The Enchanted Initiate
A Journal of Traditional Symbolism, Hermeticism & the Occult Sciences

Chocchmah

Chochmah, the Father, is the second Sephira, representing the Divine Father within the Hebrew triad, whose union with Binah creates worlds and generations of living things

Concordance & Cross-References

Primary Correspondences & Figures

Binah→Concept

Chochmah, the Father, and Binah, the Mother, are directly related as the Divine Father and Mother, whose union gives rise to the creation of worlds and living things

Chochmah, the Father, is part of the causal sphere which is the causal layer of the Auric Egg

World ChainConcept

Chochmah, the Father, is part of the World Chain, one of four resulting from the reflection of the power of AIN SOPH, contributing to the creation of worlds

Mediate Correspondences

Sympathetic Chains & Distant Affinities

ChocchmahthroughBinahilluminatesTetractys →
I. Chocchmah & Binah

Chochmah, the Father, and Binah, the Mother, are directly related as the Divine Father and Mother, whose union gives rise to the creation of worlds and living things

II. Binah & Tetractys

Binah, the Understanding Sephira, is the third Sephira in the Sephiroth Tree, connected to the Tetractys in Kabbalistic symbolism.

ChocchmahthroughBinahilluminatesKether →
I. Chocchmah & Binah

Chochmah, the Father, and Binah, the Mother, are directly related as the Divine Father and Mother, whose union gives rise to the creation of worlds and living things

II. Binah & Kether

Kether, often referred to as the Crown, is the first Sephiroid in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, symbolizing the first androgyne. It is a pivotal entity that emanates Binah, known as Intelligence or the Mother, as well as Chokhmah, known as Wisdom or the Father. Together, these three entities—Chokhmah, Binah, and Kether—form the Creative Triad, a trio that plays a foundational role in the cosmology and understanding of creation within Kabbalistic teachings. This structure demonstrates the sympathy and hierarchical nature of the Sephiroth, with Kether at the pinnacle, as the source of all emanations. Binah is the receptive capacity of Kether in the kabbalistic tradition

ChocchmahthroughBinahilluminatesSephiroth →
I. Chocchmah & Binah

Chochmah, the Father, and Binah, the Mother, are directly related as the Divine Father and Mother, whose union gives rise to the creation of worlds and living things

II. Binah & Sephiroth

Binah is the third Sephira in the Tree of Sephiroth, associated with the concept of limitation and form.

ChocchmahthroughCausal SphereilluminatesAdam →
I. Chocchmah & Causal Sphere

Chochmah, the Father, is part of the causal sphere which is the causal layer of the Auric Egg

II. Causal Sphere & Adam

Adam is the Causal sphere with divine potencies and potentialities considered as a gigantic personality.

ChocchmahthroughCausal SphereilluminatesAin Soph →
I. Chocchmah & Causal Sphere

Chochmah, the Father, is part of the causal sphere which is the causal layer of the Auric Egg

II. Causal Sphere & Ain Soph

The causal sphere is derived from AIN SOPH, illustrating a hierarchical relationship in the universe

ChocchmahthroughBinahilluminatesShekinah →
I. Chocchmah & Binah

Chochmah, the Father, and Binah, the Mother, are directly related as the Divine Father and Mother, whose union gives rise to the creation of worlds and living things

II. Binah & Shekinah

In Kabalism, Binah is the Supernal Understanding reflecting to the emanations

ChocchmahthroughBinahilluminatesTiphereth →
I. Chocchmah & Binah

Chochmah, the Father, and Binah, the Mother, are directly related as the Divine Father and Mother, whose union gives rise to the creation of worlds and living things

II. Binah & Tiphereth

Binah, Active Intelligence, complements Tipheret, Beauty, in the interplay of creation and manifestation, highlighting the concept of beauty as a balance between the higher and lower principles.

ChocchmahthroughBinahilluminatesBoaz →
I. Chocchmah & Binah

Chochmah, the Father, and Binah, the Mother, are directly related as the Divine Father and Mother, whose union gives rise to the creation of worlds and living things

II. Binah & Boaz

Boaz, symbolizing Understanding, emanates from Binah

ChocchmahthroughBinahilluminatesMalchuth →
I. Chocchmah & Binah

Chochmah, the Father, and Binah, the Mother, are directly related as the Divine Father and Mother, whose union gives rise to the creation of worlds and living things

II. Binah & Malchuth

Binah is essential to Malchuth's formation as it is her mother, providing the source of her powers

ChocchmahthroughCausal SphereilluminatesEgo →
I. Chocchmah & Causal Sphere

Chochmah, the Father, is part of the causal sphere which is the causal layer of the Auric Egg

II. Causal Sphere & Ego

The causal sphere hosts the Ego, which arises from its concentrated consciousness