Adam's Projection

In Adam Kadmon, then, are symbolized both the man of flesh and the man of Spirit. The sephirot, or spheres, speak of specific locations and functions in the body as the Temple of ImmanuAL (2 Cor. 12); therefore, they also speak of the spiritual principles housed in the bodily forms and displayed by the bodily functions (Rom. 1:20). The connecting lines of Adam Kadmon are symbolic of the organization, coordination, and communication of the body's members and faculties. The courtyards delineated by the connecting lines symbolize the unity of operation of connected spheres. The united order of the whole, then, symbolizes the physical body of man and speaks metaphorically of the spiritual body of Yahushúa haMashiyach (Eph. 4:15-16).

Because man is also symbolic of the organizational order of HaShem, in that man is made in his image and in that Mashiyach is his express image (Heb. 1:3), Adam Kadmon speaks also of the invisible reality of the Heavenly Father of Spirit: we reason because he reasons; we see because he sees; we are able to stand, to grasp, and to reproduce because these functions have their corollaries in the Realm of Pure Spirit (Col. 1:1). This is not to say that our thoughts are as his thoughts (Is. 55:8), nor that our members are as his members (Deut. 32:31), but that the forms and functions to which our souls have been united in this life are like prisms, enabling us to see the Light that shines within them from the Source as we are given ability through Grace.

Yet further concerning things below, the Logos is the pattern of Creation, not merely of man (Rom. 1:20). Adam Kadmon, as symbol of the Logos (the Word), is therefore a key to the organization, structure, and spiritual significance of all things in the universe. As consequence, the sephirot can be recognized and understood in every realm of investigation in every nominally secular sphere of human activity-- from speculative science to meal planning, whatever substantive difference there may be between them. Relentless scrutiny of man's endeavors discloses that the underlying reality of every assumption presumed as fact is faith. In the quantum understandings of modern science, therefore, all human activities are forms of religious practice; and all shall become clean as they turn to hwhy in Mashiyach (Acts 10).

Though Adam Kadmon-- especially in its dimensions of extension in the Crown Diamond-- functions as an oracle concerning all things, it is not the means to understanding all things. The Tree of Life is given to those who have overcome in and by the power of Messiah's Word: its fruit is lawful to those who have intimate, first-hand knowledge of. and are also reliant upon. the indwelling Spirit of hwhy . Those consciously led by God's Spirit are his children and need rely on no exterior teacher, prophet, or guide, having the confirmation of all these engraved upon their hearts by reason of the Rock upon which they stand (2 Cor. 3:3; 1 John 2:27).                     

What, then, some may reasonably ask, is the reason we should study these symbols? For no more reason than we should study scripture (John 5:39), except that the wisdom of hwhy decreed these things for the benefit of his children, who are able to learn of his ways, only here (Dan. 7:1) a little, and there, there (Dan. 9:2) a little (Is. 28). There are no pressing needs in the walk according to the Spirit: he who believes will not make haste.

Let us, then, proceed with frequent reference to scripture and with constant supplication to the Holy Breath that hides within our breathing, to see whether these things are so (Acts 17:11). Understanding that spiritual comprehension comes little by little (Dan. 9: 21-22), let us agree to take a closer look at Adam Kadmon, and at the wonderful Tree of Life it represents, to the glory of HaShem.