Keter

Crown — Will

Keter, the Crown — the first emanation, the un-knowable will of Ein Sof entering manifestation. In Lurianic Kabbalah Keter is identified with the Atik Yomin (Ancient of Days) and the Arikh Anpin (Long Face), the source of all subsequent sefirot. On Adam Kadmon it sits above the head, often pictured as a halo rather than a body-point: it is the threshold between unmanifest and manifest, not yet form. The contemplative correlate is bittul — annihilation of self-will into divine will. Where Chokhmah is insight and Binah understanding, Keter is the silent assent that precedes thought.