Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic
Netsah
Lévi identifies Victory with the eternal triumph of intelligence and justice. The term is part of a scale whose lower positions realise higher principles. The four sevens celebrate conquest in his Tarot verse, continuing the association of a numerical position with an active accomplishment.
Also known as Netzach
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Principal account
InterpretationLévi identifies Victory with the eternal triumph of intelligence and justice. The term is part of a scale whose lower positions realise higher principles.
Further detail
InterpretationThe four sevens celebrate conquest in his Tarot verse, continuing the association of a numerical position with an active accomplishment.
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
Netsah. VictoryOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic; active reader leaf 123
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- 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 SevensOpen 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.