Which Is Closest To Kether?
One of the "conundrums" I've run into over the past few years in the Qabalah is the confusion over the Three Veils of Negative Existence ( Ain = Nothing; Ain Soph = Limitless; Ain Soph Aur = Limitless Light) and which one, Ain or Ain Soph Aur , is "closest" to Kether (as in, bordering it). To illustrate my point, here's the formation given by most Hermetic Qabalists: The above makes "logical" sense (in as much as these abstract, negative concepts can make logical sense), in that the Ain , the Nothing, which is the most abstract and theologically furthest from creation, is furthest from Kether, the first expression of positive existence (albeit a highly abstract formation in its own right). The Ain Soph Aur , the Limitless Light, is then closest to Kether, the source of the Light that "feeds" and emanates the Sephiroth. Kether is sometimes paired with the passage "Let there be Light" from Genesis, which also suggests that th...