Western occultists make different kabbalistic associations with Manipura. For scholars acquainted with rabbinical, and kabbalistic literature, the act was highly symbolic. The film itself is laced with references to Kabbalistic ideas, symbols and numerological references. Many of the grimoires seem to have kabbalistic influence. In Christianity, as well as in Kabbalistic and Hasidic philosophy, God is omnipresent. According to Kabbalistic cosmology, the Ten Sephirot correspond to ten levels of creation. "Chesed" is also one of the ten Sephirot on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. The real exponent of his kabbalistic system was Rabbi Hayyim Vital. As kabbalistic teachings spread into Slavonic lands, the custom of "payot" became accepted there. Bureus viewed runes as holy or magical in a kabbalistic sense. Sefirot are energy emanations found on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. He saw this meditation using Divine Names as a superior form of Kabbalistic ancient tradition. The uniqueness of Kol Yehuda was that students focused on kabbalistic study. Various Kabbalistic works have commentaries in his name. He was an Egyptian mage and taught a powerful form of Kabbalistic magic to Abraham.