home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Hackers Underworld 2: Forbidden Knowledge
/
Hackers Underworld 2: Forbidden Knowledge.iso
/
OCCULT
/
MAGICK10.TXT
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1988-05-19
|
13KB
|
281 lines
** MAGICK 10 -- CABALA **
Western magick is based upon the Cabala, a Jewish
mystical traditon first written down in 12th and 13th century
southern France and Spain. It was oral before that; and it
contains the "lost" knowledge of the ancients, possibly going
back to Egypt and before. The most important Cabalistic
books are SEPHIR YETZIRAH (The Book of Creation), and the
ZOHAR (Book of Splendor). Through Cabalistic philosophy we
are able to classify and "pigeon-hole" all of existence.
The four worlds are recognized in the Cabala, but
they are given Hebrew names. Thus -- Assiah, physical;
Yetzirah, astral; Briah, mental; and Atziluth, spiritual;
as shown in the chart.
WORLD NAME MEANING ATTRIBUTE
===== ==== ======= =========
spiritual Atziluth Archetypal World pure deity
mental Briah Creative World archangels
astral Yetzirah Formative World angels
physical Assiah Material World action
The divine name of God is TETRAGRAMMATON (or name of four
letters) made from the Hebrew letters YOD HE VAU HE (English
YHVH). Of the four letters, YOD corresponds with Atziluth and
the element of fire; the first HE corresponds with Briah and
water. These first two letters make up a yang-yin pair
(respectively). The other two letters also form a yang-yin
pair (respectively), with the VAU corresponding with Yetzirah
and air; while the second HE corresponds with Assiah and the
element of earth.
The Cabalistic parts of the soul use new names for
the three highest vehicles of consciousness. NESHAMAH
(Divine Soul) is the Spiritual body; RUAH (Moral Soul)
is the Mental body; and NEFESH (Animal Soul) is the
Astral body.
An important attribute of the Cabala is the
SEFIROTIC TREE (or "Tree of Life", Otz Chieem). The
Sefirotic Tree is a diagram of the universe made up of the
ten SEFIROTH (primal numbers or orders of creation) drawn
as circles upon the Tree in a decending pattern from the
highest aspect of God at the top to the most physical aspect
of our world at the bottom. As can be seen in the
accompanying diagram, the sefiroth are connected together
with numbered lines, called paths.
/ (1)\
/ < \
/ < \
(3) /----------<---------\ (2)
< < <
< < <
< < <
(5)\-----------<---------/ (4)
< \ < / <
< \ < / <
< \ (6)/ <
< / < \ <
< / < \ <
< / < \ <
(8)/-----------<--------\ (7)
\ < /
\ < /
\ < /
\(9)/
<
<
(10)
This is my attempt to draw a Sefirotic Tree using ASCII
characters. Several paths are omitted (15, 17, 29, 31).
Please refer to a printed diagram (in most any book on Cabala)
for a better illustration.
----------------------------------------------------------
Above the Tree is the infinite void -- the
unknowable, unmanifest God as Divine Light -- the three veils
of negative existence: Ain, Ain Sof, and Ain Sof Aur. The
Divine Light (Ain Sof Aur) is made manifest by the first
sefira where it is transformed into positive existence.
Emanations of energy (magical current) flow from the first
sefira (Source) along the paths into other sefiroth which
transform and emanate to lower and lower sefiroth. In Adam
Kadman (primal or ideal man) the sefiroth fit upon the
physical body; note the similarity to the chakras. The
process of creation is one of emanation from the spiritual at
the top of the Tree to the physical world (Sink) at the
bottom. All current which is Sourced into the Tree must also
be Sinked (earthed). That is, magical energy set in motion
by ritual shoud be used up in the physical world whether or
not the ritual was a success.
Sefiroth 1, 2, and 3 on the Tree form the Supernal
Triangle which is beyond normal human experience in the world
of Atziluth. The first sefira, KETHER, is the supreme
*crown* of God; it signifies pure Being, and is the Source.
Kether is androgynous. Immediately arising from Kether are
two further emanations. The second sefira is HOKMAH, the
*wisdom* of God and the masculine force of the universe.
Third is BINAH, the *understanding* or intelligence of God;
this is the supernal mother.
Between the Supernals and the other seven sefiroth is
the Abyss -- a great gulf which forever separates ideal from
actual. Within the Abyss an 11th sefira, DAATH, the *knowledge*
of God is sometimes placed.
The second triangle, comprised of the 4th, 5th, and
6th sefiroth in the world of Briah, is sometimes called the
Mental Triangle. Sefira 4, HESED, the *love* or mercy of God,
is male and positive. The 5th sefira, GEVURAH, the power or
*strength* of God complements Hesed as justice. Sixth is
TIFARETH, as the compassion or *beauty* of God; the heart of
the universe.
The third or Astral Triangle contains sefiroth 7, 8,
and 9 in Yetzirah. Sefira 7, NETSAH, is the lasting endurance
or *victory* of God. Complementing Netsah is 8, HOD, the
majesty or *splendor* of God. The 9th sefira, YESOD, the
*foundation* of the world, is linked with the moon, hence the
tides and the libido. Yesod is experienced as dream
consciousness, and is very important in magick and astral
projection.
Finally, at the physical world of Assiah is the 10th
sefira, MALKUTH, the *kindgom* of God, and the basis of all
material creation. We experience Malkuth as sense consciousness.
The Sefirotic Tree has three vertical columns or
*pillars*. As you face the tree, the pillar on the right,
headed by Hokmah and ending with Netsah, is called the Pillar
of Mercy and has light/masculine (yang) qualities. The pillar
on the left, headed by Binah and ending with Hod, is the
Pillar of Severity with dark/feminine (yin) qualities. The
Middle Pillar between them equilibriates the two opposites,
and is the *Shekhinah*, or feminine counterpart of God. The
*klippoth*, or evil demons, generally in Assiah, represent
unbalanced forces or excesses.
All the attributes of the universe fit like pieces of
a puzzle upon the Sefirotic Tree. Each numbered part is a
numeric key to the various correspondence tables, such as
Crowley's '777'. The sefirotic tree has its parts variously
colored and each sefira has a color; in fact the paths which
run between the sefiroth have their own colors too. There are
four major color scales for the sefirotic tree and each color
scale corresponds with one of the four worlds. That means
we are dealing with not just one sefirotic tree, but actually
with a separate tree for each of the four worlds; although it
is easier to think of it as the same tree with a different
color scale. The Queen (Briah) and King (Atziluth) scales are
the most important. There is also the Empress scale (Assiah),
and the Emperor scale (Yetzirah).
The Queen and King scales for the sefiroth are
shown below. (Note that when 4 colors are listed toghether,
the sefira is divided into quarters and the first color is
assigned to the upper quarter, the 2nd color to the right
quarter, the 3rd color to the left quarter, and the last
color to the lower quarter.)
KEY QUEEN SCALE KING SCALE
=== =========== ==========
1 pure white brilliance brilliance
2 gray pure soft blue
3 black crimson
4 blue deep violet
5 scarlet red orange
6 yellow (gold) clear pink rose
7 emerald green amber
8 orang