78. When these brains emerge for the first time, a dispute arises between the right and the left (as explained at length in sections 29 – 30, above). For the left line, which is the bearer of the illumination of the light of Ḥokhma, wants to negate the right line, which is the bearer of the illumination of the light of giving. Due to this dispute, and this beating of right and left against each other**, which occurs in these** brains, they are called “the brains of the back.”²⁴³ refers to positions of “face-to-face” and “ back-to-back.” Since these brains are in conflict (as explained more fully in sections 29 – 30 as well as in the surrounding sections there), they are called “brains of the back,” with the right and left failing to work in harmony to provide illumination to the lower level. The three aspects, gestation, infancy and the brains of the back, have now been explained.

footnotes: ²⁴³ As in the previous section , when discussing the dynamics of conflict and harmony between different aspects of the system, the author of the Sulam