Qlippoth

A Qlippoth (a kabbalistic term meaning "shell") is a rejected world that contains a half-made universe inhabited by creatures from before the creation of the modern Tapestry. Its essence is not necessarily evil, but dangerous to mankind and the universe they have grown accustomed to. Some Qlippoth contain absolute aspects of God, which would render free will impossible and would allow no evolution of life, while others contain even more esoteric concepts that are too alien for the human mind to be grasped.

Early Infernalists called the Qlippoth also the Nine Keys of Hell or the Nine Breaths of the Absolute, mocking the Egyptian concept of the Nine Cornerstones of Creation. The Order of Hermes, while bowworing lore from the Ahl-i-Batini, first defined the term in regard to the Spheres, with the Qlippoth representing its anti-thesis. Manipulating the essence of a Qlippoth is the purview of those who have entered the Cauls and were remade. Tradition mages use the term "Qlippothic Spheres" as common parlance to describe the magick used by the Nephandi. It is magic turned inside out, perverted into a tool of oblivion and destruction.