Adam Kadmon

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In Kabbalah, Adam Kadmon (, ''ʾāḏām qaḏmōn'', “Primordial Man”) also called Adam Elyon (, ''ʾāḏām ʿelyōn'', “Most High Man”), or Adam Ila’ah (, ''ʾāḏām ʿīllāʾā,'' “Most High Adam” in Aramaic), sometimes abbreviated as A’K (, ''ʾA.Q''.), is the first of Four Worlds that came into being after the contraction of God's infinite light. ''Adam Kadmon'' is not the same as the physical ''Adam Ha-Rishon'' (אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן).

In Lurianic Kabbalah, the description of ''Adam Kadmon'' is anthropomorphic. Nonetheless, ''Adam Kadmon'' is divine light without vessels, i.e., pure potential. In the human psyche, ''Adam Kadmon'' corresponds to the yechidah, the collective essence of the soul. Provided by Wikipedia