Gevurah

Gevurah or Geburah is the fifth sefirot in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, and it is the second of the emotive attributes of the sefirot. It sits below Binah, across from Chesed and above Hod.

Etymology

Gevurah means "discipline" or "judgement" in Hebrew.

Description

Gevurah is associated in the soul with the power to restrain one's innate urge to bestow goodness upon others, when the recipient of that good is judged to be unworthy and liable to misuse it. As the force which measures and assesses the worthiness of Creation, gevurah is referred to in Kabbalah as the attribute of judgment. It is the restraining might of gevurah which allows one to overcome their enemies, either from without or from within (a person's own internal inclination toward evil).

Occult correspondences

Among the correspondences of gevurah in occult practice are:

• the name of God which corresponds to gevurah is "Elohim."
• its color is red.
• its cardinal direction is north.
• its element is fire and it represents consuming fire.
• it can indicate the severe attribute of justice.
• it corresponds the the Hierophant tarot card.

The angelic order of this sphere is the Seraphim, ruled by the Archangel Camael. Its opposing [qlippoth]] is represented by the demonic order Golachab.