Qabalah: A Magical PrimerWeiser Books, 15. märts 2002 - 224 pages While it began as a mystical interpretation of Jewish scriptural texts, today Qabalah is much more. As John Bonner writes in his introduction, "Qabalah is a metaphysical philosophy, or rather a theosophy, that sets out to answer a series of vital questions regarding the nature of God, His creation, and the place of man in His divine plan." It is a living, growing system of personal development. In addition, much of contemporary Western magick is founded on the work of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which based its ritual and teachings firmly in Qabalah. This scholarly introduction explores the mysteries of Qabalah through the symbolism of the Tree of Life and its four distinct elements: the three Pillars of Manifestation, the ten Holy Sephiroth, the Paths that run to and from the Sephiroth, and the Veils. For each Sephirah, Bonner provides detailed information on magical, astrological, and tarot correspondences - as well as how different religious traditions relate to the concepts contained in each. |
Contents
OTZ CHIIMTHE TREE OF LIFE | 17 |
THE FOUR WORLDS | 34 |
THE SEPHIROTH | 40 |
AIN AIN SOPH AIN SOPH AUR | 59 |
KETHER | 65 |
CHOKMAH | 76 |
BINAH | 87 |
DAATH | 99 |
NETZACH | 143 |
HOD | 154 |
YESOD | 166 |
MALKUTH | 179 |
THE LITERAL QABALAH | 193 |
LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM | 203 |
TRANSLITERATION TABLE | 210 |
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Abyss adept Ain Soph Aleph ancient angels appropriate Archangel aspect Assiah assigned attribution Atziluth Binah body Book of Thoth Briah Briatic Chesed Chokmah colors column concept considered correspondences creation creative Crowley Daath Deity described divine earth element Elohim emanation energies expressed female feminine force four worlds function Geburah Gematria Glory glyph god-name goddess gods Hebrew Holy Guardian Angel Holy Tree IHVH Kether letters light Lord magical grade magician male Malkuth manifestation masculine means Metatron Middle Pillar Moon mundane chakra mystical nature negative Neshemah Netzach path pentagram physical Pillar of Mercy plane positive potencies primal principle Qabalah Qabalistic Qliphoth realm referred represents ritual Ruach Sepher Yetzirah Sephirah Sephiroth Shekinah sixth Sephirah solar sphere spirit suggests Supernal Triad symbol tarot termed Tetragrammaton tion Tiphareth traditional Unmanifest veil Venus virtue wand word world of Atziluth Yesod Zohar
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