Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 13:18:32 -0800 From: "Michael L. Singer" Reply-To: Discussion of White Wolf's World of Darkness To: Multiple recipients of list MAGE-L Subject: Qabala and the Umbra (a bit long) I was riding the bus home from college today and I was thinking about where the angels and demons might exactly be found and that sort of thing, based on the Qabalistic cosmology. I was thinking on the subject of Malkuth, the 10th Sephira that is supposed to represent the Elements but can be seen as the planet Earth as well. This is what I came up. God rules both the Holy and the Unholy, residing in the 10th Heaven (Aravoth) and the 10th Hell (Tartarus), all located in Atziluth (Deep Umbra) The 9th thru 1st Heavens/Hells reside in both Briah (Near Umbra)(inhabited by the ruling Archangels/Archdemons) and Yetzirah (Penumbra)(inhabited by the Angelic Choir/Demonic Horde). Each Heaven has a base in all the planets except Pluto, residing in Assiah (Material). To recap: God (Atziluth)(Deep Umbra) 10th Heaven/Hell Archangels (Briah)(Near Umbra) 9th Heaven thru 1st Heaven Archdemons (Briah)(Near Umbra) 9th Hell thru 1st Hell Angelic Choir (Yetzirah)(Peunumbra) 9th Heaven thru 1st Heaven Demonic Horde (Yetzirah)(Penumbra) 9th Hell thru 1st Hell Man (Assiah)(Material) Planets Here, if you are familar with the Qabala Tree of Life, you'll that God makes up an entire tree in Atziluth, there is an Archangel/Archdemon for each Sephira/Qlippoth, and an Angelic Choir/Demonic Horde for each Sephira/Qlippoth. But notice that as you go down the list for the Heavens/Hells, using the Tree of Life glyph, you come to the Malkuth level with no more Heavens/Hells. But, assuming that the Angelic Choir for this level is the Ishim, or Souls, then maybe it would appropriate to say that the Malkuth level Heaven/Hell could be where Trascended/Descended wraiths are to be found. So the Low Umbra could literally be the Purgatory of the Church, "Too bad for Heaven, too good for Hell..." Anyone else follow? Michael L. Singer ("You alone can make my song take flight... Help me make the music of the night!" - Phantom from ALW's musical, "Phantom of the Opera"