Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Chesed
Lévi describes Mercy as a secondary conception of Wisdom, benevolent because it is strong. The four fours are read as benefactions from mercy, bringing the term into his correspondence between the decade and the suits.
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Principal account
InterpretationLévi describes Mercy as a secondary conception of Wisdom, benevolent because it is strong.
Further detail
InterpretationThe four fours are read as benefactions from mercy, bringing the term into his correspondence between the decade and the suits.
Context & interpretation
This entry follows Lévi’s argument in Waite’s English translation. The selected evidence concerns the definition and its Tarot correspondence in this particular text. The correspondences are attributed to this occult synthesis rather than presented as a universal account of every earlier tradition.
Original passages
Source 1
Transcendental Magic
Chesed. MercyOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 122
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0122
- Original scan leaf
- 122
- Recorded leaf number
- 122
- Current Reader position
- 116
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Source 2
Transcendental Magic
The four FoursOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 127
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0127
- Original scan leaf
- 127
- Recorded leaf number
- 127
- Current Reader position
- 121
- Reader verification
- Source-preserving update confirmed
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