Beri'ah or Briyah (also known as Olam Briyah, עולם בריאה in Hebrew, literally World of Creation), is the second of the four celestial worlds

Four Worlds

The Four Worlds , sometimes counted with a prior stage to make Five Worlds, are the comprehensive categories of spiritual realms in Kabbalah in the descending chain of Existence....

 in the Tree of Life

Tree of life (Kabbalah)

The Tree of Life, or Etz haChayim in Hebrew, is a mystical symbol used in the Kabbalah of esoteric Judaism to describe the path to God and the manner in which he created the world ex nihilo...

 of the Kabbalah

Kabbalah

Kabbalah/Kabala is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the esoteric aspect of Rabbinic Judaism. It was systematized in 11th-13th century Hachmei Provence and Spain, and again after the Expulsion from Spain, in 16th century Ottoman Palestine...

, intermediate between the World of Emanation (Atziluth

Atziluth

Atziluth, or Atzilut , is the highest of four worlds in which exists the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Beri'ah follows it. It is known as the World of Emanations, or the World of Causes...

) and the World of Formation (Yetzirah

Yetzirah

Yetzirah is the third of four worlds in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, following Atziluth and Briah...

), the third world, that of the angel

Angel

Angels are mythical beings often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles along with the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος, a translation of in the Hebrew Bible ; a similar term, ملائكة , is used in the Qur'an...

s. It is, accordingly, of the purest essence and without admixture of matter. It is known as the World of Creation.

In western occultism, each of the Sephirot in this world is associated with a Holy Archangel

Archangel

An archangel is an angel of high rank. Archangels are found in a number of religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Michael and Gabriel are recognized as archangels in Judaism and by most Christians. Michael is the only archangel specifically named in the Protestant Bible...

, and it is associated with the suit of Cups in the Tarot

Tarot

The tarot |trionfi]] and later as tarocchi, tarock, and others) is a pack of cards , used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games such as Italian tarocchini and French tarot...

. The Biblical Archangels dwell in the realm of Beri'ah.