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2025-04-14 16:38:18
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RedTailHawk on Nostr: The Tree of Life consists of bubbles and lines in a specific arrangement. The Bubbles ...

The Tree of Life consists of bubbles and lines in a specific arrangement.


The Bubbles are the Sephiroth (Sephirah, singular). The black lines that connect the bubbles represent the 22 cards of the Major Arcana of the Tarot.

Following the yellow line, we have:

Kether - equates to the third eye and crown chakras; described as "brilliant white light"; similar to Buddhist/Hindu concepts of enlightenment

Chockhah - Wisdom; this Sephirah is considered to be "of the Divine Masculine". Masculinity is defined as being emissive or penetrative. Wisdom is emitted and penetrates foolishness, hence the gender assignment.

Binah - Understanding; this Sephirah is considered to be "of the Divine Feminine". Femininity is defined as being receptive. Understanding is learning and that is about receiving new information and ideas.

The greyed out Sephirah is Da'ath and corresponds with the wisdom chakra, Vishuddha, Gnosis in the Gnostic tradition, and the concept of djinn. Note: the modern understanding of djinn is heavily distorted but the markers of correspondence are there. This Sephirah corresponds with concepts like "born again", the "dark night of the soul" the Phoenix who "rises out of its own ashes", and "salvation". Da'ath is clearly the etymological predecessor for our word "death" which is itself a very deep topic to discuss further.

Next is Chesed - Mercy, of the Divine Feminine, as mercy is about acceptance.

Next is Geburah - Power, of the Divine Masculine, as power emanates and penetrates.

There's more but this gets me to the point that is germane to your OP.

Per the teachings of the Tree of Life, if we wish to attempt to emulate the Divine, we are to embody, balance, and unite aspects from the Divine Masculine and the Divine Feminine within each of ourselves. Biological men and women are both supposed to pursue all of the Sephiroth, not just stick to the ones that correspond with our biological sex.

That said, on social media today, the lesson of uniting Power with Mercy is still echoed today. I've seen memes where people say "Hey John...say something profound" and then John says "It is not virtuous to be harmless for the harmless man is incapable of great power. It is doubly virtuous to be peaceful, for the peaceful man is capable of great power in battle but virtuously he restrains himself with his mercy.

Having the power to produce and the mercy to share it with dependents is, according to this framework, not only "masculine", but it is "feminine" and furthermore, it is a "Divine" manner of behaving.
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