Qliphoth

The Qliphoth are shells around the Sephirot.

The Qliphoth, kliffoth, klippot or kellipot are demonic or entropic beings in the universe, and the shadows of the positive or chaotic beings known as the Sephiroth in the mystical teachings of Judaism (such as in the Kabbalah.).

Etymology

Heb. קליפות qelippot, meaning "peels", "shells" or matter, singular: קליפה qelippah and sometimes קליפות the primeval "husks" of impurity.

Nature

The Qliphoth are, much like the sephiroth, interpreted as mystical worlds or entities, and merged with ideas derived from demonology. They are the chaotic forces that are unleashed when one of the Sephirot is not in balance with the others.

Rank

The Seven Infernal Habitations or seven hells (Tehom, Abaddon, Titahion, Barshacheth, Tzelmoth, Shaarimoth and Gehinnom), twelve Qliphotic orders of demons, three powers before Satan and twenty-two demons which correspond to the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

References

• The Early Kabbalah by Joseph Dan
• Kabbalah by Gershom Scholem
• Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic by Thomas Karlsson