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For as the sun, although his centre is in heaven, yet spreads his power and might throughout the earth, so that the whole earth is full of his glory, so, as long as the Temple was in existence, the whole earth, to wit, the Holy Land, was full of God's glory; but now that Israel is in exile, the Shekinah is on high, but still her might surrounds Israel so as to shield them, even when they are in a strange land. For the Shekinah is both here below and on high.
The Shekinah on high abides in the twelve holy chariots and the twelve supernal Hayyoth; the lower Shekinah is among the twelve holy tribes, and thus the upper Shekinah and the lower Shekinah are intertwined, and both operate together and simultaneously. Now, when Israel is in exile, the upper Shekinah is not complete because the lower Shekinah is not complete, and that is what is meant by the Shekinah being in exile when Israel is in exile.
[Soncino Zohar, Vayeze, 159b, v2, pp. 112-113.]
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In the Zohar, the divine creative process is described in terms of a relationship that exists between four main protagonists...
1. The "God of Israel" (YHVH) = Yud = Hockmah
2. The "Upper Shekinah" (ALHYM) = Heh = Binah
3. "Israel" = Vav = Six sefirot, Hesed to Yesod
4. The "Lower Shekinah" ("Holy Land") = Heh = Malkut
The universal Father principle is represented by Hockmah (i.e. the "God of Israel"), and He seeks to form a creative union with Binah (i.e. the "Shekinah"). The creative union is effected on Earth through the agency of Israel (i.e. the six sefirot of the Son) as he interacts with the Shekinah principle (both 'above' and 'below').
The sefirah Hockmah is the 'Father' of the 'Son'. In other words, Hockmah governs, energises, and empowers the six sefirot of the Son--i.e. from Hesed to Yesod. These six sefirot symbolise the masculine creative force that is operating below the Abyss of the Tree of Life. These sefirot represent "Israel" who is the 'emassador' of the Father principle in the lower worlds.
The divine Mother (i.e. Binah) also has an 'ambassador' below the Abyss of the Tree of Life. Just as Hockmah governs the six Double letter sefirot of the Son principle, so Binah governs the twelve Simple letter pathways that extend between them. These twelve pathways are associated with the Daughter principle whose *unified* expression is represented by the sefirah Malkut on the Tree of Life diagram.
Thus, the six sefirot of the Son principle are responsible for projecting the masculine force (inherited from the Father, Hockmah) into the twelve feminine pathways in which they are embedded. The twelve pathways embody the feminine energy of the Mother principle (Binah).
It is the creative interaction between the six masculine sefirot of the Son and the twelve feminine pathways of the Daughter that carry the Creation forward below the Abyss (i.e. as it is envisioned and planned by the divine Father and Mother principles of Hockmah and Binah).
The gradually unfolding manifestation of the Creation appears in Malkut.
Blessings,
Patrick.
Sagittarius-Sun 3/2
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