Severity, connected in the five Severities
(_i.e._, which are symbolized in the numerical value, 5, of the letter H
final of IHVH, which is the Bride), and the Woman is extended on Her side,
and is applied unto the side of the Male.

Until She is separated from His side, and cometh unto Him so that She may
be conjoined with Him, face to face.

And when They are conjoined together, They appear to be only one body.

Hence we learn that the Masculine, taken alone appeareth to be only half
the body, so that all the mercies are half; and thus also is it with the
Feminine.

But when They are joined together, the (two together) appear to form only
one whole body. And it is so.

So also here. When the Male is joined with the Female, They both
constitute one complete body, and all the Universe is in a state of
happiness, because all things receive blessing from Their perfect body.
And this is an Arcanum.

And therefore it is said, Gen. ii. 3, "Tetragrammaton blessed the seventh
day and hallowed it." For then all things are found (to exist) in the one
perfect Body, for MTRVNITHA, _Matronitha_, the Mother (_i.e._, the
Inferior Mother) is joined unto the King, and is found to form the one
Body with Him.

And therefore are there found to be blessings upon this day.

And hence that which is not both Male and Female together is called half a
body. Now, no blessing can rest upon a mutilated and defective being, but
only upon a perfect place and upon a perfect being, and not at all in an
incomplete being.(877)

And a semi-complete being cannot live forever, neither can it receive
blessing forever.

The Beauty of the Female is completed by the Beauty of the Male. And now
have we established these facts (concerning the perfect equality of Male
and Female), and they are made known unto the Companions.

With this Woman (the inferior H) are connected all those things which are
below; from Her do they receive their nourishment, and from Her do they
receive blessing; and She is called the Mother of them all.

It is written, Prov. vii. 4, "Say unto Chokmah, Thou art my sister."(878)
For there is given one Chokmah (Male), and there is also given another
Chokmah (Female).

And this Woman is called the Lesser Chokmah in respect of the other.

And therefore is it written, Cant. viii. 8, "We have a little sister and
she hath no breasts."

For in this exile (_i.e._, separated from the King) She appeareth unto us
to be "our little