Transcript The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life
The Creation of the Universe
• In the Beginning, there was
Nothing…The Goddess Nuit
• Nothing contracted Itself into a
Point…The Lord Hadit
• Nothing had become Two…
• One united with One Again and
Again and Again unto
Infinity…Unto the Manifestation of
the Physical Universe
A Map of the Universe
• The Ancient Hebrew Cabbalists
called Nothing the Ain Soph Aur –
The Boundless Light
• When it drew to a Point, Nothing
had become Kether –The Crown
• Their interplay is shown in the
“Tree of Life” which is a map of the
Macrocosm (The Universe) & the
Microcosm (Man)
Legend
• The 10 Spheres are called
Sephiroth and depict states of both
mind & physical manifestation.
• The 22 Pathways between the
Spheres are Dualistic, depending
on the direction traveled, & are
symbolized by the Trumps of the
Egyptian Tarot Deck.
Levels of Consciousness
•Notice there are 7
levels of
Consciousness,
each pertinent to a
Chakra (or psychic
center) in the human
body.
•There is also an 8th,
which is the divide
between Human &
Divine mind called
“The Veil of the
Abyss.”
The Tree of Life & The I Ching
One of the many
accomplishments of the
English Magus Aleister
Crowley was to
equilibrate the Hebrew
Cabbalistic “Tree of Life”
with the ancient Chinese
“I Ching.” This was no
small task.
Nomenclature One
The name of the Sephiroth and
their primary attribute are as
follows:
1.
Kether – The Crown
2.
Chokmah – Wisdom
3.
Binah – Understanding
4.
Chesed – Mercy
5.
Geburah – Strength
6.
Tiphareth – Beauty
7.
Hod – Splendour
8.
Netzach – Victory
9.
Yesod – The Foundation
10. Malkuth – The Kingdom
Nomenclature Two
The Paths and the Tarot
trump attributed to them
are:
• 0 - The Fool
• 1 - The Magus
• 2 - The Priestess
• 3 - The Empress
• 4 – The Emperor
• 5 – The Hierophant
• 6 – The Lovers
• 7 – The Chariot
• 8 – Adjustment
• 9 – The Hermit
• 10 – Fortune
• 11 - Lust
•12 – Hanged Man
•13 – Death
•14 – Art
•15 – The Devil
•16 – The Tower
•17 – The Star
•18 – The Moon
•19- The Sun
•20 – The Aeon
•21 – The Universe
Illustrations of the trumps
can be seen in The Book of
Thoth by Aleister Crowley.
In Conclusion
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If you are interested in knowing more about the
Tree of Life and the Tarot, you can Consult these
books by Aleister Crowley:
Magick in Theory and Practice
The Book of Thoth
Book 4, Part 1 & 2
Or any of a number of excellent books in any
Occult bookstore.
For more information on using the Tarot in
Divination, visit:
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