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  Binah: Understanding   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Binah is the third of the ten sefirot, and the second conscious power of intellect in Creation.
Binah appears in the configuration of the sefirot at the top of the left axis, and corresponds in the tzelem Elokim to the left hemisphere of the brain.
Binah is associated in the soul with the power of conceptual analysis and reasoning, both inductive and deductive.
www.inner.org /Nav_library/article.php?article=0006c   (348 words)

  
 Binah
It is the uppermost feminine element in the Godhead, and is symbolized as the mother of the
Many of the symbols associated with Binah are therefore identical to those of the Shekhinah.
Having received the seed from Hokhmah, Binah conceived and gave birth to the seven lower Sefirot.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/Binah.html   (79 words)

  
 Binah
Kether, Chokmah and Binah are all repeated down through the planes in differing strengths and quantities, in the six Sephiroth of the Microsopopus (Chesed, Geburah, Tiphareth, Netzach, and Hod) until the final complete materialisation in the sphere of Malkuth, the Physical World.
This is why Binah is at the head of the pillar of Severity on the left of the Tree of Life while Chokmah heads the pillar of Mercy, on the right.
The mundane Chakra of Binah is Saturn and this is the first indication of the alternating of polarity throughout the Tree.
homepage.ntlworld.com /moonhawk/spiralwood/Binah.htm   (1316 words)

  
 No Greater Treasure - Torah.org
This intellectual power is called binah, a word derived from the Hebrew root bein, which means "between." Binah is the ability to analyze and then distinguish between situations or entities that on the surface seem similar, but are really quite different.
The definition of binah is found in one of the blessings said every morning: "You have given the rooster binah to distinguish between night and day." When the rooster crows, it still looks like night outside, but in fact it is the beginning of morning.
Binah is an inheritance of Jewish women and a gift to themselves, their families, their communities, and society as a whole.
www.torah.org /features/wperspective/binah.html   (1329 words)

  
 Mirach - the home of the practical kabbalist
Binah is impregnated by the "thought" of Chokmah.
Binah gives the basis of forms that are actualised by the force of Chokmah.
It is true that Binah does restrict the expansiveness of Chokmah, but without this constriction nothing in the material world would exist.
www.mirach.org.uk /basic/binah.html   (244 words)

  
 Barbelith Underground > Temple > Barbelith Quaballa: 3 - Binah
Binah is the third point, the completion of the triangle, the first geometric form residing in principle above the Abyss.
The Sea of Binah is the source of all Lunar energy as this Sphere establishes the receptive & formative principles of the feminine Yin.
Binah "The place of the Thrones" leading to Chokmah being the "Metatron" - "Beyond the Thrones" Chokmah being the "Word", Binah brings forth Form.
www.barbelith.com /topic.php?id=14650   (681 words)

  
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BINAH, or "Understanding," is the first sphere after the abyss; It is the beginning of the spiritual realm, on the same level as KOCHMA, balancing the highest energies in readiness for KETER.
Binah is rational intelligence, manifested in scientists, rational philosophers, and writers who use language to explore understanding of the universe.
Binah is Divine intelligence in which the hidden pattern achieves concreteness and form.
www.borndigital.com /tree/esa/binah.htm   (363 words)

  
 Magician (Beth)12 . Crown .11 Fool (Aleph) . : . . :13 . Binah High Priestess (Gimel) Chok
Binah is the crown of the left hand pillar of the Tree.
Binah is a state of mind that has little direct touch with the physical.
Binah is the storehouse of archetypal patterns for the lower Sephiroth.
www.skepticfiles.org /mys5/tipheret.htm   (12771 words)

  
 his bloody and torn wings could not prevent his descent
Before his transformation into a Nepharite, Sandolphin was Binah’s chief Seraphim, and angel dedicated to the preservation of the religion against science, and led in the forefront of crusades against technology as a symbol to inspire.
Then one morning one of Binah’s Lictors approached the Seraphim and reminded him of the glory he once held under Binah, how he could regain it by a monument to her, to remind her that religion was just as powerful as Communism, but he would have to build a Communist monument to garner her attention.
Binah was breaking the Illusion to enforce it, and more he saw that she did not know he existed any more.
www.symbolique.net /kult/liber_san.html   (1350 words)

  
 The South End Newspaper - Israel’s general consul talks about changes in Middle East - CAMPUS - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Binah briefed the small audience on the current changes going on in the Middle East, although he was not very open with the political alterations taking place in Israel.
Binah also said that according to the Arabs in the region, the road to Washington seems to be through Jerusalem.
Although Binah touched on the issues that have devastated and plagued the region for many years, his main concern was the strength of Israel and the Israeli people.
www.southend.wayne.edu /modules/news/article.php?storyid=1981   (963 words)

  
 Learn Kabbalah | Keter, Hochmah, and Binah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In this case, hochmah is the male and Binah is female, the Divine womb, the generative principle of the rest of the universe.
She is also the beginning of separation — binah is related to the words for knowledge based upon distinctions.
Binah is the ocean, the many-chambered palace (note the Jungian flavor to the symbolic associations here), and womb in which Hochmah sows the seed of creation.
www.learnkabbalah.com /keter_hochmah_and_binah   (1732 words)

  
 Binah
It is symbolized as the mother of the Shekinah and gave birth to the seven lower Sefirot.
Binah intellect in its passive, receptive and reflective capacity.
Since Binah is feminine, it is often described as the "mother." As Hokhmah is thought of as "sperm," Binah is the "egg" or "womb," without which this potential cannot grow and evolve into a sustainable "organism." Within Binah, the undeveloped prototypes become more distinct and differentiated into specific phenomena.
www.northcoast.com /~planzi/rst23/page3.htm   (128 words)

  
 RealMagick Article: The Qabalah by Ivory Cat
Binah is the primordial root of matter, but the full development of matter is not found until we arrive at Malkuth, the bottom and last of the Sephiroth.
Binah sits at the head of the pillar of Severity, not due to any destructive or subtractive type of force, but it is labeled at the head of severity because it provides the vehicle that transforms force into form, of which it is emanated from Chokmah, the cosmic stimulus.
Binah is the anchor which takes this primordial force and molds it or transmutes it into the beginnings of form.
realmagick.com /articles/05/1005.html   (1051 words)

  
 Qabalah Lessons Five and Six   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Binah, the third emanation, is the Supernal (Supernatural) Mother.
Binah is the female counterpart to Chokmah the Supernal (Supernatural) Father.
Binah is feminine and thus has a negative electrical charge, is receptive, and passive in order to balance out Chokmah which has a positive charge, is an initiator, and always active.
northernway.org /electives/qabalah/qabalah56.html   (1631 words)

  
 Binah  The Tree of Life
Binah is a center of subterfuge and of hidden meanings and of secret things.
As such, this nurturing energy in Binah is feminine, though often this energy is mistaken as masculine because of its demanding and unyielding nature.
Now, entering Binah in an unbalanced state is not advisable and often will result in avarice -- the clutching on to of everything and everyone for your own use, rather than understanding that nothing in the Universe is separate and everything, no matter what, is forever a part of the soul.
www.wisdomsdoor.com /tol/binah.shtml   (1026 words)

  
 Raven's Tarot Site at corax.com - The Cards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Binah is the Triad, the perception and understanding of Chokmah, and is the first initiation of consciousness.
Binah represents Neshamah of the soul, the World of Briah, where individual potentials and powers are identified and specificated.
Kether is the neutral point initiating the pillar of moderation, Chokmah is the beginning of the active, all-encompassing, positive force of the right pillar, and Binah is the beginning of the passive, restrictive, negative force of the left pillar.
www.corax.com /tarot/tree/binah.html   (151 words)

  
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Binah is the the realm of pure understanding.
Binah, forming a triad with Kochma and Keter, balances three forces: Spiritual love and awareness (Binah), Spiritual will and purpose (Kochma), and the infinite realized self (Keter).
Wisdom (Kochma), which is formless, is differentiated through the power of Understanding (Binah) into the 32 paths.
ifdawn.com /esa/binah.htm   (363 words)

  
 The key symbol of Binah is the Yoni
The first relates to the fact that the primary female Sephira, Binah, stands at the head of the Pillar of Severity, while the primary male Sephira, Chokmah, is at the head of the Pillar of Mercy.
Throughout the Sephiroth and the Paths, the qualities of Binah and Chokmah are given different names, depending on their degree of density, i.e., their placement on the Tree of Life relative to its completion in Malkuth.
Binah, Understanding, is called the Sanctifying Intelligence, and the "Parent of Faith." It may be taken to represent the structure underlying established religion of any sect, without which a "church" could not exist.
www.rahoorkhuit.net /goddess/list_of_goddesses/binah_is_the_yoni.html   (860 words)

  
 New Page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This intellectual power is called "Binah," a word derived from the Hebrew root "bn," which means, "between." Binah is the ability to analyze and then distinguish between situations or entities which on the surface seem similar.
The definition of Binah is found in the morning blessing, "You have given the rooster Binah to distinguish between night and day." The point to note here is that, when the rooster crows, it still looks like night outside, but in fact it is the beginning of morning.
The trait of Binah - the ability to analyze, distinguish and thereby know the spiritual validity of something - is, without exception, predicated on knowledge of Torah.
members.aol.com /cling2treeoflife/binah.htm   (1099 words)

  
 Isis Books Qabalistic Magic Article Lesson 10: Binah
Binah is that which brings forth the All but retains its virginity; whose creativeness does not involve it in the life of its creation, but which remains apart and behind as the foundation and basis of manifestation, the root-substance from whence matter arises.
Binah, the primordial formative influence, the partner of all form is behind and beyond manifesting substance.
Binah is the primordial root of matter, but the full development of matter is not found until we arrive at Malkuth, the material universe.
www.isisbooks.com /binah.asp   (1019 words)

  
 Binah: The Holy Spirit and the Cosmic Mother
Kether, Chokmah, and Binah are known as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in Christianity; Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva in Hinduism; and Osiris, Isis, and Horus in the ancient Egyptian religion.
Binah, the Third Logos, is part of the left column of the Tree of Life, known as the Column of Severity, which also includes the sephiroth Geburah and Hod.
In Christianity Binah is the third aspect of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit.
home.earthlink.net /~gnosisla/May5.html   (930 words)

  
 Binah (Kabbalah) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Binah, (meaning "Understanding"; בינה), in the Kabbalah of Judaism, is the second intellectual Sephirah on the tree of life.
Binah is often defined as the ability to understand one thing from within another.
The name of God associated with Binah is Jehovah Elohim, the archangel that presides over it is Tzaphkiel, the order of angels that resides in it are the Aralim (the Thrones) and the planet associated with it is Saturn.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Binah_(Kabbalah)   (514 words)

  
 The Magician's Kabbalah by Frater PPE
The number of Binah is 67, which reduces to 13, the number of Unity (Achad) and Love (Abava), the binding elements of manifestation, and further to 4, the number of manifestation.
Binah interacts with Chockmah through the fourteenth path, to which is attributed the Tarot card of the Empress.
Binah is also the Sephirah from which Maya issues, the net of manifestation that is ultimately illusion.
wolf.mind.net /library/magic/kabbalah/kab6.htm   (1315 words)

  
 RealMagick Article: The Tree of Life by Ivory Cat
Binah, which means Understanding, is the third Sephiroth, the Great Mother, represented by the threes, (established strength, abundance, sorrow, material works) and is static energy.
Binah sits at the head of the pillar of Severity, not due to any destructive or subtractive type of force, but it is labeled at the head of severity because it provides the vehicle that transforms force, which is emanated from Chokmah, into form.
Chokmah and Binah are the first pair of opposites in creation, the first principals of the laws of polarity.
realmagick.com /articles/11/1011.html   (1506 words)

  
 Barbelith Underground > Temple > Promethea #21 - Binah, the black mother
Binah is not a (or the) female archetype.
Binah takes the boundless creative energies of Chokmah and gives 'birth' to them, hence the sexual metaphor of Chokmah-male/Binah-female (and Binah as the fl 'mother').
Also see the three (the number of Binah) Fates, again female, weaving the fabric of the possible, thus knowing the future as it is mapped out instantly in 4d.
www.barbelith.com /topic/7488   (2586 words)

  
 Jacob's Wheel and the Four Elements
We could say therefore, that the Fire of Binah is concealed by the Earth element, and so attribute the Earth element to the 'outer shell' of Binah.
Binah's vessels provide consciousness with the experience of separation, and also provide a necessary interface that allows for the creative manipulation of matter.
The greater 'macrocosmic' purification process of Binah's 'outer manifestation' (Tav/Earth) occurs in parallel to (and is made possible by) the lesser 'micrososmic' purification processes of the lower sefiroth.
members.optusnet.com.au /~astroqab/tree_wheel_appendix2.htm   (1402 words)

  
 The Kabbalah Series - Part 3 -ChaBa"D - Chochmah, Binah and Daas
Binah as was explained previously is the power of analysis and explanation.
But, it is the power of Binah, specifically Binah of Binah which is called Iyun or Hisbonenus, that is, repetitive analytical study which awakens the power of Daas in a negative or positive way.
For example "If there is no Daas there is no Binah, if there is no Binah there is no Daas." (Pirkei Avos) meaning that if one does not concentrate on what he is studying and gives it his full attention, he will not understand.
www.accessnewage.com /articles/mystic/kab03.htm   (530 words)

  
 Sefirot
2) The breadth of binah signifies the aspect of expansion that is the definitive characteristic of binah.
Thus, binah could be defined as the expansion of the initial point of chochmah into a full-blown and comprehensible revelation of the Divine Light.
Daat Elyon (upper daat, which is an aspect of keter) transcends chochmah and binah; it is the expression of the ultimate purpose for which all the other sefirot are emanated.
kabbalah_1.tripod.com /kabbalah/id4.html   (2640 words)

  
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Kether, Chokmah and Binah are the Three Primary forces of the universe within the Unity, Three Deities in One, the Holy Three-Unity, the Trinity.
Binah is Mercury, the Holy Spirit, the Father and Binah is the Holy Spirit, the Divine Mother Kundalini.
Binah (m/f) is one with the three: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
www.gnosticteachings.org /forum/index.php?showtopic=25   (633 words)

  
 Binah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Binah completes the supernal triad, the third point, geometrically forming a plane.
Each sphere is explored for it's wisdom and each passes the pilgrim to the next one as each is found limited in its own way.
Here one is reminded of the darkness of Binah, of the mourning of Isis; but this is not any vulgar sorrow dependent upon any individual disappointment or discontent.
homepage.mac.com /kia/treeoflife/binah.htm   (430 words)

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