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THE TREE OF LIFE
the latter the wisdom of the Father. It exprzsses not so much a
state of things as an act, a further passage and a transition of
ideality into actuality.
Six is the Sephirah which is evolved to give harmony and equilibrium
to the former forces, and is named Tiphayas, a Hebrew word
meaning Beauty and Harmony. The number is a symbol of all
that is well balanced, harmonious and of pleasing proportion, and
inasmuch as it is the double of three, reflects again the variegated
ideas represented by that number. Since, therefore, three represents
the real motivating powers of evolution, the Macroprosopus or the
Logos, likewise in Tipharas we find a due and equable reflection in
a lesser Logos, the Microprosopus. To this Sephirah the Qabalists
attributed the Sun, the lord and centre of the solar system. By
consulting the chart, the reader may perceive that Tipharas occupies
a conspicuous position in the centre of the whole structure of the
Tree of Life. The Pythagorean number philosophers said that six
vas the symbol of the soul, and later we shall discover that in the
luman being Ti$haras, the harmonious emanation of the Sun, is the
iephirah of the soul of Man, the centre of the microcosmic system,
and the luminous intermediary between the brooding Spirit above
aud the body with the instincts below. The Zoharic doctors of the
divine philosophy allocated the third letter " V" of the divine
name to Tiphayas, and since the latter is the child of the Celestial
Father and Mother it is called the Son. The Seal of Solomon, the
interlaced triangles, a true symbol of equilibrium, is the appropriate
token.
The processes of reflection continue still further, and the second
triad composed of the numbers four, five and six-though they
themselves were projected by the Supernal Sephiros-in turn give
rise to a third triad, by reproducing themselves on a yet lower plane.
The first of these Sephiros is male-Netsach, meaning Triumph or
Victory. Seven is conceived to be a complete number, representing
a consummation of things, a completion of a cycle, and its return
into itself. So in the Seventh Sephirah, beginning a new triad and
in closing the second series of Sephiros, is summed up anew all the
former potencies. Its nature is one of love and the force of attraction
; the power of cohesion in the universe, binding one thing to
another thing, and acting as the instinctual intelligence among
living creatures. The planet Venus, the emblem of love and emotion,
is the planet attributed by the magical philosophers to this