The sphere of NETZACH contains all instincts, raw emotions and feelings.
This is the realm of Venus-Aphrodite who is not a fertility goddess but one
of pure emotion and feeling. This sphere is force without physicality - pure
creative energy. Netzach is music, poetry, art, all things which in their
pure expression appeal to our feeling nature and touch our emotions. This is
the energy of Nature herself.
There is balance and equilibrium between Netzach and Hod (which we discussed
last month), and really all of the sephiroth should be considered in light of
the others, especially those which equilibriate the other, i.e. Chockmah and
Binah, Chesed and Geburah (all 4 of which we will be discussing in detail in
later articles), and Netzach and Hod.
Netzach
• Feelings and instincts
• Undifferentiated
• Group Mind
• Forces
Hod
• Intellect
• Individual
• Beginnings of individual mind
• Forms
Hod is forming and limiting in nature. This is done mostly through the
intellectual powers in Hod where the raw powers of Netzach take form and come
into action. Hod must have Netzach or the intellectual forms would be but
empty shells while Netzach must have Hod or its forces, the instincts and
emotions, would have no creative outlet.
The title 'Victory' for Netzach is victory in Divine Love, or uniting with
the Gods.
The Magical Image of Netzach is the Beautiful Naked Woman. It is the Sphere
of Aphrodite, Venus, Hathor as an Aspect of Isis, and all Goddesses of Love
and Beauty.
Netzach is the force of the Creative Imagination - it is the inspiration of
the Artist, Musician and Poet. Any creative act is surely from Her
inspiration - the Muse which resides in Netzach.
The Spiritual Experience of Netzach is the Vision of Beauty Triumphant - any
wondrous object, even a tool or a building, comes from the power of Netzach,
the creative imagination.
Netzach is the energy of Nature and green is Her color: "The Force that
through the Green Fuse drives the flower, drives my red blood." - Dylan
Thomas Getting more and more toward the physical level we can understand
Netzach as our beating heart, our red blood, our urge to live - it is the
Force which animates us.
The Rose is a symbol of Netzach, considered the Perfect Flower combining
scent, color, shape and great beauty, The Vision of Beauty Triumphant, and is
a vision of Perfection.
Netzach is a Flaming, Fiery, Creative Energy. If we assign elements to the
lower four sephiroth, Netzach would be Fire. Netzach is the urge to Create,
and also if we follow this idea into nature, certainly the sex drive, the
urge to procreate, has a relationship here.
From Netzach comes the Power, the Force which animates sex, art, ritual magic
or any endeavor which requires energy and creativity. Without Netzach the
thought forms of Hod, while brilliant, are but dry and useless shells.
Really, in our current world of computers, indoor climate control and
technology, the Romantic and Renaissance periods of history as well as the
ancient world with the veneration of the Goddess, probably understood the
energies of Netzach much better than we do today.
If we call Hod 'Mind' we can call Netzach 'Soul'.
The God Name for Netzach is Yod Heh Vav Heh Tzaboath meaning God of Hosts.
The Hosts acting like a prism splitting up the Sun-light of Tiphareth. Also
this is the One who holds many and produces many.
The Archangel of the level Briah for Netzach is Haniel meaning Grace of God
or the Face of the Divine Angel who manifests the awareness of Harmony and
Beauty that Netzach brings. Also Haniel has been called the Green Flame, and
can be seen as intermixed green, gold and rose colored light.
The Angel Choir is called the Elohim at the level Yetzirah. Elohim meaning
"Gods and Goddesses" or possibly the "Divine Ones". We have here the powers
of the pantheons that may be contacted, carrying through the Grace or
Presence of the Divine unto Humanity. The Divine Ones lie in between the
realm of Humanity and that of the One Creator. The Elohim are the Vehicles
for higher consciousness - Gods and Ideals. Ideals function well for the
Mind and Intellect, whereas the Gods operate through feeling and soul, thus
their attribution to Netzach
In the World of Assiah, Netzach operates as Venus, Feeling, Emotion, Love,
Warmth and Beauty, Singing, Dancing, Music, Ballet - all the Arts and their
connection to expressive joy.
The Virtue of Netzach is Unselfishness - the ability to work with polarity to
integrate and express opposites, which is integral to Venus. The ability to
love the Other, as one who is truly selfish cannot do.
The Vice of Netzach is Unchastity - Lust and desire without honor and
integrity. In sacrificing integrity one's Balance is lost. Netzach energy
is purely expressed - a hard edged perfect Beauty.
The Spiritual Experience of Netzach is the Vision of Beauty Triumphant and
the Symbols are The Rose of perfection and The Lamp of awareness.
Ways to experience the energies of Netzach:
Center yourself and visually explore the perfection of a rose.
Listen to a piece of classical music with headphones on in a dark room.
Make love with your partner, focusing on the exquisite pleasure and the
Divine within him or her.
Go into the woods, sit by the ocean, walk through a meadow or watch a
thunderstorm and open yourself up to the FEELING of it - its perfection, its
power, the balance there in Nature.
Go to an art museum, and appreciate (without intellectually analyzing) the
sculptures and paintings there.
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