As an example, Kether, the Crown, is spelt KThR, corresponding to the Wheel of Fortune, World and Sun. This will tell you a lot about the nature of this most divine Sephirah, and unlock a lot of mysteries to you. When you next read a book on Kabbalah and it talks about Kether, you will already understand a lot about it!
Permutation
Another Kabbalistic technique is Tzeruf, meaning permutation. This is a way of re-arranging Hebrew words, particularly names of God, in meditation, to discover hidden mysteries. We of course have been doing this when we performed a Tzeruf on the Hebrew word for resurrection, via illustrations, i.e. Tarot cards! Cool, huh?
You may again like to try this with the names of the Sephiroth. That’s a good month’s work for you when you want! Then get a Hebrew dictionary and try more words!
Resurrection Engine: Gate 6
Struts & Ignition
This is the sixth and final gate of our Resurrection experience, and combines struts to support our engine, cogged and fuelled, and the ignition key to follow! A summary will complete our work, entitled “Care and Maintenance of a Running Resurrection Engine”.
The Struts
The struts which will support our Resurrection Engine are to be found in the Schemata which we received to commence our engineering work! Take a look at the bottom of the Tree of Life and the corresponding Hebrew letters on the paths and Tarot cards:
Illustration: Struts on the Tree of Life.
We see here that the three Hebrew letters on the bottom paths leading into Malkuth, the “kingdom” (or World of Action) are Qoph, Shin and Tau, QShTh. This spells the Hebrew word for “rainbow”. Remember a story about a rainbow being set above the earth as a sign?! The Golden Dawn magical order also hinted that this formula was an important magical secret – although they never wrote why!
We can further look at the paths and see these correspondences:
Qoph – Moon – Cycles, Change, Facing the Fear
Shin – Last Judgement – Decisions, Doing, Acting, RESURRECTING
Tau – World – Synthesis, Completion, Wholeness, Finalizing
And we can now complete our Engine with three struts by filling in the following – and most importantly in this last gate, ACTING upon them:
Qoph: What fear have I faced/will face and did/do it anyway …
Shin: What do I DO which makes resurrection happen …
Tau: How have I come to finish this event (learning) …
For each strut you can also look at the cards in your schemata reading to see what type and levels of energy (Minor cards) impact upon these being able to support you. So for Qoph, your ability to face fear, look at the two cards you got in Netzach (7) and Malkuth (10) which are connected by Qoph, the Moon. To look at your ability to act, look at the two cards you got in Hod (8) and Malkuth (10), connected by Shin, the Last Judgement. And for your final summary, look at the two cards you placed in Yesod (9) and Malkuth (10), connected by Tau, corresponding to the World card.
We would recommend that you complete these sections to ensure satisfactory running of the engine you have built – even if the building was partial, the putting away of it must be complete, otherwise you may trip up over pieces left lying about!
You will also see that at least one strut requires that you DO something, perhaps similar to what was implied by the cogs, perhaps something that came out of the schemata.
The Ignition Key
The card you select will call you to recognize one key element of your life that has arisen during the week. These are selected from the Major cards of the Tarot – simply pick ONE number below to view your card on YouTube, selected by the Seer of Tarosophy Towers.
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This card is for your contemplation and consideration, and acts as an “ignition” in which your experience for the week may be seen.
Conclusion
We trust during this week-long taster experience you have been given a new angle on your Tarot, and look forward to welcoming you on our other Gated Spreads in the future.
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Notes
[1] Gershom Scholem, On the Mystical Shape of the Godhead (New York: Schocken Books, 1991), p. 43
[2] Brett Bradford, Liz Manison, Linda Hoyland, Lucy Manera & Tali Goodwin, 2009.
Bibliography
Tarot
Katz, M. Tarosophy. Chang Mai: Salamander & Sons, 2012.
Katz, M. & Goodwin, T. Around the Tarot in 78 Days. Woodbury: Llewellyn, 2012.
Katz, M. & Goodwin, T. Tarot Flip. Forge Press, 2012.
Waite, A. E. Pictorial Key to the Tarot. London: Rider, 1974.
Kabbalah
Kabbalah Decoder, Janet Berenson-Perkins [good general introduction, accessible]
Meditation and Kabbalah, Aryeh Kaplan [For in-depth meditations and methods]
The Essential Kabbalah, Daniel C. Matt [Extracts from central texts]
A Garden of Pomegranates, Israel Regardie [Western esoteric version]
The Mystical Qabalah, Dion Fortune [As above]
Entrance to the Magical Qabalah, Melita Denning & Osbourne Phillips [As above]
The Sefirot, Y. David Shulman [Good descriptions of each Sephirah]
Essential Core Texts: The Zohar (ed. Daniel C. Matt), The Bahir (ed. Aryeh Kaplan) & the Sepher Yetzirah (ed. Aryeh Kaplan or earlier version by W. W. Westcott)
Any of the works of Moshe Idel and Gershom Scholem for advanced studies.
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