Dynamic Tikkunim of the Yetzirah Cube of Soul

On the cellular composition of the soul and divine physiognomies (partzufim)
of the Yetzirah Magic Cube of Soul (Lucite.org, June 10, 2005, updated May 16, 2006).

On November 13, 2003, mathematicians Walter Trump and Christian Boyer used a network of PCs to compute a perfect order-five magic cube with its thirty diagonals intact. Here, the cube is associated with:

• Five modes of the soul described by the Ari, Isaac Luria, in his Zoharic extension Shaar ha Gilgulim, The Gate of Transmigrations: Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida.
• Five conceptual domains of the emanated sephiroth: Malkuth, "The Six," Binah, Chakmah, and Kether.
• Five Worlds of Emanation: Atzilut, Yetzirah, Beriyah, Assiyah, and Adam Kadmon.

The Modes of the Soul

The five modes of the soul are Nefesh, Ruach, Neshama, Chaya, and Yechida. These five modes in composition are known by Notarikon (an acronym formed by the initial Hebrew consonant of each mode): NRNChY.

Each mode represents a level of divinely emanated light that decreases in magnitude from the mode nearest the source of emanation, Yechida, to the mode farthest away from En Sof, Nefesh.

In the tables of the Yetzirah Cube of Soul, you will find that each of the least four modes is associated with one of the five Worlds of emanation, AYBA' (Notarikon: Atzilut, Yetzirah, Beriyah, Assiyah, and Adam Kadmon). Each human soul is vast, unhindered by the perimeters of flesh, stretching out across all created worlds from the mundane to the Supernal. Souls are intrinsic parts of the created worlds, and the rectification (tikkun) of aparticular mode also enhances its related world. Conversely, a soul given to evil further degrades the worlds that it spans.

A soul begins life in the mode of Nefesh, with the least amount of spiritual awareness, but each soul has the potential to ascend to greater levels. Though the fallen state of Man prevents any soul from ascending to the rarefied modes Chaya and Yechida, Moses showed that the potential has not been lost altogether.

Additionally, each mode is associated with a particular partzuf, or divine physiognomy, which is a figurative aspect of God reflected in the diagram.

On Tikkun (Excerpted from Quaknin, Mysteries of the Kabbalah)

"Tikkun Hatsot

"The kabbalists suggest reading certain specific psalms, which they group in various categories. These different groupings include mystical poetry and lamentations recited in the middle of the night during a ceremony of which kabbalists are particularly fond and which is called tikkun hatsot, that is to say "the redress or redemption said around midnight.

"Tikkun hatsot consists of two tikkunim, tikkun Rakhel and tikkun Leah. Tikkun Rakhel, the first group of psalms, means "the redress or redemption of Rachel." This group includes Psalms 137 and 79. Tikkun Leah, or "the redress and redemption of Leah," contains Psalms 24, 42, 43, 20, 67, 111, 51, and 126.

"Tikkun Kelali

"After several years of investigation and meditation, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov perfected a tikkun that combines the power of all the other tikkunim and is called the 'general tikkun' or 'tikkun kelali.' A collection of ten psalms, it should be recited in the following order: 16, 32, 41, 42, 59, 77, 90, 105, 137, 150."

Dynamic Tikkunim

Using the Yetzirah Cube of Soul, a kabbalist creates dynamic tikkunim associated with specific pathwork. A tikkun is identified according to two selected axes of the the desired modes of soul, emanated domains, or partzufim, and the third reveals the Psalm numbers and order of recitation.

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Holden: The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Leon: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, I'M NOT HELPING?
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[Leon has become visibly shaken]
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