That point is also called the “animal” of holiness, which is focused on purifying the animal aspects of a person’s body. The nature of its light is similar to what was explained above regarding the material animal aspect (chapter 37), which grants individual feeling to each and every limb of the 613 limbs of the Partzuf. Each [limb] lives and feels freely, without any dependence on the whole Partzuf, to the point that his 613 limbs become 613 distinct and enlightened Partzufim. That light ascends above the light of the spiritual Ruaḥ, much as there is a physical difference between an animal and an inanimate object or plant. Then, a point emerges from the light of the sacred Ḥaya (the light of the Sefira of Ḥokhma) along with the Partzuf of Neshama and becomes enclosed in its innerness.
Purifying the Inner Animal of Holiness in the Zohar
Baal HaSulam's Introduction to Zohar 48:2