What is Netzach, Victory, in Kabbalah?

And Netzach is sphere number seven. It’s attributed to feelings. If Hod is thoughts, then Netzach is feelings. And it means victory or eternity. And the victory is the victory of actually creating something that is beautiful. Because this Sephirah is associated with anything creative. And eternity, that beauty, lasts forever.

So somebody came to me and said, look, I’m too much in my head. I have no idea of Netzach. It’s too unacknowledged in my psyche. What must I do? I would be saying to them, go to the art gallery. And don’t stand in front of the painting and analyse it and say, oh, that’s Picasso in his blue period. Just go and look at it. Or listen to music. Try and leave your head, the analytical part of your head, aside.

Or paint. I want them to do finger painting. I remember once saying to somebody, cover your body with paint and roll on a canvas. And they looked at me quite horrifically and said, no, I’m not going to do that. It’s too messy.

Well, Netzach is messy. Emotions are messy. And Hod is clean and dry and sterile. So we have, in us, we have to try and find the balance that is right for us between these two Sephirot.