SephirothĀ and QliphothĀ are the respective āsidesā of the [stations/pools/paths] on the Qabalistic Tree of Life. A very loose translation could say that the Sephiroth are the cores and the Qliphoth are the shells, the insides and the outsides.
"In the deeper, more philosophical teaching of the Mysteries we recognize that good and evil are not things in themselves, but conditions. Evil is simply misplaced force; misplaced in time, it is out of date, or so far ahead of its day to be impracticible. Misplaced in space, if it turns up in the wrong place, like the burning coal on the hearth-rug or the bathwater through the drawing room ceiling. Misplaced in proportion, if an excess of love makes us silly and sentimental, or a lack of love makes us cruel and destructive."
-Dion Fortune - The Mystical Qabalah, 1935
What weāll call [energy/emanation], the Ain Soph Aur, the Limitless Light of the Unmanifest, is [compressed/crystallized] into reality at the first station, Kether, at the top. Prior to this it is some sort of inconceivable non-reality that is not even non-reality because all dualities are equilibriated in Kether.
Here is a basic rundown of the stations. Some of this information is out of date: For instance, Yesod was damaged in an incident a number of years ago; I canāt speak to which angels and demons are still alive and what sides they are on; also, Tiphareth, calledĀ āthe Christ centreā, existed before Iesua did- so what was it before the Christ? Anyway:
Kether, the Crown / Thamiel, the Division
God-Name: Eheieh / Demon-Name(s): Satan/Moloch
Existence of Existences, Ancient of Ancients
Archangel: Metatron
Order of Angels: Chaioth ha Qadesh,Ā āHoly living creaturesā
Mundane Chakra: Rashith ha Gilgalim,Ā āFirst swirlingsā
Chokmah, Wisdom / Chaigidel, Confusion
God-Name: Jehovah / Demon-Name: Beelzebub
Endless Emanation
Archangel: Ratziel
Order of Angels: Auphanium,Ā āWheelsā
Mundane Chakra: Mazloth,Ā āthe Zodiacā
Binah, Understanding / Sathariel, Concealment
God-Name: Jehovah Elohim / Demon-Name: Lucifuge
Primordial Formation
Archangel: Tzaphkiel
Order of Angels: Aralim,Ā āThronesā
Mundane Chakra: Shabbathai, āSaturnā
Chesed, Mercy / Gamchicoth,Ā Devourers
God-Name: El / Demon-Name: Astaroth (Ishtar)
Concretion of the Abstract
Archangel: Tzadkiel
Order of Angels: Chasmalim,Ā āBrilliant Onesā
Mundane Chakra: Tzedek,Ā āJupiterā
Geburah, Strength / Golachab, Ruination
God-Name: Elohim Gebor / Demon-Name: Asmodeus
Conquest
Archangel: Khamael
Order of Angels: Seraphim,Ā āFiery Serpentsā
Mundane Chakra: Madim,Ā āMarsā
Tiphareth, Beauty / Thagirion, Grief
God-Name: Tetragrammaton Aloah va Daath / Demon-Name: Belphegor
Harmony of Things (HoT)
Archangel: Raphael
Order of Angels: Malachim,Ā āKingsā
Mundane Chakra: Shemesh,Ā āSunā
Netzach, Victory / Harab Sarapel, Rejection
God-Name: Jehovah Tzabaoth / Demon-Name: Baal
Prismatization of Emanations
Archangel: Haniel
Order of Angels: Elohim,Ā āGodsā
Mundane Chakra: Nogah,Ā āVenusā
Hod, Glory / Samael, Desolation
God-Name: Elohim Tzabaoth / Demon-Name: Adramelech
Splendor of Forms
Archangel: Mikael
Order of Angels: Beni Elohim,Ā āSons of Godā
Mundane Chakra: Kokab,Ā āMercuryā
Yesod, Foundation / Gamaliel, Disformation
God-Name: Shaddai el Chai / Demon-Name: Lilith
Machinery of the Universe
Archangel: Jibril
Order of Angels: Kerubim,Ā āThe Strongā
Mundane Chakra: Levanah,Ā āMoonā
Malkuth, Coherence / Nehemoth, Disturbance
God-Name: Adonai Malekh / Demon-Name: Naamah
Material Plane
Archangel: Sandalphon
Order of Angels: Ashim,Ā āSouls of Fireā (Djinn?)
Mundane Chakra: Cholem ha Yesodoth,Ā āSphere of the Elementsā