Talk:Qlippoth/Archive 1

Nothing escapes God

The one who wrote this stub is confused. According to Jewish understanding, everything emanates from God. There is no such thing as something that "God's divine light can't reach". Christians believe that God is limited, Jews do not. Qliphoth can't be anti-God either since, like Angels, Qliphoth have no free-will; they only do what they are told to.

Verification request

I'm no rabbi, so I don't know how well the earlier statement ("Nothing escapes God") fits mainstream Judaism, but even if this article is 100% accurate as it is, it could use a once-over from someone better versed in kabbalah than I. For instance, the "governed by" attributions and "Seven Hells" paragraph sound more Hermetic to me-- is Lucifuge even recognized in Jewish mysticism? I don't propose completely removing this information, but anything that differs from the classical concept needs to be clearly marked as such and attributed to the groups that do believe it. Also, a source for the "husks" of "sparks" quote would be nice! Lusanaherandraton 11:08, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Satan

According to Jewish understanding, everything emanates from God? No it does not, in the beginning there was chaos emptieness and darkness (tohu bohu chasek) from which god emanated from. what you are describing is merly one perspective, there are other traditions aswell. in the persian mythos, the god of light, and the god of darkness emanated from this original chaos! a source for "husks" is sefer i zohar! the qliphotic system has developed over the years. the 22 demons on the tree, for example, are names that come from the late aleister crowley...