Kaballah Tree of Life as Subway Map

Strange, but cool. [Link]

Sephiroth (Hebrew for ‘Enumerations’) is the name for the ten attributes of God in the Kabbalah (a form of jewish esotericism). Ten in itself is of course also a significant number, as it is divinely perfect. The attributes are:

* The Crown (’Keter’ in Hebrew): the Creator Himself.

* Wisdom (’Hokhmah’): Divine reality/revelation; the power of Wisdom.

* Understanding (’Binah’): repentance/reason; the power of Love.

* Mercy (’Hesed’): grace/intention to emulate God; the power of Vision.

* Strength (’Gevurah’): judgment/determination; the power of Intention.

* Beauty (’Tif’eret’): symmetry/compassion; the power of Creativity.

* Victory (’Netzah’): contemplation/initiative/persistence; the power of the Eternal Now.

* Splendour (’Hod’): surrender/sincerity/steadfastness; the power of Observation.

* Yesod (’Foundation’): remembering/knowing; the power of Manifesting.

* Kingdom (’Malkuth’): physical presence/vision and illusion; the power of Healing.

As befits esoteric systems, the aforementioned terms are anything but elucidating, and furthermore they’re only one of many interpretations of the 10 sephiroth (rabbi Moses ben Jacob Cordovero’s, to be precise).

It would fit right in with the GUPRS Cabal setting, where the Tree of Life really does map out reality.