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Gilgulגלגול

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The revolving of souls — reincarnation, first openly taught in the Bahir, elaborated by Luria into a vast economy: souls return to complete missing mitzvot, sparks of one root-soul scatter across generations, and Chaim Vital's Sha'ar ha-Gilgulim names names. Ibbur ("impregnation") is the temporary lodging of a second soul come to help.

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Sefer ha-Bahir Chaim Vital Dharamsala, 1990 · the meeting on purpose The six realms · saṃsāra Clay, breath and spark · the three natures Cause & Effect — "nothing escapes the law"Shemittot — the Cosmic Cycles The souls against the worlds — a correspondence that does not quite close Bardo Thödol · the Tibetan Book of the Dead Sefer ha-Temunah (The Book of the Image)Sha'ar ha-Gilgulim The four-dimensional worm The worm-tree Midrash ha-Ne'elam on Ruth Sava de-Mishpatim

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