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Jachim
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• Boaz
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Definition: The right pillar (with Boaz on the right) in the Temple of Solomon and in Masonic rites, and is also equivalent to the right pillar on the kabbalistic Tree of Life, Mercy. Jachim represents the male polarity of the universe, light, motion, activity, the electron. The pillars are similar in concept to the Eastern Yin Yang.

 

Related Resources:

Hermetic Tradition
The Heremetic, or Rosicrucian tradition. Alchemy, sacred geometry, kabbala, and more.

Elsewhere on the Web:

The Hermetic Library
Extremely thorough resource for Ritual Magick, with emphasis on the Golden Dawn and Thelemic systems. Contains a large library of Crowley texts, the Golden Dawn Cipher manuscript, and much of Benjamin Rowe's Enochian writings.

Real Magick Occult Library
This large resource covers many topics of interest to Wiccans and other practitioners of sympathetic magick. Also has much practical information.

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