POPPERS, MEIR, Ilan Ha-Gadol. Edited by Aaron Meir Altschuler. A lengthy Sefirah-Tree with explanations. Incorporating numerous Kabbalistic devices, charts and other displays

(KABBALAH)

Warsaw

1893

FIRST EDITION of additional comments

Friedberg, Aleph, 1616 (unseen)

Over the ages, attempts were made by various kabbalists to render into diagram-form the teachings of the Kabbalah concerning the structure of the spiritual universe. Known as the Ilan Hagadol (“great tree”) or Ilan Hakadosh (“holy tree”) or simply as the Ilan, this arrangement would provide the student of the esoteric lore a clearer notion of the exact layout of this highly complex system as represented by Lurianic cosmogony. This particular graphic representation of Lurianic doctrine is ascribed to R. Meir Hakohen Poppers (d.1662), final editor of the Lurianic writings, published in Warsaw in 1864 as the Ilan Hagadol