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Also known as Qliphoth

In the Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, and Hermetic Qabalah, the qlippoth (, "peels", "shells", or "husks", qəlippā; originally, ) are the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism, the opposites of the sefirot. The realm of evil is called Sitra Achra () in Kabbalistic texts.

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • In the Zohar
  • In Hermetic Qabalah
  • Mathers' interpretation
  • The Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley
  • Kenneth Grant
  • See also
  • References
  • Works cited
  • Further reading
  • External links

In the Zohar, Lurianic Kabbalah, and Hermetic Qabalah, the qlippoth (, "peels", "shells", or "husks", qəlippā; originally, ) are the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism, the opposites of the sefirot. The realm of evil is called Sitra Achra () in Kabbalistic texts.

== In the Zohar ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qlippoth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.