וַ֭יִּצָּ֣מְדוּ לְבַ֣עַל פְּע֑וֹר וַ֝יֹּאכְל֗וּ זִבְחֵ֥י מֵתִֽים׃
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Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar
For this reason, the "shells"(evil) are called dead as it is written "sacrifices of the dead". The wicked are also called dead, as it is written "the wicked in their lifetime are called dead". This is because the evil within them, the opposite of form (opposite desires), separates them from the life force of the universe (G-d), and they are distanced from Him an infinite distance. For He has no desire to receive, but only to give, and the "shells" (evil) have no desire to give, but only to receive for themselves, and there are no greater opposite desires than that. And as you already know, distance in spirituality is measured according to the difference in form (desires), and these opposite desires cause the maximum distance between G-d and those that He created.