Tree of Life
The Tree of Life (a.k.a. the Tree of Sephiroth) is a term from the Jewish Kabbalah which refers to how the ten attributes of God's manifestation (Sephiroth) are arranged. During Third Impact, after the Mass Production Evangelions crucify Evangelion Unit-01, and Eva 01 is stabbed in its core with the Spear of Longinus, the Mass Production Evas gather around Unit 01 in a pattern resembling the organization of the Sephiroth in the Tree, and Eva 01 transformed into a real, cross-shaped Tree of Life.
Arber Sephirotheca
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Formative Names
The ten palm leafs that share Kingdom as their base have written upon them the ten angelic orders that are alloted on the Tree in יצירה, they are from left to right:
1. Binah in Thrones: בינה החיות הקדש
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Systema Sephiroticvm
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3. Totius TRINITATIS influxus deferem
4. reciprocus 50 Portarum et 32 Semitarum
5. Aquarum divinae misericordiae
6. Misericordiae et Iustitiae
7. Ignium divinae iustitiae et iudicii
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15. Canalis reciprocus Victoriae et Honoris
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אין סוף
Horizon of Eternity
50 Gates
72 Powers
Furnishings of the Temple & The Three Worlds
The two Altars, the Menorah, the Table of Shewbeard and the Tablets of Moses on Kircher's diagram are all furnishings of the Tabernacle (משכן, literally "Place of Dwelling" - see Exodus 25) and later Solomon's Temple. The Place of Dwelling was split into three parts, the Outer Court, the Holy Place and the Holy of Hollies. Each of these three parts are ascribed by Kircher on to each of the triads on the Tree of Emanations. The Outer Court lay behind a veil of cloth and contained both an altar of fire as well as a altar of water (the associated triad is named World of Elements by Kircher in his diagram). The Holy Place lay behind another veil of cloth and contained the Menorah and the Table of Shewbread, patent representations of the 7 luminaries and the zodiac (the associated triad is named World of Stars). Behind the last veil of cloth lay the Ark of the Covenant which contained the Tablets of Moses (the associated triad is named World of Ideas).
35 Princes of Severity and 35 Princes of Mercy
248 Positive precepts of the Law & 365 Negative precepts of the Law
As well as the 10 commandments received by Moses on Mt. Sinai there are a further 613 instances on the Torah where God either permits or forbids certain actions, these commandments are called מצווה. God permits 248 actions which are called positive laws, while forbidding 365 actions which are called negative laws throughout the entire Torah.
The number 248 is ascribed to the microcosm as it is the number of major bones in the human body. While the number 365 is ascribed onto the macrocosm as it is the length of one solar year. Here, Kircher has associated the 248 positive laws with the Number named Magnificence, while the 365 negative laws he has associated with the Number named Fear.
