Thus after the light spreads forth from the Two Mazalot, it returns from the Mazal of Venakeh and enters the Palate. From the Palate it goes to the Throat and from there to Abba and Imma. This is why the Proposition says “by way of the Palate and Throat” – because this is the path that was laid down and not as may appear to the eye. (The light does not travel directly from the Beard – which extends as far as the Navel of Arich Anpin – to the Head of Zeir Anpin, which is from the Navel of Arich and below. Instead the light turns back from the Beard, traveling inside via the Palate and Throat in order to reach the Heads of Abba and Imma first.)