The Four Worlds
Yetzirah — the Formative World
The Prince scale belongs to Yetzirah, the Formative World in which patterns are worked out.
Part of The Four Worlds.
In this pattern
The second verb of Isaiah 43:7: yatzar, "I have formed him". It is the potter's word, and the same root that names Sefer Yetzirah.
Formation is where a created thing takes shape. Six of the ten sefirot fall in this band, which makes it the widest region on the diagram.
Sources
The Formative World, represented in this lens by Chesed through Yesod. Angelic hosts or choirs are its characteristic sephirothic manifestation.
This is the one-Tree banding used by the Hermetic lens. Mathers also records a complete ten-sephirah Tree within each World; the two models answer different study questions.
Sources (2)
-
The Mystical Qabalah
, First edition, Williams & Norgate, 1935
— ch. 3 §§14–19 and ch. 8 §18
· systematising, not originating
Fortune gives both the exact one-Tree banding used by this lens and the Divine Name / Archangel / Choir / mundane hierarchy.
Isaiah 43:7
יְצַרְתִּיו — The second verb: yatzar, 'I have formed him'. The root is the potter's, and it is the root that gives Sefer Yetzirah its name.
Sources (2)
-
Tanakh
, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation
— Isaiah 43:7
“Every one that is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, I have formed him, yea, I have made him.”
1917 JPS, public domain. The word this world is named for is יְצַרְתִּיו.
-
Pardes Rimonim
, Hebrew text
— Pardes Rimonim 4:10:6
· systematising, not originating
Where Cordovero reads the verse's three verbs — בראתיו יצרתיו אף עשיתיו — as הבריאה והיצירה והעשייה, the three lower worlds, in the order the verse gives them.
Members and associations
These are the sourced associations already attached to each member sphere. Open a sphere's research page for every claim, status note and source.
| Sphere | Divine name | Archangel | Angelic choir | Planet / sphere | Yetziratic title | Research page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Chesed | El (אל) | Tzadkiel (Zadkiel) | Chashmalim (Brilliant Ones) | Jupiter (Tzedek); | The Measuring, Cohesive or Receptacular Intelligence | Sources and correspondences → |
| 5 Geburah | Elohim Gibor (אלהים גבור) | Khamael (Camael) | Seraphim (Fiery Serpents) | Mars (Madim); | The Radical Intelligence | Sources and correspondences → |
| 6 Tiphareth | YHVH Eloah va-Da'at (יהוה אלוה ודעת) | Raphael | Malachim (Kings) | The Sun (Shemesh); | The Intelligence of the Mediating Influence | Sources and correspondences → |
| 7 Netzach | YHVH Tzabaoth (יהוה צבאות) | Haniel | Elohim (Gods) | Venus (Nogah); | The Occult Intelligence | Sources and correspondences → |
| 8 Hod | Elohim Tzabaoth (אלהים צבאות) | Michael | Beni Elohim (Sons of God) | Mercury (Kokab); | The Absolute or Perfect Intelligence | Sources and correspondences → |
| 9 Yesod | Shaddai El Chai (שדי אל חי) | Gabriel | Kerubim (Cherubim) | The Moon (Levanah); | The Pure or Purified Intelligence | Sources and correspondences → |