The Kabbalistic theory of the creation is equally fantastic. God, or
the En-Sof, did not create the visible world immediately, but entirely
by means of the Sefiroth. All things in the lower world, both classes
and individuals, have their original form (types) in the higher
worlds, so that there is nothing without a purpose, but everything
has a higher significance. The universe resembles a giant tree with
a wealth of branches and leaves, whose roots are the Sefiroth; or, it
is a closely wrought chain, the last link of which hangs on to the
higher world; or, a great sea, which is constantly filled from an
eternally flowing source. The human soul in particular is a privileged
citizen of the higher world, is in immediate connection with all the
Sefiroth, and consequently it can exert some influence on them, and
even on the Deity. By virtue of its moral and religious conduct the
soul can increase or diminish the flow of grace from the Deity, through
the channel of the intermediary beings, its good actions causing an
uninterrupted flow, and its evil conduct occasioning its discontinuance.