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''Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism'' (1941) by Jewish philosopher Gershom Scholem highlighted the fluid nature of [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] mystical beliefs and the difficulty of arriving on consensus definitions within the Kabbalistic community of believers. This also applies to the qlippoth, with disparate views presented by Rabbis from different traditions.
''Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism'' (1941) by Jewish philosopher Gershom Scholem highlighted the fluid nature of [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] mystical beliefs and the difficulty of arriving on consensus definitions within the Kabbalistic community of believers. This also applies to the qlippoth, with disparate views presented by Rabbis from different traditions.


Christian Knorr von Rosenroth's  ''Kabbala denudata'' (1684) (translated ''The Kabbalah Unveiled'' by [[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]]) equates these forces with the Kings of Edom and suggests they are the result of an imbalance towards Gedulah ("the Pillar of Mercy") and have since been destroyed. In subsequent [[Hermetic]] teachings, the qlippoth have tended, much like the [[sefirot]], to be interpreted as mystical worlds or entities, and merged with ideas derived from demonology.
Christian Knorr von Rosenroth's  ''Kabbala denudata'' (1684) (translated ''The Kabbalah Unveiled'' by [[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]]) equates these forces with the Kings of Edom and suggests they are the result of an imbalance towards [[Chesed]] ("the Pillar of Mercy") and have since been destroyed. In subsequent [[Hermetic]] teachings, the qlippoth have tended, much like the [[sefirot]], to be interpreted as mystical worlds or entities, and merged with ideas derived from demonology.


===Left-hand path views===
===Left-hand path views===