In particular, Da'at represents Keter in its knowable form, the concept of knowledge. The next three sefirot ( Chokhmah, Binah and Da'at) describe three levels of conscious divine intellect. The first sefirah, Keter, describes the divine superconscious Will that is beyond conscious intellect. The sefirot are described as channels of divine creative life force or consciousness through which the unknowable divine essence is revealed to mankind. As altogether 11 sefirot are listed across the various schemes, two ( Keter and Da'at) are seen as unconscious and conscious manifestations of the same principle, conserving the 10 categories. The tradition of enumerating 10 is stated in the Sefer Yetzirah, "Ten sefirot of nothingness, ten and not nine, ten and not eleven". Alternative configurations of the sefirot are interpreted by various schools in the historical evolution of Kabbalah, with each articulating differing spiritual aspects.
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