The Tetragrammaton: A Guide to Manifestation Magic

The Tetragrammaton is often considered the proper name of God. It is spelled using the Hebrew letters יַהוֶה (Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh). In A Witch's Primer, we explore four weeks dedicated to building your power body, which consists of the fire, water, air, and earth bodies. 

The first letter in the Tetragrammaton, Yod, represents the fire body. The second letter, Heh, represents the water body. Then comes Vav, which is the air body. The final Heh corresponds to the earth body. Hence, Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh, Fire, Water, Air, Earth 

The issue with the Tetragrammaton is that for centuries, it has been indoctrinated and often perceived merely as a male deity named Yahweh, or Jehovah. While it can be interpreted that way, a magical perspective offers a different understanding.

The Tetragrammaton as a Creative Force

I don’t view the Tetragrammaton as a deity. It is actually representative of the universe's creative power. The four letters are arranged in this order because that's how things are created (magically speaking). Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh represents fire, water, air, and earth, which correspond to the way we project our will via magic.

The Meaning of the Letters

The first letter, Yod, symbolizes a hand. The letter Heh represents a window, while Vav signifies a peg or a nail. Finally, the final Heh represents another window. So we have the sequence: hand, window, peg, window. 

This sequence provides a formula for magic—how to integrate the four bodies you've developed in A Witch's Primer into one powerful method for manifesting anything you desire in your life.

Yod – Fire Body (The Hand, Will)

Let's break it down. The Yod, which symbolizes fire and the hand, represents your will — your determination to achieve something. For instance, let's say you need a new computer. The first letter, Yod, embodies your will and desire for that item.

It's essential to be clear about what you want. This represents the creative impulse or desire to achieve or create something meaningful. This first letter represents that fire; it's your will to make it happen.

Consider what we do in A Witch's Primer when we build that body of fire. We focus our will, honing it to manifest what we desire. Your desire for that computer is not just a simple wish; it’s a sacred and holy force.

You must embrace this understanding: the urge for that computer isn't just your personal wish—it's part of the universe's stronger will that you have it. Recognize it as a sacred desire, a holy aspiration.

Heh – Water Body (The Window, Emotion)

The first "Heh," the second letter, represents a window. This window symbolizes your water body. Think of water as a reflection; in this context, the window acts more like a mirror. It reflects your emotional experience that reflects your desire. 

Initially, the fire represents pure will; next, that will is mirrored in this window, in this pool, reflecting your emotions. When you aim to manifest something through magic, your will must be paired with an emotionalized version of that will. Will alone lacks potency unless it is accompanied by its feminine counterpart, which is emotion, or the water body.

To build your emotional body, your water body, you need to engage deeply with your emotions. You must become familiar with how to feel deeply. In magic, it is essential to learn how to conjure emotions at will. Your will, coupled with the emotionalization of your desire, enables you to realize it.

Reflect on what your desire means for your emotional self. Where do you feel it in your body? What is the desire, and what emotion arises from it? Allow yourself to evoke that emotion and strengthen it, as the first "Heh" symbolizes your ability to connect it to your will.

As you focus on what you truly desire, take the time to connect emotionally and make those feelings tangible for yourself. As your willpower and emotions—represented by the fire and water elements within you—strengthen, they begin to interact and influence one another. This principle is fundamental to how the universe unfolds. You possess both masculine and feminine energies within you, with willpower and emotion blending together in your mind. By doing this, you create a powerful reaction and response.

What happens when you combine water and fire? They form steam, vapor, or air. The letter "Vav," which is the third letter.

Vav – Air Body (The Peg, Vision)

The letter Vav represents a peg or nail, which you can think of as a means of stabilizing or securing something. When people consider the air body, they often imagine vapor as formless and scattered. But in order to work effective magic, you must condense that vapor. 

Consider a steam engine or a pressure cooker: you have to "peg" the vapor, meaning condense it. This concept is essential in the third step of the formula: visualizing your desire condenses that vapor into the specific image you want.

Many people find this aspect challenging because discussions about creative visualization can make them feel incapable of performing magic if they cannot visualize clearly. However, everyone has their unique way of visualizing. You might not even notice it, but when someone tells you a story, or when you read one, you are engaging in a form of visualization. 

Even if you don’t believe you see clear images, you still have the ability to create a mental picture of what you desire, in one form or another. This is exactly what we aim to achieve in the third step of the formula. We are condensing our will and our emotional connection to that desire into a blueprint or a clear image.

We continuously infuse this imagery with additional energy—more fire, more water, more air—as we condense it. As this process unfolds and the vision becomes clearer, a distillation occurs. What emerges from this process is the final, tangible manifestation of your desire in the physical world.

Final Heh – Earth Body (The Window, Manifestation)

The final Heh symbolizes the physical realization of that which you desire. If you were to make your own essential oil, you'd have to start with some plant material. Then you add water, boil the mixture, condense the steam, and then separate the steam from the essential oil. What remains is the essential oil itself. We do the same thing with magic, except we're extracting our desires into manifestation.

By this point, you know it’s not a desire anymore or even a wish. It’s beyond thoughts or feelings about what you want to happen. Your desire has become a manifestation – that’s what the final Heh represents. It opens a new window for your eyes to see. You have to gaze through that window, which holds the realization of your desires coming true.

Align yourself with your desire and recognize that it has already manifested. You don’t need to think, hope, or believe; you simply know with 100% certainty that what you want is on its way. You can accelerate the manifestation process by practicing gratitude as if your desire is already present in your life. This approach informs your deep mind that there is no resistance because it has already happened. Once your mind believes this, nothing will stop you from manifesting your desires.

Manifesting Desires through the Tetragrammaton

The tetragrammaton serves as a practical magical framework, it's the integration of your four magical bodies to create something. Regardless of your chosen operation while casting a spell—whether that be mental work, using talismans, candles, or other tools—what matters is that the four steps must be followed, even if we don't explicitly refer to it as the Tetragrammaton formula. 

You will need to work with the sequence of fire, water, air, and earth to manifest. When you know the tetragrammaton, you will realize you are manifesting just like the universe is. First, you think, “Let there be a computer,” then you emote about that thought. That is when you split the earth from the firmament and watch the mists rise out of your emotion.

Your fire body meets your water body. Your willpower meets your emotions, and it causes a vapor to rise. But what you don’t want to do is watch the vapor just rise. You want to take that vapor and "nail it down.”

To get what you want, you must condense your thoughts. See what you want vividly until you see it start to manifest through the window of your mind. But it goes beyond just seeing it because you KNOW what you want is showing up.

You give gratitude that what you desire is yours. You say, “I’m so thankful that my computer is mine.” You feel that feeling of KNOWING it's there, then you LET IT GO.

The Power of Letting Go

After you have cast your spell, allow yourself to rest. Once you know something is coming, you don’t have to worry or try to force it; you just relax and know it’s already happened. You completely put it out of your mind. When you reach this point, things start showing up out of nowhere in your life. Dr. Murphy used to say it pops up like toast out of the toaster.

When you let go, it shows up when you least expect it. If you continue to stare around the corner waiting for it or peek underneath the hood, that desire will keep driving away from you. You have to allow yourself to forget about your desire, so when it happens out of nowhere, it’ll surprise you.

Faith completes the manifestation process. Letting go of trying to control how, when, and where your manifestation shows up allows the magic to work. You learn to let go and let magic happen. You trust that it is showing up and take a hands off approach. When you don't interfere you are in a place of power to receive the manifestation you desire.

Conclusion

Learning to work with the power of the Tetragrammaton allows you to understand the vibratory rate that the Universe uses when it creates. When you align your Fire, Water, Air, and Earth bodies, you literally move from the place of "wishing" things to change to actually changing them.

Remember your formula: Will + Emotion + Vision = Manifestation! Once you have focused your magical intentions on something, it's important to LET IT GO. Allow the Universe to bring it to you. Be as confident in the outcome as you are that the sun will rise each day. You are powerful—now go create!