8. Hod | Glory, Reverberation |
The Eighth Path is called the Absolute or Perfect Intelligence because it is the mean of the Primordial, which has no root by which it can cleave or rest, save in the hidden places of Gedulah, from which emanates its proper essence.
| World | Color | Divine Aspect | Tarot Card |
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| Atziluth | Violet purple | Elohim Tzabaoth ("The Lord of Hosts") | Eight of Wands: Swiftness |
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| Briah | Orange | Michael ("Like unto God") | Eight of Cups: Abandoned success |
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| Yetzirah | Russet red | Beni Elohim ("Sons of God") | Eight of Swords: Shortened force |
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| Assiah | Yellowish brown, flecked gold | Kokab ("The Stellar Light"), Mercury | Eight of Pentacles: Prudence |
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| Titles: | -- |
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| Symbols: | Names, Versicles, Apron |
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| Body: | Loins and legs |
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| Virtue: | Truthfulness | Vice: | Falsehood, Dishonesty |
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| Spiritual Experience: | Vision of Splendour |
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| Magical Image: | A hermaphrodite |
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| Gods: | Thoth, Anubis, Hermes, Hermanubis, Athena, Minerva, Mercury, Heimdall, Odin, Gwion, Garuda, Tvashiri, Nabu, El, Quetzacoatl, Nanualpili, Yi |