Binah

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In the Qabalah, Binah is the third of the ten Sephiroth on the "Tree of Life." Its meaning is Understanding. The other Sephiroth are: Kether, Chokmah, Chesed, Geburah, Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and Malkuth.

Qabalistic Attributions

The following attributions are taken from 777, by Aleister Crowley. The small "#" links will show the full column of that attribution (i.e. all the names, planets, parts of the soul, etc.)

Key Scale: 3 (#)
Name: Binah (Understanding) (#)
Astrology: Saturn (#)

The Four Worlds

Heaven of Assiah: Shabbathai (Sphere of Saturn) (#)
God Name in Assiah: Jehovah Elohim (#)
Archangel of Assiah: Tzaphkiel (#)
Angels of Assiah: Aralim (Active ones, thrones) (#)
Divine Name of Briah: AL (#)
Angel of Briah: Kerubiel (#)
Choir of Angels in Briah: Kerubim (#)
Palace of Briah: Hekel Qadosh Qadeshim (Palace of the Holy of Holies) (#)

Colors

King Scale: Crimson (#)
Queen Scale: Black (#)
Emperor Scale: Dark brown (#)
Empress Scale: Grey flecked pink (#)

Godforms

Thelemic: Babalon (#)
Egyptian (selection): Maut, Isis, Nephthys (#)
Egyptian (practical): Nephthys (#)
Hindu: Bhavani (all forms of Sakti), Prana (as Force), Yoni (#)
Scandinavian: Frigga (#)
Greek: Cybele, Demeter, Rhea, Heré, [Psyché, Kronos] (#)
Roman: Juno, Cybele, Hecate (#)
Christian: The Virgin Mary (#)

Physical Correspondances

Animals: Woman [Bee] (#)
Plant: Cypress, Opium Poppy [Lotus, Lily, Ivy] (#)
Precious Stone: Star Sapphire, Pearl (#)
Perfume: Myrrh, Civet (#)
Vegetable Drug: Belladonna, Soma (#)
Mineral Drug: Silver (#)
Alchemical Metal: Iron (#)

Magick & Mysticism

Element: Root of Water (#)
Tarot: The 4 Threes, Queens (#)
Magical Weapons: Yoni, the Outer Robe of Concealment [The Cup, the Shining Star] (#)
Magical Formula: BABALON (#)
Parts of the Soul: Neshama (The Intuition) (#)
Lineal Figures of the Planets, &c., and Geomany: The Plane, also the Diamond, Oval, Circle, and other Yoni Symbols (#)
Chakra: Visuddhi (Larynx) (#)
The Soul (Hindu): Higher Manas (#)
Quarter: — (#)
Order of Qliphoth: Satariel (Hiding) (#)
Forty Buddhist Meditations: Compassion (#)
Magical Power: The Vision of Sorrow [Vision of Wonder] (#)
System of Taoism: Kwan-se-on, The Yin and Khwan (#)
Figure related to Pure Number: The Triangle (#)

Quotes

The pure essence of Magick is a function of ultimate atomic consciousness, and its operations must be refined from all confusion and contamination. The truly magical operations of Love are therefore the Trances, more especially those of Understanding; as will readily have been appreciated by those who have made a careful Qabalistic study of the nature of Binah. For she is omniform as Love and as Death, the Great Sea whence all Life springs, and whose black womb reabsorbs all. She thus resumes in herself the duplex process of the Formula of Love under Will; for is not Pan the All-Begetter in the heart of the Groves at high noon, and is not Her "hair the trees of Eternity" the filaments of All-Devouring Godhead "under the Night of Pan?" (Little Esssays Towards Truth, "Love")

In short, Binah is the substantive vehicle of every possible phenomenon, physical or mental (Regardie, 1994)

References

Crowley, Aleister. (1982). 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.
Crowley, Aleister. (1996). Little Essays Towards Truth. Tempe, AZ : New Falcon Pub.
Regardie, Israel. (1994). A Garden of Pomegranates. Saint Paul, Minn., Llewellyn Publications.

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 '''Godforms'''
+*'''Thelemic''': Babalon <small>([[Tree of Life:Thelemic Gods|#]])</small>
 *'''[[Egyptian Godforms|Egyptian]] (selection)''': Maut, Isis, Nephthys <small>([[Tree of Life:Egyptian Gods|#]])</small>
 *'''Egyptian (practical)''': [[Nephthys]] <small>([[Tree of Life:Egyptian Gods (practical)|#]])</small>
 ==Quotes==
-*''Now with regard to my magical work strictly speaking, its character was presumably  determined by my Grade. The Magus corresponds to the Sephira Chokmah, whose manifestation  in the universe is Masloth, the Sphere of the Fixed Stars. It was accordingly proper that I should receive a revelation  of the universe in this aspect. I began my meditation with no special objective in view.'' (Confessions, p.809) [Crowley goes on to have the [[Vision of the Star-Sponge]].]
+*''The pure essence of Magick is a function of ultimate atomic consciousness, and its operations must be refined from all confusion and  contamination. The truly magical operations of Love are therefore the Trances, more especially those of Understanding; as will readily have been appreciated by those who have made a careful Qabalistic study of the nature of Binah. For she is omniform as Love and as Death, the Great Sea whence all Life springs, and whose black womb reabsorbs all. She thus resumes in herself the duplex process of the Formula of Love under Will; for is not Pan the All-Begetter in the heart of the Groves at high noon, and is not Her "hair the trees of Eternity" the filaments of All-Devouring Godhead "under the Night of  Pan?"'' (Little Esssays Towards Truth, "Love")
-*''The Grade of Magus is traditionally  connected with the idea of the number 2; male creative energy, wisdom and the expression  of a single idea in terms of duality. It transmits the idea of the divine unity to its  feminine counterpart, the understanding, somewhat as a man transmits the essence of his  racial character to his wife so that he perceives his inmost nature, itself unintelligible  to him directly, by observing the flowering of that essence in his son. The Hebrew title of the idea embodying these characteristics is Chokmah, whose numerical value is 73.'' (Confessions, p.795)
+*''In short, Binah is the substantive vehicle of every possible phenomenon, physical or mental'' (Regardie, 1994)
-*''Chokmah is the vital energizing element in existance...by which is implied the basic reality underlying all manifestations of consciousness'' (Regardie, 1994)
 ==References==
 *Crowley, Aleister. (1982). ''777 and Other Qabalistic Writings.'' York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.
-*Crowley, Aleister. (1979). ''The Confessions of Aleister Crowley.'' London;Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul.
+*Crowley, Aleister. (1996). ''Little Essays Towards Truth.'' Tempe, AZ : New Falcon Pub.
 *Regardie, Israel. (1994). ''A Garden of Pomegranates.'' Saint Paul, Minn., Llewellyn Publications.
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