Thagirion
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Thagirion is the Qliphoth
associated with the Sephirot Tipheret in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life
. It means the disputers, the painful movers, and the demons called the Zomiel are attributed to it, great black giants that are always working against each other.
Tiphereth is the sephirah of harmony, and the balance of different forces, which in particular balances the giving powers of Chesed
, Loving kindness, with the Restaining power of Geburah, Restaint. Implicit in the idea of balancing and synthesis is also the idea of stress and strain, and the swinging backwards and forth between the different forces. Chesed and Geburah often work against each other, and the pendulum must be allowed to swing between them. If the pendulum is forced to stay still, in the middle, due to an excess of Tiphereth, then undue stress and pain is felt, as these forces are not given room to breathe. Therefore Tiphereth, beauty, becomes Thagirion, the disputers.
Thagirion plays a role similar though inverse to that of Tiphereth in the Tree of Life, in stopping the different forces from falling apart from each other, and maintaining the shape of the tree, although in the case of Thagirion, it maintains and sustains the ugly and evil forces together.
Another important role of Tiphereth is that of Saviour, and in Christian kabbalah it is through Tiphareth, the Son, that the father is known. Thagirion could be said to be the negative aspect of this dogma, the harsher doctrines that condemn all who dare defy their particular brand of beauty to everlasting hell and fire.
Qliphoth
Qliphoth/Qelippot, alternatively Klippot/Kellipot etc. refers to the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism.In the Kabbalistic spiritual cosmology, the Kelipot are metaphorical "shells" surrounding holiness...
associated with the Sephirot Tipheret in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life
Tree of Life
The tree of life in the Book of Genesis is a tree planted by God in midst of the Garden of Eden , whose fruit gives everlasting life, i.e. immortality. Together with the tree of life, God planted the tree of the knowledge of good and evil . According to some scholars, however, these are in fact...
. It means the disputers, the painful movers, and the demons called the Zomiel are attributed to it, great black giants that are always working against each other.
Tiphereth is the sephirah of harmony, and the balance of different forces, which in particular balances the giving powers of Chesed
Chesed
The Hebrew noun khesed or chesed is the Hebrew word for "kindness." It is also commonly translated as "loving-kindness," or "love." Love is a central Jewish value, and leads to many particular commandments. Chesed is central to Jewish ethics and Jewish theology...
, Loving kindness, with the Restaining power of Geburah, Restaint. Implicit in the idea of balancing and synthesis is also the idea of stress and strain, and the swinging backwards and forth between the different forces. Chesed and Geburah often work against each other, and the pendulum must be allowed to swing between them. If the pendulum is forced to stay still, in the middle, due to an excess of Tiphereth, then undue stress and pain is felt, as these forces are not given room to breathe. Therefore Tiphereth, beauty, becomes Thagirion, the disputers.
Thagirion plays a role similar though inverse to that of Tiphereth in the Tree of Life, in stopping the different forces from falling apart from each other, and maintaining the shape of the tree, although in the case of Thagirion, it maintains and sustains the ugly and evil forces together.
Another important role of Tiphereth is that of Saviour, and in Christian kabbalah it is through Tiphareth, the Son, that the father is known. Thagirion could be said to be the negative aspect of this dogma, the harsher doctrines that condemn all who dare defy their particular brand of beauty to everlasting hell and fire.