Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Chochmah
Lévi describes Wisdom as stable in its order and balanced by intelligence’s initiative. The four twos are assigned to Wisdom and represented by rivers flowing from it, joining the numerical position with a figure of outgoing influence.
Also known as Chokmah
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In the sources
Principal account
InterpretationLévi describes Wisdom as stable in its order and balanced by intelligence’s initiative.
Further detail
InterpretationThe four twos are assigned to Wisdom and represented by rivers flowing from it, joining the numerical position with a figure of outgoing influence.
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
Chochmah. WisdomOpen 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 TwosOpen 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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