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From D 9 came D 10, the Fourth Kingdom; Cholom Yosodoth, the sphere of the Four
Elements.

By inserting a sphere (which he calls the Empyrean) before the Primum Mobile, Kircher
moves each of the other spheres down one, resulting in the elimination of the sphere of
the elements and making D 10 the sphere of the Moon.

In the World of Assiah are to be found the demons and tempters. These are likewise
reflections of the ten great globes of Atziluth, but because of the distortion of the images
resulting from the base substances of the World of Assiah upon which they are reflected,
they become evil creatures, called shells by the Qabbalists. There are ten hierarchies of
these demons to correlate with the ten hierarchies of good spirits composing the
Yetziratic World. There are

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THE QABBALISTIC SCHEME OF THE FOUR WORLDS.

In the above chart the dark line between X 3 and A 1 constitutes the boundary of the original dot, while the
concentric circles within this heavier line symbolize the emanations and the worlds which came forth from
the dot. As this dot is contained within the outer rings X 1, X 2, and X 3, and represents the first
establishment of an individualized existence, so the lower universe symbolized by the forty concentric
circles within the dot represents the lower creation evolved out of and yet contained within the nature of the
first Crown, which may be called God, within whom the divine powers, the celestial beings the sidereal
worlds, and man, live and move and have their being. It is highly important that all the rings within A 1 be
considered as being enclosed by the primitive dot, which is itself encircled by the great ring X 1, or the
Auric Egg of AIN SOPH.

Each ring includes with in its own nature all the rings within itself and is included within the natures of all
the rings outside of itself. Thus, A 1--the primitive dot--controls and contains the thirty-nine rings which it
encloses, all of these partaking of its nature in varying degrees according to their respective dignities.
Consequently, the entire area from A 1 to D 10 inclusive is the original dot, and the rings symbolize the
divisions which took place with in it and the emanations which poured out from it after its establishment in
the midst of the abstract nature of AIN SOPH. The powers of the rings decrease towards the center of the
diagram, for Power is measured by the number of things controlled, and each ring controls the rings within
it and is controlled by the rings outside of it. Thus, while A 1 controls thirty-nine rings besides itself, B 1
controls only twenty-nine rings besides its own. Therefore, A 1 is more powerful than B 1. As the greatest
spiritual solidity, or permanence, is at the circumference and the greatest material density, or
impermanence, is at the center of the diagram, the rings as they decrease in Power become more material
and substantial until the center sphere, D 10, symbolizes the actual chemical elements of the earth. The
rates of vibration are also lower as the rings approach the center. Thus, the vibration of A 2 is lower than A
1 but higher than A 3, and so on in decreasing scale towards the center, A 1 being the highest and D 10 the
lowest sphere of creation. While A 1, the ruler of creation, controls the circles marked A, B, C, and D, it is
less than the three rings of AIN SOPH--X 1, X2, and X3--and therefore bows before the throne of the
ineffable Creator from whose substances it was individualized.