Atziluth – the Creative Urge 

The Supreme Lord of Life

Fertility Gods and Lunar Goddesses

Deity of Triple Aspect 

In Yesod Atziluth is exemplified in the archetypical energy of those deity who provide the fertile ground for inspiration, imagination and ultimately the catalyst for higher thought (at the level of Hod).  The goddesses of the Moon enhance the inner and intuitive sight and allow the flow of emotions in accord with the ebb and flow of the tides.  The triple aspects of Maiden-Mother-Crone or Youth-Father-Sage show the ability for change and transition moving from one stage of being and level of experience to another- each dependent upon the other, however, to give the necessary clarity of the experience of the previous stage.

Within the realm of Atziluth- the creative urge- life begets life through the Yesodian process of discernment, flow of increase and decrease and through the filter of the emanations from the other spheres on the Middle Pillar (through equilibrium).

 Briah – Creation of a Concept- Archangel

Maintaining a sense of order based on truth and reality is the lesson of            Briatic Yesod

Gabriel- Water- The Divine Messenger Bearing a Trumpet

The Archangel Gabriel is one of Truth. The the trumpet in earlier times was not of metal but was seen as a symbol of fertility- the horn of plenty- and was considered phallic in nature bearing the seed of potential. There is the allusion to sexual potency and virility around this concept and the place of being the Divine Messenger, then becomes the messenger of that which is yet to be realized, that which is yet to be born and made viable. The association with water is the reference to the waters of creation, the vehicle and conductor of the electrical spark or charge which animates and gives life to whatever is the receptacle of that energy. Gabriel is one of the four Archangels, each of whom are assigned an element. Gabriel is guardian of the West and the waters that flow. Thus, the association with the lunar tides and birthing waters. 

Yetzirah – Forming the Image of the concept

Angels – Kerubim ~ Strength

Just as Malkuth was the sphere of dominance in the manifest world of Assiah, Yesod is the preeminent sphere in the Yetziratic world.  This is the place of designing the template or image for what will later become manifest reality.

In this domain the Kerubim, or angels associated with Strength are the needed force and energy to move those from the inertia of idle dreaming to a place of higher thought (HOD) and finally manifest creation (Malkuth).  In the ascent up the Tree the Kerubim use the catalytic energy of the Ischim - Souls of Fire- that have done the necessary work  in Malkuth to ensure movement and bolster it with the energy of resolve towards completion. The recurring theme of strength within this sphere is the key to its greatest mystery, for the Kerubim are the formators of energy directed towards the goal of creation and manifestation of what has been created.

 Assiah – Levanah ( The Moon)

What are the images that come to mind when you think of the moon, its energy and its cycles. It is under the watchful eye of the moon that we sleep and enter the state of dreamtime and unconscious thought given form through our  subconscious reality. It is also upon Malkuth (or Earth) that the radiance of the moon is apparent- shifting throughout its cycles- unseen- waxing full bright- and then waning back into the unseen. This is the compelling energy of Yesod in its place within the Assiac realm.  This is the cycle of memory and imagery, moving through its place of unseen potential- waxing with enthusiasm towards climatic product and then returning once again to the place of transformed energy that has yet to be actualized. 

The name "Levanah" is the phonetic form of the Hebrew word for moon and means - lunar beam-. It is the constancy of the Levanah (or lunar beam) that pours down upon those of manifest being that brings them to a state of rising on those beams towards a place of higher consciousness recalling the memory of their of their Divine nature.