Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Malchuth
Lévi describes the Kingdom as the universe and the whole of creation, a work and mirror whose answer is supreme reason. The four tens form a fourfold kingdom receiving rays from the crown, completing the decade with a connection back to its highest position.
Also known as Malkuth
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Principal account
InterpretationLévi describes the Kingdom as the universe and the whole of creation, a work and mirror whose answer is supreme reason.
Further detail
InterpretationThe four tens form a fourfold kingdom receiving rays from the crown, completing the decade with a connection back to its highest position.
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
Malchuth. The Kingdom is the universeOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 123
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0026-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0026-E001-P0123
- Original scan leaf
- 123
- Recorded leaf number
- 123
- Current Reader position
- 117
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Source 2
Transcendental Magic
The four TensOpen 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.