Kabala ~ Qabala ~ Tree of Life
The word Qabala finds its root in the Hebrew word Qibel, meaning 'to receive'. This receiving refers to an oral tradition of esoteric or secret knowledge concerning 'essentially' the mysteries of Nature, and more overtly, the hidden teachings concerning the Hebrew Torah. The Torah is, of course, the first five books of what Christians call the Old Testament, and the oldest surviving of the Judaic liturgical texts.
Although the orthodox Qabala is that which deals primarily with the esoteric understanding of the Torah, which was possibly first constructed about 1500 BCE, it is quite likely that the original Semitic secret teachings, or Qabala, had their origin in Persia before the time of Abraham, about 2500 BCE. This Semitic proto-Qabala itself was every likely the child of one of the first culturally bias developments of the Universal Occult Science which mankind had, as Tradition asserts, inherited from the Gods before the great flood.
The Kabala is an ancient Hebrew mystical system of thought. It is a symbolic representation of the path the Divine followed in the creation of the universe, including man. It is, by definition, humanity's process of returning to divinity along the same path.
The Kabala is presented, symbolically in the form of The Tree of Life. The Tree contains ten centers called sephiroth, individually sephira, which are connected by 22 paths.
THE SEPHIROTH
THE SPHERES
Sphere 1:
KETER ....CROWN, GOD, INFINITE LIGHT & WISDOM, TOTAL &
SUPREME CONSCIOUSNESS
Sphere 2:
CHOHMAN...MALE YANG ENERGIES, PURE ENERGY, SPIRITUAL FORCE,
COSMIC FATHER
Sphere 3:
BINAH...YIN ENERGY, COMPASSION, PURE LOVE & UNDERSTANDING,
THE COSMIC MOTHER
Sphere 4:
CHESED...THE RULER, MAJESTY, POWER & AUTHORITY, CONSOLIDATOR
OF THINGS
Sphere 5:
GEBURAH...THE WARRIOR, SPSERER OF MARS, STRENGTH, JUSTICE,
PHYSICAL POWER
Sphere 6:
TIPERETH...THE SUN, HARMONY, BEAUTY, PERFECTION, UNITY, CREATION
Sphere 7:
NEDZACH...THE LOVER, VENUS, ART, CREATIVITY INSPIRATION &
EROTIC SPIRITUALITY
Sphere 8:
HOD...THE INTELLECT, MERCURY, COMMUNICATION
Sphere 9:
YESOD...THE MOON, VISION & DEEP MEMORY, THE CYCLES
IN & AROUND US, ILLUSION
Sphere10:
MALKUTH...PHYSICAL REALITY, DEATH, PAIN, HEALING
Sphere11:
DAATH...THE ABYSS, RANDOM CHAOS OF THOUGHT & CONCEPTION
The centers are arranged in three columns. The left column is called the Pillar of Severity and is generally colored black.
This represents the female side of man and contains three sephira: Binah (Understanding), Geburah (Severity) and Hod (Splendor).
The right column is called the Pillar of Mercy and is generally colored white.
This represents the male side of man and also contains three sephira: Chokmah (Wisdom), Chesed (Mercy) and Netzach (Victory). The middle pillar is called the Pillar of Equilibrium. It represents the balance between the male and female pillars. It contains four sephira: Kether (Crown), Tiphareth (Beauty), Yesod (Foundation) and Malkuth (Kingdom).
The Kabbala requires four of these Trees, one for each world of the cosmos.
These four worlds are:
Atziluth, representing the archetypal world, pure Divinity, and Yod of the Hebrew Name of God. It corresponds to the Suit of Wands in the Tarot.
The second world is Briah, representing the creative world, the Archangelic, and thee in the Hebrew Name of God. It corresponds to the Suit of Cups.
The third world is Yetzirah, which represents the formative world, the Angelic, and Vau is the Hebrew name of God. It corresponds to the Suit of Swords.
The fourth world is Assiah, representing the material world, man, and the final He in the Hebrew Name of God. It corresponds to the Suit of Coins.
As I see the Tree Of Life---- It can only be viewed interdimensionally. Then you must see it in spin to understand the potentials of what it represents.
CRYSTALINKS
THE TREE OF LIFE CLIMBS THE LADDER OF SYMMETRY
THE KABBALAH
Tree of Life
