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

because nothing can be or become without a divine "Something" from which and through which it arises.

II. All things came to be and all things persist through an original and constantly enduring eradiation original: "Eradiation"; a beaming forth or outflowing. of the eternal light, eternal spirit, and life.

This outpouring original: "Ausstrahl"; a radiation or emanation. is a speaking or a breath from the divine mouth.

The very first ray already contained the twofold primal power and universal power original: "Ur- und Allkraft"., upon which the essence and form of all things rest.

III. The successive systems of things are merely gradations original: "Gradationen"; steps or stages. or step-by-step transmissions of the highest power of light, spirit, and life original: "Licht-, Geist- und Lebenskraft".: therefore, all things, each in its own way, radiate back toward their primal source.

IV. The substance of all things rests upon the power and influence of the ineffable name Jehovah The four-letter name of God (Tetragrammaton) in Hebrew tradition, often treated as the foundational structure of reality in mystical thought.; and it reveals itself in the prophetic visions of divine glory, and other symbols, in the mystery of the human image original: "Menschenbild"; likely a reference to Adam Kadmon, the primordial human who reflects the divine structure of the universe., and in the sacred numbers.

One will not be surprised if, upon closer investigation, it is found that the first of the above propositions lies within all the books of the Bible, which have not only been [regarded as] sa- The word "hei-" is a fragment of "heilig" (sacred/holy).