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[[File:Adamtree.jpg|thumb|upright|Adam Kadmon, from ''Qabbalah'', by Isaac Myer (1888)]] | |||
In the [[Kabbalah]], the the divine archetype of man and woman is known as ''Adam Kadmon'', literally “Primordial Man.” He is the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes. | In the [[Kabbalah]], the the divine archetype of man and woman is known as ''Adam Kadmon'', literally “Primordial Man.” He is the original archetype of man—an ideal conception of man, the first to be created and the model for all future humanity. He is the spiritual man, the heavenly man, who contains in perfect form all the divine attributes. | ||