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EXPLANATIONS OF THE ATTRIBUTIONS
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represents Phallum Ejaculentem. Chokmah being pre-eminiently the
causer of change.
Again, Chokmah is the Logos, the messenger, the transmitter of the
influence of Kether, and this is shown, in a lower mode, in the Sephira
Hod. He is also implied in the 11th path, for the Fool also transmits the
essence of Kether. He is in the 12th path as the Magician, Mercury, in
the 16th as the Magus of the Eternal, in the 17th as the Oracle of the
Mighty Gods, and in the 20th as the Prophet of the Eternal, the Magus
of the Voice of Power.* The idea of the message is also implied in the
13th and 25th paths, perhaps even in the 32nd. The 18th path, too,
conveys a certain quintessence although not in a Mercurial manner.
And it is just these subtle distinctions which are vital to the proper
understanding of the Tree of Life.
The idea of Binah is even more complicated. Her darkness is
referred to Saturn. As the Great Sea, she gives her nature to all those
paths which contain the idea of the element of Water. Binah is
connected with the Azoth, not only because the Azoth is the lower
Moon, but because the Azoth partakes also of the Saturnian character,
being the metal lead in one of the Alchemical systems. She is also the
Great Mother. She is Venus and she is the Moon, and in each aspect
she sheds her influence into very various paths. We need not here go
further into the cases of the other Sephiroth.
Now from a practical point of view of consturcting these tables, it
will evidently be very difficult in many cases to choose on which path
to place any given idea. It is obvious, for instance, that the Lotus—
which is also a Wheel—might be attributed to any path in respect ot its
femininity. In some cases it has been necessary to give several
attributions to the same thing. Observe in particular the 12 different
aspects of Isis. The student must not attempt to use this book as if it
were Molesworth. The whole idea of these tables is to supply him with
very varied information, in such a form that he can build up in himself a
scheme of the Universe in an alphabet, at once literary and
* [These are Golden Dawn titles of the Tarot Trumps popularly known as the
Hierophant, the Lovers and the Hermit respectively. See Col. CLXXX. — T.S.]