Chokmah: The Two's - Illuminating Consciousness

Mantra:   
Yah, Ra`ze`el, O`fa`nem, Kok`ma

 

Mysteries of Chokmah:

As the second sphere on the Tree of Life, Chokmah represents harmonious movement above the abyss.  Like trying to view the planet Neptune with your naked eye, the complete view of Chokmah's harmonious action is just outside of the skill set of humans.  

In Kether we have the seed-of-an-idea, in Chokmah the same seed is transmitted from divinity directly to our consciousness.  This transmission occurs in the harmony of metaphysics, without any of the friction that normally occurs in acts of manifestation (below the abyss). 

If there is a so-called god particle, it would be the operation of the three supernals (above the Abyss).  This seed of an idea is much like the particle or neutrino of modern physics which disappears and reappears, sometimes even simultaneously, and at faster than the speed of light. 
 

Chokmah is the male aspect of the occult trinity, which is harmoniously orchestrating our manifestation at all times.

The fourfold nature of Chokmah is revealed in the Minor Arcana 2s.  Study of the 2s can lead to a divine transmission of wisdom, and should be considered some of the highest of Theurgic vibrations available to the practicing magus. 

The twofold nature of Chokmah is revealed in its placement on the tree.  Chokmah is directly and intimately connected with Kether (godhead), yet readily available to the magus.  Chokmah is like an emissary between metaphysics and manifestation, and implies teaching or transmission of experience & efforts, into wisdom & hard-result.

Related Concepts:

Wisdom, 
Harmonious Throughput, 
Transmission of Divine Wisdom, 
Radiant Vision, 
Above the Abyss, 
The Masculine Aspect of Magick,  
First Indications of Movement in the Material Realms, 
The Yod-Force of Each Suit, 
Creative or Artistic Impulse, 
Destiny, 
A Sponsored Idea, 
Production, 
The Motivation Behind the Idea, 
Logos, 
Word & Will,  
True Will, 
Revealed Will, 
Hidden Will, 
God's Will, 
Goodwill of All Kinds, 
Communication, 
Motivation, 
Male Spiritual Light, 
Change, 
Dominion, 
Peace, 
Love.

Correspondences:

•        New Orleans Voudon Gnostic: 
•                                        Earth: Olofi
• Fire: NanNan Bouclou La Flambeau
•                         Air: NanNan Bouclou
•                                  Water: Gran Ibo
• ·         Hebrew: hmkh Chokmah
• ·         English: Wisdom
• ·         Consciousness of the Adept: avh or Heh Vav Aleph
• ·         God Name in Assiah: hy
• ·         The Heavens of Assiah: twlzm Masloth or Sphere of the Zodiac -
• ·          Assiah: twbro  Araboth or Plain, Blessings of all Good Things.
• ·         Masloth translated: The fixed Stars in relation to Hadit.  He being positive pulsations, resulting from Her negative undulations.
• ·         Name of the Lord: hi or Yah
• ·         Archangels of Assiah: layxr   or Ratziel
• ·         Angel of Assiah: ynpwa  or Auphanim or Wheels
• ·         Choir of Angels: sinpva  O`fa`nem
• ·         Palace: silzm   Ma`za`lot
• ·         Force: Chokma
• ·         Revolutions of Adonai in Assiah: nyda
• ·         Ten Divisions of the Body of God: Right Brain
• ·         Ten Earths in Seven Palaces:  yida or Aretz or dry Earth
• ·         Ten Hells in Seven Palaces: lwac  or Sheol or Grave
• ·         Order of Qliphoth: lawgwo Ghagiel the Hinderers or the Concealers, pronounced:  Og`e`el
• ·         Princes of the Qliphoth: lams
• ·         Three Evil Forms before Samael:  laytmq Qemetial,  laybl Belial, layto Othiel
• ·         Element: Root of Fire, due to its creative nature.
• ·         Planetary Association: Uranus in 777, or Neptune from Crowley's Book of Thoth.  All attributions are interchangeable above the Abyss.
• ·         Neptune’s Genethliac Value: The True Self (Zeitgeist), or Spiritual Environment.
• ·         Tree of Life 2nd Plane: Right Pillar
• ·         Mystic Number of the Sephiroth: 3
• ·         Sepher Yetzirah: The Illuminating I
• ·         Tarot Attribution: The Four Twos, and the Court Kings or Knights
• ·         King’s Scale: Pure Soft Blue
• ·         Queen’s Scale: Grey
• ·         Emperor’s Scale: Blue pearl grey, like mother-of pearl
• ·         Empress’s Scale: White, Flecked Red, blue, and  yellow.
• ·         Sepirothic Magickal Image: Any Male Image.
• ·         Sepirothic Colors of Dr. Jellinek: Sky Blue
• ·         Selection of Egyptian Gods: Amoun as the creative Chiah. Thoth as the Logos, Nuith of the Zodiac as connected with Mazloth.
• ·         Practical Attribution of Egyptian God: Isis as Wisdom
• ·         Perfected Man: The Disk of Ra as the Face or in Daath or Ai as the Neck
• ·         Hindu Deities: Shiva, Vishnu as Buddha avatars, Akasa as matter, and the Lingham.
• ·         Buddhist: Ten Fetters: Vikkikika or Skeptical Doubt.
• ·         Forty Buddhist Meditation: Joy or S = Sublime State = 4.
• ·         Hindu or Buddhist Result: Understanding of Joy
• ·         Hindu part of the Soul: Buddhi
• ·         Hindu Chakras or Prana Center: Ajna or the Pineal Gland
• ·         Scandinavian God: Odin
• ·         Greek Gods: Zeus, Icchus Athena as Wisdom from the Mind of Zeus, Uranus as Hermes Transmitter of Logos and Starry Heaven, Cybele, Demeter, Rhea, and Here
• ·         Roman Gods: Janus as the Dyad and Mercury as the Messenger.
• ·         Christian Association: God the Father, and God who guides Parliament.
• ·         Animals (Real or Imaginary): Man
• ·         Plants (Real or Imaginary): Amaranth as the Flower of Immortality, Mistletoe,  Bo, or Pipal Tree as the Shelter for Buddha During his Enlightenment.
• ·         Precious Stone: Star Ruby as the Male Energy of the Creator Star, and Turquoise representative of Masloth. Sometime the Star Sapphire.
• ·         Perfume: Musk due to its Male Attributes.
• ·         Mechanical Relation:  The computer that controls the fuel injection system, when looking at a complete automobile.
• ·         Vegetable Drug: Hashish
• ·         Diseases: Insanity
• ·         Mineral Drug: Phosphorus
• ·         Alchemical Metal: Saturn
• ·         Voice of the Phoenix: AL
• ·         Magickal Flashing Colors: Grey with Flashing White, symbolizing the Transmission of Divine Logos, or Discovering your True Will.
• ·         Magickal Altar: Grey Alter Cloth & Candle, Incense, Cup of Water, wrapped Lotus Wand (or any/no wand).
• ·         Circumambulate: 2 times.
• ·         Magickal Eucharist: Anything Natural and Heavenly.
• ·         Magickal Weapon: Lingam relating to Chiah the Creative Energy, and the Inner Robe of Glory as the Word or Will of the Magus.
• ·         Magickal Formulae: VIAOV
• ·         Magickal Power: The Face to Face Vision of God, aka Vision of Antinomies.
• ·         Magickal God-Form: Djehuti (pronounced: Je`hu`te)
• ·         Theurgic Invoking Method: Tracing Grey Hexagrams in Four Quarters and again in the East as the God-Form Djehuti. Trace each Hexagram described below while uttering “Arareta”; trace a white Chokma symbol in the center while uttering “Yah”; Project Grey light with the Sign of the Enterer; give LVX signs; Proclaim “In the name of the lord Yah, I invoke you forces of Chokma”

o   In the East trace an Eastern Form of the Hexagram (2 upward triangles, tracing from the top down to the right on both)…

o   In the South trace a Southern Form of the Hexagram (Normal Hexagram starting from the top down right, then the bottom up left)…

o   In the West trace a Western Form of the Hexagram (Triangles stacked to form a diamond starting from the top down right, then the bottom up left)…

o   In the North trace a Northern Form of the Hexagram (Triangles tip to tip, top upside down, bottom right side up; trace from the bottom triangle down right, then from the top triangle up left)….

o   Then again In the East trace a Southern Form of the Hexagram to finalize (Normal Hexagram starting from the top down right, then the bottom up left)…

• ·         Grade Password: ba
• ·         Grade of the Order: 9°=2 Magus
• ·         Masonic Lodge Officer: Past Master
• ·         Spiritual Experience: Transmission of Logos from God
• ·         In Taoism: The Yang and Khien.
• ·         Symbols Relating to Pure Number: Cross
• ·         Geomancy: The Line, or the Cross.
• ·         Heavenly Hexagram: Mercury
• ·         Transcendental Morality as a Virtue: Devotion
• ·         In Coptic: Gima
• ·         In English: Sz
• ·         In Arabic: The Three Lost Fathers
• ·         In Greek: 200
• ·         Divine Names of Briah:  la or EL
• ·         Angels in Briah: lapr or Raphael
• ·         Choirs of Angels in Briah: ynpwa Auphanim
• ·         Palaces of Briah: \ycdq cwdq lkyh or Hekel Qadosh Qadeshim or the Palace of the Holy of the Holies
• ·         Revolution of the hyha in Briah:  yhha
• ·         42-fold Revolving-Name of the Palaces of Yetzirah: yg
• ·         Revolution of the YodHeVavHeh in Yetzirah:  YodHeHehVav  or  vhhi
• ·         Saint or Adept of the Hebrews: Mosheh
• ·         Angelic Function in the World of Yetzirah: Above it stood the Seraphim: Six Wings
• ·         Egyptian 10 Plagues: Locusts
• ·         Egyptian Part of the Soul: Khai, or Ka.
• ·         Part of the Soul: hih or Chiah or Life Force.
• ·         Elements & Quarters in Sepher Yetzirah: Air
• ·         Seven Hells of the Arabs: Hawiyah
• ·         Hawiyah’s Inhabitants: Hypocrites
• ·         Seven Heavens of the Arabs: Dar al`Jalai or the House of Glory made of Pearls.
• ·         The Naples Arrangement: Chokmah, The Point; Distinguishable From 1 Other
• ·         Common titles of Chokmah:  hmhk  or the Power of Yetzirah.  i of the Tetragrammaton.  and ba aba.

            Pair of Angels Ruling Disks: labkl hyrcw

The Two of Disks represents the Earthy aspect of the fourfold Chokmah.  The Serpent of change is in the position of the Oroborus and adds the

attribution of "infinity" to the equation of "change".  With Jupiter in Capricorn it signifies a personal change; one that was destined by Capricorn, and

conducted by the ever so patient and powerful Jupiter.  The Two of Disk's part in the entire workings of the Kether-Chokmah-Binah trinity is harmonious

change, leading to an earthy rock-solid stability.   

These two Disks are the Yin & Yang of Hsiang; fashioned in the appropriate flashing-colors, stacked, and are counter-rotating spheres-of-Jupiter &

Capricorn.  This signifies a rare moment of clarity, where divinity's ideas-for-change, and your ideas-for-change intermingle, agree, and coincide.  The

planetary, and astrological attributions, combined with the equilibrium of the yin yang symbol, then actualized by the elemental attributions which are

assigned to the points in the yin yang; ultimately potentiate the formulae implied, by building a magickal-bridge between metaphysics and

manifestation.

In a card reading the 2 of Disks will represent an aspect of "change" in relation to the dominant trump in the throw.  This aspect of change is minor in

nature, and will affect the situation in regards to a trump, though if a court card is dominant in your throw; than this "change" could be transmitted to

whoever the court card represents, even you.

Pair of Angels Ruling Wands: lawhw laynd

The Two of Wands represents the Fiery aspect of the fourfold Chokmah.  Mars in Aries is in a natural position of power which dictates this "dominion".   In Crowley's Book of Thoth, he writes that the card "represents the Will in its most exalted form".  

The theme of Chokmah is divine transmission, and here we have a fine example of such.  Dominion is a revelation that god's will and your will are essentially the same, and as divine will travels downwards, our will travels upwards; where meeting in the middle, they beat in harmonious synchronicity, like a wonderful heart.

There is a war-like quality to the image with the crossed Tibetan Dorjes, or thunderbolts representing destructive elements of manifestation, yet celestial in nature, driven by love.  The motivations for this love are hidden, and swept aside, as the pure-will assuages itself towards its destruction.  This destruction is the first process of creation.  If you ponder this card long enough you may witness the cherry pop; then boom; your in.   Your dominion got its way, and will get its way.

In a card reading the 2 of Wands will represent an aspect of "dominion" in relation to the dominant trump in the throw.  This aspect of "dominion" is minor in nature, and will affect the situation in regards to a trump, though if a court card is dominant in your throw; than this "dominion" could be transmitted over to whoever the court card represents, even you.   This card should be considered a descriptor rather than a focal point, much like all of the minor arcana cards.

 Pair of Angels Ruling Air:  lalzy lahbm

The Two of Swords represents the Airy aspect of the fourfold Chokmah.  The Moon in Libra, or Peace in change, or the perfect balance between the two.  When fire and water finally stabilize after the marriage, crystallization occurs as the spiritual essence of "peace".   This crystallization is growing into divine wisdom.

Two swords crossed in solidarity for peace. The five petal blue rose is representative of Mother's influence. The white geometric flowers with

the geometrically shaped guidelines are evidence of the influence of Kether.  The geometric shapes and guidelines are in the act of translating

a divine message from Kether via the intelligence of the elemental Air.  Peace in Change is also upheld through the law and Justice of the

Sword.

In a card reading the 2 of Swords will represent an aspect of "peace" in relation to the dominant trump in the throw.  This aspect of

"peace" is minor in nature, and will affect the situation in regards to a trump, though if a court card is dominant in your throw; than this

"peace" could be transmitted over to whoever the court card represents, even you.   This card should be considered a descriptor rather than a

focal point, much like all of the minor arcana cards.

                                               Pair of angels Ruling Water:   laoya hywb

The Two of Cups represents the Watery aspect of the fourfold Chokmah.  The Lord of Love under Will, as Venus in Cancer, with Jupiter exalted, and Cancer being the house of the Moon, make this a very nice card.  Twin dolphin are fed water from a floating lotus blossom, representing the male and female energies languishing in the comfort of each other. The juice flowing out of the Lotus and into the cups is the essence of Kether in constant flow.

This card represents a very natural kind of Love, the kind who un-invoked will burst from within and dominate your will.  Much like the love of your favorite hobby, food, friend, car, or personal-fun of any kind.  This "love" is also the perfect fuel for understanding; so take and give what you need, as there is plenty to go around.

In a card reading the 2 of Cups will represent an aspect of "love" in relation to the dominant trump in the throw.  This aspect of

"love" is minor in nature, and will affect the situation in regards to a trump, though if a court card is dominant in your throw; than this

"love" could be transmitted over to whoever the court card represents, even you.   This card should be considered a descriptor rather than a

focal point, much like all of the minor arcana cards.

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