Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Kether
The supreme crown stands above mercy and austerity as the power maintaining their balance. The four aces express the crown through four brilliant beams, connecting its place in the numerical scale with the Tarot suits.
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Principal account
InterpretationThe supreme crown stands above mercy and austerity as the power maintaining their balance.
Further detail
InterpretationThe four aces express the crown through four brilliant beams, connecting its place in the numerical scale with the Tarot 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
Kether. The Crown, the equilibrating powerOpen 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
Four brilliant beams adorn his crown of flameOpen 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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Binah
Active Intelligence in Lévi’s symbolic scale, balanced by Wisdom and associated with the four Tarot threes.
Shared source pageChesed
Mercy in Lévi’s symbolic scale: benevolent strength expressed through the benefactions of the four Tarot fours.
Shared source pageChochmah
Wisdom in Lévi’s symbolic scale, represented by four rivers and associated with the Tarot’s numbered twos.
Shared source pageGeburah
Austerity in Lévi’s symbolic scale, joining severity with goodwill and the justice represented by the Tarot fives.