Editing Qlippoth (section)

===Mathers' interpretation===

[[Christian Knorr von Rosenroth]]'s Latin ''Kabbala denudata'' (1684) (translated ''The Kabbalah Unveiled'' by [[Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers]]) equates these forces with the Kings of [[Edom]] and also offers the suggestion they are the result of an imbalance towards Gedulah, the Pillar of Mercy or the merciful aspect of God, and have since been destroyed.{{sfnp|Mathers|1887|loc="Greater Holy Assembly", [http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/tku/tku34.htm Chapter XXVI: Concerning the Edomite Kings]}} In subsequent Hermetic teachings, the qlippoth have tended, much like the sefiroth, to be interpreted as mystical [[hell|worlds]] or [[demon|entities]], and merged with ideas derived from [[demonology]].

In most descriptions, there are seven divisions of [[Hell]]:{{sfnp|Boustan|Reed|2004|p={{pn|date=December 2023}}}}{{sfnp|Mew|1903|p={{pn|date=December 2023}}}}{{sfnp|Lowy|1888|p=339}}{{sfnp|Pusey|1881|p=102}}
#[[Sheol]] or [[Tehom]] "the Deeps"
#[[Abaddon]] "Doom" or [[Tzoah Rotachat]] "Boiling excrement"
#'Well of Corruption {{lang|he|בְּאֵר שַׁחַת|}} or Mashhith "destroyer"
# Cistern of Noise ({{lang|he|בּוֹר שָׁאוֹן}}) or "Sticky Mud/Filth" ({{langx|he|טִיט הַיָוֵן|link=no}})
# [[Dumah (angel)|Silence]] or Gates of Death ({{lang|he|שַׁעֲרֵי מָוֶת|}})
# Oblivion ({{langx|he|נְשִׁיָּה||link=no}}) or Shadow of Death ({{lang|he|צַלְמָוֶת}})
# Lowest Earth ({{lang|he|אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית}})
There are also twelve qlippothic orders of demons, three powers before [[Satan]], and twenty-two demons which correspond to the 22 letters of the [[Hebrew alphabet]].{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}