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…hich has been here examined. 6. The ancient scheme of the Elements, Planets and Zodiacal Signs, was summarised by the Qabalists in their Tree of Life. This identity between the two systems was masked, until quite recently1, by the fact that the Chinese continued with their doubling‐up system, and so turned their eight trigrams into sixty‐four hexagrams, while the scholars of Western Asia joined together their ten num‐ bers on the Tree of Life by twenty‐two Paths. The Chinese have thus sixty‐four principal symbols as against the thirty‐two of th…
1944 · PDF PAGE 195
…actical and material standpoint. This card is also governed by the Moon in Sagittarius; so here is a double influence of the Moon on the Tree of Life. Hence the aphorism “Change is Stability”. The Wands have now become arrows. There are eight of them in the background, and in front of them one master arrow. This has the Moon for its point, and the Sun for the driving Force above it; for the path of Sagittarius on the Tree of Life joins the Sun and Moon. The flames in the card are tenfold, implying that the Energy is directed downwards.
1944 · PDF PAGE 13
…Tarot and the Elements; The Twentytwo Keys, Atu, or Trumps of the Tarot. III. The Tarot and the Universe; Theories of the Ancients; The Tree of Life; The Naples Arrangement; The Tarot and the Tree of Life; The Atu of Tahuti; The Roman Numbers of the Trumps; The Tarot and Magick; The Shemhamphorasch and the Tarot; The Tarot and Ceremonial Magick; The Tarot and Animism; The Cards of the Tarot as Living Beings.
1944 · PDF PAGE 266
DIAGRAM 5. THE NUMBERS OF THE PLANETS This diagram illustrates the Solar system on the Tree of Life. Saturn is in the position of the non‐existent Sephira, Daäth, but it resumes the characteristics of the three Sephiroth
1944 · PDF PAGE 193
…N OF WANDS This card derives from Netzach (Victory) in the suit of Fire. But the Seven is a weak, earthy, feminine number as regards the Tree of Life, and represents a departure from the bal‐ ance so low down on the Tree that this implies a loss of confidence. Fortunately, the card is also attributed to Mars in Leo. Leo is still the Sun in his full strength, but the marks of decadence are already to be seen. It is as if the wavering fire sum‐ moned the brutal energy of Mars to its support. But this is not enough to counter‐ act fully the degene…
1944 · PDF PAGE 238
… use by devoting its power to objects other than mere accumula‐ tion. The disks, or (as they have now become) coins, are arranged on the Tree of Life, but the Tenth coin is much larger than the rest; the image indicates the futility of material gain. These disks are inscribed with various symbols of mercurial character, except that the coin in the place of Hod (Mercury) on the Tree is marked with the cipher of the Sun. This indi‐ cates the only possibility of issue from the impasse produced by the exhaustion of all the ele‐ mental forces. At th…
1944 · PDF PAGE 65
…the planet Venus. This card is. on the face of it, the complement of The Emperor; but her attribu‐ tions are much more universal. On the Tree of Life, Daleth is the path leading from Chokmah to Binah, uniting the Fa‐ ther with the Mother. Daleth is one of the three paths which are altogether above the Abyss. There is further more the alchemical symbol of Venus, the only one of the planetary symbols which comprises all the Sephiroth of the Tree of Life. The doctrine implied is that the funda‐ mental formula of the Universe is Love. [The circle t…
1944 · PDF PAGE 112
… the genius of the late J. W. N. Sulli‐ van: see The Bases of Modern Science.) In the centre, a wheel of Light initiates the form of the Tree of Life, shewing the ten principal bodies of the solar system. But this Tree is not visible except to those of wholly pure heart. 1. The primum mobile, represented by Pluto. (Compare the doctrine of the alpha particles of radium.) 2. The sphere of the Zodiac or fixed stars, represented by Neptune. 3. Saturn. The Abyss. This is represented by Herschel, the planet of disintegration and explosion. 4. Jupiter…
1944 · PDF PAGE 96
…t was not fully understood. (See Atu 0, above.) At least he succeeded in identi‐ fying the goat portrayed upon the card with Pan. On the Tree of Life, Atu XIII and XV are symmetrically placed; they lead from Tiphareth, the human consciousness, to the spheres in which Thought (on the one hand) and Bliss (on the other) are developed. Between them, Atu XIV leads similarly to the sphere which formu‐ lates Existence. (See note on Atu X and arrangement.) These three cards may therefore be summed up as a hieroglyph of the processes by which idea manif…
1944 · PDF PAGE 258
…stem of the Holy Qabalah. A SHORT EXPLANATION OF THE ATTRIBUTIONS HERE SET FORTH WITH NINE ILLUSTRATIVE DIAGRAMS LIST OF DIAGRAMS 1. The Tree of Life, with the attribution 5. The Numbers of the Planets. of the Sephiroth and paths. 6. The Elements and their symbols. 2. The Tarot on the Tree of Life. 7. The Elemental Weapons. 3. The Yî King on the Tree of Life. 8. The Sphinx. 4. The Caduceus of Hermes. 9. The Essential Dignities of the Planets.
1944 · PDF PAGE 210
…onflicting element. On the one hand, it receives the influence of the Ten, Malkah the Virgin. The arrangement of the cups is that of the Tree of Life. But, on the other hand, they are themselves unstable. They are tilted; they spill the water from the great Lotus which overhangs the whole system from one into the other. The work proper to water is complete: and disturbance is due. This comes from the influence of Mars in Pisces. Mars is the gross, violent and disrup‐ tive force which inevitably attacks every supposed perfection. His energy disp…
1944 · PDF PAGE 6
…Tarot and the Elements; The Twenty‐two Keys, Atu, or Trumps of the Tarot. III. The Tarot and the Universe; Theories of the Ancients; The Tree of Life; The Naples Ar‐ rangement; The Tarot and the Tree of Life; The Atu of Tahuti; The Roman Numbers of the Trumps; The Tarot and Magick; The Shemhamphorasch and the Tarot; The Tarot and Ceremo‐ nial Magick; The Tarot and Animism; The Cards of the Tarot as Living Beings. PART TWO: THE ATU (KEYS OR TRUMPS) 0. The Fool. The Formula of Tetragrammaton; The “Green Man” of the Spring Festival. “April Fool”; …
1944 · PDF PAGE 36
THE TAROT AND THE TREE OF LIFE The Tarot, while based on these theoretical attributions, was designed as a practical instrument for Qabalistic calculations and for divination. In it is little place for abstract ideas. The subject of the book—the Tarot is called The Book of Thoth or Tahuti—is the influence of the Ten Numbers and the Twenty‐two Letters on man, and his best methods of manipulating their forces. There is therefore no mention of the Three Veils of the Negative, which was dis‐ cussed in the description of the Tree of Life. The descri…
1944 · PDF PAGE 265
DIAGRAM 4. THE CADUCEUS This diagram illustrates the Tree of Life, the Cosmos as the Wand or creative force of Mercury, that is of the balanced energy which has created the illusion of existence. It will be noted that the shape of the symbol shows the three Mother letters of the Hebrew alphabet, Shin, Aleph and Mem, in its three sections. The importance of this symbol is mainly that the Tarot is primarily the Book of Thoth or Tahuti, the Egyptian Mercury. For the understanding of this book it is necessary to learn how to transmute instinctively…
1944 · PDF PAGE 28
…rumps are twenty‐two in number; they represent the elements between the Sephiroth or Things‐in‐Themselves, so that their position on the Tree of Life is significant. Here are one or two examples. The card called “The Lovers”, whose secret title is “The Chil‐ dren of the Voice, the Oracle of the Mighty Gods”, leads from the number 3 to the number 6. The number 6 is the human personality of a man; the number 3 is his spiritual intuition. Therefore, it is natural and significant that the influence of the 3 upon the 6 is that of the intu‐ itional o…
1944 · PDF PAGE 111
…the original twenty4wo Paths of the Sepher Yetzirah. The world of Assiah, the material world, does not appear except as a pendant to the Tree of Life. In the same way, the element of Spirit is attributed to the letter Shin, as an additional ornament, somewhat in the same way as Kether is said to be symbolized by the topmost point of the Yod of Tetragrammaton. It is constantly necessary to distinguish between the symbols of philosophical theory and those more elaborate symbols based upon them which are neces‐ sary in practical work. Saturn and E…
1944 · PDF PAGE 183
…erefore represents the sum total of all the work that has been done from the beginning. Therefore, in it is drawn the very figure of the Tree of Life itself. This card, to the other thirty‐five small cards, is what the twenty‐first Trump, The Universe, is to the rest of the Trumps.
1944 · PDF PAGE 222
CRUELTY NINE OF SWORDS The number Nine, Yesod, brings back the Energy to the central pillar of the Tree of Life. The previous disorder is now rectified. But the general idea of the suit has been constantly degenerating. The Swords no longer represent pure intellect so much as the automatic stirring of heartless passions. Con‐ sciousness has fallen into a realm unenlightened by reason. This is the world of the uncon‐ scious primitive instincts, of the psychopath, of the fanatic. The celestial ruler is Mars in Gemini, crude rage of hunger operati…
1944 · PDF PAGE 159
…am of Air also indicates wood; and the hexagram may have Suggested the irresistible flow of the sap, and its effect in strengthening the tree. This conjecture is supported by the warning in line 6: “The topmost line, divided, shows its subject exciting himself to long continuance. There will be evil.” Allowing this, the image of “the extended flame of mind”, as Zoroaster calls it, may well be subjoined to the former description. It is the True Will exploding the mind spontaneously. The influence of Taurus makes for steadiness, and that of the f…
1944 · PDF PAGE 84
… is not the Strength of Geburah, but the influence from Chesed upon Geburah, the Path bal‐ anced both vertically and horizontally on the Tree of Life (see diagram). For this reason it has been thought better to change the traditional title. Lust implies not only strength, but the joy of strength exercised. It is vigour, and the rapture of vigour. “Come forth, o children, under the stars, & take your fill of love! I am above you and in you. My ecstasy is in yours. My joy is to see your joy.” “Beauty and strength, leaping laughter and delicious l…