Friday, February 14, 2020

Gevurah: Strength, Judgment – Limit on Expansion and Outflow




Gevurah stands for strength, judgment, law, and power. As Chesed causes an outpouring of energy, Gevurah controls, contracts, and limits the flow, providing an equilibrium between expansion and contraction. Tiferet balances and synthesizes these two opposing forces. Gevurah is the power of restraint and judgment, for it demands that Chesed be distributed justly in proportion to the recipient’s merit.The contracting quality of Gevurah allows for usefulness, activity, and progress. The might of gevurah provides the power and forcefulness required to implement one’s innate desire of Chesed, despite the difficulties found in the physical world.


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  1. From Rachel:

    Virtues: Energy & Courage

    Vices: Cruelty

    Acquisitions: Greater energy and courage; for tearing down of old forms;for change of any kind;critical judgement;information on enemies and discord.

    Magical Powers: Vision of Power

    Healing Energies: Energy, anemia,colds, red corpuscles, muscular system, sinuses, adrenals,temperature

    Archangels: Khamael
    Angelic Beings: Seraphim

    Music: F#
    Names of Power: Severity & Strength

    Colors & Fragrances: Red, Cypress, Pine, Tobacco, Gardenia

    Planet: Mars

    Pronunciation: Geh-Vuw-Raa

    2nd of the emotive sephirot

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  2. Severity - Justice / fear / polar opposite of mercy / an extreme is reached through harsh action /
    Severity
    color - Scarlet
    Divine name - Elohim Gibor
    archangel - Kamel

    Angelic choir - Seraphim - translation - powers
    Scent - Tobacco
    planet - Mars
    Metal - Iron
    Stone - Ruby
    creature - Basilisk
    tool - sword
    Plant - cactus
    geometric symbol - pentagram



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  3. 4th chakra

    Anahata Chakra (Heart); Gevurah-Hesed

    Anahata operates at the level of the soul and symbolically relates to the awakening of the heart. It is important to remember the warning about the barrier: “The second psychic knot is located at this heart centre. It represents the bondage of emotional attachment, the tendency to live one’s life making decisions on the strength of the emotions rather than in the light of the spiritual quest.”

    Awakening this chakra is the key to fate and freewill. “Anahata chakra is almost completely beyond empirical dimensions. One depends solely upon the power of one’s own consciousness rather than on anything that is external or concerning faith. In Anahata chakra, the freedom to escape from a preordained fate and to determine one’s own destiny becomes reality.” As such, it is said that there is a wish fulfilling tree in this chakra.

    It seems that awakening of a chakra follows the pattern of the Lightning Flash on the Tree. In Anahata the negative tendencies of Gevurah usually surface first, like fear and pessimistic attitudes towards life. One has to remember the power of wish fulfilling at this level in order not to manifest negative wishes. “It is important to have a firm and alert control over the mental tendencies and fantasies of the mind.”

    In order to move on, one needs to cultivate the qualities of Hesed. A positive way of thinking is vital. Also enjoying the arts at their best can be helpful. “Anahata chakra awakens refined emotion in the brain and its awakening is characterized by a feeling of universal, unlimited love for all beings.”

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