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Please forgive my confusion Dr. Sledge but what did you mean at 15:30 about the process being described in Zohar volume 2 and so on and so fourth? I have a pdf of the Zohar but can't seem to find the indicators for the place in the text that your talking about. Could you clear this up for me?
I think the interest in the "dark side" of Kabbalah makes sense. After all, evil and suffering are the fundamental "problems" for us all. It's logical to want to understand these problems as best as we can.
@@TheEsotericaChannel Hello. Just reading your comment. I think it makes sense to study both for the sake of maintaining Equilibrium. To be honest I think there are such simple methods for total self realisation. Tempting to study,but I sense they are Distactions. They cant lead you to truth. Best thing to do is See yourself KNOW YOURSELF. The above will simply hinder you. Intresting though😊👍
Kaaba'Lah is the Black House of God in Mecca built by Prophet Abaraham. We are to to believe there is only One God, the compassionate the merciful is the creator of the universe and the master of the Day of Judgement. To believe in Angels, Messengers/Messiah of God, and perform Pilgrimage, give charity and love you family.
While carcrash/horror movie may be an element for some, particularly those willing to accept info from the uninformed, explanations for evil originating from good a reasonable major question for any genuine seeker of knowledge/truth/personal improvement. Hoping "the truth is out there."
I like what Watts said about holy people, they are beyond dualistic concepts because they integrated both aspects which scares the s*** out of other people who strive to be only good. The shadow has to be integrated, you have to be both a lion and a lamb, ruthless and kind. Penetrate all dharmas and reveal them all to be formless.
@@Arginne non duality sees cause and effect as one, that is its subjects are one with causality, there's no separation. Thinking in terms of good and evil is creating separation, as one fails to see, there is no objective or subjective, there's only truth, and you can't take your dualistic opinions there otherwise you condemn yourself to kalpas of reincarnation.
@@amonynous9041 this debate is dual. If you press a spear into your ass it will hurt. Malignant to the natural state of the hole. Such is the application
@@pencilpauli9442 sure, in Taoism it's expressed as Tao the great mother or "The Mother of Ten Thousands Things". I have found that all religions try to express the same thing albeit using different symbology and parables. They are all clumsy attempts at expressing the ineffable. Something that's beyond all measure. That's why it's good to study multiple religions, they cover each others blindspots in a way, but still one should not expect to attain enlightenment by study. from my experience study comes after enlightenment. It's like a key to doors of perception that enables deeper understanding of symbolism, and enlightenment is a subject to providence of dharma, which guides one to study. It's a lifetime of dedication and renunciation.
Succumbing into the depths of the Sitra Acha and returning pure seems to be a related idea (maybe a precursor) of the "Dark Night of the Soul", the Golden Dawn and Thelemic "crossing the Abyss" and ultimately Jung's idea of facing the Shadow and incorporating it in one's self! Very interesting
@@xdraygul5169 true, I was trying to refer more to the whole "0=2" equation. Also, idk if it says a lot of us zoomers per se or if it's just an adaptation of part of Thelema's nature in the internet age, after all "there must ever be division in the word, for the colours are many, but the Truth is one"
Crowley and Victor Neuberg in the dessert did the Choronzon ritual of crossing the abyss.. Its in the Vision and the Voice a book of Crowley.. All very nasty stuff.. Ritual homosexuality and mass drug use amongst other weird stuff which sent Neuberg insane and Crowley already was insane.
That's unless your a theistic Satanist , then you believe the universe was created by 10 of 21 demons , what you call god is the demiurge and inherently evil and the other 11 demons will return everything to nothing and the freedom of chaos and the void from which everything comes....
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20:44 "Sounds fun" I almost choked on an involuntary laugh, totally wasnt prepared. I am glad to have found this channel. Its well executed, with a relatable cinephile host. What more....?
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Makes sense - or rather, makes sense of a college class I took on the origins of the Bible in which the professor, a Catholic priest, noted that in the Old Testament, evil emanated under the control of God (i.e. he sent devils to torment men who did not abide the law). Also does clarify how/why God and Satan essentially wagered over Job. I've since had the impression that "good" and "evil" are subjective and that rather than competing, they provide context and meaning to each other. Very interesting. I follow a different path these days, but I see the world's religions as culturally-specific interpretations of the same concepts, so it still adds a piece to the puzzle.
I think Evil is just one pole of that thing we call Good. Kind of like the absolute temperature scale. You can't ever reach absolute zero on the Kelvin scale but there is also no absolute heat. That would be the creation of the universe. Things being cold means there are vibrating very slowly, what is it, electrons are not excited, and atoms are not moving much. They are kind of still. When something moves very quickly, it appears to be still also. The two ends meet at some point but there is no connection between the two ends, it's just their movement in their respective direction toward infinity is approaching the same state, i.e, Good and Evil seem to be moving toward the same state, which is ultimately Good.
Another great video Dr. Sledge. Though I grew up rigidly catholic... iv come to really appreciate your honest and intellectual approach to religion and mysticism. Your videos have helped me expand my theological views greatly. So thank you for that and keep up the good work sir.
Thank you! I've been thirsting for a sober treatment of this topic since 1997, when I first encountered the idea of the qliphoth as a high school student. The version I first read about was filtered through Kenneth Grant, and even then I knew it couldn't possibly be an accurate reflection of the Jewish tradition after trudging through the utter illucidity of Nightside of Eden. I still don't really understand any of this, but the Zohar and its family of literature sound crystal clear compared to Grant's addlepated balderdash!
This side of the Sefirot for me evokes images of Chaoskampf and even some Gnostic ideas of evil, and the connection to Lovecraft was something I could totally imagine. Your channel is one of the very few on UA-cam that I can rely on for incredibly fascinating and intriguing topics. Can’t wait for your next upload.
Cant thank you enough for all of these videos on the Zohar. It’s convinced me to getting around to reading at least the first volume (of the Pritzker edition) for now, and changing the focus of my thesis to (what I think) are the many similarities between Hegel’s philosophy and the themes and concepts encountered in the major works of the kabbalah. So thanks for the overviews and the continuing discussions on more specific parts of the Zohar, it’s much appreciated!
Fascinating video. I've been studying Kabbalah for 20 years. The only information I've seen about the Klippot has been through dark esoteric traditions inwhich some have little connect to the Tree of Life. This brings great information to bridge this information. Thank you!
I often think the Qlippoth are a necessary path of return, foiling all manifestations Malkuth, allowing all return to Kether. The Qlippoth also allow for differentiation so that space-time itself may come to be. Azoth is unified, and the One is Infinite. In order to achieve infinity, differentiation must be produced, and thus the perspective of “evil” must be created to achieve manifesting the infinite. All things must come to pass, infinitely, and the One bears all perspectives, creating and partaking of the Venom/Narcotic/Opium of God, Samael to exist as any independent being, and then return to Oneness.
@@ponyboycurtis3795 If you have an interest in Qlippothic magick, I recommend Gilles De Laval’s works. Two books in particular, Fosforos (by a different author) and Sacerdotium Umbrae Mortis are helpful in understanding the Qlippoth. Study of Aghora and the Vama Marga are also beneficial. The interior principle I attempted to divulge here is that Totality is Unified, revealed in the Kabbalistic Equation 0=1. The illusion of a dipole, of individuality, of the ego, and the individuated soul must be produced via the illusion of opposition and separation from Totality. This is granted by the existence of the Qlippoth, allowing for positive virtue to be transmuted into negative forms, Being, Will, and Love transmuted into the illusion of Enmity and evil forces. One may declare a sense of dislike and negative polarization from something else in a gradient of individual experience. You may say “my name is this, I am this, I am not this, I hate or dislike this”, and may act contrary to your own inner virtues via the existence of ultimate Opposition. This devouring multitude formed by the Qlippoth also consumes the individual soul as the Spirit “returns” to the Supernals across the Abyss of Daath. Relinquishment of individual, unenlightened desire, collapse of self, confrontation with one’s Shadow, and acceptance of utter death in the moment of terminus allows for experience of the Supernal nature. No individuated soul may pass the test of Crossing the Abyss, the self must be relinquished to the Self. To know Daath is to experience Death, which ultimately does not foil Spirit, but reveals and frees it. The sacrifice of Odin upon the World Tree is a good mythological representation of this sacrifice. These powers of “evil” allow the One that manifests to manifest in a constantly reconfiguring series of manifestations across an infinite span, and ultimately foiling those manifestations so that they return to pure Being. All of these individuated manifestations are representations of the One, given the illusion of separation by the illusory dipole. In the concept of manifested time and space, the One is in a state of observation and experience of Itself. It creates its subjective and objective perspectives for the sake of its own nature, and through separation, allows for individual perspectives and the framing referent of subjective experience. An individual conscious being then, via “separation”, may have an understanding of time, movement of objects, space, distance, and change, in individuation, because it experiences separation from other things and Totality, and may recognize individual forms and identities. Egyptian creation myths also help in understanding this formation of manifested time and space. Atum creating the first other gods amidst the waters of Nun as he exists upon the Ben Ben, forms exterior perspectives from his own. Apep is formed the moment Being is formed in Atum upon the Ben Ben. Apep then is constantly trying to destroy the Gods, manifest reality, and bring all to Oneness in Nun, without any detail of individuation. Apep never thwarts Being, but is a constant mechanism of evil opposition that brings all back to that starting place. In the book and practice of Sacerdotium Umbrae Mortis, there is something known as the Undecagrammaton, the Devouring Command, the anti-Yahweh. This anti-Logos elucidates the function of the Qlippoth very well.
@@conorhale1269 many people that attempt at crossing the abyss though to Da"ath and the hidden knowledge therein do go insane do they not? I was only kidding about you being insane by the way, what I really meant is that the depth in which you spoke in your comment I think is way too far advanced for most to understand, thank you for the book recommendations as I"ll be honest the only few authors I know of who I have read their stuff on Qlip"othic majick and night side Qabbalah etc are Alistair Crowley in the Vision and The Voice, several books by Thomas Karlsson and one by EA Koetting so I'm sure you know much more than I do on the subject matter but most of what I have read comes with a huge warning about trying to work with the Qlipoth as they don't offer anything positive but only wish to harm us... Would the Undecagrammaton be the polar opposite and negative side to the Yahweh ~ Tetragrammaton?I think my learning of the Egyptian creation myths are different to yours as mine is that the Nine or the Ennead were spawned by the Four Ogdoad who were two female and two male and all the others like Osiris, Nepthys, ISIS, Set etc all came from them... A lot of the space time stuff reminds me a lot of the Gnostic ideas of the remote God and then the demiurge Yaldabaoth and his mother Sophia spawning him out of jealousy and separation etc. Very interesting.. I understand your point in evil being a kind of necessary balancing out kind of thing... Is Jesus Christ's sacrifice for humans not a good example like Odins? I have noticed lots of occultists who like the dark occult don't like the Christ for some reason.. Is he a threat to the dark side maybe?
@@ponyboycurtis3795 You’re quite right on the nature of the Eighfold Ogdoad, and there is an intense amount of variation in Egyptian creation myths. I think I remember them as the frog-headed four gods and goddesses of Primordial Nun. I list one of Atum as the first and Primordial deity here for its simplicity towards understanding Apep/Apophis and a certain quality of all-destruction towards unity. There are other versions listing Amun as the first deity giving rise to Apep as a consequence of manifest existence coming to be, and others with Amun-Ra as the solar deity and the hidden one were combined. The warnings against authentic Qlippothic magick are genuine and valuable, not just in the potential quality of going mad, but in other various detriments to one’s health or wellbeing. Moral health and character may degrade along with physical health. The Qlippoth are the falling bark from the Tree of Life, forms devouring, destroying, and wasting away. They hold no value without the Sephiroth. This is where, if you would approach experience of the Abyss and the Qlippoth, know that the nature of Spirit, the very center of your Being, ultimately prevails. It is a seat of transcendental virtue. In Christian Theurgy, this transcendental quality may be likened to the “Light that shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness has not overcome it” in Genesis. In Eastern concepts, it is the force behind the dance and stillness of Shiva and Shakti, the inner soul of Brahma, experienced in the Samadhi of the practitioner. This essence has no adequate words of description, and it underlies all things. In relinquishing one’s self to Self, you are trusting in that innermost recess of consciousness, of Being, and allowing oneself to be unmade. It’s a very narrow tightrope to walk, and the Qlippoth may assail the practitioner in cruel and strange ways. Loss of identity and of all you hold dear as an individual is a risk. After Crossing the Abyss, if you succeed while living, there is a long period of time spent in rebalancing, in coming back together. This period is difficult in itself. Humility, truth, will, and love reform the individual, balanced in mercy and severity. A freedom and sovereignty is understood, and a humility blossoms in recognizing the Divinity in all things. Everywhere you look is another expression of unified Totality, and the world takes on a living spirit to your eyes. Some call this Binah consciousness, with the wisdom of Chokmah, enlivened by the crown of Kether emanating from Ain Soph Aur, the incomprehensible Root in The Void. We all return to the stage of The Fool in the tarot at this point, and the endless path of the Sorcerer is writ anew. This period is likened to knowledge of one’s Holy Guardian Angel. And don’t worry on the insane comment, you’re okay, I take no offense. I enjoy discourse on the topic, and saw this as an opportunity towards a greater conversation. You didn’t disappoint. Another book recommendation would be Sefer Yeroch Ruachot, the Explicit Name of Satan Expounding the Mysteries of The Moon. Atman is Brahman, Thou Arte Lord. Good luck on your journey!
@@conorhale1269 wow I was just going to mention The Knowledge and Conversation with Your Holy Guardian Angel and that ritual which is of course more Gnostic in nature but very relatable also there are some Enochian rituals that deal with some similar things. Thank you for your comments.. I think one thing I have learned regarding the shadow work and the ego is that's its not about destroying our ego or getting rid of it.. Its about integrating it into unity and having a healthy balance of ego and spirit. What you said about the physical damage and mental damage and having to rebuild oneself is very much the same as warnings I have had yes.. Thank you sir
Thanks for the fascinating discussion here, it's hard to find good sources talking about the Qliphoth in depth. I'm really curious if you've read "Qabalah, Qliphoth, and Goetic Magic" by Professor Thomas Karlsson where he talks about some of these origin theories from the Zohar? And what you think about his idea that the Qliphotic tree can be used as an initiatory path where the forces act like alchemical solvents that can forge the soul into what he calls the "Black Diamond" (which I think can be seen as the Philosopher's Stone)?
It's not really connected much to actual texts, so I'm not so much impressed. Nearly all the literature about the Klippot remain in Hebrew and Aramaic and without those sources people talking about them are just making stuff up.
Sir that was badass! This is one of my favorite subjects and I got to say I never knew where to look until I met your channel. Awesome job I can't praise you too much on this one!
Best academic / historical examination of the Qliphoth on UA-cam I've seen by far. Thanks for making this. Looking forward to the next chapter in this series. 🔥
Thank you for being adventurous enough to provide presentation on such a difficult topic. Consideration of such things are not for the timid or those beginning in faith. I approach these things cautiously.
I find it interesting that the Zohar mentions Leviathan as a primordial being. Like, how did writers in the middle-ages know about the backstory of the Genesis account of creation? I always assumed that was the result of modern archaeology of Mesopotamia.
@@TheEsotericaChannel Thanks. Are there uncreated sea monsters in Genesis? I thought there was just the reference in Job to the older myth. I will have to get around to actually reading Genesis rather than simply relying on secondary sources.
While Leviathan (I think?) wasn't given a cosmogonical role until Kabbalah, and has mythological origins in Lotan (Syro-Canaanite) rather than Tiamat (Mesopotamian), the Enuma Elish story was still written about as late as the 6th C. AD (for example, Damascius), and thus it is quite possible that the idea of chaoskampf-type monsters were "in the wheelhouse" for Jews of the Near East, and Leviathan happened to be the best scriptural character to fit that role. (It seems not entirely crazy to speculate that these communities inherited some cosmological ideas from Babylon as well as the demonology, and these possibly may have persisted in various oral/literary forms for a few centuries afterwards until they were consolidated within Kabbalah).
@@leebelanger8693 the best thing about listening to these types of videos while smoking is that its more easy to take it all with a pinch of salt and a laugh. The perfect climate for magick and mystery!
Awesome man! Have recently been going through your lecture video series on kabbalah and left off on the topic of evil in the Zohar. Love those. Thanks again!
Holy! Thanks Doc for that thought of how to deal with evil in it's many forms was like ringing a bell in my mind...or a light to irrigate the channels of darkness, yet remain true to the One...I really appreciate the epiphany or remembrance, something inside just clicked...such outstanding articulation in the passing of knowledge even though this medium, platform, your well spoken not like some new age medium but the old, real definition of the word....enough said.. really will have to go through this playlist again...Shalom
"Where does evil come from and what is its purpose?" are probably among the oldest questions people have been asking and its always interesting to see the variety of answers that have been devised.
Thank you. So edifying to have discovered your channel. Your vast knowledge helps me to organize the bits of teachings I have accumulated in a lifetime. It's wonderful! Please do a video on Aesch Metzareph.
I love the edgy parts of belief systems. Its always interesting to see conceptions of evil. What do they say about ourselves, about what traits they view as evil, what cosmology itself would be viewed as evil, what to do about evil, what 'purpose' does it serve, if any, etc. Plus as a fan of concepts like vampires and stuff, I just like it for the edgy aesthetic values as well :P
Love your channel ❤ I’d very much, one day, to read Sefer ha Zohar. I’m a student of Qabalah and have great respect and love for the Holy Tree of Life.
Just wanted to say thank you for your show. I appreciate the way you put the data out, you gave me a way to understand some very interesting subject material I would never have the ability to investigate. I’m checking out your “enochian language” video now.. thank you again. I appreciate your time and effort’s
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a bit ashamed to admit that my familiarity with all of these terms comes from lyrics of the metal band Therion. Thank you for such an erudite talk on such a fascinating topic!
It's okay; the majority of my knowledge of the Sephirot comes from FFXIV's Sephirot having names and mechanics that take names from each node of the tree.
Thank you for this video. Would it be fair to say that I should be skeptical of any occult author who writes about the Qlipoth unless they have an academic background?
I don't think you need an academic background to be a solid and serious scholar. But, if you're not seeing quotations from Hebrew books (including mostly untranslated Hebrew books) about the klippot - I'd probably be skeptical.
I absolutely love the knowledge and information you provide on your channel. Not only have you helped me to gain a deeper understanding of things I believe in, you have piqued my interest in other similar topics! Thank you so much for sharing your teachings in a free and easily accessible format, as well as the hard work you put into your videos! You are truly inspiring!
it's getting late, and i got this on my watch later list, but i'd just like to say how excited i am to watch this. I love learning more about what inspired certain things in the video games i love to play. All the videos so far came to me thanks to the connection. Alchemy, it's something i got highly interested in after people figured out Hidetaka Miyazaki (the creative director of dark souls and elden ring) has been highly inspired by the alchemical concepts. Lilith, that character alone interests me for many reasons, just her intrigue alone, but also her connection to Diablo. And now Qiphtoth, that appeared Devil May Cry V, which in itself is a big play on Dante's divine comedy and abrahamic, mostly chrisitan themes as well.
This upload was exciting. I think this aspect of these philosophies are very well(ish) fleshed out. In my studying this, I found that as a singular idea the Qliphoth doesn’t make that much sense but when applying other philosophies/lore to it it is surprisingly detailed down to its bare minerals. The concept of separating the physical and the soul is first found in the Emerald Tablets (Halls of Amenti). I think it’s interesting to then look at the presiding devil of a particular Qlipha and you will more than likely get something to the effect of “they will teach man mathematics, science, teach man politics, invisibility, find hidden treasures, give control over animals, teach metal work, etc…” just to realize that all of these are physical and not one will have in their description that they will help you realize an aspect of your inner self (aside from LHP magic) because that’s what the Sephiroth does. And it is through the Sephiroth, ultimately the Ain Soph Aur, we able to fill these vessels. This gives man the aptitude to host good and evil in one vessel which is perfectly illustrated with the overlapping of Malkuth and Nehemoth. When it gets to some of the more modern takes on these philosophies fossils of these prominent ideas are still found but easily looked over due to a embarrassingly severe lack of detail (possibly purposeful). Cornelius Agrippa’s writings on above and below are so amazing. Idk if you have done a video on that or not. Thomas Karlsson, Robert Fludd, Julius Evola, Samael Aun Weor, and even Isaac Newton have all had some very profound thoughts on all of this. I love love love all your videos 🙏
@@Cavirex it’s a lot to get into and it also depends on what philosophy you’re looking at. But as it’s pointed out even in this video both sides generally >need< to be acknowledged to some extent.
YOU. YOU, sir, are Very Highly Enriched Gnosis. And a scholar of the finest. I'm binging your productions and racking up study points like it's the end of campaign. For reasons synchronous, and asynchronous. Anecdotically, I'll say, If I ever have a say in a metal band, I'll consider your suggestion in that other video, then I'll be fearful, then I'll consider, etc..
Our Shadow can never be left behind so we must face it, face ourselves by doing the shadow work and supported by the creator. I appreciate your delivery for it helps me in my limited experience of the subject matter. You are an educator and the information is not forced by doctrine, makes for a pleasant experience and retention the subject matter. I have 24 to 36 hrs of memory due to a head injury and have rebuilt myself by searching for those who deliver information in this way. Many thanks and good blessings.
In a way I can also see the "mainstream" emanations and the Sitra Achra as being simply necessary counterbalances, as in while the source is One, a singularity, the manifestations of that unity is represented as unions of opposites, Yin-yang, matter-antimatter, positive and negative, or like Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer united in the unity of Brahma, or the gnostic pairs of aeons
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Thank you again! This presentation was so clarifying and a deeply useful introduction and pathway through the conceptual/textual labyrinth of these concept/realities. Perhaps we are drawn to these metaphors ( possibly actual in the dimensions we can't see) not only for our attraction to "the dark side" but also because the shells/husks/ knots are such graphic, textured, concrete embodiments of a dynamic. Noticed that the square diagram nested Sephirot look a lot like those Book of Jeu diagrams.
Every time I watch one of your videos, it makes me want to learn Hebrew. I feel it is such a disservice to not be able to truly read the holy texts in their original tongue. I’m not sure how long it will take but I vow to learn it to the best of my abilities and hopefully find great teachers along the way to help before I leave this existence ❤
As regards the statement that Zoharic material was invented in the 13c that is a matter of intense debate. There is little doubt that the basic concepts of the Zohar including the Sitra Achra and Kelipot have there roots in early Rabbinical and even Zoroastrian teachings. The question is one of authorship which Scholem et al ascribe to Moses of Leon late 13c.
Yep, the favorite metaphor is the dross thrown off in the process of purifying gold or the sparks thrown off a blacksmith's anvil in the forging pricess
I feel like the idea of evil as dangerous but still something people have to acknowledge and have a relationship with maps onto human experience better than the kind of combative binary of Good vs. Evil. To me it also raises the question of whether I can fully understand what goodness is if I struggle to come to grips with evil.
Chesed? Doesn’t that mean mercy and compassion perhaps? And that is a really really cool insight. I want to thank you for your teaching. I hope your show goes on for a long long long time. I have learned so much, and I have read so much and practice too. And a prayer of course but your teachings are really really good. I want to thank you.
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Please forgive my confusion Dr. Sledge but what did you mean at 15:30 about the process being described in Zohar volume 2 and so on and so fourth? I have a pdf of the Zohar but can't seem to find the indicators for the place in the text that your talking about. Could you clear this up for me?
Fantastic narrative and perspective
I think the interest in the "dark side" of Kabbalah makes sense. After all, evil and suffering are the fundamental "problems" for us all. It's logical to want to understand these problems as best as we can.
This makes total sense to me, but I suspect most people diving into sitra achra stuff lives' aren't so bad, really
@@TheEsotericaChannel Hello.
Just reading your comment.
I think it makes sense to study both for the sake of maintaining Equilibrium.
To be honest I think there are such simple methods for total self realisation.
Tempting to study,but I sense they are Distactions.
They cant lead you to truth.
Best thing to do is See yourself KNOW YOURSELF.
The above will simply hinder you.
Intresting though😊👍
Kaaba'Lah is the Black House of God in Mecca built by Prophet Abaraham. We are to to believe there is only One God, the compassionate the merciful is the creator of the universe and the master of the Day of Judgement. To believe in Angels, Messengers/Messiah of God, and perform Pilgrimage, give charity and love you family.
While carcrash/horror movie may be an element for some, particularly those willing to accept info from the uninformed, explanations for evil originating from good a reasonable major question for any genuine seeker of knowledge/truth/personal improvement. Hoping "the truth is out there."
@@janetsanders5356this all goes back way further and I suspect that when religions broke away from nature is when man started having problems...
I like what Watts said about holy people, they are beyond dualistic concepts because they integrated both aspects which scares the s*** out of other people who strive to be only good. The shadow has to be integrated, you have to be both a lion and a lamb, ruthless and kind. Penetrate all dharmas and reveal them all to be formless.
@@Arginne non duality sees cause and effect as one, that is its subjects are one with causality, there's no separation. Thinking in terms of good and evil is creating separation, as one fails to see, there is no objective or subjective, there's only truth, and you can't take your dualistic opinions there otherwise you condemn yourself to kalpas of reincarnation.
@@amonynous9041 this debate is dual. If you press a spear into your ass it will hurt. Malignant to the natural state of the hole. Such is the application
Exactly
Have you come across the concepts of Perennial Philosophy and Exemplarism or the One and the Many?
@@pencilpauli9442 sure, in Taoism it's expressed as Tao the great mother or "The Mother of Ten Thousands Things". I have found that all religions try to express the same thing albeit using different symbology and parables. They are all clumsy attempts at expressing the ineffable. Something that's beyond all measure. That's why it's good to study multiple religions, they cover each others blindspots in a way, but still one should not expect to attain enlightenment by study. from my experience study comes after enlightenment. It's like a key to doors of perception that enables deeper understanding of symbolism, and enlightenment is a subject to providence of dharma, which guides one to study. It's a lifetime of dedication and renunciation.
Succumbing into the depths of the Sitra Acha and returning pure seems to be a related idea (maybe a precursor) of the "Dark Night of the Soul", the Golden Dawn and Thelemic "crossing the Abyss" and ultimately Jung's idea of facing the Shadow and incorporating it in one's self! Very interesting
@@xdraygul5169 true, I was trying to refer more to the whole "0=2" equation. Also, idk if it says a lot of us zoomers per se or if it's just an adaptation of part of Thelema's nature in the internet age, after all "there must ever be division in the word, for the colours are many, but the Truth is one"
definitely big in sabbatean thought as well
The golden dawn concept of the crossing of the abyss has never published.
Crowley and Victor Neuberg in the dessert did the Choronzon ritual of crossing the abyss.. Its in the Vision and the Voice a book of Crowley.. All very nasty stuff.. Ritual homosexuality and mass drug use amongst other weird stuff which sent Neuberg insane and Crowley already was insane.
That's unless your a theistic Satanist , then you believe the universe was created by 10 of 21 demons , what you call god is the demiurge and inherently evil and the other 11 demons will return everything to nothing and the freedom of chaos and the void from which everything comes....
as someone whose interest in religion lies in the historical and philosophical areas, as opposed to the spiritual, this channel is the most remarkable find for me. i'm very grateful for your videos ☻
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"Sounds fun" I almost choked on an involuntary laugh, totally wasnt prepared.
I am glad to have found this channel. Its well executed, with a relatable cinephile host. What more....?
Oh good, finally found a source that wasn't "magick, dark kabbalah, secrets of the universe, vampires".
Dziękujemy.
Thank you so much! the clarity, precision and profound historical expertise of your presentations are beyond anything. This work is truly a unique and invaluable resource
Makes sense - or rather, makes sense of a college class I took on the origins of the Bible in which the professor, a Catholic priest, noted that in the Old Testament, evil emanated under the control of God (i.e. he sent devils to torment men who did not abide the law). Also does clarify how/why God and Satan essentially wagered over Job. I've since had the impression that "good" and "evil" are subjective and that rather than competing, they provide context and meaning to each other.
Very interesting. I follow a different path these days, but I see the world's religions as culturally-specific interpretations of the same concepts, so it still adds a piece to the puzzle.
I think Evil is just one pole of that thing we call Good. Kind of like the absolute temperature scale. You can't ever reach absolute zero on the Kelvin scale but there is also no absolute heat. That would be the creation of the universe. Things being cold means there are vibrating very slowly, what is it, electrons are not excited, and atoms are not moving much. They are kind of still. When something moves very quickly, it appears to be still also. The two ends meet at some point but there is no connection between the two ends, it's just their movement in their respective direction toward infinity is approaching the same state, i.e, Good and Evil seem to be moving toward the same state, which is ultimately Good.
Thanks!
this video just put everything together that I have been doing when I came out of the very bottom of the abyss in 2019. your work is priceless
Another great video Dr. Sledge. Though I grew up rigidly catholic... iv come to really appreciate your honest and intellectual approach to religion and mysticism. Your videos have helped me expand my theological views greatly. So thank you for that and keep up the good work sir.
Food for the algorithm. Another excellent video Justin!!
Can't stop watching
Thanks for the support!
Ohhh... THAT'S how you pronounce that word!! Thank you as always for such solidly erudite material.
Yeah, hearing people who are 'occult experts' saying "kleh-poth" or something hurts my soul.
I like how you kinda get young people and can make it relatable to us. Awesome video!
Missed your videos dear Justin! Always so fascinating! Thanks again!
Thanks so much - really wanna chat soon after I beat this cold!
@@TheEsotericaChannel Absolutely! :D
Good blessed us with this man.
Thank you! I've been thirsting for a sober treatment of this topic since 1997, when I first encountered the idea of the qliphoth as a high school student. The version I first read about was filtered through Kenneth Grant, and even then I knew it couldn't possibly be an accurate reflection of the Jewish tradition after trudging through the utter illucidity of Nightside of Eden. I still don't really understand any of this, but the Zohar and its family of literature sound crystal clear compared to Grant's addlepated balderdash!
This side of the Sefirot for me evokes images of Chaoskampf and even some Gnostic ideas of evil, and the connection to Lovecraft was something I could totally imagine. Your channel is one of the very few on UA-cam that I can rely on for incredibly fascinating and intriguing topics. Can’t wait for your next upload.
Cant thank you enough for all of these videos on the Zohar. It’s convinced me to getting around to reading at least the first volume (of the Pritzker edition) for now, and changing the focus of my thesis to (what I think) are the many similarities between Hegel’s philosophy and the themes and concepts encountered in the major works of the kabbalah. So thanks for the overviews and the continuing discussions on more specific parts of the Zohar, it’s much appreciated!
That's the other, other side dominated by the powers of Elliot Wolfson
Fascinating video. I've been studying Kabbalah for 20 years. The only information I've seen about the Klippot has been through dark esoteric traditions inwhich some have little connect to the Tree of Life. This brings great information to bridge this information. Thank you!
I often think the Qlippoth are a necessary path of return, foiling all manifestations Malkuth, allowing all return to Kether. The Qlippoth also allow for differentiation so that space-time itself may come to be. Azoth is unified, and the One is Infinite. In order to achieve infinity, differentiation must be produced, and thus the perspective of “evil” must be created to achieve manifesting the infinite. All things must come to pass, infinitely, and the One bears all perspectives, creating and partaking of the Venom/Narcotic/Opium of God, Samael to exist as any independent being, and then return to Oneness.
Doing your best to sound like a knowledgeable dark occult mystic Conor but just sounding insane.
@@ponyboycurtis3795 If you have an interest in Qlippothic magick, I recommend Gilles De Laval’s works. Two books in particular, Fosforos (by a different author) and Sacerdotium Umbrae Mortis are helpful in understanding the Qlippoth. Study of Aghora and the Vama Marga are also beneficial.
The interior principle I attempted to divulge here is that Totality is Unified, revealed in the Kabbalistic Equation 0=1. The illusion of a dipole, of individuality, of the ego, and the individuated soul must be produced via the illusion of opposition and separation from Totality. This is granted by the existence of the Qlippoth, allowing for positive virtue to be transmuted into negative forms, Being, Will, and Love transmuted into the illusion of Enmity and evil forces. One may declare a sense of dislike and negative polarization from something else in a gradient of individual experience. You may say “my name is this, I am this, I am not this, I hate or dislike this”, and may act contrary to your own inner virtues via the existence of ultimate Opposition.
This devouring multitude formed by the Qlippoth also consumes the individual soul as the Spirit “returns” to the Supernals across the Abyss of Daath.
Relinquishment of individual, unenlightened desire, collapse of self, confrontation with one’s Shadow, and acceptance of utter death in the moment of terminus allows for experience of the Supernal nature. No individuated soul may pass the test of Crossing the Abyss, the self must be relinquished to the Self. To know Daath is to experience Death, which ultimately does not foil Spirit, but reveals and frees it. The sacrifice of Odin upon the World Tree is a good mythological representation of this sacrifice.
These powers of “evil” allow the One that manifests to manifest in a constantly reconfiguring series of manifestations across an infinite span, and ultimately foiling those manifestations so that they return to pure Being. All of these individuated manifestations are representations of the One, given the illusion of separation by the illusory dipole.
In the concept of manifested time and space, the One is in a state of observation and experience of Itself. It creates its subjective and objective perspectives for the sake of its own nature, and through separation, allows for individual perspectives and the framing referent of subjective experience. An individual conscious being then, via “separation”, may have an understanding of time, movement of objects, space, distance, and change, in individuation, because it experiences separation from other things and Totality, and may recognize individual forms and identities.
Egyptian creation myths also help in understanding this formation of manifested time and space. Atum creating the first other gods amidst the waters of Nun as he exists upon the Ben Ben, forms exterior perspectives from his own. Apep is formed the moment Being is formed in Atum upon the Ben Ben. Apep then is constantly trying to destroy the Gods, manifest reality, and bring all to Oneness in Nun, without any detail of individuation. Apep never thwarts Being, but is a constant mechanism of evil opposition that brings all back to that starting place.
In the book and practice of Sacerdotium Umbrae Mortis, there is something known as the Undecagrammaton, the Devouring Command, the anti-Yahweh. This anti-Logos elucidates the function of the Qlippoth very well.
@@conorhale1269 many people that attempt at crossing the abyss though to Da"ath and the hidden knowledge therein do go insane do they not? I was only kidding about you being insane by the way, what I really meant is that the depth in which you spoke in your comment I think is way too far advanced for most to understand, thank you for the book recommendations as I"ll be honest the only few authors I know of who I have read their stuff on Qlip"othic majick and night side Qabbalah etc are Alistair Crowley in the Vision and The Voice, several books by Thomas Karlsson and one by EA Koetting so I'm sure you know much more than I do on the subject matter but most of what I have read comes with a huge warning about trying to work with the Qlipoth as they don't offer anything positive but only wish to harm us... Would the Undecagrammaton be the polar opposite and negative side to the Yahweh ~ Tetragrammaton?I think my learning of the Egyptian creation myths are different to yours as mine is that the Nine or the Ennead were spawned by the Four Ogdoad who were two female and two male and all the others like Osiris, Nepthys, ISIS, Set etc all came from them... A lot of the space time stuff reminds me a lot of the Gnostic ideas of the remote God and then the demiurge Yaldabaoth and his mother Sophia spawning him out of jealousy and separation etc. Very interesting.. I understand your point in evil being a kind of necessary balancing out kind of thing... Is Jesus Christ's sacrifice for humans not a good example like Odins? I have noticed lots of occultists who like the dark occult don't like the Christ for some reason.. Is he a threat to the dark side maybe?
@@ponyboycurtis3795 You’re quite right on the nature of the Eighfold Ogdoad, and there is an intense amount of variation in Egyptian creation myths. I think I remember them as the frog-headed four gods and goddesses of Primordial Nun. I list one of Atum as the first and Primordial deity here for its simplicity towards understanding Apep/Apophis and a certain quality of all-destruction towards unity. There are other versions listing Amun as the first deity giving rise to Apep as a consequence of manifest existence coming to be, and others with Amun-Ra as the solar deity and the hidden one were combined.
The warnings against authentic Qlippothic magick are genuine and valuable, not just in the potential quality of going mad, but in other various detriments to one’s health or wellbeing. Moral health and character may degrade along with physical health. The Qlippoth are the falling bark from the Tree of Life, forms devouring, destroying, and wasting away. They hold no value without the Sephiroth. This is where, if you would approach experience of the Abyss and the Qlippoth, know that the nature of Spirit, the very center of your Being, ultimately prevails. It is a seat of transcendental virtue. In Christian Theurgy, this transcendental quality may be likened to the “Light that shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness has not overcome it” in Genesis. In Eastern concepts, it is the force behind the dance and stillness of Shiva and Shakti, the inner soul of Brahma, experienced in the Samadhi of the practitioner. This essence has no adequate words of description, and it underlies all things. In relinquishing one’s self to Self, you are trusting in that innermost recess of consciousness, of Being, and allowing oneself to be unmade. It’s a very narrow tightrope to walk, and the Qlippoth may assail the practitioner in cruel and strange ways. Loss of identity and of all you hold dear as an individual is a risk.
After Crossing the Abyss, if you succeed while living, there is a long period of time spent in rebalancing, in coming back together. This period is difficult in itself. Humility, truth, will, and love reform the individual, balanced in mercy and severity. A freedom and sovereignty is understood, and a humility blossoms in recognizing the Divinity in all things. Everywhere you look is another expression of unified Totality, and the world takes on a living spirit to your eyes. Some call this Binah consciousness, with the wisdom of Chokmah, enlivened by the crown of Kether emanating from Ain Soph Aur, the incomprehensible Root in The Void.
We all return to the stage of The Fool in the tarot at this point, and the endless path of the Sorcerer is writ anew.
This period is likened to knowledge of one’s Holy Guardian Angel.
And don’t worry on the insane comment, you’re okay, I take no offense. I enjoy discourse on the topic, and saw this as an opportunity towards a greater conversation. You didn’t disappoint.
Another book recommendation would be Sefer Yeroch Ruachot, the Explicit Name of Satan Expounding the Mysteries of The Moon.
Atman is Brahman, Thou Arte Lord. Good luck on your journey!
@@conorhale1269 wow I was just going to mention The Knowledge and Conversation with Your Holy Guardian Angel and that ritual which is of course more Gnostic in nature but very relatable also there are some Enochian rituals that deal with some similar things.
Thank you for your comments.. I think one thing I have learned regarding the shadow work and the ego is that's its not about destroying our ego or getting rid of it.. Its about integrating it into unity and having a healthy balance of ego and spirit.
What you said about the physical damage and mental damage and having to rebuild oneself is very much the same as warnings I have had yes.. Thank you sir
Thanks for the fascinating discussion here, it's hard to find good sources talking about the Qliphoth in depth. I'm really curious if you've read "Qabalah, Qliphoth, and Goetic Magic" by Professor Thomas Karlsson where he talks about some of these origin theories from the Zohar? And what you think about his idea that the Qliphotic tree can be used as an initiatory path where the forces act like alchemical solvents that can forge the soul into what he calls the "Black Diamond" (which I think can be seen as the Philosopher's Stone)?
It's not really connected much to actual texts, so I'm not so much impressed. Nearly all the literature about the Klippot remain in Hebrew and Aramaic and without those sources people talking about them are just making stuff up.
Sir that was badass! This is one of my favorite subjects and I got to say I never knew where to look until I met your channel. Awesome job I can't praise you too much on this one!
Okay Dr Sledge,
I'm on the Patreon now- I hope you get more of a cut of that than the super thanks.
I just finished watching all of your Kabbalah series and I want to say thank you for so much history and info. It was amazing!
Best academic / historical examination of the Qliphoth on UA-cam I've seen by far. Thanks for making this. Looking forward to the next chapter in this series. 🔥
Thank you for being adventurous enough to provide presentation on such a difficult topic. Consideration of such things are not for the timid or those beginning in faith. I approach these things cautiously.
The concept of the Klippoth (shell or husk) is extremely useful and sheds great light onto the subtle workings of our reality.
I find it interesting that the Zohar mentions Leviathan as a primordial being. Like, how did writers in the middle-ages know about the backstory of the Genesis account of creation? I always assumed that was the result of modern archaeology of Mesopotamia.
The Zohar is known for hyper-literal exegesis, if it says there were otherwise un-created sea monsters they went with that.
@@TheEsotericaChannel Thanks. Are there uncreated sea monsters in Genesis? I thought there was just the reference in Job to the older myth. I will have to get around to actually reading Genesis rather than simply relying on secondary sources.
While Leviathan (I think?) wasn't given a cosmogonical role until Kabbalah, and has mythological origins in Lotan (Syro-Canaanite) rather than Tiamat (Mesopotamian), the Enuma Elish story was still written about as late as the 6th C. AD (for example, Damascius), and thus it is quite possible that the idea of chaoskampf-type monsters were "in the wheelhouse" for Jews of the Near East, and Leviathan happened to be the best scriptural character to fit that role. (It seems not entirely crazy to speculate that these communities inherited some cosmological ideas from Babylon as well as the demonology, and these possibly may have persisted in various oral/literary forms for a few centuries afterwards until they were consolidated within Kabbalah).
Smoked some dabs. Now I'm here listening to this! Oh man
@@leebelanger8693 the best thing about listening to these types of videos while smoking is that its more easy to take it all with a pinch of salt and a laugh. The perfect climate for magick and mystery!
“Sounds like fun” 😂😂 you’re awesome man. I always getting excited for a new post. Thanks for the stellar content.
Awesome man! Have recently been going through your lecture video series on kabbalah and left off on the topic of evil in the Zohar. Love those. Thanks again!
Holy! Thanks Doc for that thought of how to deal with evil in it's many forms was like ringing a bell in my mind...or a light to irrigate the channels of darkness, yet remain true to the One...I really appreciate the epiphany or remembrance, something inside just clicked...such outstanding articulation in the passing of knowledge even though this medium, platform, your well spoken not like some new age medium but the old, real definition of the word....enough said.. really will have to go through this playlist again...Shalom
makes sense if evil is uncontrolled justice you don't fight with more justice but balance it with more mercy
This is such a beautiful depiction 💜
Thk u deeply! As always...
"Where does evil come from and what is its purpose?" are probably among the oldest questions people have been asking and its always interesting to see the variety of answers that have been devised.
Thank you. So edifying to have discovered your channel. Your vast knowledge helps me to organize the bits of teachings I have accumulated in a lifetime. It's wonderful! Please do a video on Aesch Metzareph.
already did!
I love the edgy parts of belief systems. Its always interesting to see conceptions of evil. What do they say about ourselves, about what traits they view as evil, what cosmology itself would be viewed as evil, what to do about evil, what 'purpose' does it serve, if any, etc. Plus as a fan of concepts like vampires and stuff, I just like it for the edgy aesthetic values as well :P
Very much enjoying the high quality scans of the texts. Those are really neat!
Love your channel ❤ I’d very much, one day, to read Sefer ha Zohar. I’m a student of Qabalah and have great respect and love for the Holy Tree of Life.
Thank you much Rabbi for enlightenment! God bless always! SHALOM!🙏
Just wanted to say thank you for your show. I appreciate the way you put the data out, you gave me a way to understand some very interesting subject material I would never have the ability to investigate.
I’m checking out your “enochian language” video now.. thank you again.
I appreciate your time and effort’s
Dropping a comment to support your work. Thanks for all you do
I just see your your face at the beginning of any of these vidz of yours, Dr Justin, and I just sit back, relax and feel great. Why is that?
I think after this video I'm going to listen to Therion's album Sitra Ahra. Always nice to have a bit of entertainment after an interesting lecture.
What an incredible video and elucidation. Well done, Sr!
I am a bit tardy as a subscriber. A big congratulations on your five hundred subscribers. Just wow! This channel really gives me hope by letting me know that there so many people who are starving for wisdom and knowledge. Isaiah 33:6 "wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times."
I love your videos and I am extremely grateful for the knowledge expressed. Well done, sir ✊💀🔱
Try "Bill Duvedack" he was a diamond in the rough in regard to the authors mentioned, with which I totally agree. Feels like theirs 100 Charlatans to 1 honest seeker. Another reason why your channel is valued so much 🙏✌
Thanks for explaining the lyrics of the metal band "Therion".
a bit ashamed to admit that my familiarity with all of these terms comes from lyrics of the metal band Therion. Thank you for such an erudite talk on such a fascinating topic!
'Nox, the night and key I will open your old mystery'
It's okay; the majority of my knowledge of the Sephirot comes from FFXIV's Sephirot having names and mechanics that take names from each node of the tree.
Eh first heard most of these terms in pathfinder and D&D, but horribly mispronounced of course
@@lokuzt listen to BEASTCRAFT
true Norwegian black metal!!
Thanks for your content. Great effort and conversation
Thank you for this video. Would it be fair to say that I should be skeptical of any occult author who writes about the Qlipoth unless they have an academic background?
I don't think you need an academic background to be a solid and serious scholar. But, if you're not seeing quotations from Hebrew books (including mostly untranslated Hebrew books) about the klippot - I'd probably be skeptical.
Thank you again.
I absolutely love the knowledge and information you provide on your channel. Not only have you helped me to gain a deeper understanding of things I believe in, you have piqued my interest in other similar topics! Thank you so much for sharing your teachings in a free and easily accessible format, as well as the hard work you put into your videos! You are truly inspiring!
The Dude abides! Hope you are feeling better.
He does and I do - thanks brother!
Thank you Dr Sledge: I now wanna see Lebowski's take on Kabbalah after being made to binge your channel for several hours
Loving the jokes and high res scans of the OG pages :) Thank you for these vids, and the post-explanation book recommendations.
it's getting late, and i got this on my watch later list, but i'd just like to say how excited i am to watch this. I love learning more about what inspired certain things in the video games i love to play. All the videos so far came to me thanks to the connection. Alchemy, it's something i got highly interested in after people figured out Hidetaka Miyazaki (the creative director of dark souls and elden ring) has been highly inspired by the alchemical concepts. Lilith, that character alone interests me for many reasons, just her intrigue alone, but also her connection to Diablo. And now Qiphtoth, that appeared Devil May Cry V, which in itself is a big play on Dante's divine comedy and abrahamic, mostly chrisitan themes as well.
If he existed he was an Israelite, probably looked like any other levantine person.
Amazing channel! Thank you so much.
Thank you for the powerful knowledge!! Still learning about all of this.
Cheers for clarifying and clearing so much of the obscure and opaque regarding this subject. Much appreciated.
This upload was exciting. I think this aspect of these philosophies are very well(ish) fleshed out. In my studying this, I found that as a singular idea the Qliphoth doesn’t make that much sense but when applying other philosophies/lore to it it is surprisingly detailed down to its bare minerals.
The concept of separating the physical and the soul is first found in the Emerald Tablets (Halls of Amenti). I think it’s interesting to then look at the presiding devil of a particular Qlipha and you will more than likely get something to the effect of “they will teach man mathematics, science, teach man politics, invisibility, find hidden treasures, give control over animals, teach metal work, etc…” just to realize that all of these are physical and not one will have in their description that they will help you realize an aspect of your inner self (aside from LHP magic) because that’s what the Sephiroth does. And it is through the Sephiroth, ultimately the Ain Soph Aur, we able to fill these vessels. This gives man the aptitude to host good and evil in one vessel which is perfectly illustrated with the overlapping of Malkuth and Nehemoth. When it gets to some of the more modern takes on these philosophies fossils of these prominent ideas are still found but easily looked over due to a embarrassingly severe lack of detail (possibly purposeful).
Cornelius Agrippa’s writings on above and below are so amazing. Idk if you have done a video on that or not.
Thomas Karlsson, Robert Fludd, Julius Evola, Samael Aun Weor, and even Isaac Newton have all had some very profound thoughts on all of this.
I love love love all your videos 🙏
So, you're saying that both the Qlipha and the Sephiroth are necessary for the evolution of man?
@@Cavirex it’s a lot to get into and it also depends on what philosophy you’re looking at. But as it’s pointed out even in this video both sides generally >need< to be acknowledged to some extent.
Thank you for your work, you help me understand.
YOU.
YOU, sir, are Very Highly Enriched Gnosis. And a scholar of the finest.
I'm binging your productions and racking up study points like it's the end of campaign. For reasons synchronous, and asynchronous.
Anecdotically, I'll say, If I ever have a say in a metal band, I'll consider your suggestion in that other video, then I'll be fearful, then I'll consider, etc..
The Sledge Hammer strikes again! Well done my good sir. 🎩🧐💯
Our Shadow can never be left behind so we must face it, face ourselves by doing the shadow work and supported by the creator. I appreciate your delivery for it helps me in my limited experience of the subject matter. You are an educator and the information is not forced by doctrine, makes for a pleasant experience and retention the subject matter. I have 24 to 36 hrs of memory due to a head injury and have rebuilt myself by searching for those who deliver information in this way. Many thanks and good blessings.
Ok...let the initiation commence. I appreciate your work.
In a way I can also see the "mainstream" emanations and the Sitra Achra as being simply necessary counterbalances, as in while the source is One, a singularity, the manifestations of that unity is represented as unions of opposites, Yin-yang, matter-antimatter, positive and negative, or like Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer united in the unity of Brahma, or the gnostic pairs of aeons
If it as if my genetics call to me to begin understanding Estoerica. Great videos absolutely insane amount of culture that has persisted.
amazing! over my head to be sure but yet filling in huge gaps that I am making inquiry into. Thank you
🙏🏾..! THANK YOU! Thank You!! There's Been some things I've been thinking/working on for years and This has given me the keys that I thought were missing! [In plain sight..!]😳 Your Work is Priceless!..👍🏾😝
Thank you again! This presentation was so clarifying and a deeply useful introduction and pathway through the conceptual/textual labyrinth of these concept/realities. Perhaps we are drawn to these metaphors ( possibly actual in the dimensions we can't see) not only for our attraction to "the dark side" but also because the shells/husks/ knots are such graphic, textured, concrete embodiments of a dynamic. Noticed that the square diagram nested Sephirot look a lot like those Book of Jeu diagrams.
Thanks! And Good work..!
Every time I watch one of your videos, it makes me want to learn Hebrew. I feel it is such a disservice to not be able to truly read the holy texts in their original tongue. I’m not sure how long it will take but I vow to learn it to the best of my abilities and hopefully find great teachers along the way to help before I leave this existence ❤
mentioning the dude in a video about Qliphoth... i like this guy :)
As regards the statement that Zoharic material was invented in the 13c that is a matter of intense debate. There is little doubt that the basic concepts of the Zohar including the Sitra Achra and Kelipot have there roots in early Rabbinical and even Zoroastrian teachings. The question is one of authorship which Scholem et al ascribe to Moses of Leon late 13c.
Not to even mention the definitely more archaic layer in the Hekhalot material
Such a good Channel.
I love these videos, will be watching more videos!😄
This almost sounds like they're explaining evil as the relic of a kind of divine debugging process prior to the deployment of the Creation app.
Yep, the favorite metaphor is the dross thrown off in the process of purifying gold or the sparks thrown off a blacksmith's anvil in the forging pricess
Profound thank you, Dr. Sledge.
would you consider releasing the audio from these episodes as a podcast? it would be really great
6:24 what would this say about events like the flood? Was it truly necessary or was it a moment of divine Wrath in the absence of any divine mercy?
a Fair review dr Sledge ty
Thank you so much. I don't know anything about this but I understand at least half of what you say. 👏
Awesome presentation 🙏🏽
this is why I'm a naturalist, it's easy peasy ! atoms, forces, causality, natural selection etc. No 4D ontological diagrams. thanks !
“… the philosophical shadow cast by Plato”
That, sir, is a deep cut indeed. I enjoyed this so very much.
Thank you for anothe video
Fascinating stuff. Thank you.
I feel like the idea of evil as dangerous but still something people have to acknowledge and have a relationship with maps onto human experience better than the kind of combative binary of Good vs. Evil. To me it also raises the question of whether I can fully understand what goodness is if I struggle to come to grips with evil.
This was incredible doc
Very interesting upload. Are those paintings in the background ones by William Blake? He was a student of Kabbalah too.
Chesed? Doesn’t that mean mercy and compassion perhaps? And that is a really really cool insight. I want to thank you for your teaching. I hope your show goes on for a long long long time. I have learned so much, and I have read so much and practice too. And a prayer of course but your teachings are really really good. I want to thank you.
Brilliant.
Thanks, Justin!
Thank you for the great content. I will send money soon.
Very much reminds me of the personal philosophy of the late (and great) Thomas Blake!
All that is really interesting but what I really wanna know is: wth is the mind blowing manuscript shown from 10:45? Just humongous man 🔥🔥