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27.
peh
(the
tower)
Peh is the path connecting
Hod, the sephirah of human mind-forms,
with Netzach, the sephirah of polarized
energy. As the first path within the Astral Triangle it is the
key constructor
and equilibrator of the personality;
"through it every existent being receives its spirit and
motion".
Peh means 'mouth', the personality understood as the
soul's means of concentrated expression on the lower astral planes.
The personality is a product of Hod and
Netzach: The light of Tiphareth is
split up into the many-rayed manifestation of Netzach and this
division is confirmed by the analytical mental capacity of Hod: The ego is constructed.
While the light of
the soul passes into the personality via this symbolic mouth,
speech passes out of it. The activity constituting the ego-personality-mouth
is the use of language,
the splitting up of creation into comprehensible pieces. But
speech can be monologue or dialogue, condemnation or communication,
a means of isolation or understanding, a barrier or a bridge.
It depends on the
degree of mutual
fruitation between the
mental concentration of Hod and the collective
inspiration of Netzach. Consider
for a moment the openness of your Solar Plexus chakra. In tarot, the problem is illustrated
by the trump of The Tower, referring of course to the tower of
Babel from Genesis where all communication eventually broke down,
but also to the ego-personality which may become a fortress against inspiration from our fellow
beings.
Only when Hod
and Netzach are in perfect sync, the light of Tiphareth will shine
into the personality and illuminate our earthly relations, the
ego becomes a vehicle for the word of spirit, the tower becomes
a house of God, and there is
a balance between internal
and external impulses.
One method is vibrating the words of power taught by the
qabalah, concentrated into the mental symbols of Hod
and charged with the ecstatic enthusiasm of
Netzach.
| Meaning of Letter:
Mouth. |
Type of Letter: Double Letter: Grace-Indignation. |
Value: 80. |
| Place |
Between Netzach and
Hod, the first path across the Astral Triangle between the Pillars of Mercy and Severity.
Compare also with the balancing paths Daleth and Teth. |
| "32 Paths of
Wisdom" |
"The Twenty-seventh Path is
the Active or Exciting Intelligence, and is so called because
through it every existent being receives its spirit and motion." |
| Tarot Trump |
15. The Tower. The Lord of the Hosts
of the Mighty. The Conquering Child. Priest of the Divine Fire. |
| Virtue / Vice: Opportunistic / apathetic. |
Astrology: Mars. |
| The four worlds |
Atziluth |
Briah |
Yetzirah |
Assiah |
| Meanings of Trump |
Purifying |
Cathartic |
Motivated |
Releasing |
| Colours |
Scarlet |
Red |
Venetian red |
Bright red, rayed azure or emerald |
| Tarot affirmation
1: |
"With a flash of insight I am
freed of the limitations of my old mental habits. I discover
new wisdom in a breakthrough of understanding". |
| Tarot affirmation
2 |
"I am the Tower, uncompromising
in my self-integrity". |
| Magical symbols |
Sword. Tower. Fire. |
| Chakra symbols (Sir John Woodroffe) |
"The Nabhi-padma (Navel Lotus or Manipura) is of the colour of the rain-cloud
and has ten petals; on each of its petals are each of the ten
letters, Da, Dha, Na, Ta, Tha, Da, Dha,
Na, Pa, Pha, and of a lustrous blue colour, with the Bindu above
each of them.
In the pericarp of this lotus is the red Region of Fire, which
is triangular in shape, and outside it, on its three sides, are
three swastika signs.
Within the triangle is the Bija of Fire "Ram". He (Bija of Fire) is red in colour
and seated on a ram, is four-armed, and holds in his hands the
ajra (thunderbolt) and the Shakti weapon, and makes the signs
of Vara and of Abhaya (the mudras granting boons and dispelling
fear).
In the lap of Vahni-Bija is Rudra, red of colour, seated on a
bull, who, however, appears to be white on account of the ashes
which he smears on His body. He is old in appearance.
On a red lotus in the pericarp of this Lotus is the Shakti Lakini.
She is blue, has three faces with three eyes in each, is four-armed,
and with Her hands holds the Vajra and the Shakti weapon, and
makes the signs of dispelling fear and granting boons. She has
fierce projecting teeth, and is fond of eating rice and dhal,
cooked and mixed with meat and blood (Khecaranna)." |
| Body |
Solar Plexus. Navel. Mid belly. Small
intestines. Various disorders, including emotional. Talismanic
arts. Creating disorder. The solar plexus chakra - below the
ribs - regulates the Pancreas's production of insulin that influence
the blood sugar. If emotions are mostly externally focused ,
it inhibits the pancreas, and blood sugar becomes too high (and
vice versa). |
| Mythology |
Tower of Babel. Dragon. Marduk and
Tiamat. Circumcision. Christian Rosenkreutz' journey: The King
and Queen's sevenfold alchemical process in the seven storey
tower. |
| Other symbols |
C Natural. Fennel. Nettle. Horse
chestnut. Gnat. |
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