The Magician's Kabbalah: Kabbalah as an Initiatory Path illustrated by Tarot by Katz Marcus

Author:Katz, Marcus [Katz, Marcus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Forge Press
Published: 2015-06-16T16:00:00+00:00

The Tree of Crowns

In ritual, the Kether of each Sephiroth can be represented by the headdress worn by the participant. I offer here a list of those I have allocated, but it is by no means exhaustive and would obviously also be dependent on the symbolism adopted by the ritual participant:

Kether: A Circlet of Gold or Ritual Crown. The Parsley Crown of the Nemean Games, sacred to Zeus.

Chockmah: The Twin Feathers, or Crown of Thoth.

Binah: The Crimson cap of concealment.

Chesed: The Cardinals hat, or Emperors Crown. The Pine Crown of the Isthmian games, sacred to Poseidon.

Geburah: The War Helm, or Martial Crown. The Judges Wig.

Tiphareth: The Solar Crown, Cowl, or the Wimple. The Crown of Thorns. The Roman Crown of Roses.

Netzach: The Laurel Wreath of Victory.

Hod: The Caduceus Crown or the Mortar Board.

Yesod: Crowns of disguise; wigs and masques. The Lunar Crown.

Malkuth: The Skull Cap. The Crown of Wild Olives of the Olympian games, sacred to Zeus. The Wreath. Crown of flowers, or ears of corn or wheat. Shamanic headdress composed of earth attributes.

In ritual, you could also correspond the Egyptian Crowns that symbolised the gods and goddesses to the Sephiroth with the following correspondences:

Kether: Pthah

Chockmah: Ma’at

Binah: Nuit, Isis

Chesed: Amoun

Geburah: Horus

Tiphareth: Osiris

Netzach: Hathor

Hod: Thoth

Yesod: Khons, Shu

Malkuth: Nekhbet

This further demonstrates how Kabbalah and correspondences can be used to build up ritual format and content.

EXERCISES

1. Take any process, and ask "What is the point of this act?" or "What is the aim of this event?" The answer should not only contain the purpose or result of the act, but you will observe it contains the source for the act as well, if not directly, and then implied. This demonstrates the state relationship between Kether and Malkuth , where Kether is the source and the aim, Malkuth the result and the action, and both are ultimately identical.

2. Take any dysfunctional process, or act which is not achieving the desired aim, and analyse it in terms of the letters which compose Kether :

Kaph : The timing of the events within the process.

Tau : The beliefs underpinning the process.

Resh : The Awareness of the event, the thoughts and feelings you have.

Attempt to elevate each of these letters to the Sephirah to which each letter is attributed in the Triune Crown of Kether :

Kaph ( Kether ): Ensure that the timing moves towards a focused point.

Tau ( Chockmah ): Ensure that your beliefs are formed in wisdom, that is, applied experience.

Resh ( Binah ): Ensure that you have understanding, i.e., being aware of the whole form.

This is an example of the way in which combinations of the letters and Sephiroth can be used to elevate mundane acts to their optimum potential.

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