The Kabbalah TREE OF LIFE Sephiroth Set consists of 12 forks. There is one fork for each of the 10 sephirah in the Kabbalah Tree of Life. The 11th fork is the invisible non-sephirah Da'ath. The 12th fork is the Lightening Flash, the Pathway of All Life made manifest, and All manifested Life reunited with Light.

Below is a brief definition of each branch/sphere/Sephirah of the Tree. There are many wonderful books that delve into the deeper meanings of each sephirah and their relationships to each other via various pathways.

1 KETER - The Crown. The root of the Tree, where Light first becomes manifest. It represents the spirit of God and Divine Will.

2 CHOKMAH - Wisdom. Wisdom that comes with revelation and flashes of inspiration. Father who seeds the manifestation of God's being.

3 BINAH - Understanding. The movement of Divine Light into the world of creation. Mother who conceives the manifestation of God's being.

4 CHESED - Mercy/Love/Abundance. Divine Will begins to take form and manifests itself in God's desire to share Infinite Love.

5 GEBURAH - Severity/Justice/Judgement. The desire to receive judgment and the natural consequences of all actions. Counterbalances Chesed so that Divine Light and Love will not be overwhelming.

6 TIPHARETH - Beauty. Resting in the center of the Tree of Life, Tiphareth is the heart of the Tree and holds it together by creating harmony and balance. It is the beauty and Light of the Divine decending into humanity, and also the beauty and light of humanity rising to reunite with God.

7 NETZACH - Victory/Eternity. Formless, uninhibited emotions. The lasting endurance or victory of God. The compassionate rule of God. Inspires human beings to look beyond the moment and change the world.

8 HOD - Glory/Reverberation/Splendor. Unemotional thought and pure intellectual ideas. The thinking processes that channel Divine inspiration into prophecy. Mastering the mind. Counterbalances Netzach so that emotions do not become rampant. Checks the tendency to create and act for the sake of self.

9 YESOD - The Foundation. Foundation of the skeleton of Matter-to-Be (skeleton being the upper eight sephirah). The basis on which the structure of All Life is built. Supplies the energy to create matter in Malkuth.

10 MALKUTH - The Kingdom. Materialization manifested. Where the Ligthening Flash grounds into Earth. Where Light and Love becomes Matter. Where all Matter (including the Earth and humanity) exists. Everything is interrelated and interdependent within the frameworkd of the Four Elements of Life: Fire, Water, Aire and Earth. It is the union of a man and woman at conception that bring the Soul's existence into Malkuth. The only sephirah that receives and absorbs all its powers solely and constantly from the nine sephirah above.

DA'ATH - Knowledge/Void/Abyss/Voice of Shekinah. The secret, invisible "non-sephirah", often called the Void and the Abyss. It lies in the center of a 6-pointed star between Keter-Tiphereth, Chokmah-Binah, and Chesed-Geburah. It is the coming together of Divine Knowledge from the Wisdom and Understanding of Chokmah and Binah, the Light and Beauty of Keter and Tiphareth, and the Love and Accountability of Chesed and Geburah. Da'ath, previously invisible and mysterious, is now revealing itself for the first time. It is the center of the Star of David that makes up Sephirah 1-6. Here lies the keys to unlock the mysteries of the Kabbalah.

LIGHTENING FLASH - Vertical downward pathway of all manifested Life, including the Cosmos and everything that is made up of. It is also the vertical upward rising to reunite with the Everything.