Zohar: Genesis: Chapter III.

This is a passage of Kabbalistic biblical commentary, likely drawn from or closely modeled on the Zohar (the central text of Jewish mystical tradition, composed in medieval Aramaic but widely translated). It interprets verses from Genesis, Canticles, Psalms, and Ecclesiastes through an esoteric cosmological lens. The core argument is that a scribal "defect" in the Hebrew word *meoroth* (lights) in Genesis is not a scribal error but an occult signal encoding the fall of the moon, the origin of evil spirits, and the structure of graduated spiritual worlds. The text traces how a demonic feminine figure (analogous to Lilith) and her associate Naamah were created from the primal light's first sheath, fell through cosmic events, and now afflict humanity — particularly infants and sleeping men during the moon's waning phase. The moon's subordination to the sun is read allegorically as the lesser divine name *Alhim* (Elohim) reflecting the greater name *Jehovah*, and more broadly as a principle that the feminine can only fulfill its purpose in union with the masculine. The universe is described as a nested series of enveloping worlds from material to spiritual, with humanity as a microcosm of the divine archetype; physical bodies are merely garments over souls. Distinctively, the text ranks souls by racial-religious category, asserting that the souls of "idolatrous nations" incarnate as unclean animals and are categorically excluded from true humanity — a claim that marks the text's most ethically troubling dimension.

Zohar: Genesis: Chapter III.

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