Yekhova Eloa va-Daat

Yekhova Eloa va-Daat (יהוה אלוה ודעת) is a Hebrew God-name that translates to “YHVH, God of Knowledge” or “YHVH, God of Daath.” The name directly invokes Daath, the hidden Sephirah of Knowledge on the Tree of Life, and appears only in association with that secret sphere and the path that connects it to Tiphereth.

Position on the Tree of Life

In the system of Liber 777, Yekhova Eloa va-Daat is the God-name assigned to Path 30, the twenty-second Hebrew letter (Tau) that runs between Yesod and Malkuth. However, on the scala of God-names in Assiah, it stands at the sixth step, corresponding to Tiphereth. This placement places the name as the active, manifested formula of divine knowledge within the world of action, the sphere of solar harmony and sacrificial beauty.

Astrological and planetary correspondence

Tiphereth is ruled by the Sun, and its nature is solar: radiant, balanced, central. The God-name used at this level on the Assiatic scale brings the energy of Daath—hidden knowledge, the abyss, the interface between the supernal triad and the moral spheres—down into the heart of the manifested universe. Thus, Yekhova Eloa va-Daat connotes the union of the four-letter name of YHVH with the specific title “God of Knowledge,” suggesting that the knowledge of divine unity is known fully only in and through the solar center of the tree.

Historical context

The name Yekhova Eloa va-Daat is first attested in the Kabbalistic tradition as a divine name for the Sephirah Daath itself. It appears in the Zohar and later in the works of Moses Cordovero and Isaac Luria, where each Sephirah has a God-name; Daath, being a hidden Sephirah, receives this title to indicate its special role as the repository of all divine knowledge, the point where the three supernal Sephiroth (Kether, Chokmah, Binah) unite into a single consciousness.

In the Hermetic Qabalah of the Golden Dawn, this name was adopted for Path 30 (Tau) in the column of God-names in Yetzirah and Assiah, but in the table of Liber 777 Crowley placed it at the sixth step, linking it to Tiphereth. This assignment reflects a later development: while Daath is not a Sephirah in its own right, its influence is said to shine down into Tiphereth, giving the heart of the tree access to the knowledge of the divine. The explicit addition of “va-Daath” to the Tetragrammaton is unique among the God-names in 777, emphasizing that the knowledge of the highest is attainable through the central pillar of beauty.

In Jewish Kabbalistic liturgies and meditative practice, this name is not commonly recited aloud, since it involves the ineffable Tetragrammaton combined with a name that exposes the secret sphere. Its use is reserved for advanced contemplation of the mysteries of Daath, the Abyss, and the process of unification of the three upper Sephiroth.

In Liber 777

In the table of God-names in Assiah, Yekhova Eloa va-Daat occupies the sixth row, directly below Elokhim Gibor (Geburah) and above the Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and Malkuth names. Its presence on the Assiatic scale indicates the descent of the solar formula of knowledge into the physical world, the sphere where that knowledge becomes embodied and actionable. Crowley’s inclusion of this name at Tiphereth rather than at Daath itself reflects his intent to show that the secret knowledge at the center of the tree is the key to traversing the Abyss and achieving the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel.