Sefirah 8 of 10 · Pillar of severity
Splendor
הוד
“Words are spells.”
Meaning & role
Intellect, language, logic, precision.
Lower-left gate. Logic / language challenges — the right name binds the right power.
- Number
- 8
- Pillar
- severity
- Planet
- Mercury
- Color
bg-hod- Body
- Right hip / leg
- Stat
- intellect
- Voice
- Hermes
Stat — intellect
Intellect — analysis, sequencing, word puzzles; the stat of finding the seam.
Shell of Splendor — Deception
Deception — the top card of the deck is misreported. Banished by clearing Hod.