The Book of Splendor: Genesis

One radiance of life, the Foundation of worlds original: Yesod, the ninth Sephirah, which acts as the conduit or "foundation" through which divine energy flows into our physical reality., who establishes the worlds and causes them to be. And the whole work of the lower [realms] is known by this name, "Foundation," for it provides life to the worlds from the West of the worlds. And within the Holy of Holies, the Holy [ones] shall be and shall endure from the West of the lower [realms].

One Female original: Nukva, the feminine aspect of the Divine, often identified with the Shekhinah or the Sephirah of Malkhut. surrounds the light in the North, and she is considered to be over against the "House of Man" and the vision of the Chariot original: Merkavah, the divine throne-chariot described in the visions of the prophet Ezekiel.. Over the living beings original: Chayyot, the holy creatures that carry the divine Chariot. of the Chariot, from a perfect world, is the letter H The Hebrew letter He (ה) is traditionally associated with the Sephirah of Binah (Understanding). within Understanding. The wings of the Bride original: Kallah. are like a vision and an enlightenment; she ascends on high until the Primordial Point The highest, most concentrated source of divine light, often referring to Keter or the beginning of Chokhmah., and she is closed and illuminated.

The wings of the word descend to the Female... original: pelah sohek ve-chok. This phrase is difficult; it suggests a mixture of "joyful laughter" and "inscribed law." And know that the "Holy Justice" has no desire to be nourished except by this power, and that the good is buried like a cloud that busies itself [with the light]. And the Foundation of worlds is strengthened, and meanwhile, the Female is all that remains of the Bride, who is like Eden.

There is no merit from a world that is merely a pattern; all the "heads" of the lower light are living and are formed and known. And there is a place of darkness, and the South, and a Female who surrounds and is open; and it is a dark body because the constellation original: Mazla, the "influence" or "destiny" flowing from the highest levels of the Divine. is dark. From their faces there is no exit, and one face of anger is outside and one is the Female.

Another Foundation, like the humility of the lower realm, appears from the left; she is occupied with the path that is the command original: pek. Likely pikuda, meaning a divine commandment or ordinance. that is the measure of the work. And she is sealed with a goodness that is sent forth, and from her face, with the strengthening of the "end of the mouth" A mystical reference to the completion of speech or the final Sephirah. and the lower addition of measures.

Deep is the Foundation of worlds; it emerges from the Depth of Wisdom original: Chokhmah, the Sephirah of pure, undifferentiated intuition.. From it emerge all life, and the spirits and the souls emerge from our Lord, the Lord of Hosts original: YHVH Tzevaot.. To whom shall there be spirit? To him who is the fury of the whole Chariot from the West of the worlds. One brings [it] and between that one hidden thing? she shall receive Understanding. And what is established below from the flow of these praises? Every mouth shall not delight in life for her heart... it is not lacking, for it is Lovingkindness original: Chesed, the Sephirah of infinite mercy and expansion. above, so as not to confuse the divisions. And another [part] is faithful and is vaulted in the living soul of the Thirty-Two original: L"B. Likely refers to the "32 Paths of Wisdom" through which the universe was created.. And it was...