The Double Letters can be attributed to the Tree
as a model of any creative act.
Obviously, the elements may be rudimentary or even absent. For example, at its simplest, switching on an electric light has only three steps; deciding to do it, doing it, and the light coming on. However, if you thought the bulb might have blown, there might be a 'fingers crossed' moment as you started to move the switch (Gimel, Daleth) and a 'thank goodness' moment when it actually lit up (Resh).
On the other hand, a complex creative process - writing a novel, designing a building - might have dozens of 'sub-Trees' and repetitions of sequences; but the prionciple remains the same.
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Look at the attribution of these letters to the Tree.
First to the Sephiroth, then to the Paths. |
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Sephiroth |
Paths |
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ב |
Chokmah:
Active,
Decisive |
Kether - Binah |
Chokmah and Beth share the role of connecting Kether to Binah – how you get from the inspiration to commitment |
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ג |
Binah:
Receptive |
Kether - Tiphareth |
Binah is regarded as synthesising the work of the Supernal Triad; Gimel is the visible expression of this, and enables the following 6 Sephiroth to come into existence. |
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ד |
Da’ath:
the union of Chokmah and Binah |
Chokmah - Binah |
Just as Daleth is the experience of the connection between Chokmah and Binah, so Da’ath is their union (not the result of the union, the union itself). |
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כ |
Chesed:
Active,
engaging |
Chesed – Netzach |
Chesed is the positive, creative action that explode Yetzirah into being; the Path of Kaph carries this energy down the Active Pillar of the Tree. |
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פ |
Peh:
Receptive, discriminating |
Netzach – Hod |
Geburah focuses the energy of Chesed, and this is experienced as Peh picking up the energy of Kaph and carrying it forward. |
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ר |
Tiphareth – Equilibrium, beauty |
Hod – Yesod |
The focusing of Geburah brings about the Equilibrium of Tiphareth; and the activity experienced as Peh produces the experience of Resh. |
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ת |
Malkuth – action, result, finality |
Yesod - Malkuth |
Here the result is expressed in Action (in Malkuth) and experienced in Tav. |
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