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Qabala Intended to symbolize the entire Universe. Composed of ten spheres called Sephiroth, and twenty-two connecting lines called Paths. Collectively, the Sephiroth and Paths are called the... The 32 paths of wisdom |
From the Qabalistic Tarot 'A textbook of mystical philosophy'
by Robert Wang
Study of the Paths begins not with the first card, THE FOOL, but with the last, THE UNIVERSE. This is because we ascend the Tree of Life, working from our material perspective ("below") to the realms of Pure Spirit ("above"). Our understanding of the more refined universal patterns is based on what we learn on this earth. It is with the earth that serious esoteric work begins and ends, as long as our Divine consciousness is functioning through a physical vehicle.
The Ten Sephiroth are:
Between Binah and the next Sephira is an invisible Sephira known as Daath, or Knowledge. It is not represented on the Tree, because it is a bridge, built by each individual across the Abyss existing between the upper Sephiroth and those below.
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The 22 Major Arcana
0. FOOL |
