Kabbalah (Lurianic)

Time is emergent and infinite — it began with the tzimtzum (divine contraction) and will reach its fulfillment in the tikkun (cosmic repair). Time is discrete, reflecting the successive stages of divine emanation through the sefirot. It is cyclical in the sense that creation, breaking (shevirat ha-kelim), and repair constitute a cosmic cycle. Time is uni-directional: history moves from the initial contraction toward messianic restoration.

Space is emergent and finite — it was created through the tzimtzum, God's self-contraction to make room for creation. The vacated space (tehiru) is the primordial arena of the sefirot's emanation. Space is curved and non-local in the sense that the sefirot connect all spatial levels through channels of divine light. Every physical location contains hidden sparks (nitzotzot) awaiting redemption.

Matter is emergent and finite — it consists of the "shells" (kelipot) that resulted from the breaking of the vessels (shevirat ha-kelim). Physical matter is a lower manifestation of divine light trapped in broken forms. Matter is non-conserved because tikkun transforms and elevates matter by liberating the sparks within it. It is non-local because every material fragment contains a piece of the original divine light.

Finite and emergent — energy is the Or (divine light) that Ein Sof withdrew during Tzimtzum and that now exists in scattered, diminished form within the kelipot (shells); it is not self-existent but wholly derivative of the divine. Conservation: Variable — the Shevirat ha-Kelim (shattering of the vessels) dispersed divine energy in ways that do not obey simple conservation; Tikkun can restore and even elevate sparks beyond their original state, introducing genuine novelty. Dispersibility: Reversible — the entire Lurianic drama is one of reversibility: the scattered sparks of divine light can be gathered, raised, and returned to their source through human spiritual action, reversing the catastrophic dispersal of the Shevirah.

The divine letters and sefirot are fundamental informational units — reality is encoded through divine language. Creation is an act of informational encoding: God 'speaks' the world into being through combinations of letters. Information is substantival because the letters and sefirot are real structural elements of reality. It is conserved because the divine language is eternal. It is discrete because the letters and sefirot are distinct, countable units.