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PRACTICAL GUIDE

TO QABALISTIC

SYMBOLISM

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ONE-VOLUME EDITION

Volume I

ON THE SPHERES OF THE TREE OF LIFE

Volume II

ON THE PATHS AND THE TAROT

Gareth Knight

Tree of Life from Syriac New Testament, Vienna, 155'5

'Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are

inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret

wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly. '

SAMUEL WEISER, INC.

York Beach, Maine

-PARACELSUS

FirstpubIishedin the United Statesof America

in one volumein.1978 by

Samuel Weiser, .Inc,

Box612

YorkBeach,<Maine 03910

To ROMA

without whose love

and faith in me

this book would not

have been

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duced or transmitted in any form orby any means, electronic or

mechanical, including photocopy;without pertnissionin writing

from Samuel Weiser, Inc. Reviewers mayquote brief passages.

First edition.in two volumes, published in 1965 by

HeliosBook Service(l\lblicati~ns) Ltd.

Library of Congress CatalogCard Number: 66-71818

ISBN 0..87728..397-4

Printed in the United States of America

The paper used in this) publication meets the minimum require-

ments of the American National Standard forPermaneneeofPaper

forPrinted Library Materials Z39.48-1984.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

This two volume book deals with ·the Sephiroth 'and Paths of

the Tree of Life as a basis for a study of many branches of

esoteric symbolism. It is not an academic or historical treatise

but is intended to be a practical guide to those who wish to

use Qabalisticsymbolism as a means to explore fields of con-

sciousness beyond the physical.

I would like to thank the Society of the Inner Light for per-

mission to incorporate extracts from various unpublished papers

in the Society's archives, particularly in Volume I. However, the

work represents my own views only, as they were at the time of

writing, and does not necessarily represent those of the Society,

past or present.

My own views have changed in some respects over subsequent

years, but the book remains what it always was, an example of

meditative work upon the ground plan of the Qabalistic Tree

of Life, and insofar as this reveals the all important structure of

the Tree it should serve its purpose, individual quirks of inter-

pretation notwithstanding.

My later direction of thought has since been recorded in

EXPERIENCE OF THE INNER WORLDS, which serious

students are recommended to read in conjunction with the

present work; and THE CHRIST, PSYCHOTHERAPY

AND MAGIC by Anthony Duncan has also much relevance.

The main difference in emphasis, or outlook, is in a return to

a closer concern with the original Jewish Qabalah and the

European tradition that springs from it, through the Christian

Qabalists of the fourteenth to nineteenth centuries with some

admixture of Sufi influences, as a result of the Crusades. In

philosophical terms 'we have moved from a monist to a theist

standpoint.

With regard to the present text, some experienced occultists

have written to say that they use other correspondences than

the ones I use, and I have no doubt that other systems can

be used successfully and that there is, in fact, no 'one and only

true'. lam indebted to Mr. Prier Wintle who has taken much

trouble to explain thatC. C. Zain's attributions, that I dismiss

somewhat shortly, are in. fact based .: on wellthought out prin-

ciples, however far removed his resulting correspondences are

from the traditional systems that Lfavour.

Some have also taken me to task with regard to my fulsome

remarks about scientology - Itmay be that they are made on. in-

sufficient evidence but I can only in all honesty .record that my

own personal experiences ·of this technique have been •.•. very

helpful. It may be that I have been singularly fortunate.

O.K. 23.11.1975

CONTENTS

Part One

CHAPTER

PAGE

The Uses of the Qabalah . . . . . . . . .. . ...

A Yoga for the West.. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ..

III

An Outline of the Tree of Life. . . . . . . . ..

Th.e Sephirothic Attributions . .. . . . . . . ..

Part Two

The Unmanifest and the Veils of

Negative

Existence .. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Kether-The Crown

.. . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

VII

Chokmah- Wisdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..

VIII

Binah-Understanding

Daath -

Knowledge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

101

Chesed -

Mercy ..... 0

113

••

•

•••

•

••

Geburah -Severity.. 0

124

••••••••

•

••

XII

Tiphareth-Beauty.. 0

137

•••••

••

•••

XIII

Netzach-Victory

..... o

150

•••••••••••••

XIV

Hod-Glory ..... 0

164

••.

•••••••••••••

Yesod -The Foundation

175

XVI

Malkuth-The Kingdom

189

••

Part Three

The Flexibility of the Tree

XVII

XVIII

XI XX

XXI

XXII

205

••

••••

•

••

Relationships of the Sephiroth ... 0

211

•

••

The Esoteric Grades . . 0

217

•

••

Miscellaneous Attributions.. 0

227

••••••• o.

The Qliphoth.

232

•••••

•••••••••

•

••

Practical Applications

237

••

•

••

Diagrams

PAGE

Tree of Life from Syriac New Testament,

Vienna, 1555. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . frontispiece

The Tree of Life

The Lightning Flash

The Pillars

'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

a) The Three Primary Rings

b) The Cloud-Veils of Negative Existence

c) Chinese t'ai chi t'u sign

The Caduceus

107

Ritual of the Pentagram

a) Opening

241

b) Closing

242

Tables

The Hebrew Letters

245

(Name, transliteration, translation

and number)

246

II.

The Sephiroth

a) Title, God Name, Archangel, Order of

Angels, Mundane Chakra

247

b) English versions of above

. . . . . . . . . . ..

248

c) Usual translations of above

249

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