Minimum Mundum Flashcards
KETHER
represents the primal crystallisation into manifestation of that which was unmanifest and therefore unknowable by us, In Kether there is no form but only pure being, there is no division into the pairs of opposites
CHOKMAH
outdriving of unorganised, uncompensated force, a dynamic Sephirah, ever outflowing in boundless energy, a channel for the passage of force (from Kether). Primordial maleness
BINAH
represents the female potency of the universe, the Mother of All Living. She is the archetypal womb through which life comes into manifestation
CHESED
represents the formulation of the
archetypal idea, the concretion of the abstract
GEBURAH
is the sacrificial priest of the Mysteries, the deliberate and open-eyed choice of a greater good in preference to a lesser
good
TIPHERETH
we find the archetypal ideals brought to a
focus and transmuted into archetypal ideas. It “is”, in fact, the Place of Incarnation
NETZACH
Netzach represents the instincts and the emotions they give rise to
HOD
represent the “concrete” mind, here individualization of thoughts and imagery comes in
YESOD
the Treasure House of Images, the sphere of Maya, Illusion
MALKUTH
it receives the influences or emanations of all the other Sephiroth. it represents the end-results of all the activities of the Tree. Material “world”