(urth) Severian on trial

maru marudubshinki at gmail.com
Fri Apr 1 19:00:41 PST 2005


Chris wrote:

> You're right, that was a grievous error on my part.
>
> The use of "Briah" is confusing no matter which way you look at it. 
> "Briah" is one of a few fairly common spellings for the word indicated 
> in Lexicon Urthus, although the entry there is a little misleading. 
> What "Briah" actually means, or stands for, changes depending on what 
> you're talking about. This could be because the qabbalistic traditions 
> are fragmented, or just because of a general concept shift (in other 
> words, the uses could be equivalent). In either event "Briah" isn't a 
> sefirot, as Yesod is; the two are categorically different in a way. 

....

So is 'Briah' one of the inverse sephirah? (Afraid the technical term 
escapes me at the moment.)

~Maru



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