Qliphoth Shadow Body
Qliphoth Shadow Body is a Hermetic / Kabbalah-left-hand — qliphothic shadow body body system as transmitted through the lineage Qliphothic language draws on Jewish Kabbalistic imagery of shells and later ceremonial-occult reinterpretations of the Tree of Life. This entry follows Golden Dawn and Crowley-era occult arrangements as a modern shadow-work synthesis, placing ten named shells and an abyss threshold on the front view rather than claiming an ancient canonical anatomy.. This page lists every point in the system with sourced placements and links to cross-tradition correspondences curated for The Body Spiritual.
Open in interactive explorerPrimary sources
- Aleister Crowley, Liber 777 (Rev. ed., 1909; reprints in 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings, 1973) — Tables I–VII organise Tree of Life correspondences used by later ceremonial-Qabalistic writers; this source is used for the comparative sephirotic mirror vocabulary, not as a canonical qliphoth body map.
- Israel Regardie, The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic (6th ed., Llewellyn, 1984) — Golden Dawn-derived attributions and ritual diagrams provide the modern ceremonial context in which qliphothic shells are commonly arranged.
- Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah (Jerusalem: Keter, 1974) — Historical scholarship distinguishes medieval Jewish discussions of shells and evil from later occult ten-tree qliphothic systems; used to mark the modern synthesis honestly.
Known lineage variants
- The names, spellings, ordering, and planetary or sephirotic correspondences of the qliphoth vary widely across modern occult schools.
- The ten-point descending body projection and the upper-torso abyss zone are editorial conventions; they are not a single medieval Jewish chart.
- Anatomical-right is x below 0.5 in this front view.
Related systems
No other systems share this tradition label.
Points
- Thaumiel — divided crowns — modern qliphothic attribution
- Ghagiel — distorted wisdom — modern qliphothic attribution
- Satariel — concealment — modern qliphothic attribution
- Gamchicoth — clinging forms — modern qliphothic attribution
- Golachab — burning force — modern qliphothic attribution
- Thagirion — false radiance — modern qliphothic attribution
- Aarab Zaraq — scattered desire — modern qliphothic attribution
- Samael — severity — modern qliphothic attribution
- Gamaliel — dream imagery — modern qliphothic attribution
- Nehemoth — restless earth — modern qliphothic attribution
Frequently asked
What is Thaumiel — divided crowns?
Thaumiel — divided crowns is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.
What is Ghagiel — distorted wisdom?
Ghagiel — distorted wisdom is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.
What is Satariel — concealment?
Satariel — concealment is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.
What is Gamchicoth — clinging forms?
Gamchicoth — clinging forms is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.
What is Golachab — burning force?
Golachab — burning force is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.
What is Thagirion — false radiance?
Thagirion — false radiance is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.
What is Aarab Zaraq — scattered desire?
Aarab Zaraq — scattered desire is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.
What is Samael — severity?
Samael — severity is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.
What is Gamaliel — dream imagery?
Gamaliel — dream imagery is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.
What is Nehemoth — restless earth?
Nehemoth — restless earth is a modern qliphothic attribution placed on the descending body silhouette as a contemplative shadow-work locus. Medieval Kabbalah does not provide this fixed anatomical coordinate, and the label belongs to later occult synthesis rather than a universally shared Jewish body doctrine.