by understanding the Zohar’s symbolism of masculine and feminine, hidden and revealed, unity and multiplicity, we will deeply enrich the way our own consciousness interacts with the fundamental energies and structures of existence
in the Zohar the sacrifice retains its powerful symbolism[23] as one of the divinely ordained ways through which man can bring himself near to God and, by unifying the Holy Name, unify all worlds and cause blessings to flow.[24]
disobedience causes him to drink of the bitter waters flowing from and by the tree of evil, symbolizing the tempter, so that instead of ruling and controlling the elements he becomes their slave.