Subject 1: The Highest Grades of Faith The Soul (nefesh) stands in intimate relation to the body, nourishing and upholding it; it is below, the first stirring Having acquired due worth, it becomes the throne for the spirit (ruah) to rest upon, as it is written, until the spirit be poured upon us from on high (Isaiah 32:15). And when these two, soul and spirit, have duly readied themselves, they are worthy to receive the super soul (neshamah), resting in turn upon the throne of the spirit (ruah). The supersoul stands pre-eminent, and not to be perceived. There is throne upon throne, and for the highest, a throne The study of these grades of the soul yields an understanding of the higher wisdom; and it is in such fashion that wisdom alone affords the linking together of a number of mysteries. It is nefesh, the lowest stirring, to which the body adheres; just as in a candle flame, the obscure light at the bottom adheres close to the wick, without which it cannot be. When fully kindled, it becomes a throne for the white light above it, and when these two come into their full glow, the white light becomes a throne for a light not wholly discernible, an unknowable essence reposing on the white light, and in all there comes to be a perfect light
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