firecatpickles
http://www.aish.com/spirituality/kabbala101/Kabbala_4_-_Why_10$.asp
This article is a bit confusing to me. It attempts to explain the foundation for the use of the number ten, as opposed to any other number.
What I did find interesting is that methematically, 10 is a "perfect" number not only because our numbering system is base-10, but also because 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 = 55 = 5 + 5 = 10.
To view the ten branches of the Tree of Life as "utterances", as opposed to simply "levels", makes more sense later, when he talks about "the deed" of creation. This article more or less lays a foundation for broader discussion.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=92819
This article is a bit confusing to me. It attempts to explain the foundation for the use of the number ten, as opposed to any other number.
What I did find interesting is that methematically, 10 is a "perfect" number not only because our numbering system is base-10, but also because 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 = 55 = 5 + 5 = 10.
To view the ten branches of the Tree of Life as "utterances", as opposed to simply "levels", makes more sense later, when he talks about "the deed" of creation. This article more or less lays a foundation for broader discussion.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=92819