Chokhmah — flash of insight

Right-side supernal wisdom

Chokhmah marks the seed-like flash of wisdom that a worshipper may hold while forming intention. It is placed on anatomical-right (x below 0.5) to follow the common Adam Kadmon-style right-side projection, not to assert a lateralised brain function.

Keter — crown of intentionChokhmah — flash of insightChokhmah — flash of insightBinah — shaping understandingTiferet — heart of prayerYesod — generative axisAnatomical-right hand — lifting gestureAnatomical-left hand — lifting gesture

Point 2 of 7 in Kabbalistic Prayer Body (Kavvanot)

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Hayyim Vital, Sha'ar ha-Kavvanot (Gate of Intentions), derushei the Amidah (primary_canonical)

The prayer derushim organise intention through the sefirotic vocabulary, including the supernal triad; the head-side coordinate is an editorial projection.

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