1. The second
Sephirah of the cabalistic
Tree of Life, the topmost Sephirah on the
Pillar of Mercy. The term is a Hebrew word meaning "Widsom." It represents the
archetype of the number 2, the masculine aspect of the Godhead. It corresponds to the divine name Yah, the archangel
Raziel, the angelic choir called
Ophanim (Wheels) and the
Mazloth, or heavenly Sphere of the
Zodiac.
2. In Chokmah is a cloud-like grey which containeth various colours and is mixed with them, like a transparent pearl-hued mist, yet radiating withal, as if behind it there was a brilliant glory. And the Sphere of its influence is in
Masloth, the Starry Heaven, wherein it disposeth the forms of things. And
Yah is the Divine Ideal Wisdom, and its Archangel is
Ratziel, the Prince or Princes of the knowledge of hidden and concealed things, and the name of its Order of Angels is
Auphanim, the Wheels or the Whirling Forces which are also called the Order of Kerubim.