PHILTAR
Adam Kadmon
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  • Adam Kadmon

    A brief description of Adam Kadmon from A Popular Dictionary of Judaism.

  • Adam Kadmon: Primordial Man

    Here, within the Lurianic Kabbalah, the Primordial Man is understood to be the "…pivotal notion linking God, Man, and the World"; this is also a being essentially indistinguishable from the deity. Several parallels with other philosophical traditions are briefly indicated.

  • Adam Kadmon: The Divine Names

    The 'world' designated Adam Kadmon is here said to have been introduced to Kabbalistic cosmology by [Isaac] Luria. It is said that Adam Kadmon, the highest world, "…is made up of the Divine Name ­ YHVH ("Yahweh") which serves as the archetype for all the other worlds and sefirot." For a discussion of Isaac Ben Solomon Luria (1534-1572) go to http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/Luria.html.

  • The Worlds: Adam Kadmon

    Lessons on the mystical Kabbalah according to the teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh.

  • Worlds

    A description of the five planes of reality in Kabbalistic teaching, the highest of these being Adam Kadmon.