Web of Qabalah

Home | The Tree of Life | Qabalistic Concepts | Practical Qabalah | The Sword Portal | The Serpent Portal | Guided Meditations | Books
Reqia

Reqia (RQYO), translated as `expanse' or `canopy', is the second lowest of the Seven Heavens of Yetzirah; it is associated with the sphere of Hod.

Above me chaos rages, and the Old Ones of the deep swallow each other whole; but I am protected in my indusrty here, for the Gods of the sky hold them at bay in their great castles.
I feel myself to be in a small and cosy workshop, an inventor, perchance, working joyfully on the splendour of my creation.
Outside I see a tiny flower, so beautiful and so dainty that a mild breeze might break its stem, sheltering under the protective custody of a giant Oak tree, whose mighty branches reach out, their ends drooping to meet the horizon.

The Seven Heavens of Yetzirah

Araboth

Makon

Ma'on

Zebul

Shechaqim

Reqia

Vilon