Adam Kadmon

The oldest rabbinical source for the term "Adam ha-Ḳadmoni" is Num. R. x., where Adam is styled, not as usually, "Ha-Rishon" (the first), "Ha-Kadmoni" (the original). It is said that Adam Ḳadmon had rays of light projecting from his eyes. In Lurianic Kabbalah , Adam Ḳadmon acquired an exalted status equivalent to Purusha in the Upanishads , denoting the Manifest Absolute itself. In this variant of mythopoetic cosmogenesis and anthropogenesis , the "Adam Soul" is described as the primeval soul that contained all human souls. Adam Ḳadmon is comparable to the Anthropos of Gnosticism and Manichaeism . There is also a similar concept in Alevi and Sufic philosophy called Insan-i Kamil , the Perfect or Complete Man.

The oldest mainstream rabbinic source for the term Adam ha-Ḳadmoni is Numbers Rabbah x., where Biblical Adam is styled, not as usually Ha-Rishon ("the first"), but "Ha-Kadmoni" ("the original"). In Kabbalah, Adam Kadmon ("above") is the first of the comprehensive Five spiritual Worlds in creation, distinguished from Biblical Adam Ha-Rishon ("below"), who included within himself all future human souls before the sin of the Tree of Knowledge . The spiritual realm of Adam Kadmon represents the sephirah (divine attribute) of Keter ("crown"), the specific divine will and plan for subsequent creation. In the Lurianic systemisation of preceding Kabbalah, the anthropomorphic designation for Adam Kadmon describes its arrangement of the latent future sephirot in the harmonised configuration of man. However, Adam Kadmon itself is divine light without vessels, including all subsequent creation only in potential. This exalted anthropomorphism denotes that man is both the theocentric purpose of future creation, and the anthropocentric embodiment of the divine manifestations on high. This mythopoetic cosmogenesis and anthropogenesis enables the "Adam soul" to embody all human souls: the collective Yechidah ("singular") soul essence in Adam Kadmon , and the collective Neshamah ("soul") revealed soul in the Biblical Adam Ha-Rishon in the Garden of Eden .

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Mystical concept of a heavenly man or world ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Practices Torah study Mystical exegesis Mitzvot Minhag Customary immersion in mikveh Meditation Kavanot Teshuvah Deveikut Prayer Nusach Tikkun Chatzot Tikkun Leil Shavuot Pilgrimage to Tzadik Pilgrimage to holy grave Lag BaOmer at Meron Asceticism Rosicrucianism Practical Kabbalah People Role v t e In Kabbalah , Adam Kadmon ( אָדָם קַדְמוֹן , ʾāḏām qaḏmōn , "Primordial Man") also called Adam Elyon ( אָדָם עֶלִיוֹן , ʾāḏām ʿelyōn , "Most High Man"), or Adam Ila'ah ( אָדָם עִילָּאָה , ʾāḏām ʿīllāʾā "Supreme Man"), sometimes abbreviated as A"K ( א"ק , ʾA.Q. ), is the first of Four Worlds that came into being after the contraction of God's infinite light . Adam Kadmon is not the same as the physical Adam Ha-Rishon . In Lurianic Kabbalah , the description of Adam Kadmon is anthropomorphic . Nonetheless, Adam Kadmon is divine light without vessels, i.e., pure potential. In the human psyche, Adam Kadmon corresponds to the yechidah , the collective essence of the soul.

Mystical concept of a heavenly man or world ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Practices Torah study Mystical exegesis Mitzvot Minhag Customary immersion in mikveh Meditation Kavanot Teshuvah Deveikut Prayer Nusach Tikkun Chatzot Tikkun Leil Shavuot Pilgrimage to Tzadik Pilgrimage to holy grave Lag BaOmer at Meron Asceticism Rosicrucianism Practical Kabbalah People Role v t e In Kabbalah , Adam Kadmon ( אָדָם קַדְמוֹן , ʾāḏām qaḏmōn , "Primordial Man") also called Adam Elyon ( אָדָם עֶלִיוֹן , ʾāḏām ʿelyōn , "Most High Man"), or Adam Ila'ah ( אָדָם עִילָּאָה , ʾāḏām ʿīllāʾā "Most High Adam" in Aramaic ), sometimes abbreviated as A"K ( א"ק , ʾA.Q. ), is the first of Four Worlds that came into being after the contraction of God's infinite light . Adam Kadmon is not the same as the physical Adam Ha-Rishon (אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן). In Lurianic Kabbalah , the description of Adam Kadmon is anthropomorphic . Nonetheless, Adam Kadmon is divine light without vessels, i.e., pure potential. In the human psyche, Adam Kadmon corresponds to the yechidah , the collective essence of the soul.