Binah ( The Third Path)

Binah is the third path

Understanding / Reason / Intelligence / Language
The supernal Mother. The Womb.

Binah's planet is Saturn.

Binah is the the realm of pure understanding. It is the feminine component of deity, the home of 'peak' experiences. It is the first sphere of the transpersonal realm, after crossing the abyss. Binah is restrictive - the hand of 'God' that takes away.

BINAH, or "Understanding," is the first sphere after the abyss; It is the beginning of the spiritual realm, on the same level as KOCHMA, balancing the highest energies in readiness for KETER.

Balance, always a core concept in Qabala, manifests itself in the transpersonal triad as a synthesis of our highest thinking, feeling and awareness.

Binah is rational intelligence, manifested in scientists, rational philosophers, and writers who use language to explore understanding of the universe.

Binah is Divine intelligence in which the hidden pattern achieves concreteness and form.

Transpersonal Triad "colors" are light, the absence of light (dark), and half-light.

The fragrance ascribed to Binah is Myrrh. The characters associated with Binah are Shakti, Maya, Anima Mundi, Juno, and the Madonna.

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