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Hod is the eighth sephira, or emanation, in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. It sits below Gevurah and across from Netzach and represents submission, prayer, language, and giving form to unconscious desires through symbolic expression. Hod is associated with intellect, learning, ritual magic, and breaking down energy into distinguishable forms.

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Hod (Kabbalah)

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This article is about the kabbalistic sephira. For other uses, see Hod
(disambiguation).

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Hod (Hebrew ‫ הוד‬howd "majesty, splendour, glory"[1]) is the eighth sephira of

the Kabbalistic Tree of Life.
Hod sits below Gevurah and across from Netzach in the tree of life; Yesod is to the
south-east of Hod. It has four paths, which lead to Gevurah, Tiphereth, Netzach,
and Yesod.
All the sephirot are likened to different parts of the body, and Netzach and Hod are
likened to the two feet of a person i.e. the right and left foot. The feet are usually
only the means for a person's activity. While the hands are the main instrument of
action, the feet help bring a person to the place where he wishes to execute that
action.
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.
Hod is where form is given by language in its widest sense, being the key to the
"mystery of form" (this may be an adoption of a point of view of Jacques Lacan[citation
needed]
). Our unconscious desires come from Netzach, and are given form in the
symbolic realm by Hod, manifesting unconsciously through Yesod to Malkuth.[citation
needed]

"Hod is like doing your dirty laundry" -Reb Zalman Shachter-Shalomi

Non-Jewish occult associations[edit]

Hod is described as being a force that breaks down energy into different,
distinguishable forms, and it is associated with intellectuality, learning and ritual, as
opposed to Netzach, Victory, which is the power of energy to overcome all barriers
and limitations, and is associated with emotion and passion, music and dancing.
Both these forces find balance in Yesod, foundation, the world of the unconscious,
where the different energies created await expression in the lowest world
of Malkuth, the Kingdom.
The archangel of this sphere is Michael, and the Bene Elohim is the Angelic order.
The opposing demonic order in the Qliphoth is Samael, headed by
the Archdemon Adrammelech.
Hod is said to be the sphere in which the magician mostly works. An example is
given by Dion Fortune in The Mystical Qabalah: Imagine primitive man is
meditating in the wilderness, and comes in contact with, and begins to understand,
some energy that surrounds him. So that he can grasp it better, he creates some
form, perhaps the form of a god or a symbol, so he has something he can relate to.
He then uses that statue or that symbol in future ceremonies to contact that
intangible energy once again. This is the role that Hod plays in magic, while the
music and dance that may be present in such a ceremony is the role that Netzach
might play, providing the raw energy to reach the higher levels of consciousness.
In comparison with Eastern systems, both Hod and Netzach are sometimes
associated with the Manipura chakra, which is associated with the breaking down
and releasing of energy, anabolism and catabolism.
In 777, Aleister Crowley associates Hod to the Four Eights of
occult tarot, Anubis, Thoth, Hanuman, Loki, Hermes, Mercury, Jackal. Hermaphrod
ite, Opal, Storax, and quicksilver (Not a complete list).