The Sephirot in Jewish Kabbalah

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Hod ("Majesty"; הוד) in the Kabbalah ofJudaism is the eighth sephira of theKabbalistic tree of life. It is derived fromhod הוד in the Hebrew language meaning"majesty" or "splendor" and denoting"praise" as well as "submission".

Hod sits below Gevurah and across fromNetzach in the tree of life; Yesod is tothe south-east of Hod. It has four paths,which commonly lead to Gevurah,Tiphereth, Netzach, and Yesod.

All the sephirot are likened to differentparts of the body, and netzach and hodare likened to the two feet of a person:right foot and left foot. Feet are usuallyonly the means for a person's activity.While the hands are the main instrumentof action, the feet bring a person to the place where he wishes to executethat action.

Hasidic Judaism's view of Hod is that it is connected with Jewish prayer.Prayer is seen as form of "submission"; Hod is explained as an analogy -that instead of "conquering" an obstacle in one's way, (which is the ideaof Netzach), subduing oneself to that "obstacle" is related to the quality ofHod.

In a mystical sense, in which the Tree of Life is supposed to be aroadmap to "consciousness", Hod is where form is given by language inits widest sense, being the key to the mystery of form. (Perhaps this maybe an adopting of a point of view of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan),our unconscious desires come from Netzach, and are given form in thesymbolic realm by Hod, manifesting unconsciously through Yesod toMalkuth.

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Contents1 Non-Jewish occult associations2 See also3 References

3.1 Jewish3.2 Non-Jewish

Non-Jewish occult associationsHod is described as being a force that breaks down energy into different,distinguishable forms, and it is associated with intellectuality, learningand ritual, as opposed to Netzach, Victory, which is the power of energyto overcome all barriers and limitations, and is associated with emotionand passion, music and dancing.

Both these forces find balance in Yesod, foundation, the world of theunconscious, where the different energies created await expression inthe lowest world of Malkuth, the Kingdom.

The archangel of this sphere is Michael, and the Bene Elohim is theAngelic order.

Hod is said to be the sphere in which the magician mostly works. Anexample is given by Dion Fortune. Imagine primitive man is meditating inthe wilderness, and comes in contact, begins to understand, someenergy that surrounds him. So he can grasp it better, he creates someform, perhaps the form of a god or a symbol, so he has something hecan relate to. He then uses that statue or that symbol in futureceremonies to contact that intangible energy once again. This is the rolethat Hod plays in magic, while the music and dance that may be presentin such a ceremony is the role that Netzach might play, providing the rawenergy to reach the higher levels of consciousness.

In comparing with Eastern systems, both Hod and Netzach aresometimes associated with the Manipura chakra, which is associatedwith the breaking down and releasing of energy, anabolism and

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catabolism.

In 777, Aleister Crowley associates Hod to the Four Eights of occult tarot,Anubis, Thoth, Hanuman, Loki, Hermes, Mercury, Jackal. Hermaphrodite,Opal, Storax, and quicksilver (Not a complete list)

See alsoHod (disambiguation) (the Hebrew language word)

ReferencesJewish

Bahir, translated by Aryeh Kaplan (1995). Aronson. (ISBN1-56821-383-2)Lessons in Tanya (http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=6237)Kabbalah 101: Netzach and Hod (http://www.aish.com/spirituality/kabbala101/Kabbala_20_-_Netzach_and_Hod_Means_to_an_End.asp)

Non-Jewish

777, Aleister Crowley (1955). Red Wheel/Weiser. (ISBN0-87728-670-1)

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