Thomas Hickey is Director of the Circle School, spiritual counselor, Vedic astrologer, Yogacharya of the Advaitin tradition, Bishop in apostolic succession in the Communion of the Christos, and Taoist sifu.Rev. Dr. Thomas Hickey
In the Vedic tradition, there are four levels of intelligibility (Skt. nama) with corresponding levels of world or form (Skt. loka/rupa):
1. Vaikri- written or spoken level of gross intelligibility, corresponding to the gross world.
2. Madhyama- middle level or level of subtle intelligibility, corresponding to subtle world.
3. Pashyanti- celestial level or level of causal intelligibility, corresponding to causal world.
4. Para- transcendental level or level of pure intelligibility in which there is identity of name and form (Skt. nama-rupa), corresponding to Pure Knowledge which is Ultimate Reality (Skt.Veda/Brahman).
The Kabbalistic
equivalences of these are:
| Vedic hermeutic level | Vedic world | Kabbalistic hermeneutic level | Kabbalistic world |
| Para | Ultimate | sod | Atzilut |
| Pashyanti | Causal | Derash | Beriah |
| Madhyama | Subtle | Remez | Yetzirah |
| Vaikri | Gross | Peshat | Asiyah |
Tom Hickey
Levels of Meaning in Holy Scripture: "PaRDeS" - Professor Bryan Griffith Dobbs
About the author: Thomas Hickey is Director of the Circle School, spiritual counselor, Vedic astrologer, Yogacharya of the Advaitin tradition, Bishop in apostolic succession in the Communion of the Christos, and Taoist sifu.
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