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

Chochmah

Chochmah, the second Sephira, or Universal Wisdom, often associated with the Son

Concordance & Cross-References

Primary Correspondences & Figures

Kether→Concept

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

DaathConcept

Daath is the thought which flows from Chochmah into Binah in the kabbalistic tradition

Binah→Concept

Chochmah and Binah work together to form Microprosophus in the Yetziratic World

Jachin→Ritual

Jachin, symbolizing Wisdom, emanates from Chochmah

Mediate Correspondences

Sympathetic Chains & Distant Affinities

ChochmahthroughBinahilluminatesTetractys →
I. Chochmah & Binah

Chochmah and Binah work together to form Microprosophus in the Yetziratic World

II. Binah & Tetractys

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

ChochmahthroughKetherilluminatesSabbath →
I. Chochmah & Kether

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

II. Kether & Sabbath

Kether, the first Sephiroth, is associated with the concept of the Sabbath, or days of rest, in the Sephiroth Tree

ChochmahthroughKetherilluminatesSephiroth →
I. Chochmah & Kether

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

II. Kether & Sephiroth

Kether is the highest of the Sephiroth, representing the Crown or Head. Sephiroth are the ten spiritual spheres emanating from Ain Soph, the Boundless Absolute

ChochmahthroughKetherilluminatesAin Soph →
I. Chochmah & Kether

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

II. Kether & Ain Soph

AIN SOPH, as a limitation of AIN, produces Kether as the first Sephira within the central point of the universe, illustrating a hierarchical relationship between the ultimate spiritual realm and its manifestation

ChochmahthroughKetherilluminatesIntellectual World →
I. Chochmah & Kether

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

II. Kether & Intellectual World

Kether, the first Sephiroth, represents the Intellectual world in the Sephiroth Tree

ChochmahthroughKetherilluminatesSupreme Mind →
I. Chochmah & Kether

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

II. Kether & Supreme Mind

Kether, one of the three Sephiroth, originates from the Supreme Mind as the highest abstract principle

ChochmahthroughKetherilluminatesMalkuth →
I. Chochmah & Kether

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

II. Kether & Malkuth

Kether, as the Crown, balances with Malkuth, the ultimate realization of the kingdom, reflecting the principle of equilibration in Kabbalistic theology.

ChochmahthroughKetherilluminatesShekinah →
I. Chochmah & Kether

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

II. Kether & Shekinah

Kether, the first Sephiroth, represents the Shekinah, the feminine aspect of Malchuth, in the Sephiroth Tree

ChochmahthroughKetherilluminatesMacroprosophus →
I. Chochmah & Kether

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

II. Kether & Macroprosophus

Kether is defined as the source of the Macroprosophus in the Sephirothic Tree

ChochmahthroughKetherilluminatesBoaz →
I. Chochmah & Kether

Chochmah flows from Kether as the active, intelligent energy Kether and Chochmah, though both are Divine, are conceptually different in their manifestations

II. Kether & Boaz

Kether, as the highest Sephira, is the common foundation of both the Jachin and Boaz pillars