unseen Tao that is infinitely vaster and more complex then the lesser/shadow that is represented.

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There is significant similarities between Ibn Arabis Ard Al-Hashr(from his book Futihat Al-Makiyah) and the structure of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, and what’s remarkable is that both individuals lived in the same time, and the locations which they lived in (Isaac the Blind being Southern French and Ibn Arabi being an inhabitant of Spain) were not geographically very distant or culturally separated from each other. Suppose there should be some research done in that area.

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Thank you for weaving history together and giving homage to the Circle of Gerona. It's often forgotten - in the collective mind - how important these rebel mystics and mapmakers were for humanity. In particularly conceptualizing the tree of life. Without a well functioning compass we cannot navigate through the world(s).

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Hello, could you please help me to find this great image of Azriel of Gerona Tree of Life that you show in 14:04 ? Thank you very much for your help Sir!

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There is a strange irony that the Sefirot is one of those images that instantly bring to mind occult magic and sorcery, yet the ancient Hebrews whom invented it equally bring to mind a kind of pious opposition to magic and sorcery. Just shows how shallow pop culture really is.

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It’s amazing how that image, with origins in mystic Jewish communities, is now part of almost every Western esoteric and occult movement. There’s just something so universal about that symbol…

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The eternal tree is a tour of all things. Up and down. And when all layered on top of each other becomes a solid sphere. Interwoven interdimensionally.