Moslems (an archaic spelling of Muslims) refers to adherents of Islam, a monotheistic religion founded in the 7th century CE on the Arabian Peninsula. The term derives from the Arabic muslim, meaning "one who submits" (to God). In the context of Western esoteric correspondences, it denotes the human inhabitants of the sephirah Malkuth, the Kingdom, which is the material world.

Position on the Tree of Life

Malkuth (10th sephirah) is the final sphere on the Tree of Life, representing the physical plane, the manifested universe, and the culmination of divine emanation. It is the sphere of the elements, the senses, and the tangible world. The assignment of Moslems to Malkuth reflects the perception of Islam as a religion deeply rooted in the material and social order, with a strong emphasis on law, community, and the physical practice of faith (e.g., prayer, fasting, pilgrimage).

Historical context

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Western occultists often categorized world religions according to a hierarchical scheme derived from the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. The table in Liber 777 (by Aleister Crowley) places Moslems at Malkuth, the lowest sephirah, while Christians occupy Hod (8), Jews Netzach (7), and so on. This ordering reflects a common Orientalist and evolutionary view of religions, where Islam was seen as the most recent and most "earthly" of the Abrahamic faiths, emphasizing literal obedience and ritual observance. The term "Moslems" itself is an older, now less common transliteration, used in 19th-century scholarly and travel literature. The assignment is not a theological judgment but a symbolic one, aligning Islam's focus on submission to divine law (Sharia) and its historical role as a global, empire-building civilization with the sphere of physical manifestation and practical action.

In the table of Liber 777, the entry "Moslems" at Malkuth (scale step 10) stands as the final, most material category of "Their Inhabitants," contrasting with the more abstract or spiritual inhabitants assigned to higher sephiroth.