The Jews considered Adam Kadmon a manifestation of some absolute particle of the human essence that existed in those distant times when there was not even a thought about the appearance of man himself.
Adam Kadmon or Heavenly Adam
From the point of view of Kabbalah, Adam Kadmon (the literal translation, which Kabbalists consider correct, sounds like “Heavenly Adam” or “original man”) is a kind of link connecting the infinite God with limited humanity.
Esotericists, doubting the human nature of such natural phenomena, consider Heavenly Adam one of the main symbols of all types of magic and alchemy.
In the Jewish work "Raziel", dated the 10th century, Adam Kadmon appears as a being who has knowledge about the fate of every earthly person and all dialects existing in the world. The wisdom and magical power of Adam Kadmon, whose body parts were the heavenly bodies, made him the ruler of the world.
Two Adams
Theosophy considers the heavenly Adam as natura naturans - the abstract world, while the name given to earthly Adam (meaning all of humanity) is natura naturata (the material universe). The first of the two Adams is the bearer of the divine essence, the second is the bearer of the mindthis entity.
The Holy Fathers categorically deny the concept of the dual nature of the first man and under the two Adams they understand two independent individuals. The mention of the existence of two Adams is indeed in Scripture. Adam Kadmon, according to Christian texts, is none other than the God-Man Jesus Christ. The second Adam is the first earthly man, also a completely independent person. According to the Apostle Paul, every Christian is between the old and heavenly Adam, that is, between the sins, death, apostasy and disobedience inherent in the fallen nature of man, and grace, humility, immortality and eternal life brought by the New Man.
New Man, Lord Jesus Christ, Adam Kadmon - no matter what Christians call Jesus, as long as they remember their calling for which they appeared on Earth: … "put off" the old Adam and "put on Jesus Christ" (Eph 4:22).
He althy selfishness as an engine of progress
The history of the development of human society is closely connected with a phenomenon that is considered to be natural - human egoism or ego, without which the struggle with the forces of nature for the sake of survival would be impossible.
Adam or the original person, who is considered to be the founder of Kabbalistic knowledge, had a zero level of egoism (Kabbalists have five levels of ego). The selfishness of the descendants of the father of mankind, on the contrary, increased and even reached the following levels. So selfish desire"outdoing" Adam made "Kabbalah" more informative, allowed his sons to penetrate deeper into the secrets of the universe and supplement their father's book with new Kabbalistic knowledge.
What is Kabbalah
The purpose of Kabbalah is to help a person better understand himself and realize the reasons through meditation, reading Bible verses or other meditation techniques (the choice of which is huge):
of his incarnation on the planet and in space;
events happening to him and his ancestors
According to Kabbalah, humanity will be able to reach the level of "man" (which means "Adam" in Hebrew) only when it can shed light on all the secrets of the universe and understand:
what forces interact inside it;
what his actions affect the whole nature around him (higher and lower);
what kind of result can his actions lead to
Among the many methods of spiritual growth practiced by Kabbalists are mental visualization exercises. By visualizing a candle flame, a flower, a flower field or any other corner of nature, a person, freeing himself from the game of the mind, acquires the ability to see things as they are. Continuous pronunciation of any biblical phrases leads to the same result.
Only after the secret knowledge is revealed to a person, according to Kabbalists, he, whether he wants to or not, will begin to do the right thing, without violating the laws of nature. The initial cycle of human comprehension of nature, in accordance with Kabbalah, was completed inearly 21st century.
Kabbalah through the eyes of materialists
From a scientific point of view, Kabbalah is a book that contains one of the ways to prove the existence of a single ruling force called the "Creator". All existing worlds are subject to this power, including absolutely all creatures living in them.
Scientists deny the connection of Kabbalah with mysticism and religion. For them, this teaching is a kind of scientific work created on the basis of repeated experiments, through which the so-called sixth sense can be created.
Kabbalah, in the eyes of some scientific men, reveals the state of a person living in other dimensions: before incarnation on Earth, before the formation of five sense organs in his body, and also after his departure from the physical world. He who has revealed all the secrets of the universe for himself and has reached the most perfect state will no longer be born in this world.
