Sefer Etz Chaim and Tanya

Both texts discuss Netzach and Hod in the context of transmission and mediation of divine intellect/sefirotic flow. Text 1 (Etz Chaim) treats Netzach and Hod primarily as aspects of a sefirotic structure received by the male principle (Z"A) from higher sources, focusing on their role in completing the lower triad (NHY). Text 2 (Tanya) emphasizes Netzach and Hod as "kidneys that counsel" (kelayot yo'atzot) and "two eyes" that process and modify divine intellect from its pure state in Chokmah down to a form the recipient can absorb. Text 1 emphasizes structural completion and descent of sefirot; Text 2 emphasizes the functional/qualitative transformation of intellect through these sefirot. Both involve transmission but differ in what aspect they stress: architectural vs. transformative.