Partie 11 · Chapitre 95

And behold, these three phases were opposite the three aforementioned phases. And they are that in the seven kings there were phases of vessels that broke, and phases of sparks of light that remained in them after they broke, to give them life, and they are the 288 sparks, called the breath of the bones [Hevel DeGarmin], and they are called sparks, since they are complete judgments, and they are the phase of Elokim, as said; therefore the external ones that nurse from them are also called Elokim, except that they are called other gods [Elokim Acherim]. Hence they always remain upon the dry bones in the grave, after the Sitra Achra ruled over those vessels.