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.
From Rachel:
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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
Severity - Justice / fear / polar opposite of mercy / an extreme is reached through harsh action /
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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
4th chakra
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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.”