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 sister.” At first, indeed, she is small, but she becometh great and greater, until she becometh the Spouse whom the King taketh unto Himself.
As it is written, Cant. viii. 10, “I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers.”
“And my breasts,” etc., since they are full with the nourishment of all things;[879] “like towers,” because they are the great rivers which flow forth from Aima the Supernal.