Yesod

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

Qabalistic Attributions

The following attributions are mostly 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: 9 (#)
Name: Yesod (Foundation) (#)
Astrology: Luna (#)

Godforms

Egyptian (selection): Shu [Hermanubis, all exclusively phallic gods] (#)
Egyptian (practical): Shu (#)
Hindu: Ganesha, Vishnu (Kurm Avatar) (#)
Scandinavian: — (#)
Greek: Zeus (as Air), Diana of Epheus (as phallic stone & Luna) [Eros] (#)
Roman: Diana (as Luna) [Terminus, Jupiter] (#)
Christian: God the Holy Ghost (as Incubus)(#)

Tarot

General Attribution: The 4 Nines (#)
Titles & Attributions
- Wands: Strength (Luna in Sagittarius) (#)
- Cups: Happiness (Jupiter in Pisces) (#)
- Swords: Cruelty (Mars in Gemini) (#)
- Discs: Gain (Venus in Virgo) (#)

Colors

King Scale: Indigo (#)
Queen Scale: Violet (#)
Emperor Scale: Very dark purple (#)
Empress Scale: Citrine flecked azure (#)

Material Correspondances

Animals: Elephant [Tortoise, Toad] (#)
Plants: Banyan, Mandrake, Damiana [Ginseng, Yohimbe] (#)
Precious Stones: Quartz (#)
Perfume: Jasmine, Jinseng, all Odoriferous Roots (#)
Vegetable Drugs: Orchid Root (#)
Mineral Drug: Lead (#)
Alchemical Metal: Silver (#)

Magick & Mysticism

Element: Air (#)
Magical Weapons: The Perfumes and Sandals [The Altar and Sacrifice] (#)
Magical Formula: ALIM (#)
Parts of the Soul: Ruach (The Intellect) (#)
Lineal Figures of the Planets, &c., and Geomany: — (#)
Chakra: Muladhara (Lingam and Anus) (#)
The Soul (Hindu): Linga Sharira (#)
Quarter: South (#)
Order of Qliphoth: Gamaliel (Obscene Ones) (#)
Forty Buddhist Meditations: Dhamma (#)
Magical Power: The Vision of the Machinery of the Universe (#)
System of Taoism: — (#)
Figure related to Pure Number: — (#)

The Four Worlds

Heaven of Assiah: Levanah (Sphere of Luna) (#)
God Name in Assiah: Shaddai El Chai (Almighty and Ever-living God) (#)
Archangel of Assiah: Gabriel (#)
Angels of Assiah: Kerubim (Angels of the Elements) (#)
Divine Name of Briah: (aleph lamed—aleph resh daleth yod) (#)
Angel of Briah: Yehuel (#)
Choir of Angels in Briah: Ishim (#)
Palace of Briah: Hekel Lebanath ha-Saphir (Palace of Crystalline Whiteness) (#)

Quotes

After the double excursion into misfortune, the current returns to the middle pillar. This Sephira is the seat of the great crystallization of Energy. But it takes place very far down the Tree, at the apex of the third descend ing triangle, and a flat triangle at that. There is little help from low, unbalanced spheres like Netzach and Hod. What saves Yesod is the direct ray from Tiphareth; this Sephira is in the direct line of succession. (Book of Thoth)

Yesod is that subtle basis upon which the physical world is based....It is the Astral Plane, which in one sense being passive and reflecting energies from above is lunar, even as the moon reflects the light of the sun. The Astral Light is an omnipresent and all-permeating fluid or medium of extremely subtle matter; substance in a highly tenuous state, electric and magnetic in constitution, which is the model upon which the physical world is built. It is the endless, changeless, ebb and flow of the world's forces that, in the last resort, guarantee the stability of the world and provides its foundation. (Regardie, 1994)

The general conception of Yesod is of change with stability. (Regardie, 1994)

References

Crowley, Aleister. (1982). 777 and Other Qabalistic Writings. York Beach, Me. : S. Weiser.
Crowley, Aleister. (1981). The Book of Thoth. New York, S. Weiser.
Regardie, Israel. (1994). A Garden of Pomegranates. Saint Paul, Minn., Llewellyn Publications.

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