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Henry More (1614-1687) the English poet and philosopher of religion was the best known of the Cambridge Platonists. He wrote entensively on the Cabala and in these pieces appended to his 'Metaphysical Essay' of 1748, he explores the Cabbalistic ideas of the Mercava, or chariot mysticism. This section he entitled "Doctor Henry More's short and faithful paraphrase on Ezekiel's vision of the Mercava (or Chariot of the God of Israel) representing emblematically the kingdom of the Messiah, and the revolution of souls through the Four Worlds or states of Aziluth, Briah, Jetzirah, and Asiah, from the Hebrew."