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	The Ten Sefirot: Binah
		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.
		In its fully articulated form, binah possesses two partzufim: the higher of these is referred to as Imma Ila'ah ("the higher mother"), whereas the lower is referred to as Tevunah ("comprehension").
		Binah is associated in the soul with the power of conceptual analysis and reasoning, both inductive and deductive.
	www.inner.org /sefirot/sefbinah.htm (457 words)

	Kabbalah
		Kabbalah, which is the spelling usually preferred by scholars, specifically refers to oral mystical teaching not normally revealed to the general population, but passed on from the adepts to the initiates.
		Although the Kabbalah is founded on the Torah, the Jewish scriptures and other sacred writings, it is no intellectual discipline; and the mystic is not to practice it in solitude, but is to employ it to enlighten humanity.
		The Kabbalah, which is based on the theory of the soul's descent from and ascent to God, is made up of ten sephirots instead of nine which is due to the influence of the Pythagorean theory.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/k/kabbalah.html (2867 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)

	CANA - Kabbalah: Getting Back to the Garden
		Binah is the womb, the “Divine Mother,” who conceives the seven lower sefirot (P. Berg, 18; Matt, Zohar, xxvi).
		Kabbalah teaches that God’s blessings flow to the world through the Tree of Life when there is ethical behavior among humans; evil actions disrupt the union of the sefirot and empower demonic activity.
		Kabbalah, according to one writer, is not about worship or belief, but rather “becomes a direct path of communion between the individual and the Divine” (Harvey, 86).
	cana.userworld.com /cana_Kabbalah3.html (809 words)

	Judaism 101: Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
		The areas of Jewish thought that most extensively discuss these issues, Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism, were traditionally not even taught to people until the age of 40, when they had completed their education in Torah and Talmud.
		The mystical school of thought came to be known as Kabbalah, from the Hebrew root Qof-Bet-Lamed, meaning "to receive, to accept." The word is usually translated as "tradition." In Hebrew, the word does not have any of the dark, sinister, evil connotations that it has developed in English.
		Kabbalah was popular among Christian intellectuals during the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods, who reinterpreted its doctrines to fit into their Christian dogma.
	www.jewfaq.org /kabbalah.htm (1559 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)

	Learn Kabbalah \| Keter, Hochmah, and Binah
		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)

	Chabad: Glossary
		Binah; lit., `understanding': The second of the Ten Sefiros, or divine emanations; the second stage of the intellectual process (cf.
		Chabad: Acronym formed by the initial letters of the Hebrew words Chochmah, Binah, and Daas, which are both (i) the first three of the Ten Sefiros, or divine emanations, and (ii) the corresponding stages that comprise the intellectual process (known as seichel or Chabad).
		Kabbalah; lit., `received tradition': The body of classical Jewish mystical teachings, the central text of which is the Zohar.
	www.sichosinenglish.org /general/glossary (2377 words)

	Notes on Kabbalah
		Kabbalah is not a materialist model of reality, but when we examine Malkuth by itself we find ourselves immersed in matter, and it is natural to think in terms of physics, chemistry and molecular biology.
		One of the titles of Binah is Khorsia, or Throne, and the image which this text provides is that Binah provides the framework upon which Malkuth sits.
		Binah contains the potential of form in the abstract, while Malkuth is is the fullest realisation of form, and both sephiroth share the correspondences of heaviness, limitation, finiteness, inertia, avarice, silence, and death.
	www.indotalisman.com /kabbalah4.html (2936 words)

	Ancient Quest - Home Page
		Kabbalah, also spelled Kabbala (Hebrew: "tradition"), is generally known as the name for esoteric Jewish mysticism as it appeared in the 12th century and later.
		But at first the word Kabbalah did not refer to a specific esoteric tradition per se; in the Talmud, it is used for the extra-Pentateuchal parts of the Bible, and in post-talmudic literature the Oral Law is also called "kabbalah".
		Kabbalah is only one of the many terms used, during a period of more than 1500 years, to designate the mystical movement, its teaching, and its adherents, says Scholem.
	www.ancientquest.com /embark/kabbalah.html (739 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)

	Sefirot
		Obviously, the further down binah has to reach in order to affect even the lowest sefirah, the more powerful it must be in its original state.
		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)

	The Kabbalah Series - Part 3 -ChaBa"D - Chochmah, Binah and Daas
		Binah as was explained previously is the power of analysis and explanation.
		That is, Daas is a Vessel for Binah - Attention and concentration is a vessel for understanding.
		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.
	www.accessnewage.com /articles/mystic/kab03.htm (530 words)

	Kabbalah
		Kabbalah is the name applied to the whole range of Jewish mystical activity.
		The most famous work of kabbalah, the Zohar, was revealed to the Jewish world in the thirteenth century by Moses De Leon, who claimed that the book contained the mystical writings of the second-century rabbi Simeon bar Yochai.
		The greatest scholar and historian of kabbalah in this century was the late Professor Gershom Scholem of Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/kabbalah.html (1281 words)

	THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE KABBALAH
		The relevant symbol for Binah is the triangle, and here we can see via the symbolism that the impulse towards creation begins to be confined, in the same way as the space within the triangle is confined.
		The principle that is Binah, Understanding, is the principle in everything at all levels which confines and contains within definite limits, as the space is confined within the three sides of the triangle.
		Binah is the Supernal Mother, the Great Mother of ancient religion and modern depth psychology alike.
	www.kabbalah-sefirot.com /study-kabbalah/spirituality-kabbalah.html (793 words)

	Kabbalah Blends Sefirot Oils
		The Kabbalah is divided into the four worlds and the letters correspond to the four worlds too.
		Just for the sake of trying to grasp the complex ingenuity of the Kabbalah system these worlds are explained as being end to end, maybe not a "revolving" system as I stated in the last essay, but definitely one that "recycles".
		Binah is charged between cultured pearls, the most feminine regarded and highest priced "organic" gemstone.
	www.witchworks.com /prep.htm (4922 words)

	Kabbalah
		Kabbalah means "to receive" or "to accept." It is believed that when Moses brought the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai he also brought with him oral law, or Kabbalah.
		Therefore, the main principles of Kabbalah are a belief in the divinity of the Torah and that by studying the Torah you can understand the creation of the world.
		Kabbalah began in the first century A.D. when Isaac the Blind formed a scholarly group based on mystical traditions.
	www.meta-religion.com /Esoterism/Kabbalah/kabbalah.htm (2562 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)

	Learn Kabbalah \| Practical Kabbalah
		Practical Kabbalah includes beliefs in angels and demons, methods for influencing the Divine influx, means of fortune-telling and accessing one's past incarnations, and so on.
		If theosophical Kabbalah is about knowing and influencing the Divine realms, and prophetic Kabbalah is about experiencing the Divine directly, then practical Kabbalah is about using the knowledge of Divine and angelic powers to influence life on this world.
		There is also a more keen awareness of practical Kabbalah on the part of theosophical books such as the Zohar, which explicitly demeans the use of Kabbalah for earthly gain or protection, and which — like many theosophical texts — considers practical Kabbalah to be a disgrace.
	www.learnkabbalah.com /practical_kabbalah (959 words)

	Kabbalah Tree Of Life
		The Jewish mystical doctrine known as "Kabbalah" (="Tradition") is distinguished by its theory of ten creative forces that intervene between the infinite, unknowable God ("Ein Sof") and our created world.
		It is the uppermost feminine element in the Godhead, and is symbolized as the mother of the Shekhinah.
		Tif'eret is the offspring of Hokhmah and Binah.
	www.1800ketubah.com /originals/Kabbalah.html (1000 words)

	Kabbalistic Dictionary
		The Shekinah is held captive by the Qlippoth which surround Malkuth and she is either freed or kept in bondage by the physical activities initiated by Zair Anpin.
		The Kabbalah teaches that the ten Sephiroth became reconstituted as five parzufim when the divine "breaking of the vessels" took place.
		One of the earliest written accounts of Kabbalah, supposedly written by Simeon ben Yochai in about 70 C.E. This book seems to be a combination of earlier Merkabah Mysticism and newer Kabbalistic thought.
	home.earthlink.net /~lyam/KABDICT.htm (4094 words)

	KABBALAH: GETTING BACK TO THE GARDEN
		Kabbalah, an esoteric teaching that supposedly dates from the time of Abraham and reached its peak in medieval Spain, is based on the belief that the Torah is an encoded message with hidden meanings.
		In Kabbalah, Adam and Eve are viewed as symbols of male and female energy, and as a metaphor for the “primordial Vessel” whose existence came before creation, thus encompassing all the souls of humanity to come.
		Kabbalah is essentially gnostic; that is, one must learn the spiritual secrets of the Torah through the cryptic and intricate Zohar, and then advance through knowledge and actions.
	www.equip.org /free/JAK045.htm (4665 words)

	Kabbalah shop form Israel: the ZaraMart
		According to Kabbalah, the true essence of G-d is so transcendent that it cannot be described, except with reference to what it is not.
		Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) teaches that God is neither matter nor spirit.
		However, most other Jews who believe in Kabbalah hold that there is an aspect of God that is revealed to the world.
	www.a-zara.com /p1105.htm (345 words)

	Pike - Kabbalah
		Binah, therefore, by means of this energy that flowed into it from the left side of Hakemah, by virtue of the second Yod, came to possess such virtue and potency, as to project beyond itself the Seven remaining vessels contained within itself, and so emitted them all, continuously, one after the other.
		In this, Kether is the cranium, Hakemah and Binah the two lobes of the brain, Gedulah and Geburah the two arms, Tephareth the trunk, Netsakh and Hod the thighs, Yesod the male organ, and Malkuth the female organ, of generation.
		In the view of the Kabbalah, G-d and the Universe were one, and in the One General, as the type or source, were included and involved, and from it have been evolved and issued forth, the manifold and all particulars.
	www.hollyfeld.org /heaven/Text/QBL/apikeqbl.html (7077 words)

	Project Mind Mapped on the Tree of Life
		Binah is the accommodating mother - the intention to give birth, to nurture and eventually realize all of cosmic potential contained in Chochmah.
		Binah gives birth to the temporal - the world of manifestation beginning with it's highest temporal expression - Chesed.
		Chesed is a reflection of the infinite compassion of the Creator and the devotion of Binah.
	www.projectmind.org /treeoflife.html (1430 words)

	Colin's Hermetic Kabbalah Page
		An attempt to represent in one diagram the mystical, religious and esoteric traditions that combine in Hermetic Kabbalah.
		Presentation and notes on the mystical and historical roots of Hermetic Kabbalah.
		Much of this material was subsumed into Notes on Kabbalah, but if you prefer the original, shorter, Kabbalah-free version, read this.
	www.digital-brilliance.com /kab (766 words)

	Kabbalah World Center - "First Tzimtzum" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		102) The light of "Binah" is imperceptible to the body of the Sephiroth because "Binah" is one of the first three Sephiroth that belong to the head of the ten Sephiroth.
		The removal of "Binah" from the head of the Sephiroth into the body caused a diminution of light in "Binah", which turned her into a small dimension of light on a par with the body, lacking the supernal light of the head.
		When "Binah" is reduced to the dimension of the body of the Sephiroth, it means that her head remained in the head of the Sephiroth.
	www.kabbalah.info /engkab/zohar/FIRST_TZIMTZUM.htm (1084 words)

	Kabbalah
		If Kabbalah means "tradition", then the core of the tradition was the attempt to penetrate the inner meaning of the Bible, which was taken to be the literal (but heavily veiled) word of God.
		It is not clear how Kabbalah was involved in the propagation of ritual magical techniques, or whether it was involved, or whether the ritual techniques were preserved in parallel within Judaism, but it is an undeniable fact that the most influential documents appear to have a Jewish origin.
		Kabbalah provides a vocabulary for states of consciousness underlying the phenomena, and one of the purposes of these notes is to explain this vocabulary, not by definition, but mostly by metaphor and analogy.
	www.fortunecity.com /greenfield/tigris/567/id128.htm (4892 words)

	Tree Of Life
		The sefirot are: keter (crown), chochmah (wisdom), binah (understanding), chesed (expansiveness), gevurah (restraint), tiferet (splendor), netzach (perseverence), hod (surrender), yesod (foundation), and malkhut (manifestations).
		Many people are studying the Kabbalah now as they search for their roots - the origins and greater understanding of creation - and the messages of God.
		Kabbalah can be spelled several different ways - each seemingly correct.
	www.newthoughtkabbalah.com /treeoflife.htm (2274 words)

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