Abrac
Waite's The Tarot and the Rosy Cross is indeed very interesting. He advances the idea that Shekinah manifests in The High Priestess at path 13, Temperance at path 25, and The World at path 32. Each is a guardian, or keeper of the Sephira directly above it. For example, The World is keeper of Yesod, Temperance is keeper of Tiphareth, and The High Priestess is keeper of Daath. They're all on the central pillar which for Waite was the way of advancement. I made a diagram of this awhile back and I'll post the link.
Diagram
Here's a quote from Waite's paper. It's not very clear taken out of context, but it's a summary of the three manifestations of Shekinah:
Diagram
Here's a quote from Waite's paper. It's not very clear taken out of context, but it's a summary of the three manifestations of Shekinah:
"We have now completed our study in summary form of the manifest cards of SHEKINAH on the Tree of Life. It should be noted, however, that each emblem is the synthesis of the world to which it guards the entrance and into which it leads the Postulant. The High Priestess before the door of DAATH, representing at once the Path of Descent from KETHER and of going back thereto, is really in the position of AIMA ELOHIM, covering with her wings the three Supernal SEPHIROTH, as she is shewn in the Diagram of the 3 = 8 Degree. Above her is that state wherein there is no distinction between SHEKINAH and the Holy One. The Angel of Temperance is termed in the Portal of the Rosy Cross the synthesis of TIPHERETH, and TIPHERETH in its turn is the synthesis—as we know otherwise—of the whole Second Order. So also the Divine Presence represented by the 21st card, is typical of that state which is delineated by the work of YETZIRAH in the Order of the Golden Dawn—the re-making of manifested man, male and female, in the likeness of ELOHIM, the restoration of man in the perfect terms of the archetype."