“ Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

I can never be what I ought to be until you

are what you ought to be.  This is the interrelated

structure of reality.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -

 

 

The Hidden Sphere

" Daath is not a Sephirah though it is a very important point upon the Tree.  Rather is a state of knowledge - of knowingness - as well as the Awareness of Eternity.  In it is garnered the essences of experiences of its projections ^{" 1.} 

Before recent times, Da'at was not included in the listing of the Sephirah. Its energies were more that of a state of being versus an emanation in the strictest sense of the word.  This Awareness is exemplified in the movement towards the sphere of Binah. Her planetary energy is that of Saturn, Gatekeeper of Time , organization and structured action.

It's Other Names

The Invisible Sephirah, The Hidden or Unrevealed Cosmic Mind, The Mystical Sephirah, The Upper Room, Sphere of the Greater Masters

Gnosis

The sphere of Chesed held the energy of mastery over all things. Stepping across the threshold and onto the hidden path of Da’at we move towards the unified energies of the Archangels of the Four Cardinal Directions – Uriel - Raphael - Michael and Gabriel. Mastery of these forces has now integrated into deep gnosis or ALL-knowingness of their inner workings- without the interface of boundary. This is the hidden knowledge or mystery that is held within each of the Mighty Ones and when brought to a place of union establishes the final individualization of the personality.

Its order of angels are those of the Winged Serpents. These beings hold the knowledge of both good and evil, dark and light, and rise as the Kundalini to their point of union and enlightenment. They are not the fiery serpents of Geburah, but rather those of a refined  luminescence that holds the divine spark within and can only be seen by those who have attained a clarity of sight.

 Location on the Tree

The Point of Union

"Daath may be considered as the point of unity in which all knowledge is contained.  Being unity, it necessarily contains the synthesis of the Law, Justice and Equilibrium. Daath represents the unity and unification of all on the Tree of Life. It represents the Wisdom of God uniting in itself Power and Love." ^1.

Da'at represents the stage of spiritual evolution where the Soul has achieved its highest purpose and no longer has need to be at the mercy of ego and lower mental process. It is the juncture of union with the energy of the spheres of the Supernal Triangle. This is the consummate joining of force and form to produce the progeny of Chokmah and Binah's   coalesced natures and bring it forth in clarity of mind through Da'at's expression.  Da’at sits in the place of gnosis, knowledge having been refined and absorbed into the consciousness of being. This communion is one in which the Divine Spark is the point of contact as divine life returns to IT's source.

 

 

The Energetic Component

 “ In pre-Christian times it (Da’at) was the sphere of the Creative Fire in the realm of the  Mind.” ^1.

 Each of these creative fires have in turn been fueled by the Air of Tiphareth (strategically just below Da’at). These have blazed the way for transformation of the lower mental, the emotional and is now concerned with transmutation of the Higher Mind.

 

 

 

The Gateway to the Supernals

This bears repeating from last month's sphere to see the complete relationship and totality of the combined efforts of will and surrender.

Chesed is the last sphere on ascending the Tree before stepping into the realm of the Supernals of Kether, Chokmah and Binah.  It is the place of final choice that has been informed by the energy of the spheres below it and the decision to brave crossing the abyss to reach the womb of the Great Mother (Binah). It is the Gateway to both Wisdom (Chokmah) and Understanding (Binah) and conversely, Chesed is also the natural outcome of the directed energy of these Supernals.

 

The Spiritual Experience

Vision of Across the Abyss

“ Man has within himself all the qualities he needs. He does not need to develop them; what he has to do is to create and demonstrate the necessary states  for their growth and flowering.  The seed contains the flower and God made man in his own image.” ^1.

Chesed is the place of cosmic memory. It is the refined aspect of the Yesod (the storehouse of images)  having been filtered, synthesized and finalized by the spheres acting upon the Yesodic energy in the ascent towards Chesed. Having arrived at this state of full access to memory of the aeons and creation itself, work may begin towards incorporating and using that memory where choice and Free Will are called to action.  Chesed teaches and demands obedience to the laws of nature and the cosmic laws that is without question because the ego has been put aside and the workings of the Inner Divine have been activated. There is a gnosis or knowing that all will be and is as it should be, so there is no need to question, as there are no personal agendas.

The vision that Da'at provides is that of seeing clearly and with non-attachment the way of profound balance. Having claimed those shadow aspects and seen through the veil of illusion of duality to the core of its true nature as combined and cohesive force the strivings of the personality flow into the consciousness of oneness. It is at this point that memory and dynamics of past, present and future merge to become a singular point of existence.

 

The Illusions and Virtues of the Sphere

Virtues and Vices

Virtue- Detachment, Perfection of Justice, Confidence in the future

Vice- Doubt of the future, Apathy, Inertia, Pride, Cowardice

 

Justice

Drawing on the guidance of the Higher Self- devoid of EGO- guided by the merciful seeing of the larger whole – and thus, allowing that which must fall to the wayside do so with the strength of knowing it is for the greater good.

This form of justice is inconceivable to Man. It encompasses and encapsulates the whole of the cosmic and universal laws, order and realms, inclusive of all the beings residing therein. This justice s expressed in the development of the Soul.

"Before the (grade) of Daath the experience of the Soul is devoted to bringing about the fusion of itself with with the Spirit - to "becoming".  After the powers of Daath are fully operative in the soul there is no further process of "becoming" for the soul 'is'."  ^2.

 

Magickal Image

" A Head with Two Faces Looking Both Ways "

Janus

Janus is the Roman god of gates and doors, beginnings and endings, and hence represented with a double-faced head, each looking in opposite directions. He was worshipped at the beginning of the harvest time, planting, marriage, birth, and other types of beginnings, especially the beginnings of important events in a person's life. Janus also represents the transition between primitive life and civilization, between the countryside and the city, peace and war, and the growing-up of young people. 

Janus was represented with two faces, originally one face was bearded while the other was not (probably a symbol of the sun and the moon). Later both faces were bearded. In his right hand he holds a key. The double-faced head appears on many Roman coins, and around the 2nd century BCE even with four faces.

" Janus." Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica Online

 

 

^1. The Mystical Qabalah. Dion Fortune

^2. A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism. Gareth Knight