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[email protected] www.prosveta.com Table of Contents Chapter One: From man to God – The notion of hierarchy Chapter Two: Introduction to the sephirotic Tree of Life Chapter Three: The angelic hierarchies Chapter Four: The names of God Chapter Five: The sephiroth of the central pillar Chapter Six: Ain Soph Aur, unlimited light Chapter Seven: Light, the substance of the universe Chapter Eight: ‘When God drew a circle on the face of the deep’ Chapter Nine: ‘The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed’ Chapter Ten: The cosmic family and the mystery of the Trinity Chapter Eleven: The body of Adam Kadmon Chapter Twelve: Malkuth, Yesod, Hod, Tiphareth, archangels and seasons Chapter Thirteen: The sephirotic Tree, symbol of synarchic order Chapter Fourteen: Yesod, foundation of the spiritual life Chapter Fifteen: Binah Chapter Sixteen: Chokmah, the creative Word Chapter Seventeen: Yesod, Tiphareth, Kether – The sublimation of sexual energy Chapter Eighteen: The prayer of Solomon Chapter One: From man to God – The notion of hierarchy Human beings are often like rudderless boats adrift on the tide.