Interestingly there is actually a bit of a divide between Qabalah and Hermeticism, even though they are often used in compliment.
In Qabalah everything has its roots in "negative existence", the Ain, leading to Ain Soph, "limitlessness" and then emerging as the Ain Soph Aur, 'limitless light'. This is seen as the 'seed' from which the Tree of Life emerges and there is a common depiction of an upside-down tree with its roots in heaven.
In Hermeticism, by the Corpus Hermeticum, all things are divided by three, first is God the Father, then the World/Universe, and then "Man". Of course, it is archaic language so these terms are understood differently. "Man" used to be just a common term for humankind, and even though it says "God the Father", this figure is actually androgynous and "father" should be read more progenitor.
"Who hath made all these things? What Mother? What Father? Save only God that is not manifest, that made all things by his own will."
Rather the view is that God is a great "Workman" whom crafts all by his Will.
When it describes the origins of the World it starts with the infinite Light of God and a darkness forms with a "moist nature" from which the other elemental natures emerge.
I think the hardest thing to conceive is that "space" and "time" actually occur somewhere in the middle of the chain of events.
In Qabalah everything has its roots in "negative existence", the Ain, leading to Ain Soph, "limitlessness" and then emerging as the Ain Soph Aur, 'limitless light'. This is seen as the 'seed' from which the Tree of Life emerges and there is a common depiction of an upside-down tree with its roots in heaven.
In Hermeticism, by the Corpus Hermeticum, all things are divided by three, first is God the Father, then the World/Universe, and then "Man". Of course, it is archaic language so these terms are understood differently. "Man" used to be just a common term for humankind, and even though it says "God the Father", this figure is actually androgynous and "father" should be read more progenitor.
"Who hath made all these things? What Mother? What Father? Save only God that is not manifest, that made all things by his own will."
Rather the view is that God is a great "Workman" whom crafts all by his Will.
When it describes the origins of the World it starts with the infinite Light of God and a darkness forms with a "moist nature" from which the other elemental natures emerge.
I think the hardest thing to conceive is that "space" and "time" actually occur somewhere in the middle of the chain of events.