Book excerpt: The Aïn Soph or Boundless is Infinite, all-inclusive, and unconditioned. In order to make Its existence perceptible to finite minds, the Boundless becomes a bounded creative force by emanating from the Divine Light of a female power (Sephirah), Nine Sephiroth or Intelligences. Sephirah is the Crown and Essence of the Nine Sephiroth which emanate from Her. The host of Ten Kabbalistic Sephiroth, issuing from One Cause, construct the Universe out of Chaos. Three trinities or triads with their emanative principle form the Pythagorean mystic Decad, which represents the whole Kosmos. Sephiroth are identical with Amshaspends or the Holy Seven, and with the Dhyani-Chohans of the Secret Doctrine. How do the Seven Sephiroth emanate the Sephirah? Complete with three diagrams: “Hindu versus Chaldeo-Jewish Cosmogonies,” “Eastern