tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30577778.post7921824597341625827..comments2009-12-16T17:34:48.029-06:00Comments on Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism: Many Worlds, One God: Judaism on Manifold Creation...Geoffrey Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07730822805332856423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30577778.post-40370385299045136462008-05-22T09:04:00.000-05:002008-05-22T09:04:00.000-05:00Some sources for the idea of multiple worlds. Acco...Some sources for the idea of multiple worlds. <BR/>According to Sefer ha-Temunah there are seven cycles of worlds. Each world represents one of the seven lower Sefirot. Each of these worlds will last seven thousand years, a Shemitta. At the end of the seven Shemittot the seven lower Sefirot are reabsorbed back into the Sefira of Binah. We are livin in the second world. This world is dominated by sefirah of Gevurah. As such the Torah that we have is a Torah of Gevurah. The first world was dominated by Hesed. As such they had a Torah built around Hesed. According to Joseph Angelino, in Sefer Livnat ha-Sappir we are the last world. <BR/>Isaac Abarbanel and his son Leone Ebreo were also strong supporters of this belief in the Great Jubilee. See Mifalot Elohim and Dialogues on Love.Izgadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03869626126435460209noreply@blogger.com