Hod (Kabbalah)

See Hod (Hebrew) for how this word is used in the Hebrew language.

See Hod (disambiguation) for other meanings.

Hod in the Kabbalah of Judaism is the eighth sephira of the Kabbalistic Tree of life (Kabbalah). It derived from hod הוד in the Hebrew language meaning "majesty" or "splendor" and denoting "praise" as well as "submission".

Hod sits below Gevurah, across from Netzach and Yesod is to the south east of Hod. I has four paths commonly which lead to Gevurah, Tifereth, Netzach, and Yesod.

Hasidic Judaism's view of Hod is that it is connected with Jewish prayer. Prayer is seen as form of "submission"; Hod is explained as an analogy: that instead of "conquering" an obstacle in one's way, (which is the idea of Netzach), subduing oneself to that "obstacle" is related to the quality of Hod.

In a mystical sense, in which the Tree of Life is supposed to be a roadmap to "consciousness", Hod is where form is given by language in its widest sense, being the key to the mystery of form. (Perhaps this may be an adopting of a point of view of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan), our unconscious desires come from Netzach, and are given form in the symbolic realm by Hod, manifesting unconsciously through Yesod to Malkuth.

777 associates Hod to the Four Eights of the Tarot, Anubis, Thoth, Hanuman, Loki, Hermes, Mercury, Jackal. Hermaphrodite, Opal, Storax, and quicksilver (Not a complete list)

See also

• Hod (Hebrew) (the Hebrew language word)

References

• 777, Aleister Crowley (1955). Red Wheel/Weiser. (ISBN 0–87728–670–1)