Earth, final manifestation, the body, the physical, conclusion, pentacles, princesses, reality.
Translation: The Kingdom. Malkuth is the earth itself, the result of the work above, the final manifestation of the divine energy into form. Here all things exist, and all of the tree is found within. Kether is in Malkuth is in Kether, the point within the egg of limited space. Malkuth is the space all dwells within. Even though the unmanifest can not be known, it dwells yet within the bounds of this sphere.
If each sphere above is mapped to a part of consciousness, Malkuth is the body itself. It is the nerves and chemicals that make up the wetware processor our consciousness is run upon. It is flesh and dirt, money, sex, the cause of sensation, the temple, all works of beauty and pleasure, art, archetecture, and form. Gaia as the spirit of all creation including those who dwell within. Immanent divinity, the presence of God within Man seen as Man. Though Malkuth is Earth, it is the understanding that it is the manifested light of divinity that reconnects one to the source yet dwelling within.
All elements are combined here. Not in perfect singluar unity as in Kether, but in the endless fractal reality of manifested form. Here they exist as discrete elements, though alongside one another and often combined into new forms. Though when looked at as a complete system, all are present. The humors of the body.
We can not truely know Malkuth just as we can not truely know Kether. Full understanding of this state is beyond our reach. For it is through Yesod that we perceive it. There will always be a seperation between our perception of reality and the actual objective reality that surrounds us and which we are a part of. A microsecond delay between action, perception, and finally comprehension. For so long as we have consciousness, our experience is of the spheres above interpreting Malkuth, though our actions are resultant directly within it. And should we silence our consciousness, we may for an instant experience a perfect knowing of Malkuth, but find ourselves viewing it from Kether.
Qlippoth: The root of all suffering - Desire. Unmanifest seeks the manifest. Greed, Lust, Attachment.
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