Arba Olamot

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Arba Olamot is the Kabbalistic concept of the “Four Worlds,” a hierarchical structure of spiritual realms that describe stages of divine emanation and creation.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Arba Olamot canonical 1
Lurianic Four Worlds schema 1
Olam HaBeriah 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kabbalistic concept
mystical cosmology
appliedIn Kabbalistic cosmology
Kabbalistic meditation
Kabbalistic prayer
associatedWith Safed Kabbalah
surface form: Lurianic Kabbalah

medieval Kabbalah
conceptualLevel metaphysical
describes hierarchical structure of spiritual realms
hasComponent Assiyah
surface form: Asiyah

Atzilut
Beriah
Yetzirah
hasPurpose to explain gradations between God and creation
to structure spiritual reality
hasTranslation Four Worlds
influencedBy Neoplatonic emanationism
languageOfName Hebrew
mentionedIn Kabbalistic literature
models process of creation from spiritual to material
stages of divine manifestation
numberOfWorlds 4
partOf Jewish esoteric tradition
relatedConcept Orot and Kelim
Panim and Achoraim
Seder Hishtalshelut
relatesTo Sefirot
creation
divine emanation
divine light
tradition Rabbinic Judaism
usedIn Kabbalah
surface form: Jewish mysticism

Kabbalah
viewedAs framework for understanding spiritual ascent
map of consciousness in Kabbalah
worldOrder Assiyah
surface form: Asiyah is lowest

Atzilut is highest

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Four Worlds hasNameInHebrew Arba Olamot
Beriah alsoCalled Arba Olamot
this entity surface form: Olam HaBeriah
Beriah framework Arba Olamot
this entity surface form: Lurianic Four Worlds schema
Yetzirah relatedConcept Arba Olamot
this entity surface form: Olam HaYetzirah