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Mornin' EG.....yesterday Chloe dropped this

A primary concern of Hermetic Qabalah is the nature of divinity, its conception of which is quite markedly different from that presented in monotheistic religions; in particular there is not the strict separation between divinity and man which is seen in monotheisms.[2] Hermetic Qabalah holds to the neoplatonic conception that the manifest universe, of which material creation is a part, arose as a series of emanations from the godhead.[3]

These emanations arise out of three preliminary states that are considered to precede manifestation. The first is a state of complete nullity, known as Ain (??? "nothing"); the second state, considered a "concentration" of Ain, is Ain Suph (??? ??? "without limit, infinite"); the third state, caused by a "movement" of Ain Suph, is Ain Suph Aur (??? ??? ??? "limitless light"), and it is from this initial brilliance that the first emanation of creation originates.[4]

The emanations of creation arising from Ain Suph Aur are ten in number, and are called Sephiroth (?????????, singular Sephirah ????????, "enumeration"). ..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah

Is that about right?