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ANGELS, DEMONS AND ALL THE HOSTS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH<br />

M. M. NINAN<br />

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etc are <strong>the</strong> very dimensions which <strong>the</strong>y share. Thus <strong>the</strong>se ten sefirots serve as both <strong>the</strong><br />

building blocks of creation <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> constituents of life. Are <strong>the</strong>se <strong>the</strong> total elements? Not at<br />

<strong>all</strong> because each of <strong>the</strong>se sefirots contains o<strong>the</strong>r dimensions within <strong>the</strong>m so that we have infinite<br />

dimension because Ein-Sof is <strong>the</strong> totality of properties.<br />

Talmud: “By ten things was <strong>the</strong> world created, by wisdom <strong>and</strong> by underst<strong>and</strong>ing, <strong>and</strong> by reason<br />

<strong>and</strong> by strength (Gevurah), by rebuke <strong>and</strong> by might, by righteousness <strong>and</strong> by judgment,<br />

by loving kindness <strong>and</strong> compassion”<br />

It is <strong>the</strong>se dimensions that produce personalities. This concept is central to <strong>the</strong> idea of angels.<br />

What we norm<strong>all</strong>y c<strong>all</strong> as angels, are being from <strong>the</strong>se various dimensions with varying<br />

forms.<br />

One of our mistakes has been to see <strong>the</strong> angels as a simple one category being. In fact we<br />

can see that <strong>Angels</strong> in <strong>the</strong> Bible has characteristics that form a wide spectrum, indicating<br />

clearly that <strong>Angels</strong> are not one type of life form. It is like assuming that <strong>the</strong> earth consists<br />

only of humans as its host whereas <strong>the</strong> biosphere contains a wide range of life forms. In <strong>the</strong><br />

same way <strong>the</strong>re are a host of hosts in every dimension of cosmos.<br />

These four worlds are not independent worlds. They interpenetrate each o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>and</strong> interact<br />

with each o<strong>the</strong>r to produce character <strong>and</strong> personality. The beings in <strong>the</strong> cosmos may span<br />

one or more of <strong>the</strong> worlds. These are <strong>the</strong> limitations within <strong>the</strong> dimension for <strong>the</strong> beings.<br />

There are beings which are simply in one world. For example <strong>the</strong> minerals <strong>and</strong> matter exists<br />

only in <strong>the</strong> Assiah world. They have no extension into <strong>the</strong> higher dimensions. There are life<br />

forms which have extensions into Yetsirah or Briah level or both. The only being who spans<br />

<strong>all</strong> <strong>the</strong>se four worlds was man as <strong>the</strong> Sons of God. Today we often limit carnal man as existing<br />

in three dimensions only – in Body, Mind <strong>and</strong> Spirit. But origin<strong>all</strong>y according to Genesis<br />

creation man also possessed a Divine element.<br />

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