hey there today we're gonna step into yet another important topic to lay the
foundation for some major projects coming down the road this topic is
called the Kabbalah which is commonly titled The Tree of Life while many have
heard about it there are only a few who truly understand what it represents even
then the real adepts of the Kabbalah know that the amount of information
derived from this ancient teaching is actually one of infinite depth it is a
fundamental key which describes the nature of the universe and how all of
creation fits together in the words of Dion fortune the curious symbol system
known to us as The Tree of Life is an attempt to reduce two diagrammatic form
every force and factor in the manifested universe and the soul of men to
correlate them one to another and reveal them spread out as on a map so that the
relative positions of each unit can be seen and the relations between them
traced in brief The Tree of Life is a compendium of science psychology
philosophy and theology the journey into understanding the Tree of Life can begin
in many ways and so today we will look at an overview of the system from an
extremely basic perspective in order to bring clarity and awareness to what it
is and how it works from there we will deepen our discussion with greater
details of all of the various compartments of this mystical system
the tree of life in its simplest sense is made up of ten spheres and 22
interconnected pathways these are often added together and described as the
thirty-two paths of the Tree of Life the ten spheres are actually called
Sephiroth no not that Sephiroth these spheres represent successive divine
emanations or outpourings of energy in the continuous flow and evolution of the
universe they are numbered 1 through 10 each of which holds the numerological
correspondence that you might expect when studying numerology each Sephiroth
represents a unique perspective of divine power and by our awareness of
them we can gain insights from each level to help us on our spiritual
journey balance among the Sephiroth is of paramount importance as each positive
energy will turn negative when taken to an unbalanced extreme each of the
Saphira are reflected within all levels of the universe both in the microcosm
such as within our bodies and the macrocosm when observing all of creation
as a part of a greater whole now the 22 pathways which lay in between these 10
Sephiroth are each associated with the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and
also the 22 Major Arcana in the Tarot each one holds a deep spiritual message
when they are all in harmony together they describe that all things from
heaven and earth are fully united in one even when we perceive them to be
otherwise where the Sephiroth represent divine powers the pathways are the
channel of energy between them the journey obstacles and rewards for moving
towards the next cetera these energies are all found within us
and if we are open to it we consciously take part in the wisdom and
understanding moving throughout this tree by coming to understand these
pathways which is also called path working we begin to harmonize and
balance the internal and external worlds of ourselves these paths represent
stages of personal development and are required to pass between the Sephiroth
and are seen as roadways to spiritual enlightenment in addition to the
Sephiroth and the pathways there are several other key ingredients to
understand about the tree the Tree of Life is largely based on the principle
of three unique forces working together for instance may
female and child you can also look at it simply as the polarity between the two
extremes and in the balance in the middle the tree has three pillars which
are the pillar of severity the pillar of mercy and the pillar of equilibrium the
left side is the yin and the right side is the Yong
one of which is principally formative and constricting in nature and the other
of which is expansive and illuminating in nature the central pillar is the
harmonization and balancer of all of these polarities the tree also has three
triangles the supernal triangle is made up of the top three Saphira and
represent the three states of God the supreme oneness from which all things
emerge the divine masculine and the divine feminine emanations which go on
to create all things the central triangle is called the abstract or
ethical triangle which is the level of the soul or the part of us which
experiences infinite lifetimes and continues to evolve our spirit beyond
the understanding of our physical existence the bottommost triangle is the
astral or magical triangle which is the place where our unique egos and
personalities are formed the collective thoughts and feelings of our individual
identity combined together and are channeled downwards through our bodies
into the bottom Saphira and dictate how we live our lives there are also three
major barriers within the tree which symbolize our disconnection with nature
and then how we can transcend them the first barrier is called the thirty
second pathway or simply called the Gulf and is the connection between the
physically manifested realm and the ether crossing this barrier is the
realization that we are more than our physical bodies the second barrier is
called the veil of para CAF located between the bottom two triangles and
represents the disconnect between our soul and our egos this barrier marks the
highest point to which our normal human consciousness can rise without
transcendence the third barrier is called the abyss which is between the
upper two triangles this represents the ultimate disconnect from spirit that we
all experience and why we believe we are separate from everything this abyss was
created in the fall of consciousness it is also worth noting that the four
elements play a very symbolic relationship to the Tree of Life which
attempts to express the in pressable name of God through the
Tetragrammaton yawn hey vow hey yacht being fired the male symbol of forces
that set the creative process in motion the first head being the symbol of water
the female or receptive principle which develops the impulse of the first fire
valve being air the formative principle of intellect and mind the son of the
mother and the father and the final head being earth the manifestation and
material principle of the daughter the final combined result of the whole
creative process together this combines with what is called the four worlds of
the Tree of Life the four worlds can be depicted in several ways depending on
the varying esoteric practices but very simply it divides the Kabbalah into four
unique planes of becoming in order to delineate the various states by which
creation manifests through bringing more details of the structure as a whole at
the top you have the world of emanation which is fire the world of creation
water the world of formation air and the world of action earth these are the four
stages in the process of creation according to the Kabbalah all of these
concepts and more will be discussed and explored in more detail as we go along
but we thought it would be best to give an overview of everything before we get
too deep for anyone who is just beginning so that you can have a clear
road map of all the places that you can explore and to be completely honest with
you this is still only the teensiest tip of the iceberg we published some
articles on each of these topics on our website to which you can read about and
continue on in your learnings we've also included a number of sources for you to
reference in case you really want to go even deeper let the learnings continue
see you next time
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