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Kabbalah Diagram

The Tree of the Serifot

  The three "veils"         ****Ain****            Nirvana
  of nonexistence          **Ain Soph***        The Limitless
  (unmanifestation)       **Ain Soph Aur**    The Limitless Light

                           (Middle Pillar,
                     "Mildness" or "Equilibrium")
                            ------------
                           |   Keter    |
                           |    (1)     |
                           |   Crown    |
                          / ------------\                        
 (Left Pillar,        /          |          \         (Right Pillar,
 or "Severity")  /               |              \     or "Mercy")
 ------------/                   |                   \------------
|    Binah    |                  |                   |   Hockmah  |
|     (3)     |------------------|-------------------|     (2)    |
|Understanding|                  |                   |   Wisdom   |
 ------------                    |                    ------------
     |    \                      |                       /    |
     |     \                     |                      /     |
     |      \                    |                     /      |
     |       \             - - - - - - -              /       |
     |        \                Da'ath                /        |
     |         \           * (The Abyss) *          /         |
     |          \               Void               /          |
     |           \         - - - - - - -          /           |
     |            \              |               /            |
     |             \             |              /             |
 ------------       \            |             /      ------------
|  Gevurah   |       \           |            /      |   Hesed    |
|    (5)     |--------\----------|-----------/-------|     (4)    |
|  Power     |         \         |          /        |   Love     |
 ------------  \        \        |         /       /  ------------
     |            \      \       |        /     /             |
     |               \    \      |       /   /                |
     |                   \ \     |      / /                   |
     |                      ------------                      |
     |                     | Tif'eret  |                      |
     |                     |    (6)    |                      |
     |                     |  Beauty   |                      |
     |                  /   ------------  \                   |
     |               /           |           \                |
     |           /               |              \             |
 ------------ /                  |                 \  ------------
|  Yesod     |                   |                   |   Netsah   |
|    (8)     |-------------------|-------------------|     (7)    |
| Foundation |                   |                   |   Eternity |
 ------------                    |                    ------------
           \   \                 |                  /  /
            \     \              |               /    /
             \       \           |            /      /
              \         \        |         /        /
               \           \------------/          /
                 \         |    Hod     |        /
                  \        |    (9)     |       /
                    \      | Splendor   |     /
                     \      ------------     /
                       \         |         /
                        \        |        /
                         \       |       /
                          \ ------------/
                           |  Malkut    |
                           |   (10)     |
                           |  Kingdom   |
                            ------------