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'''Yesod''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: |
'''Yesod''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: יְסוֹד ''Yəsōḏ'', [[Tiberian Hebrew|Tiberian:]] ''Yăsōḏ'', "foundation")<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Geoffrey |title=The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. |publisher=Open Book Publishers |year=2020 |isbn=978-1783746767}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 3247. yesod |url=https://biblehub.com/hebrew/3247.htm}}</ref> is a [[Sephirot|sephirah]] or node in the [[Kabbalah|kabbalistic]] [[Tree of life (Kabbalah)|Tree of Life]], a system of Jewish philosophy.<ref name="The Kabballah, Franck">{{cite book|last1=Franck|first1=Adolphe|title=The Kabbalah|url=https://archive.org/details/kabbalahreligiou00fran|url-access=limited|date=1967|publisher=University Books|location=Secaucus, New Jersey|pages=[https://archive.org/details/kabbalahreligiou00fran/page/n71 26]–27 ff|edition=Second printing}}</ref> Yesod, located near the base of the Tree, is the sephirah below [[Hod (Kabbalah)|Hod]] and [[Netzach]], and above [[Malkuth]] (the kingdom). It is seen as a vehicle allowing movement from one thing or condition to another (the power of connection).<ref name="The Shining Paths">{{cite book|last1=Ashcroft-Nowicki|first1=Dolores|title=The Shining Paths|date=1983|publisher=The Aquarian Press|location=England}}</ref> Yesod, Kabbalah, and the Tree of Life are Jewish concepts adopted by various philosophical systems including Christianity, New Age Eastern-based mysticism, and Western esoteric practices.<ref name="The Mystical Qabalah">{{cite book|last1=Fortune|first1=Dion|title=The Mystical Qabalah|date=1935|publisher=Samuel Weiser, Inc|location=York Bach, Maine|isbn=0-87728-596-9|page=1|edition=1984 American paperback}}</ref> |
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==Jewish Kabbalah== |
==Jewish Kabbalah== |
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According to Jewish [[Kabbalah]], Yesod is the foundation upon which God has built the world. It also serves as a transmitter between the sephirot above, and the reality below. The light of the upper sephirot gather in Yesod and are channelled to Malkuth below. In this manner, Yesod is associated with the sexual organs. The masculine Yesod collects the vital forces of the sephirot above, and transmits these creative and vital energies into the feminine Malkuth below. Yesod channels, Malkuth receives. In turn, it is through Malkuth that the earth is able to interact with the divinity.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Moshe|title=Netzach, Hod, & Yesod|url=http://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380802/jewish/Netzach-Hod-Yesod.htm|website=Kabbalah Online|publisher=Chabad.org| |
According to Jewish [[Kabbalah]], Yesod is the foundation upon which God has built the world. It also serves as a transmitter between the sephirot above, and the reality below. The light of the upper sephirot gather in Yesod and are channelled to Malkuth below. In this manner, Yesod is associated with the sexual organs. The masculine Yesod collects the vital forces of the sephirot above, and transmits these creative and vital energies into the feminine Malkuth below. Yesod channels, Malkuth receives. In turn, it is through Malkuth that the earth is able to interact with the divinity.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Miller|first1=Moshe|title=Netzach, Hod, & Yesod|url=http://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/380802/jewish/Netzach-Hod-Yesod.htm|website=Kabbalah Online|publisher=Chabad.org|access-date=6 August 2015}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Yesod plays the role of collecting and balancing the different and opposing energies of [[Hod (Kabbalah)|Hod]] and [[Netzach]], and also from [[Tiferet]] above it, storing and distributing it throughout the world. It is likened to the 'engine-room' of creation. The [[Cherub]]im is the [[angel]]ic choir connected to Yesod, headed by the [[Archangel]] [[Gabriel]]. In contrast, the [[demon]]ic order in the [[ |
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| ⚫ | Yesod plays the role of collecting and balancing the different and opposing energies of [[Hod (Kabbalah)|Hod]] and [[Netzach]], and also from [[Tiferet]] above it, storing and distributing it throughout the world. It is likened to the 'engine-room' of creation. The [[Cherub]]im is the [[angel]]ic choir connected to Yesod, headed by the [[Archangel]] [[Gabriel]]. In contrast, the [[demon]]ic order in the [[qlippoth]]ic sphere opposite of Yesod is Gamaliel. |
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==Other philosophic systems== |
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==Other systems== |
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According to Jewish Kaballistic philosophy, Yesod is responsible for the powers of communication, connection and contact with external reality within the [[soul]], unifying the material world of Malkuth with the other Sephiroth.<ref name="Ginsburgh">{{cite web|last=Ginsburgh|first=Yitzchak|title=The Ten Sefirot: Divine Emanations|url=http://www.inner.org/sefirot/sefyesod.htm|work=website|accessdate=25 February 2013}}</ref> Therefore, some Christians compare Yesod to the third person of the [[Holy Trinity]], the [[Holy Spirit (Christianity)|Holy Spirit]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Grillet|first=Angela Moehrle de|title=A JOURNEY THROUGH THE TREE OF LIFE|url=http://www.joyousworld.com/qabalah/story/treestory/index.html|work=website|accessdate=25 February 2013}}</ref> The Holy Spirit is defined by some Christians as one aspect of the [[Triune God]]. These Christians believe that the Holy Spirit is the aspect of god that unifies [[God]] with humanity.<ref name=Summa_Theologica_Procession_of_Divine_Persons>{{cite book| title=The Summa Theologica: First Part - The Procession of the Divine Persons|author=St. Thomas Aquinas|year=1920|edition=second and revised edition (Literally translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province)|url=http://www.newadvent.org/summa/1027.htm#article1}}</ref><ref name=Mystici_Corporis_Christi>{{cite book|title=Mystici Corporis Christi|author=Pope Pius XII|year=1943|url=http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius12/P12MYSTI.HTM#fn39}}</ref> |
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===Esotericism=== |
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In [[Western esotericism]], according to the writer [[Dion Fortune]], Yesod is considered to be "of supreme importance to the practical occultist...the Treasure House of Images, the sphere of [[Maya (illusion)|Maya]], Illusion."<ref>Fortune, ''The Mystical Qabalah'', p. 1.</ref> |
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==References== |
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* [http://www.inner.org/sefirot/sefyesod.htm Sefirot Yesod (at Inner.org)] |
* [http://www.inner.org/sefirot/sefyesod.htm Sefirot Yesod (at Inner.org)] |
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* [http://www.aish.com/spirituality/kabbala101/Kabbala_21__-_Yesod_The_Translator.asp Yesod: The Translator] |
* [http://www.aish.com/spirituality/kabbala101/Kabbala_21__-_Yesod_The_Translator.asp Yesod: The Translator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509063454/http://www.aish.com/spirituality/kabbala101/Kabbala_21__-_Yesod_The_Translator.asp |date=2008-05-09 }} |
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* [http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=6237 Lessons in Tanya] |
* [http://www.chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=6237 Lessons in Tanya] |
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Yesod (Hebrew: יְסוֹד Yəsōḏ, Tiberian: Yăsōḏ, "foundation")[1][2] is a sephirah or node in the kabbalistic Tree of Life, a system of Jewish philosophy.[3] Yesod, located near the base of the Tree, is the sephirah below Hod and Netzach, and above Malkuth (the kingdom). It is seen as a vehicle allowing movement from one thing or condition to another (the power of connection).[4] Yesod, Kabbalah, and the Tree of Life are Jewish concepts adopted by various philosophical systems including Christianity, New Age Eastern-based mysticism, and Western esoteric practices.[5]
Jewish Kabbalah
[edit]According to Jewish Kabbalah, Yesod is the foundation upon which God has built the world. It also serves as a transmitter between the sephirot above, and the reality below. The light of the upper sephirot gather in Yesod and are channelled to Malkuth below. In this manner, Yesod is associated with the sexual organs. The masculine Yesod collects the vital forces of the sephirot above, and transmits these creative and vital energies into the feminine Malkuth below. Yesod channels, Malkuth receives. In turn, it is through Malkuth that the earth is able to interact with the divinity.[6]
Yesod plays the role of collecting and balancing the different and opposing energies of Hod and Netzach, and also from Tiferet above it, storing and distributing it throughout the world. It is likened to the 'engine-room' of creation. The Cherubim is the angelic choir connected to Yesod, headed by the Archangel Gabriel. In contrast, the demonic order in the qlippothic sphere opposite of Yesod is Gamaliel.
Other systems
[edit]Esotericism
[edit]In Western esotericism, according to the writer Dion Fortune, Yesod is considered to be "of supreme importance to the practical occultist...the Treasure House of Images, the sphere of Maya, Illusion."[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Khan, Geoffrey (2020). The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 1. Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1783746767.
- ^ "Strong's Hebrew Concordance - 3247. yesod".
- ^ Franck, Adolphe (1967). The Kabbalah (Second printing ed.). Secaucus, New Jersey: University Books. pp. 26–27 ff.
- ^ Ashcroft-Nowicki, Dolores (1983). The Shining Paths. England: The Aquarian Press.
- ^ Fortune, Dion (1935). The Mystical Qabalah (1984 American paperback ed.). York Bach, Maine: Samuel Weiser, Inc. p. 1. ISBN 0-87728-596-9.
- ^ Miller, Moshe. "Netzach, Hod, & Yesod". Kabbalah Online. Chabad.org. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ Fortune, The Mystical Qabalah, p. 1.
External links
[edit]- Sefirot Yesod (at Inner.org)
- Yesod: The Translator Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Lessons in Tanya