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The Structure ofthe Tree 69
celebration is over. Since Splendor is on the Pillar of Severity, the pomp
and circumstance of Hod now takes the celebration to the extremity and
it becomes an issue all in itself. The Bhagavad-Gita says:
The Splendour of the sun, which dissipates the darkness
of this universe, is due to me. And the Splendour of the
moon and the splendour of fire are also from me.
This verse shows how all the opposites that eclipse the universe
emanate from the same source no matter how things may swing one way
or the other. Eventually the Universal balance is attained.
The beams of Geburah and Tiphareth meet in Hod and
thence arises in Hod a brilliant and pure flashing orange
tawny. And the Sphere of its Operation is that of Kokab,
the Stellar light, bestowing elegance, swiftness, and scientific
knowledge and art, and constancy of speech, and
it ruleth the sphere of the action of the planet Mercury.
And Elohim Tzabaoth is also a God of Hosts and of
Armies, of Mercy and of Agreement, of Praise and Honour,
ruling the Universe in Wisdom and Harmony. And
its Archangel is Michael, the Prince of Splendour and of
Wisdom, and the Name of the Order of Angels is Beni
Elohim, or Sons of the Gods, who are also called the
Order of Archangels. 62
The Ninth Sephirah is Yesod, Foundation. This is the Sephirah on
the middle path that now tapers the two completed forces of Splendor
and Victory into Foundation. Yesod is a basic building block on which
further developments can be built. In many respects this Sephirah is
much like the foetus in the Womb, fully formed but not yet grown to full
maturity. The Divine Name of this Sephitah is SHADDAI EL CHAI
which means "Mighty Living One" and is concerned with the creation of
Life on a new level.
The Splendor of Hod is now transformed into the building blocks
or foundation of a new beginning, just as the Victory of Netzach has
vanquished the opposition. A new era now begins and the old is no
more. Kether, through the influence of Tiphareth, has pushed its rays
down the central pillar to Yesod so that they stabilize the celebration of
,i2 Ibid.