Tarot Qabbala, Kabbalah, Cabala?The Tarot Qabbala can be spelt many ways but the Kabbalah is the Hebrew philosophical system. The Qabbala or Quabalah is tarot used in conjunction with that system and Cabala is the form of magick used for this system.
It has been described as a symbolic representation of the relationship between the most abstract divinity and concrete humanity. Dion Fortune, an occultist defines it as " a compendium of science, psychology, philosophy and theology. It is an attempt to reduce to a diagrammatic form; every force, and factor manifested in the universe and the soul of the human; to correlate them one another and reveal them spread out on a map so the the relative positions of each unity can be seen and the relationship traced between them." Legend speaks of its origin as given to ancient scholars by an Archangel for the helping them experience the mysteries. Another version states that it was given to Moses on Mt. Sinai when he received the ten commandments.Others claim the Qabbala was pieced together by Moses de Leon in the 12th century.
The diagram of the Qabala contains 10 spheres. These represent numbers, elements, planets, herbs and deities. Within the Tarot, these present the numbers 1 - 10 of the suites but also the royal cards. Connecting these spheres are 22 "paths" that are attributed to the Major Arcana of the Tarot. There are twenty-two letters in the Hebrew alphabet and each letter correlates to a path on the Tree of Life or a Major Arcana Tarot Card. One "journeys" the system by using the images of the cards as meditations and astrally traveling the Tree of Life. The diagram can also be applied to the human body and the Indian system of Chakras. This is akin to the Alchemists whom their own body was the universe.
Numerology began when life began, because "in the beginning, there was One." the vibrations then began and the two appeared as a polarity, the first pair and ushered in the beginning of universal geometry. Numbers by themselves represent universal principles through which all evolve and continue to grow in a cyclic motion. The digits from one to nine symbolize the stages through which an idea must pass before it becomes a reality. Esoteric numerology is the art and science of understanding the spiritual significance and orderly progression of all manifestation. Every word or name vibrates to a number and every number has its inner meaning. The letter and number code, when correctly understood and applied brings us to a direct and close relationship with the underlying intelligence of Universe. ONE The point, positive yet indefinable, beginning, seed, idea TWO Distinguishable from one other, polarized, purpose, put energy to work THREE Define by relation to two others, dimensional, manifestation, take care of energy ABYSS: between Actual and Ideal FOUR the Point: defined by three co-ordinates, Matter, stable, production, order up energy FIVE Motion (time), the Womb, motion and time events occur, Act, release, surrender SIX Self-conscious, because able to define itself in terms of above,re-stabilize, solution, past, present, future SEVEN The point's idea of Bliss, deepening, mystery, energy resting EIGHT Idea of Thought, growing, repose, ripening, new phase NINE Idea of Itself, highest point, understanding, completion TEN Itself fulfilled in compliment, cycle complete, new level, being full of element
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