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# Re: Training in Kaballah before step 8

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- To: "BardonPraxis" <BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com>
- Subject: Re: Training in Kaballah before step 8
- From: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
- Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:53:54 -0800

    Dear Peter,

    >> While I am having some trouble seperating each sound out, my main
    question has to do with regards to figure #2 which shows the three
    variants off of the tree of life and the subsequent commentary upon that
    figure. Here you suggest that one bind these three figures into the
    three bodies, primarily the mental and astral bodies. My problem arises
    with exactly where the various sepheroth are suppose to go in relation
    to the self. Within your commentary, and within your audio recordings
    concerning the Magic of IHVH-ADNI which I have worked with extensivly,
    say that kether is above the head, chokma by the left temple, binah by
    the right temple and so forth. Yet at the same time, I've seen other
    sources that place chokma on the right and binah on the left, adding to
    the confusion. Having worked for some time within one model, attempting
    to use the other doesn't quite feel right. So I'm wondering if you could
    comment upon the plausible reasons for this discrepincy? <<

    There are two basic approaches to the Tree of Life. One is that you
    step forward into it. This places the Pillar of Mercy on your right
    side and the Pillar of Severity on your left. The basic tenet here is
    one of worship in which the Tree represents the cosmos and you are
    essentially face-to-face with it. The second approach is one of backing
    into the Tree. This places the Pillar of Mercy on your left side and
    the Pillar of Severity on your right. The basic tenet here is one of
    *merging with*, and *acting as*, the cosmos. This is the way of the
    magician who wields the powers of the Tree and it is the method that I
    use in all of my works (IHVH-ADNI, 8T, 32 Paths, etc.).

    The confusion between these two approaches stems from the ancient Hebrew
    texts which shift back and forth between the theoretical and practical
    Kabbalah. Theoretical Kabbalah approaches the Tree and G-d,
    face-to-face, with the attitude of worship; whereas, the practical
    Kabbalah seeks to merge with G-d and wield the Divine powers and
    therefore speaks of becoming the Tree (which requires a backing into the
    Tree).

    >> Also, since the Gra Tree of Life is, for a lack of a better term,
    squished, how does this correspond with areas of the body...or lack
    thereof? <<

    The mental body (which is the body I suggest incorporating the Gra Tree
    into) does not have the same rigid shape and structure that the physical
    and astral bodies possess. I suggest that you give your mental body an
    ovoid *shape* and then incorporate the *structure* of the Gra Tree
    within that ovoid. But be careful to think of the Gra structure as a
    structure composed of inter-related meaning and ideas instead of as a
    rigid structure composed of dimensional shapes. In other words, it's
    the *idea* or *essence* of Kether which *crowns* your mental body, not
    just a sphere of white brilliance which sits at its topmost point.

    My best to you,
    :) Rawn Clark
    01 April 2003
    rawnclark@...
    rawn@...
    http://www.ABardonCompanion.com
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis

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