When in Kabbalah we enter in the World of Formation, which is the world

of Yetzirah, we find many symbols related to these sacred animals, which

in Hebrew are called Chaioth (plural) or Chaiah (singular). The Hebrew
word Chaiah also means life. So, when we address the animals, Chaioth
ha Kadosh, we are addressing the life that is within them, which in Sanskrit
are called Tattvas, and that physically we call the elements (fire, air, water,
earth). That is why inKabbalah, in Alchemy, when we address Baphomet,
the Cherub, we are addressing the forces of the elements that are
.synthesized in the sephirah Yesod, which is the sexual energy