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Monday 15 June 2009

A Word on 'Netzach'

Netzach is the seventh of the ten Sefirot, and the fourth of the emotive attributes within Creation.

Netzach appears in the configuration of the Sefirot along the right axis, directly beneath Chesed, and corresponds in the Tzelem Elokim to the right leg.

Netzach is associated in the soul with the power to overcome those obstacles which stand in the way of realizing one's Chesed aspiration to bestow goodness upon Creation. Insofar as the word Netzach denotes both "victory" and "eternity," it can be said that the ultimate victory of Netzach is that over death itself, the final impediment to the pursuit of Chesed.

Netzach can also mean "to conduct" or "orchestrate. Hence its consciousness is pragmatic by nature, as reflected in its correspondence to the right leg--which is the first limb of the supernal body to "touch ground."