Partie 16 · Chapitre 18

And we will return to the first matter. And indeed, since the aspect of male and female is revealed only from Aba and Ima and below — for of the aspect of Keter it is said, "See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me," meaning that there is in Him no participation of the Serpent, which is the aspect of the Nukva — therefore we cannot mention there the aspect of a coupling, since the aspect of the female is not revealed there. Therefore we will begin to explain from the aspect of Aba and Ima and below, for there the aspect of the female is already revealed, and there is there the aspect of a coupling. And behold, it is known that no sorting of the sparks of holiness in the aforementioned seven kings can be sorted, unless by a coupling of male and female, as we have written.