HOD, THE EIGHTH SEPHIRAH

TITLE: Hod, Glory. ( Hebrew spelling: He, Vau, Daleth. )

MAGICAL IMAGE: An Hermaphrodite.

SITUATION ON THE TREE: At the foot of the Pillar of Severity.

YETZIRATIC TEXT: The Eighth Path is called the Absolute or Perfect Intelligence because it is the mean of the Primordial, which has no root by which it can cleave or rest, save in the hidden places of Gedulah, from which emanates its proper essence.

GOD-NAME: Elohim Tzabaoth, the God of Hosts.

ARCHANGEL: Michael.

ORDER OF ANGELS: Beni Elohim, Sons of God.

MUNDANE CHAKRA: Kokab, Mercury.

SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE: Vision of Splendour.

VIRTUE: Truthfulness.

VICE: Falsehood. Dishonesty.

CORRESPONDENCE IN THE MICROCOSM: Loins and legs.

SYMBOLS: Names and Versicles and Apron.

TAROT CARDS: The four Eights.

EIGHT OF WANDS: Swiftness.

EIGHT OF CUPS: Abandoned success.

EIGHT OF SWORDS: Shortened force.

EIGHT OF PENTACLES: Prudence.

COLOUR IN ATZILUTH: Violet-purple.

COLOUR IN BRIAH: Orange.

COLOUR IN YETZIRAH: Russet-red.

COLOUR IN ASSIAH: Yellowish black, flecked with white.

The information above is from The Mystical Qabalah, by Dion Fortune.

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