From tyagi@bjt.net Thu Dec 26 20:07:34 1996 Return-Path: tyagi@bjt.net Received: from kudonet.com (kudonet.com [165.227.52.1]) by bitsy.hollyfeld.org (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA13109 for ; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 20:07:31 -0500 Received: from kudo20.kudonet.com by kudonet.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA01644; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 15:52:38 -0800 Received: by kudo20.kudonet.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id PAA16763; Thu, 26 Dec 1996 15:44:20 -0800 Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 15:44:20 -0800 Message-Id: <199612262344.PAA16763@kudo20.kudonet.com> To: tyagi@hollyfeld.org Subject: 9612.trttree.ph From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) Reply-To: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) X-Status: Status: O >Path: kudonet.com!kudo20!tyagi >From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva) >Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.divination,talk.religion.misc,alt.consciousness.mysticism >Subject: PHume: Tree of Life History (was Re: 22 Paths??) >Followup-To: alt.tarot,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.divination,talk.religion.misc,alt.consciousness.mysticism >Date: 24 Dec 1996 00:48:15 -0800 >Organization: KudoNet On-Line Services >Lines: 22 >Sender: tyagi@bjt.net >Message-ID: >References: <32B5DA01.40FD@lightspeed.bc.ca> <32BA2FC9.6724@lan2wan.com> >Reply-To: Paul Hume >NNTP-Posting-Host: kudo20.kudonet.com >Xref: kudonet.com alt.magick.tyagi:8536 alt.magick:77570 alt.divination:7718 talk.religion.misc:221395 alt.consciousness.mysticism:6917 [from alt.tarot: Paul Hume ] Hilander - The Tree as used in the magical qabala (with the, as noted, late accretion of Tarot trumps to the Paths) is an older design, indicating the "fall" from Eden by the loss of free passage in the higher Sephiroth, and poor old Malkuth hanging by a thread over the qliphoth. > Was wondering if someone could explain why there are only 22 paths > between the Sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Specifically, why isn't > there a path between Binah and Chesed and a path between Chokma and > Geburah? A symmetrical Tree was proposed by the profound qabalistic thinker, Issac Luria, in the 15th-16th century. Note that the attribution of the Letters to the Paths are also very different under that pattern. This conception of the Tree is presented with exquisite commentary in Aryeh Kaplan's edition of the Sepher Yetzirah (from Weiser). Regards, Paul