Meadow Court Farm, St Andrew
In reviewing the round CCs of this year, I
came across “Olamot” from the Kabbala. It is applicable to many of this
year’s circles & circle/square combinations. Just as I discover
this…VOILA!!! Another circle formation at St. Andrew! It may not
represent this circle exactly, but it fits in with this year’s themes.
Olamot & Ein Sof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ein_Sof
Metaphorical representation
of Divine emanation of successively constricted Olamot (spiritual
Worlds) within the surrounding
Ein Sof (Divine Infinity)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah
ha-Olamot (Worlds)
The Sefirot are thought to provide the
structural elements for each of the Kabbalist's "Worlds." The Olamot
comprise a second stage in God's creative process. In this stage the
Sefirot are organized into a series of four (and in some schemes
five) basic "World,s" which are thought to be progressively distinct
from God's primordial essence or light. Each of the Olamot
serves to conceal aspects of the divine presence.

The very term "olam" (world), is
etymologically related to (and occasionally even spelled the same as)
the word "alam" (meaning "hidden"), and thus gives expression to the
Kabbalistic doctrine, first intimated in Sefer ha-Bahir, that
the "Worlds" are like divine garments in which God clothes and hides
Himself. It is through the multiplication of such garments or screens
that God ultimately creates the material world within which we live. Our
physical world is the one most hidden from God's light. It receives only
a fraction of the divine revelation, accounting for the prophet's
reference to God as "the Most Hidden of All Hidden" (Isaiah 45:12). It
is, as the doctrine of Tzimtzum affirms, part of the logic of
creation that God should remain essentially hidden from man.
http://www.newkabbalah.com/Worlds.html
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