The Eternal Tarot of Alchemy and Kabbalah 04 The Emperor

The Emperor of Tarot and Kabbalah represents our inner spirit, known as Chesed: "Mercy" in Hebrew, the fourth Sephirah or sphere from the top of the Tree of Life. Our inner spirit, divinity, or particular God, is perfect, yet he longs to acquire self-knowledge, unity, and integration of the inferior parts of his psyche, represented by the four elements: air (Netzach / mind), fire (Hod / emotions), water (Yesod / vitality) and earth (Malkuth / physicality).  This feat of religion (religare: reunion) is based on will (Tiphrereth).

Our psychology is a kingdom or empire that needs to be ruled and ordered by the will of our spirit, the Innermost. Learn about the three mother letters of Hebraic Kabbalah and their esoteric relationship to gnostic psychology, the etymological, alchemical, and kabbalistic significance of the sacred Tetragrammaton or four-lettered name of God (Iod-Chavah) in mystical Judaism, an explanation of the opening verse of Bereshit (Genesis), the creation of the solar bodies, and the fourth way teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, particularly the paths of the fakir, monk, yogi, and the psychologically equilibrated human being.

Resources and References:

https://chicagognosis.org/lectures/arcanum-4-the-emperor