(Cont. from Eucharist thread) The Mystery of Shekinah.
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@Iugum said
When you speak of the Shekinah in this example are you saying Malkuth or the Briatic manifestation of Kether (I assume both correspond to the other nicely or are at least fairly equivalent)?
Your language is a little off here, but I think I can answer what you're asking.
Shekinah manifests in Higher and Lower expressions attributed to Binah and Malkuth, respectively; that is, the two Hehs of YHVH.
And, with that reframing, the answer to your question is: I'm referring to that which is both (and which isn't necessarily discernible from Gimel, either).
This is one of the many "Mysteries of ..." that I tend to have a difficult time with and I have been working with on the answers for years. I think it was Waite who wrote an entire book called "The Mystery of Shekinah". Have you read it, Jim? Opinions?
Waite's book The Doctrine and Literature of the Kabalah, though tedious and ponderous, is a great starting point for researching technical points regarding Shekinah.
As for the rest, perhaps it will assist you to know that Shekinah is mystery per se - that is, She is (among other things) the unknown itself. (See my essay on that in the Preface of Visions & Voices for a deeper discussion of Mystery, i.e., the unknown that goes before us and leads us.)
If you can speak of anything which may help me, or rather point me on the way, to understand this "mystery" that would be great. Veiled terms, numbers, trump cards, Class A documents, etc, etc.
You're trying to know something. The main reason I didn't candidly answer your earlier question (in the other thread) is that it functions fully and authentically only as the unknown - to translate it into conventional language is to "break" its value.