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	In the [[Kabbalah]], the the divine archetype of man and woman is known as ''Adam Kadmon'', literally “Primordial Man.” He is the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.		In the [[Kabbalah]], the the divine archetype of man and woman is known as ''Adam Kadmon'', literally “Primordial Man.” He is the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.

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	Some Kabbalists teach that when the ''[[sefirot]]'' emanated from ''[[Ein Sof]]'', they first took the form of ''Adam Kadmon''. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> ''Adam Kadmon'' is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.		Some Kabbalists teach that when the ''[[sefirot]]'' emanated from ''[[Ein Sof]]'', they first took the form of ''Adam Kadmon''. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> ''Adam Kadmon'' is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.

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	Kabbalists usually depict ''Adam Kadmon'' so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where [[Moses]] asks God to show him his glory but the L<small>ORD</small> reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.”<ref>Exod. 33:22, 30.</ref>		Kabbalists usually depict ''Adam Kadmon'' so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where [[Moses]] asks God to show him his glory but the L<small>ORD</small> reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.”<ref>Exod. 33:22, 30.</ref>

	== Adam and ''Adam Kadmon'' ==		== Adam and ''Adam Kadmon'' == <!--T:5-->

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	The Adam of the [[Garden of Eden]] was the anthropological counterpart of ''Adam Kadmon''. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual and ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But ''Adam Kadmon'' never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.		The Adam of the [[Garden of Eden]] was the anthropological counterpart of ''Adam Kadmon''. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual and ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But ''Adam Kadmon'' never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.

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	I believe that ''Adam Kadmon'' was the primordial image and likeness of God in which we were made and that his body is the blueprint for the bodies of all [[sons and daughters of God]]. We have strayed from that blueprint, compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. But the original matrix of perfection, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self.		I believe that ''Adam Kadmon'' was the primordial image and likeness of God in which we were made and that his body is the blueprint for the bodies of all [[sons and daughters of God]]. We have strayed from that blueprint, compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. But the original matrix of perfection, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self.

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	Kabbalists say we can return to that divine image. Daniel Matt writes:		Kabbalists say we can return to that divine image. Daniel Matt writes:

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	<blockquote>According to Genesis 1:27, the human being is created in the image of God. The ''sefirot'' are the divine original of that image. As Primordial Adam, they are the mythical paragon of the human being, our archetypal nature. The human race has lost this nature, but if one were to purify himself, he would reconnect with the sefirot and become a vessel for them. This is what the Patriarchs attained and, to a greater degree, Moses.<ref>Daniel Chanan Matt, trans., ''Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment'' (Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983), p. 34.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>According to Genesis 1:27, the human being is created in the image of God. The ''sefirot'' are the divine original of that image. As Primordial Adam, they are the mythical paragon of the human being, our archetypal nature. The human race has lost this nature, but if one were to purify himself, he would reconnect with the sefirot and become a vessel for them. This is what the Patriarchs attained and, to a greater degree, Moses.<ref>Daniel Chanan Matt, trans., ''Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment'' (Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983), p. 34.</ref></blockquote>

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	{{KAB}}, pp. 73, 75–76.		{{KAB}}, pp. 73, 75–76.
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	In the [[Kabbalah]], the the divine archetype of man and woman is known as ''Adam Kadmon'', literally “Primordial Man.” He is the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.		In the [[Kabbalah]], the the divine archetype of man and woman is known as ''Adam Kadmon'', literally “Primordial Man.” He is the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.

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	{{KAB}}, pp. 73, 75–76.		{{KAB}}, pp. 73, 75–76.
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	Some Kabbalists teach that when the ''[[sefirot]]'' emanated from ''[[Ein Sof]]'', they first took the form of ''Adam Kadmon''. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> ''Adam Kadmon'' is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.		Some Kabbalists teach that when the ''[[sefirot]]'' emanated from ''[[Ein Sof]]'', they first took the form of ''Adam Kadmon''. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> ''Adam Kadmon'' is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.

	Kabbalists usually depict ''Adam Kadmon'' so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where [[Moses]] asks God to show him his glory but the ~~Lord~~ reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.”<ref>Exod. 33:22, 30.</ref>		Kabbalists usually depict ''Adam Kadmon'' so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where [[Moses]] asks God to show him his glory but the L<small>ORD</small> reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.”<ref>Exod. 33:22, 30.</ref>

	== Adam and ''Adam Kadmon'' ==		== Adam and ''Adam Kadmon'' ==

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			[[File:Adamtree.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|Adam Kadmon, from ''Qabbalah'', by Isaac Myer (1888)]]

	In the [[Kabbalah]], the the divine archetype of man and woman is known as ''Adam Kadmon'', literally “Primordial Man.” He is the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.		In the [[Kabbalah]], the the divine archetype of man and woman is known as ''Adam Kadmon'', literally “Primordial Man.” He is the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.

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	In the [[Kabbalah]], the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.		In the [[Kabbalah]], the the divine archetype of man and woman is known as ''Adam Kadmon'', literally “Primordial Man.” He is the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.

	Some Kabbalists teach that when the [[sefirot]] emanated from [[Ein Sof]], they first took the form of Adam Kadmon. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> Adam Kadmon is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.		Some Kabbalists teach that when the ''[[sefirot]]'' emanated from ''[[Ein Sof]]'', they first took the form of ''Adam Kadmon''. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> ''Adam Kadmon'' is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.

	Kabbalists usually depict Adam Kadmon so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where [[Moses]] asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.”<ref>Exod. 33:22, 30.</ref>		Kabbalists usually depict ''Adam Kadmon'' so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where [[Moses]] asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.”<ref>Exod. 33:22, 30.</ref>

	~~The~~ Adam ~~of the [[Garden of Eden]] was the anthropological counterpart of Adam Kadmon. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual~~ and ~~ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But~~ Adam Kadmon ~~never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.~~		== Adam and ''Adam Kadmon'' ==

	Adam ~~Kadmon~~ was the ~~primordial image and likeness~~ of ~~God in which we were made and that his~~ body ~~is the blueprint for the bodies of all sons~~ and ~~daughters of God~~. ~~We have strayed~~ from ~~that blueprint~~, ~~compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds~~. But the ~~original matrix~~ of perfection~~, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self~~.		The Adam of the [[Garden of Eden]] was the anthropological counterpart of ''Adam Kadmon''. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual and ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But ''Adam Kadmon'' never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.

	Kabbalists say we can return to that divine image. ~~“According~~ to Genesis 1:27, the human being is created in the image of God~~,” writes Daniel Matt~~. ~~“The~~ sefirot are the divine original of that image. As Primordial Adam, they are the mythical paragon of the human being, our archetypal nature. The human race has lost this nature, but if one were to purify himself, he would reconnect with the sefirot and become a vessel for them. This is what the Patriarchs attained and, to a greater degree, Moses.” <ref>Daniel Chanan Matt, trans., ''Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment'' (Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983), p. 34.</ref>		I believe that ''Adam Kadmon'' was the primordial image and likeness of God in which we were made and that his body is the blueprint for the bodies of all [[sons and daughters of God]]. We have strayed from that blueprint, compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. But the original matrix of perfection, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self.

			Kabbalists say we can return to that divine image. Daniel Matt writes:

			<blockquote>According to Genesis 1:27, the human being is created in the image of God. The ''sefirot'' are the divine original of that image. As Primordial Adam, they are the mythical paragon of the human being, our archetypal nature. The human race has lost this nature, but if one were to purify himself, he would reconnect with the sefirot and become a vessel for them. This is what the Patriarchs attained and, to a greater degree, Moses.<ref>Daniel Chanan Matt, trans., ''Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment'' (Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983), p. 34.</ref></blockquote>

	== For more information ==		== For more information ==

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	Some Kabbalists teach that when the [[sefirot]] emanated from [[Ein Sof]], they first took the form of Adam Kadmon. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> Adam Kadmon is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.		Some Kabbalists teach that when the [[sefirot]] emanated from [[Ein Sof]], they first took the form of Adam Kadmon. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> Adam Kadmon is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.

	Kabbalists usually depict Adam Kadmon so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where Moses asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.”<ref>Exod. 33:22, 30.</ref>		Kabbalists usually depict Adam Kadmon so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where [[Moses]] asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.”<ref>Exod. 33:22, 30.</ref>

	The Adam of the [[Garden of Eden]] was the anthropological counterpart of Adam Kadmon. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual and ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But Adam Kadmon never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.		The Adam of the [[Garden of Eden]] was the anthropological counterpart of Adam Kadmon. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual and ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But Adam Kadmon never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.

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	Some Kabbalists teach that when the [[sefirot]] emanated from [[Ein Sof]], they first took the form of Adam Kadmon. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> Adam Kadmon is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.		Some Kabbalists teach that when the [[sefirot]] emanated from [[Ein Sof]], they first took the form of Adam Kadmon. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> Adam Kadmon is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.

	Kabbalists usually depict Adam Kadmon so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where Moses asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.” (Exod. 33:22, 30)		Kabbalists usually depict Adam Kadmon so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where Moses asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.”<ref>Exod. 33:22, 30.</ref>

	The [[Adam ~~and Eve\|Adam]]~~ of the [[Garden of Eden]] was the anthropological counterpart of Adam Kadmon. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual and ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But Adam Kadmon never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.		The Adam of the [[Garden of Eden]] was the anthropological counterpart of Adam Kadmon. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual and ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But Adam Kadmon never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.

	Adam Kadmon was the primordial image and likeness of God in which we were made and that his body is the blueprint for the bodies of all sons and daughters of God. We have strayed from that blueprint, compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. But the original matrix of perfection, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self.		Adam Kadmon was the primordial image and likeness of God in which we were made and that his body is the blueprint for the bodies of all sons and daughters of God. We have strayed from that blueprint, compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. But the original matrix of perfection, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self.

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	In the Kabbalah, the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.		In the [[Kabbalah]], the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.

	Some Kabbalists teach that when the [[sefirot]] emanated from [[Ein Sof]], they first took the form of Adam Kadmon. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> Adam Kadmon is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.		Some Kabbalists teach that when the [[sefirot]] emanated from [[Ein Sof]], they first took the form of Adam Kadmon. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> Adam Kadmon is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.
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	Kabbalists usually depict Adam Kadmon so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where Moses asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.” (Exod. 33:22, 30)		Kabbalists usually depict Adam Kadmon so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where Moses asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.” (Exod. 33:22, 30)

	The [Adam and Eve\|Adam] of the [Garden of Eden] was the anthropological counterpart of Adam Kadmon. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual and ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But Adam Kadmon never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.		The [[Adam and Eve\|Adam]] of the [[Garden of Eden]] was the anthropological counterpart of Adam Kadmon. Before he sinned, Adam’s body was spiritual and ethereal. After he fell from his divine state in Eden, Adam took on a material body. But Adam Kadmon never descended below the realm of heavenly perfection.

	Adam Kadmon was the primordial image and likeness of God in which we were made and that his body is the blueprint for the bodies of all sons and daughters of God. We have strayed from that blueprint, compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. But the original matrix of perfection, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self.		Adam Kadmon was the primordial image and likeness of God in which we were made and that his body is the blueprint for the bodies of all sons and daughters of God. We have strayed from that blueprint, compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. But the original matrix of perfection, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self.
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	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

	{{~~POW~~}}~~, vol. 37, no. 40.~~		{{POWref\|37\|40}}

	{{KAB}}, pp. 73, ~~75-76~~.		{{KAB}}, pp. 73, 75–76.

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	Kabbalists say we can return to that divine image. “According to Genesis 1:27, the human being is created in the image of God,” writes Daniel Matt. “The sefirot are the divine original of that image. As Primordial Adam, they are the mythical paragon of the human being, our archetypal nature. The human race has lost this nature, but if one were to purify himself, he would reconnect with the sefirot and become a vessel for them. This is what the Patriarchs attained and, to a greater degree, Moses.” <ref>Daniel Chanan Matt, trans., ''Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment'' (Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983), p. 34.</ref>		Kabbalists say we can return to that divine image. “According to Genesis 1:27, the human being is created in the image of God,” writes Daniel Matt. “The sefirot are the divine original of that image. As Primordial Adam, they are the mythical paragon of the human being, our archetypal nature. The human race has lost this nature, but if one were to purify himself, he would reconnect with the sefirot and become a vessel for them. This is what the Patriarchs attained and, to a greater degree, Moses.” <ref>Daniel Chanan Matt, trans., ''Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment'' (Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983), p. 34.</ref>


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	== ~~References~~ ==		== Sources ==

	{{POW}}, vol. 37, no. 40.		{{POW}}, vol. 37, no. 40.

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	In the Kabbalah, the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.		In the Kabbalah, the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes.

	Some Kabbalists teach that when the [[sefirot]] emanated from [[Ein Sof]], they first took the form of Adam Kadmon. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39</ref> Adam Kadmon is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.		Some Kabbalists teach that when the [[sefirot]] emanated from [[Ein Sof]], they first took the form of Adam Kadmon. Kabbalists describe him as “the concealed shape of the Godhead itself.”<ref>Gershom G. Scholem, ''On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead: Basic Concepts in the Kabbalah'' (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 39.</ref> Adam Kadmon is androgynous; in him the male and female forces are in complete harmony and balance.

	Kabbalists usually depict Adam Kadmon so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where Moses asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.” (Exod. 33:22, 30)		Kabbalists usually depict Adam Kadmon so that we are viewing his back. This is based on the passage from Exodus where Moses asks God to show him his glory but the Lord reveals only his back to Moses, saying: “Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me and live.... And thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.” (Exod. 33:22, 30)
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	Adam Kadmon was the primordial image and likeness of God in which we were made and that his body is the blueprint for the bodies of all sons and daughters of God. We have strayed from that blueprint, compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. But the original matrix of perfection, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self.		Adam Kadmon was the primordial image and likeness of God in which we were made and that his body is the blueprint for the bodies of all sons and daughters of God. We have strayed from that blueprint, compromising our bodies by our negative thoughts, feelings, words and deeds. But the original matrix of perfection, the divine image and likeness, is there, sealed in our Higher Self.

	Kabbalists say we can return to that divine image. “According to Genesis 1:27, the human being is created in the image of God,” writes Daniel Matt. “The sefirot are the divine original of that image. As Primordial Adam, they are the mythical paragon of the human being, our archetypal nature. The human race has lost this nature, but if one were to purify himself, he would reconnect with the sefirot and become a vessel for them. This is what the Patriarchs attained and, to a greater degree, Moses.” <ref>Daniel Chanan Matt, trans., ''Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment'' (Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983), p. 34</ref>		Kabbalists say we can return to that divine image. “According to Genesis 1:27, the human being is created in the image of God,” writes Daniel Matt. “The sefirot are the divine original of that image. As Primordial Adam, they are the mythical paragon of the human being, our archetypal nature. The human race has lost this nature, but if one were to purify himself, he would reconnect with the sefirot and become a vessel for them. This is what the Patriarchs attained and, to a greater degree, Moses.” <ref>Daniel Chanan Matt, trans., ''Zohar: The Book of Enlightenment'' (Ramsey, NJ: Paulist Press, 1983), p. 34.</ref>