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THE PLAN OF DIVINE ACTIVITY.
According to the Qabbalists, the life of the Supreme Creator permeates all substance, all space, and all
time, but for diagrammatic purposes the Supreme, All-Inclusive Life is limited by Circle 3, which may be
called "the boundary line of Divine existence." The Divine Life permeating the area bounded by Circle 3 is
focused at Point 1, which thus becomes the personification of the impersonal life and is termed "the First
Crown." The creative forces pouring through Point 1 come into manifestation as the objective universe in
the intermediate space, Circle 2.
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comprising not only the one of which the earth is a part but all the solar systems in the
universe.
Opinions differ as to the arrangement of the globes of this last world, D 1 to D 10
inclusive. The ruler of the fourth world is D 1, called by some the Fiery Heaven; by
others the Primum Mobile, or the First Motion. From this whirling fire emanates the
material starry zodiac, D 2, in contradistinction to the invisible spiritual zodiac of the
Yetziratic World. From the zodiac, D 2, are differentiated the spheres of the planets in
concatenate order. The ten spheres of the World of Assiah are as follows:
From C 10 came D 1, the Fourth Crown; Rashith Ha-Galagalum, the Primum Mobile, the
fiery mist which is the beginning of the material universe.
From D 1 came D 2, the fourth Wisdom; Masloth, the Zodiac, the Firmament of the
Fixed Stars.
From D 2 came D 3, the fourth Understanding; Shabbathai, the sphere of Saturn.
From D 3 came D 4, the fourth Mercy; Tzedeg, the sphere of Jupiter.
From D 4 came D 5, the fourth Severity; Madim, the sphere of Mars.
From D 5 came D 6, the fourth Beauty; Shemesh, the sphere of the Sun.
From D 6 came D 7, the fourth Victory; Nogah, the sphere of Venus.
From D 7 came D 8, the fourth Glory; Kokab, the sphere of Mercury.
From D 8 came D 9, the fourth Foundation; Levanah, the sphere of the Moon.
