Qliphoth
<p>The <i ><b>Qliphoth/Qlippoth/Qelippot</b></i> or <i ><b>Kelipot</b></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language" >Heb.</a> קליפות, the different English spellings are used in the alternative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabala" title="Cabala" class="mw-disambig" >Cabalistic</a> traditions<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qliphoth#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup> of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah" title="Hermetic Qabalah" >Hermetic Qabalah</a> and Jewish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah" title="Kabbalah" >Kabbalah</a> respectively), literally "Peels", "Shells" or "Husks" (from singular: קליפה <i >Qliphah/Kelipah</i> "Husk"),<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qliphoth#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup> are the representation of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil" title="Evil" >evil</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumah_and_taharah" title="Tumah and taharah" >impure</a> spiritual forces in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_mysticism" title="Jewish mysticism" >Jewish mysticism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qliphoth#cite_note-3" >[3]</a></sup> The realm of evil is also termed <b >"Sitra Achra/Ahra"</b> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_language" title="Aramaic language" >Aramaic</a> סטרא אחרא, the "Other Side" opposite holiness) in Kabbalah texts.
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