Pillar of Severity

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Kabbalistic concept pillar in the Tree of Life

Pillar of Severity is one of the three primary vertical columns in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, associated with discipline, judgment, and restriction.

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Label Occurrences
Pillar of Severity canonical 6

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kabbalistic concept ⓘ
pillar in the Tree of Life ⓘ
appearsIn diagrams of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life ⓘ
associatedWith discipline ⓘ
form ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
limitation ⓘ
restriction ⓘ
severity ⓘ
structure ⓘ
associatedWithGender feminine principle in some Kabbalistic systems ⓘ
BinahRole understanding and archetypal form ⓘ
bottomSephirah Hod ⓘ
conceptualRole channel for constrictive and defining aspects of divinity ⓘ
containsSephirah Binah ⓘ
Gevurah ⓘ
Hod ⓘ
contrastedWith expansive qualities of the Pillar of Mercy ⓘ
functionInSystem to provide necessary limits and boundaries ⓘ
GevurahRole strength and judgment ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Left Column ⓘ
Left Pillar ⓘ
Pillar of Judgment ⓘ
hasDirectionSymbolism often associated with the north in some systems ⓘ
hasElementSymbolism often associated with the element of water or sometimes fire, depending on the system ⓘ
hasMoralConnotation can represent strict justice without mercy if unbalanced ⓘ
hasOpposite Pillar of Mercy ⓘ
hasPosition left side of the Tree of Life ⓘ
HodRole intellect and analysis ⓘ
influenced Western occult traditions ⓘ
isBalancedBy Middle Pillar ⓘ
isComplementedBy Pillar of Mercy ⓘ
isOneOf three primary vertical columns of the Tree of Life ⓘ
mappedOnto various magical and esoteric correspondences in Western esotericism ⓘ
middleSephirah Gevurah ⓘ
partOf Tree of Life (Kabbalah) ⓘ
surface form: Kabbalistic Tree of Life
religiousTradition Jewish mysticism ⓘ
requiresBalanceWith Pillar of Mercy to avoid excessive harshness ⓘ
requiresIntegrationWith Middle Pillar for harmonious spiritual development ⓘ
symbolizes divine judgment ⓘ
restraint ⓘ
rigor ⓘ
topSephirah Binah ⓘ
usedIn Kabbalistic meditation ⓘ
esoteric symbolism ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tree of Life → hasPart → Pillar of Severity ⓘ
subject surface form: Tree of Life (Kabbalah)
Pillar of Mercy → contrastsWith → Pillar of Severity ⓘ
Pillar of Mercy → balancedBy → Pillar of Severity ⓘ
Pillar of Mercy → formsTriadWith → Pillar of Severity ⓘ
Middle Pillar → contrastedWith → Pillar of Severity ⓘ
sefirah Binah → pillar → Pillar of Severity ⓘ
subject surface form: Binah