#qabalistic tree of life

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“First of all, we have to be aware that the concept of “light” can be understood in many different ways. For the followers of the right-hand-path traditions, “light” is the domain of God, the superior being, the highest principle of spiritual enlightenment. The Tree of Life is the emanation of this divine force and it is permeated with God’s splendid brilliance that flows from above the whole Tree. This divine light is known as Ain Soph Aur (Ain: Without, Soph: End, Aur: Light) and believed to be the origin of all creation. Mystics and adepts of these systems seek to ascend to this infinite brilliance and unite with it, thus fulfilling the highest goal of the path. It is a process of many ordeals that requires absolute devotion and faith in the Absolute.

But the Tree of Life is imperfect and unbalanced, contaminated by the forces of the Qliphoth that continuously seek to destroy the cosmic balance. In many Qabalistic theories, the Tree of Death was not a part of the original picture at all. There was no material level of Malkuth, either. The Tree of Life consisted of ten Sephiroth with Daath as the central and balancing force behind the whole cosmic harmony. In the original Tree, Daath was the upper “sun” that cast the divine light upon the neighboring Sephiroth. While Tiphereth was the lower “sun,” casting its rays upon the lower regions, Daath illuminated the upper part of the Tree as the second, mystical “sun.” The lower sun was ruled by the archangel Michael, the upper by Lucifer: the Bringer of Light.

Residing close to the highest trinity (Binah, Chokmah, Kether), Lucifer was the mediator between the divine light and the lower spheres. There are many legends of his “fall” which is also the fall of Daath, referring to the sin of pride, the exile of angels from celestial regions, the disobedience of Lucifer against the God’s law, the forbidden union of angels with the daughters of man, etc. What is significant here, when Lucifer-Daath fell, the original cosmic harmony was lost. The divine triad was separated from the lower Sephiroth and Daath became the Abyss, the gate to the Qliphothic anti- worlds in which Lucifer established his Pandemonium.

For those who do not fear to follow Lucifer and separate themselves from the divine order, these anti-worlds are the alternative path of salvation—leading not upward, to the divine light, but downward, into the inner darkness—the very core of being. While the way to God strives to reconstruct the original cosmic order and reunite with the divine brilliance, the Initiate of the Left Hand Path seeks to deepen the fall, separate oneself from God’s emanations and ignite the spark of Godhood in the darkness of the inner Void. This inner spark of Godhood successively becomes the fiery pillar of Ascent on Lucifer’s path of Ascending Flame.

Therefore, the light of Lucifer is not the same “light” as the one recognized by the right-hand-path philosophies. It is not the “splendid brilliance” of a superior being that the Initiate seeks to unite with. This light shines from Within. It is found in the utmost darkness of the inner Void, powering up all evolution and growth on the Luciferian path of flames. It is the fire of the Dragon, the flame of self-salvation, the fiery essence of lust and fury, the driving force of self-creation. This light is represented by the torch of the Light Bearer, one of the most familiar Masks of Lucifer. On the one hand, this concept refers to Lucifer’s stellar and cosmic nature. He is the star that shines proudly as the brightest object in the sky after the sun and the moon. He is also the bringer of fire that is the origin of all things and the patron God of Illumination through knowledge and wisdom. In this sense, he is identified with Prometheus from the famous Greek myth, who brought the divine fire on earth and taught man how to use it. In other words, he endowed man with the soul, the divine fire, and taught mankind how to become equal to gods. The esoteric interpretation of the myth explains the gift of fire as the awakening of the inner spark in man, the source of spiritual power which corresponds to the Tantric concept of Kundalini. The Promethean fire is the inner potential, the spark of Divinity Within, the limitless source of individual power. As Prometheus teaches mankind how to become like gods, so Lucifer shows man the path of independence and the way to our own Godhood.

On the other hand, this is the forbidden light, knowledge denied to man. Prometheus is severely punished by the gods—they chain him to a rock and each day his liver is eaten by an eagle (or a vulture) while each night it grows back so that his pain may last forever. The first couple in the Garden of Eden is exiled and its gates become forever closed for them and their descendants. The angels who left heaven to fornicate with the daughters of man are imprisoned in the valleys of the earth until the day of their judgment, when they will be cast into the abyss of fire and confined to the end of all generations. These horrible fates of those who dared to act against the gods show that the gift of Lucifer holds great power but does not come without a price, and his path is only for those who are willing to accept all that it may bring, be it success or failure.

The Bringer of Light is the initiator of Illumination—in the intellectual and spiritual sense. To many practitioners he reveals himself as the Giver of the Flame, associated with the Egyptian God Set who endows man with the Gift of Consciousness, the potential of Godhood. It is the Flame of Self- Deification, the Light of Isolation that is different than the torch held by gods and spirits who act as guides and patrons on the path of devotion, or the “path of priesthood.” Lucifer’s Flame represents the path of isolation or the “path of sorcery.” These two concepts are connected with two antinomian ways rooted in the East and known as the way of jnana (“knowledge”) and the way of bhakti (“devotion”). In the former, the adept seeks illumination Within, following the guidance of an “internal guru,” in the latter, the adept maintains continuous devotion to an entity viewed as a being outside of the self. The Light Bearer teaches that the way of Luciferian Illumination is the way inward, the search for experience Within. Everyone may carry the Flame and everyone may become the Light Bearer in one’s own right—there is no single god, spirit, or man who can claim this title for oneself. His Light is the Flame of self-awareness, the active, solar aspect of Self-Deification.”

Light & Darkness in Luciferian Gnosis

Asenath Mason

[talonabraxas]

I- Ching TREE of LIFE

The I Ching Connection

Of the three systems which we sought to link to the Tree of Life, the I Ching will be the most difficult to successfully correspond. Its structure gives no apparent clues as to how we can assign hexagrams to the Tree. The I Ching is not divided into groups of three, or ten, or twenty-two. In fact there are really no divisions at all between the hexagrams, except for which two trigrams they are made up of. So we will work from there, assign trigrams to the Tree, and then tackle the problem of the hexagrams.

This cuts down our workload considerably, since there are only eight trigrams to work with. But nothing on the Tree of Life is divisible by eight. (The total number of paths and sephiroth is 32 = 4 x 8, but this does not help much. It would mean assigning each trigram to four different elements; there is not an obvious way to do such a thing.) The closest number to 8 on the Tree is 10, the number of sephiroth.

This actually looks rather promising. Paths are defined in terms of the sephiroth they join (i.e. Kether to Chokmah) and hexagrams are defined in terms of which two trigrams they are composed of (such as Heaven over Fire). So if we can successfully attribute the trigrams to the sephiroth, attributing the hexagrams to paths should be simple.

Unfortunately, assigning 8 elements to 10 places is difficult. There will obviously be some repetition which must be justifiable. We are also likely to have some duplications (i.e. two paths have the same hexagram attributed to them) but this may not necessarily be a bad thing. What matters most is that we find a system by which the eight trigrams can be corresponded to the ten sephiroth. And such a system was indeed found.

It would be pointless to go through all the failed attempts (and there were several) which preceded this discovery, especially when the way to arrive at a correct solution is so easily explained. We start by assigning elemental values (Fire, Earth, Air, Water) to each of the eight trigrams. This is straightforward; Fire and Thunder are of the fire element, Earth and Mountain are of earth, Wind and Heaven are airy, and Water and Mist are watery.

By the formula of Tetragrammmaton, Chokmah is Yod, Binah is the first Heh, Tiphareth is Vau and Malkuth is the final Heh. Knowing elemental correspondences for the Tetragrammaton, we assign the Fire trigram to Chokmah, the Water trigram to Binah, Wind to Tiphareth and Earth to Malkuth. This arrangement cannot really be disputed without arguing against the correspondences of Tetragrammaton, which work beautifully in all other circumstances.

A basic Qabalistic principle states that Air must stand between Fire and Water. Kether must therefore be the other Air trigram, Heaven, since it stands between Chokmah and Binah. Again, it is difficult to refute the sensibility of this placement. The "Air between" principle also means that Fire and Water trigrams must occupy the sephiroth to either side of Tiphareth. This is where we encounter a problem. Four sephiroth lie beside Tiphareth, but there is only one Fire trigram (Thunder) and one Water trigram (Mist) left.

The solution to the problem comes in realizing that Thunder is part Air and part Fire, while Mist is part Water and part Earth. Therefore Thunder goes well in either Hod (a mercurial region) or Geburah (which is martian), and Mist corresponds amicably to both Chesed (jovian) and Netzach (venusian). In fact there is no problem with assigning them to both. The lone remaining trigram, Mountain, must therefore be attributed to Yesod. The placement makes sense when we consider the traditional title of Yesod, "Foundation".

So the final Tree looks like this. To find out which hexagram is attributed to which path, simply combine the trigrams of the spheres which that path connects. Since Malkuth is Earth and Yesod is Mountain, the path joining them will be some combination of Mountain and Earth.

An interesting consequence of this method is that each path gets two hexagrams; for example, the path from Kether to Tiphareth is Heaven over Wind, but it is also Wind over Heaven. This is because the path goes from Tiphareth to Kether when we are at the bottom of the Tree looking up, but it leads from Kether to Tiphareth when we are at the top looking down. It is all a matter of perspective.

The fact that Thunder and Mist appear twice in the tree mean that some paths will have the same attribution from different points of view. So from Kether looking down, the path from Geburah to Tiphareth is Thunder over Wind, and Hod to Tiphareth is Wind over Thunder. If you look up from Malkuth the attributions are reversed. Actually, this is a useful phenomenon because it links those paths together in a unique way. The cards and Runes assigned to those paths will also be linked to one another.

[santoschristos]

The High Priestess is called the Anima, by Carl Jung. She is the eternal woman who represents the ultimate secrets of the Unconscious, as often shown as water or Ocean and even the Moon. She is often shown as the Moon, for she controls the tides of consciousness.

The Priestess-ATU-2 is the 13th Path on the Qabalistic Tree of Life and is given the Hebrew letter of Gimel-meaning Camel.

Text: The Tarot of Eli.

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[aeroblossom]

> > The A∴A∴ (/ˌeɪˈeɪ/ ay-AY) is a magical organization described in 1907 by occultist Aleister Crowley. Its members are dedicated to the advancement of humanity by perfection of the individual on every plane through a graded series of universal initiations. Its initiations are syncretic, unifying the essence of Theravada Buddhism with Vedantic yoga and ceremonial magic. The A∴A∴ applies what it describes as mystical and magical methods of spiritual attainment under the structure of the Qabalistic Tree of Life, and aims to research, practise, and teach "scientific illuminism". A∴A∴ is often held to stand for Argenteum Astrum, which is Latin for Silver Star;[1] however, see the section on Name below. [from wikipedia]

> > Magick Without Tears, a series of letters, was the last book written by English occultist Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), although it was not published until after his death. It was written in 1943 and published in 1954 with a foreword by its editor, Karl Germer.

make of this what you will

[33-108]

"...But a Sephirah cannot be understood upon a single plane; it has a fourfold nature. The Qabalah expresses this by saying that there are four worlds (*):

Atziluth, the Architypal World, or World of Emanantions; the Divine World.

Briah, the World of Creation, also called Kursiya, the World of Thrones.

Yetzirah, the World of Formation and of Angels.

Assiah, the World of Action; the World of Matter."

['The Mystical Qabalah', by Dion Fortune] (See also 'Qabalah Unveiled', by Samuel MacGregor Mathers) (photo of Tree of Life from 'The Qabalistic Tarot', by Robert Wang (Weiser))

(*) a.k.a., four dimensions

[hermitsmirror]

TAROT DEEP DIVE 🌹🐍🌹 7 of Cups

Desire can be intoxicating

The 7 of Cups has so many layers that I can’t cover them all here. One that I don’t mention is the number 7 as the number of Venus in the Qabalistic Tree of Life. (I don’t know if there are planetary associations in true Kabalah.) The copper goddess offers a double dose of love and fantasy through number and planetary designation (and then there’s the Cups’ element of water).

What new insights or fun facts did you learn about the 7 of Cups in this tarot deep dive? Anything I missed?

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Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram (LRP)

A ceremonial magic ritual devised and used by the original order of the Golden Dawn that has become a mainstay in modern occultism. This ritual is considered by many to be a basic preliminary to any other magical work, so much that it was the only ritual, besides initiation rituals, taught to members of the Golden Dawn before they advanced to the Inner Order.

There are two forms of the ritual, the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram (LBRP), and the Lesser Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram (LIRP). The banishing is believed as banishing any chaotic or impure forms of the elements from the magician's circle. The invoking ritual is believed to invoke pure forms of the elements. This is followed by an evocation of the Christian archangels ruling the elements to fortify and guard the circle.

Procedure:

The Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram consists of three major aspects.

Qabalistic Cross - Meant to construct and astral cross in the body of the practitioner, with points corresponding to sephiroth of the Tree of Life. While constructing the cross, the magician chants the Hebrew words Ateh, Malkuth, Ve-Geburah, Ve-Gedulah, Le-Olahm, Amen, while pointing to the forehead, feet, right shoulder, left shoulder, and heart respectively.

Formulation of the Pentagrams -  Beginning in the east, a banishing earth pentagram (or invoking pentagram for the invoking ritual) usually visualized as being in blue light/fire, is drawn in the air at each of the four cardinal points and an associated name of God is chanted (YHVH/East, Adonai/South, Eheieh/West, and AGLA/North). This aspect of the ritual is meant to banish or invoke the four elements. The pentagrams are connected by a circle, also drawn in the air by the practitioner’s Athame, and which is completed by returning from the North point to the East.

Evocation of the Archangels - The practitioner stands in the form of a cross and evokes the presence of archangels. They are visualized at the four cardinal points: Raphael (East), Gabriel (West), Michael (South), and Uriel (North). The practitioner stands with their feet shoulder-width apart, and states “for about me flames the pentagram, and within me shines the six-rayed star.” 

The Qabalistic Cross is repeated.

Take a steel dagger in the right hand. Face East. Touch thy forehead and say ATEH (thou art) Touch thy breast and say MALKUTH (the Kingdom) Touch thy right shoulder and say VE-GEBURAH (and the Power) Touch thy left shoulder and say VE-GEDULAH (and the Glory) Clasp thy hands before thee and say LE-OLAM (for ever) Dagger between fingers, point up and say AMEN. Make in the Air toward the East the invoking PENTAGRAM as shown and, bringing the point of the dagger to the center of the Pentagram, vibrate the DEITY NAME--YOD HE VAU HE--imagining that your voice carries forward to the East of the Universe. Holding the dagger out before you, go to the South, make the Pentagram and vibrate similarly the deity name--ADONAI. Go to the West, make the Pentagram and vibrate EHEIEH. Go to the North, make the Pentagram and vibrate AGLA. Return to the East and complete your circle by bringing the dagger point to the centre of the first Pentagram. Stand with arms outstretched in the form of a cross and say: BEFORE ME RAPHAEL BEHIND ME GABRIEL AT MY RIGHT HAND MICHAEL AT MY LEFT HAND AURIEL BEFORE ME FLAMES THE PENTAGRAM BEHIND ME SHINES THE SIX-RAYED STAR Again make the Qabalistic Cross as directed above, saying ATEH, etc. For Banishing use the same Ritual, but reversing the direction of the lines of the Pentagram.

As a form of prayer the invoking ritual should be used in the morning the banishing in the evening. The NAMES should be pronounced inwardly in the breath vibrating it as much as possible and feeling that the whole body throbs with the sound and sends out a wave of vibration directed to the ends of the quarter. 2. As a protection against impure magnetism, the Banishing Ritual can be used to get rid of obsessing or disturbing thoughts. Give a mental image to your obsession and imagine it formulated before you. Project it out of your aura with the Saluting Sign of a Neophyte, and when it is away about three feet, prevent its return with the Sign of Silence.

[dungeonmystic]

Okay but what about "Santa plus his eight reindeer and Rudolf represent the ten sephiroth on the Qabalistic Tree of Life"?

Since we're getting into "did you know that Santa's eight tiny reindeer are a reference to the eight legs of Odin's steed?" season once again, remember: while there are some elements of Christmas (or Hallowe'en, or Easter, or...) observations that are probably pre-Christian in origin, before one believes any of that this-is-really-100%-just-a-Pagan-holiday-with-the-serial-numbers-filed-off stuff, one must consider all of the following possibilities:

Our earliest known records of the cited pre-Christian practices were written down by some random Christian monk centuries after the fact, and we genuinely have no idea how accurate this account is, to what extent the apparent similarities with Christian practice are due to the author deliberately or unwittingly putting a Christian spin on it, or indeed, whether they were just making shit up.

The similarities between the two sets of practices have been exaggerated or misrepresented by Christian writers who were bent for prefiguration theology (i.e., the idea that the Bible echoes backwards in time and pre-Christian religious practices were unwittingly imitating future Christian practices).

The similarities between the two sets of practices have been exaggerated or misrepresented by Protestant writers who believe that all Pagan deities are Satan in disguise, so they think that if they can prove that Catholic practices are secretly Pagan in origin, that proves that Catholics are secretly Satanists.

The similarities between the two sets of practices have been exaggerated or misrepresented by overzealous mythographers trying to prove that all mythology and religion throughout all of human history is secretly a single unified monomyth; if it's pre-Victorian, expect shades of prefiguration theology, while if it's post-Victorian, expect a lot of stuff about the Collective Unconscious.

A bunch of 19th Century proto-Fascists were trying to construct a pre-Jewish cultural identity (and considered Christianity to be tainted by association), but didn't want to give up any of the fun rituals, so they made some shit up about how it was still okay to do Christmas because something something Odin, or whatever.

A bunch of early 20th Century Pagan reconstructionists filled in the gaps in their understanding of pre-Christian ritual with culturally Christian assumptions, then turned around and pointed at their own accidentally Christianised reconstructions as evidence that Christian practices are derived from them.

A bunch of late 20th Century self-help manual authors tried to break into the occult bookstore market by uncritically repeating any or all of the above.

Someone on the Internet just made it up.

[dungeonmystic]

The Qabalistic Tree of Life is not gendered and anyone who disagrees can suck my feminine pillar

[missingzero]

The 10 of Swords — The Edge of Reality

Reason divorced from reality. Wit’s end. The base of the tree of life –Malkuth. The dense physical vibration that creates the illusion of the material world we are trapped in. Here I sit. Another rejection letter received. Another inch past the edge of reality… Qabalistically speaking, my anxieties are deeply rooted — there be dragons here! The Magickal Tarot deck

[alexesguerra]

The Way of Deep Magick: Aleister Crowley, Simon Iff and the New Aeon - PGW The Way of Deep Magick: Aleister Crowley, Simon Iff and the New Aeon - PGW Contributor(s): Rees, Ian (Author Publisher: Aeon Books ISBN: 1801521468 Physical Info: 0.58" H x 9.0" L x 6.0" W (0.82 lbs) 274 pages Ian Rees is a psycho-spiritual psychotherapist practicing in Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. He has been a therapist for twenty years and spent ten years before that working in probation work and social work. He designed MA programs and taught at the Karuna Institute in Devon from 1999 to 2009. Since 2009 he has concentrated on developing and presenting workshops for the Annwn Foundation. Review Quotes: "Ian Rees has accomplished a remarkable feat in this book, transforming the uneven occult teachings of Aleister Crowley into a clear, thoughtful, and practical guide to the path of adeptship in the Western esoteric tradition. If alchemy is the art of turning base metal into gold, Rees is an alchemist of considerable ability." John Michael Greer, author of Paths of Wisdom and The Way of the Golden Section "What a joy to discover Ian Rees's new book, aimed at serious students of the Western Mysteries and destined to become another classic. Erudite and compassionate, Ian Rees unfolds and clarifies difficult concepts through a threefold approach, those finding the convolution of Mr. Crowley's way to the Mysteries will find the sections on Advaita Vedanta and the Way of Tao illuminating, and vice versa. Speaking from a lifetime's experience and that of his own teachers, Ian Rees leads the reader into deeper understanding while encouraging the seeker to make their own connections and to follow their individual path. Very, very highly recommended." A Librarian of the Society of the Inner Light "Another excellent book from Ian Rees. Drawing on his considerable knowledge of Kabbalah, Egyptian myths, and Aleister Crowley, he weaves a wonderful web of mystery and magick, and made me go back to the less familiar writings of the Great Beast - which are themselves very different from the received view of Crowley himself. Ian Rees opens the doors into a wonderfully rich cavern of wisdom. Highly recommended." John Matthews, author of Temples of the Grail and The Fool's New Journey Tarot "This valuable book gets right to the heart of Crowley's work, providing an induction into his magick as a living, breathing relationship with the world. For those frustrated by Crowley's opaque, florid prose, this is the book for you. The text is clarified and made more accessible with quotations from the two magicians Crowley describes in his novel Moonchild and the book is enlivened by personal anecdote and recollections of Rees' teachers, Ernest Butler and Tom Oloman. The author's lifetime of occult study has equipped him to guide us ably through the myriad influences which shaped Crowley's path." Penny Billington, author of The Keys to the Temple "Ian Rees has given us the best exposition of the essence of the Qabalistic Tree of Life since Dion Fortune's Mystical Qabalah. The Way of Deep Magick leads us to explore the profound mysticism beneath the magick of the much misunderstood Aleister Crowley. Restoring and revealing this within the wider sphere of the Western Mystery Tradition, and its cross-overs with Eastern spiritualities, this work serves as a point where we can 'step into the role of being the magician in the midst of the magick' in its ever evolving unveiling." Caroline Wise, author and Publisher of Kenneth Grant This book is a 'must have' for all fans of Aleister Crowley. It explains the system of magic that Crowley created and used. It reveals the sources from which it was drawn - principally ancient Egypt, Qabalah and Taoism - but all adjusted by Crowley. The author has gone to enormous effort to trace, and to explain, the roots of Crowley's own hybrid system. This book should earn a place upon the bookshelves of all those interested in the so-called 'Great Beast'. David Goddard, author of Tree of Sapphires "The Way of Deep Magick provides readers with key observations about how real magick is a deeper aspect of our humanity. In this important book, Ian Rees provides readers with insights into the magical, poetic, and philosophical genius of Aleister Crowley and revises the limiting ideas about Crowley's intentions and contribution to the Western esoteric tradit Review Quotes: "Ian Rees has accomplished a remarkable feat in this book, transforming the uneven occult teachings of Aleister Crowley into a clear, thoughtful, and practical guide to the path of adeptship in the Western esoteric tradition. If alchemy is the art of turning base metal into gold, Rees is an alchemist of considerable ability." John Michael Greer, author of Paths of Wisdom and The Way of the Golden Section "What a joy to discover Ian Rees's new book, aimed at serious students of the Western Mysteries and destined to become another classic. Erudite and compassionate, Ian Rees unfolds and clarifies difficult concepts through a threefold approach, those finding the convolution of Mr. Crowley's way to the Mysteries will find the sections on Advaita Vedanta and the Way of Tao illuminating, and vice versa. Speaking from a lifetime's experience and that of his own teachers, Ian Rees leads the reader into deeper understanding while encouraging the seeker to make their own connections and to follow their individual path. Very, very highly recommended." A Librarian of the Society of the Inner Light "Another excellent book from Ian Rees. Drawing on his considerable knowledge of Kabbalah, Egyptian myths, and Aleister Crowley, he weaves a wonderful web of mystery and magick, and made me go back to the less familiar writings of the Great Beast - which are themselves very different from the received view of Crowley himself. Ian Rees opens the doors into a wonderfully rich cavern of wisdom. Highly recommended." John Matthews, author of Temples of the Grail and The Fool's New Journey Tarot "This valuable book gets right to the heart of Crowley's work, providing an induction into his magick as a living, breathing relationship with the world. For those frustrated by Crowley's opaque, florid prose, this is the book for you. The text is clarified and made more accessible with quotations from the two magicians Crowley describes in his novel Moonchild and the book is enlivened by personal anecdote and recollections of Rees' teachers, Ernest Butler and Tom Oloman. The author's lifetime of occult study has equipped him to guide us ably through the myriad influences which shaped Crowley's path." Penny Billington, author of The Keys to the Temple "Ian Rees has given us the best exposition of the essence of the Qabalistic Tree of Life since Dion Fortune's Mystical Qabalah. The Way of Deep Magick leads us to explore the profound mysticism beneath the magick of the much misunderstood Aleister Crowley. Restoring and revealing this within the wider sphere of the Western Mystery Tradition, and its cross-overs with Eastern spiritualities, this work serves as a point where we can 'step into the role of being the magician in the midst of the magick' in its ever evolving unveiling." Caroline Wise, author and Publisher of Kenneth Grant This book is a 'must have' for all fans of Aleister Crowley. It explains the system of magic that Crowley created and used. It reveals the sources from which it was drawn - principally ancient Egypt, Qabalah and Taoism - but all adjusted by Crowley. The author has gone to enormous effort to trace, and to explain, the roots of Crowley's own hybrid system. This book should earn a place upon the bookshelves of all those interested in the so-called 'Great Beast'. David Goddard, author of Tree of Sapphires "The Way of Deep Magick provides readers with key observations about how real magick is a deeper aspect of our humanity. In this important book, Ian Rees provides readers with insights into the magical, poetic, and philosophical genius of Aleister Crowley and revises the limiting ideas about Crowley's intentions and contribution to the Western esoteric tradition. The book also provides readers with biographical, theoretical and practical teaching about working with genuine magick in deeper ways. I recommend this book to all those interested in practical theurgic or thaumaturgical work as a path of therapeutic transformation." Dr Steven Critchley, Director of Studies, Servants of the Light An exploration of the art of magic and qabalistic psychology as practiced by Aleister Crowley, through the lens of the authors W E Butler and Tom Oloman. Aleister Crowley is one of the best known figures in Western Occultism, but books about him tend to focus on his life and personality, either idealising or demonising him. In this groundbreaking book, established author of the occult Ian Rees focuses instead on Crowley's practice of magick, tracing its roots back to ancient Egypt, and considering his radical simplification of the Qabalah, called the Naples Arrangement. Rees also explores the ways in which Crowley brought teaching from Buddhism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta into western practice. Particular attention is given to Crowley's novel Moonchild, which is at its core a guide to the practice of deep magick and introduces readers to the figure of Simon Iff, who is Crowley's image of the Master Magickian. The Way of Deep Magick explores Crowley's inspirational works The Book of the Law and The Holy Books, unearthing the magical formulae found within them. It also looks at Crowley's central practice of the Mass of the Holy Ghost. These works are linked to the traditions of the Divine Name and the ancient tradition of the Tree and the Fountain, the Moon and the Mountain. Central to the book is the communion with the mysterious presence of the Holy Guardian Angel which leads us through the reactive and restrictive patterns of the past; establishes us in pure presence; and enables us to bridge between dualistic existence and the experience of non-dual states of consciousness which unite Love, Will and the simple and direct experience of Being. The book concludes by considering the mystery of embodying the generative star of will and uniting with and being upheld by the serpent of deep imagination; or in other words becoming the Servant of the Star and Snake. Contributor Bio:Rees, Ian Ian Rees is a psycho-spiritual psychotherapist practicing in Glastonbury, Somerset, UK. He has been a therapist for twenty years and spent ten years before that working in probation work and social work. He designed MA programs and taught at the Karuna Institute in Devon from 1999 to 2009. Since 2009 he has concentrated on developing and presenting workshops for the Annwn Foundation.

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Kabbalah: The Three Triads Talon Abraxas

The Ethical triad

Among the Tree's many divisions are three triads, each composed of three Sephiroth. These triads interweave with the various worlds, and map to five "souls".

The second of these triads is the top triad of Yetzirah: Chesed, Geburah, and Tiphareth, referred to as the "Ethical" or "Moral" triad. This group is what we think of as our active consciousness.

This is also the "fire" Triad, whose ruling influence is the Sun. (A Triad's "ruler", its governing influence, is the Sephirah in the middle pillar.) It is an active Triad, being both a builder (Chesed, Jupiter) and a destroyer (Geburah, Mars) plus the apprehension of the Divine (Tiphareth, Sun). About this Triad, we are told:

The union of the three primary emotions of the heart, chesed (72) gevurah (216) and tiferet (1081) equals 1369. 1369 is a square number (the square of 37), a sign of perfect "interinclusion" in Kabbalah (where every part of an object reflects all of its parts, as in a hologram).

The Triads are divided from one another by veils. Above this Triad sits the Abyss, separating it from the Supernals; and below it sits Paroketh, holding it apart from its lower subconscious.

Some teach that this Triad is the Superconscious, which I assign to the Supernals. That assignation doesn't make sense to me, so I don't use it. You should bear in mind, however, that much of what I say about the Triads is my own thinking, and not something you will generally find other systems agreeing with.

You can think of this triad as the active principles — apt, since we already noted that this is the "conscious", separate from the "subconscious". This being so, it relates in some way to the right pillar, Mercy. Its base is Tiphareth, the Sun. Of the four elements, it aligns with fire (will) and air (intellect).

There is some confusion here if you follow the Jewish method of assigning letters to paths. There, the mother letters bind the left and right pillars together. There are only three traditional Hebrew elements, and they associate with the mother letters in their capacity as the principles of thesis (fire), antithesis (water), and synthesis (air). In that system, this middle Triad associates with Alef (א), air — which, while consistent with the Soul Ruach (whose name means "breath" or "spirit"), is rather at odds with our view of this Triad's attribution as fire principles.

Those of you familiar with Robert Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality might think of this Triad as "social" patterns. These are the rules we construct for the purpose of dealing with others, and the stories we tell ourselves that let us make sense of and choose how to investigate the universe we inhabit.

The Formation of the Tree of Life:

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Qabalistic Tree of Life

Sefirot and the Paths “In this book it is spoken of the Sefirot and the Paths; of Spirits and Conjurations; of Gods, Spheres, Planes, and many other things which may or may not exist. It is immaterial whether these exist or not. By doing certain things certain results will follow; students are most earnestly warned against attributing objective reality or philosophic validity to any of them.” --Aleister Crowley

Art: Qabalistic Tree of Life, by Steffi Grant. With alphabetic, zodiacal, elemental and planetary attributions according to the Golden Dawn system, as interpreted by Aleister Crowley in 777.

Probably one of my favourite Crowley quotes. Unfortunately (as is often the case with Crowley’s wisest quotes) he doesn’t always follow his own advice. I think he’s writing as a reminder to himself because he knows it’s a personal weakness. Post: @SmaragdinaVisio

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Adjustment and Princess of Swords

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This week's focus revolves around balancing how we have been wronged with its opposite to remain in a state of harmony. While it is likely that we have been harmed, we need to remember that what has been done to us isn't always our fault. We could very well be completely innocent and still have people who wish to persecute us for things beyond our control. This is a warning to not lose yourself in what seems like rightful revenge and hatred for the acts of defilement against our character, instead we need to bring these experiences back into balance with what our true character is. If you were never cruel before, don't lose yourself by becoming cruel. It's important we understand who we are so we can balance these feelings healthily and not allow ourselves to fall into their traps.

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There is a reason the wisdom of esoteric tradition was passed orally. Yes much of it was written, and we can choose to read and understand it. But truly much of the wisdom comes from the oral tradition. The reason being is energy exchange. Of course, there is an energy exchange in reading and understanding. But to have somebody intently look you in the eyes, using the sound of their voice, this creates a more powerful line of communication, it is more than just their words. Their true intention can be understood in the platonic way. It’s even different than someone standing on a stage trying to communicate. On the stage it’s not a direct line to one soul, it’s many. Of course, I think some can manage to affect a whole room of willing participants in this current age. But if those participants aren’t willing, then obviously not.

In the past, all of esoterica relied heavily on individual oral presentations to one another, this was how esoterica stayed alive and prevalent, without the average person being aware of it. The reason the average person stayed unaware, they simply could not understand. Much of the wisdom is written in code, which required the wisdom of a mentor to unlock it. The mentor does not always have to be human, but even so, this can get sticky, if you are unsure of the being you’re in contact with. According to the Qabalistic tradition, there were a select group of Angels who had a theosophical school in the Garden of Eden. After the fall the same Angels, began teaching humans the Qabalah so they could return to Paradise. The first Qabalist is said to be Adam, then Abraham who brought it to Egypt. In Egypt Moses was initiated into the Qabalah by those same Angels.

The most crucial part of the oral tradition, is the wisdom of the mentor. That mentor is “like” God in the sense that he knows when their apprentice is ready for certain information. The mentor can time it well, and not bombard them to the point the wisdom is lost. This happens reading. Also mistakes of learning and trying things too soon. In Enoch, God banishes many of the angels for doing things too soon, in this they become like the opposite of the divine. The divine times everything perfectly. If things are not timed correctly, it results in a lost consciousness, literally, the conscious human mind loses its grip. The mentor wants the conscious mind to understand the ways of the divine, not just the opposite of the divine.

Many of our society only understands the opposite and then rewards themselves on knowing “so much.” But they lose the most humble step of it all, “I don’t know anything at all.” They think they are “like” God because they “know so much.” But truly they are like Gods shadow, because they only know the physical truth, not spiritual. They are like the Devil, who uses that same extreme wisdom for deception and power, the funny thing is too, the beings doing this, don’t realize they are deceiving. Because they are being deceived so well by evil itself.

The Satanic Bible says to LIVE is EVIL. So Anton is all about the “evil” because live backwards is evil. It’s funny how Anton totally like misses the point in that, evil is backwards. He’s living backwards, but he deceived himself into thinking he is “just living” that’s all. He is doing everything backwards, just as the Tree of Death functions. This is how you reach the Devil, by doing everything backwards. So he is right that it is the Satanic Bible, and he does a really good job at deceiving you into thinking, it’s just a way of life. The way he words things and actions, it’s as an excuse for doing shit without really thinking about it. Yeah you think about it a little, but only a little, and then you use what surface level information you gained to apply to your magical desires.

The man who desires a life “like” God will learn everything he can, in a prolonged period of time, because time is what creates the wisdom. And then he will apply what he’s learned in magical practice.

The man who desires a life “like” the Devil will do everything he can in magical practice, and then briefly learn about what he did (surface level learn), finding excuses for his ways, and then using the brief knowledge to deceive himself and others into thinking his way is truthful & deserving of reward.

Anton does this throughout the whole Satanic Bible, he takes magical truths and uses them to his own advantage. Why in the hell is Anton bringing the Enochian keys into his practice? Beyond me man. Beyond me. Anton’s whole premise for the book is because he’s mad at how Christianity was pushed upon him as a child, the same fake Christian’s who deceived him, led him to a life of deceiving as well. It’s interesting to say the least.

Now of course let me say, I’m still grateful for Anton’s book. It did lead me down many rabbit holes. But the things he spoke about were just shadow aspects of the truth behind those stories.