On the Nature and Origin of the Doctrine of Emanation among the Kabbalists

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[He] will be: he shall not be changed, nor is he changed, nor has he been changed; but he has conformed himself into the FORM original: "FORMAM", which encompasses all forms and all names — — This is not a form (properly called human); but it is analogous to it, having certainly joined Crowns and diadems into the PERFECTION of all. — — From the HOLY BODY original: "CORPORE SANCTO"; refers to the organized structure of divine emanations all things are drawn out, and all things adhere to one another, and flow into one another, until all worlds are illuminated. — — THE KING HIMSELF original: "IPSE REX" is the innermost light of all, in which that which is not manifested [exists]: but that light which is manifested is called the GARMENT original: "VESTIMENTVM" in various degrees, which are the garments of truth. —

All things are that single ELDER original: "SENIOR"; in Kabbalah, Atik Yomin (the Ancient of Days), representing the most hidden, ancient aspect of God: he is and he will be: all forms cohere with him, and are hidden in him, nor are they separated from him. — The Small Face original: "Microprosopus"; the manifested aspect of the Divine that interacts with creation does not adhere to HIM immediately, but through the BALANCE original: "BILANCEM"; the principle of equilibrium between the divine masculine and feminine, the Father and Mother — through these, the Small Face depends upon the ELDER. — —

The MOST HOLY ELDER original: "SENIOR SANCTISSIMVS" is more and more separated from all things, and yet all things adhere to HIM and HE to all. HE is everything, formed and unformed (that is, in either a manifested or non-manifested state): he is conformed, so that he may sustain all things, and he is not conformed, because he is not found, etc. *)

*) I, 38, 920 and following. III, 9 and 10, 355 — 432. II, 1, 41 and following. These references point to specific sections within the volumes of the Zohar