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Tarot and the
Tree of Life
Part 1: The Process of Emanation
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The Creation Process
The Tsimsum
The contraction of
G-d when he desires to create something
The line is the ray of light from G-d into the darkness that resulted from his contraction
Beam of Sunlight Shines on a Rock Pedestal in a Cave
by Stephen Alvarez
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First Emanation: The Ray
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The First Circle
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The Overlapping Circles
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Second Emanation: The Worlds
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The Smaller Circles
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Intersections
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Third Emanation: The Sephiroth
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The 32 Paths of the Tree of Life
Illustration from Paths of Wisdom (1st Edition)
by John Michael Greer
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The Esoteric Fool
Each of these developments (line to
worlds to sephiroth to paths) has to do
with the Divine and
his desire to interact with the material
world of his creation and
how he steps his energy down into
forms that no longer are him but only,
often inaccurately, reflect him, but that
we can more easily understand and
work with
Has qualities of the esoteric Fool, but
not necessarily associated directly with
the Tarot—rather this concept gives us
the why behind the how—learning to
use the tarot for our personal process of
manifestation
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Kabbalah is a Process;
Tarot is a Tool The kabbalah defines a
process of
manifestation
(stepping down) or
connecting with the
Divine (climbing up)
The Tarot gives us a
tool for working with
that system
Part 2: The
Correspondences
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The Four Worlds
The four tarot suits
(wands, cups, swords,
pentacles) correspond to
the four worlds
YHVH
Fire, Water, Air, Earth
Yod: Atziluth: Fire: Wands
Heh: Briah: Water: Cups
Vav: Yetzirah: Air: Swords
Heh: Assiah: Earth: Pentacles
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The Ten Sephiroth The tarot pips, or numbered
cards, correspond to the 10 Sephiroth
1. Kether: Crown. The four Aces.
2. Chokmah: Wisdom. The four twos.
3. Binah: Understanding. The four threes.
4. Chesed: Mercy. The four fours.
5. Geburah: Severity. The four fives.
6. Tiphareth: Beauty, Harmony. The four sixes.
7. Netzach: Victory, Perseverance. The four sevens.
8. Hod: Splendor, Yielding. The four eights.
9. Yesod: Foundation. The four nines.
10. Malkuth: Kingdom. The four tens.
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Other Correspondences
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Example - Hod •8 of Wands: Swiftness
•Shows eight flying staffs angled towards the ground, representing swiftness and coming in
for a landing in the world of manifestation inspired by the spiritual fire of emanation
•the real power behind Hod (compare Mercury bringing messages from the gods to the
world of man).
•8 of Cups: Abandoned Success
•Shows the figure walking away from the emotional cups of Netzach, perhaps staying in
the intellect (Hod, also World of Yetzirah) without allowing the motivating force of
emotion (Netzach, also World of Briah) to help us manifest success.
•8 of Swords: Foreshortened Force
•Shows a bound figure surrounded by swords, representing too many ideas, or being stuck
on the World of Yetzirah level and unable to manifest due to not making decisions or not
being able to cut away or eliminate the unnecessary, perhaps even an overactive intellect
not able to ground itself into practicality.
•8 of Pentacles: Prudence
•Shows a man methodically and studiously repeating the steps of etching pentacles--
manifestation, but without the spiritual fire to kick us to a higher level.
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The Tetragrammaton
and the Court Cards
The tarot court
cards correspond to
YHVH as placed
over the Sephiroth Yod: Chokmah: Kings
Heh: Binah: Queens
Vav: Tiphareth: Knights
Final Heh: Malkuth: Pages
Yod Heh
Vav
Final Heh
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Example – Kings and Knights
•Use kabbalistic correspondences to demonstrate
why the Kings are associated with Chokmah and
why the Knights are associated with Tiphareth
•Now demonstrate the converse
•Discuss the relevance of the permutation of the
court cards
•
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The 22 Paths
The 22 Major Arcana
of the tarot
correspond to the 22
paths of the Tree of
Life
Paths are a
negotiation between
the two Sephiroth
that they link
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Example – The Path of Tav
The Path of Tav negotiates between Yesod/Foundation
and Malkuth/Kingdom
Between the Moon and the four Elements
Between the etheric body (nephesh) and the material
body (guph)
The World card could mean: the transition from the
world of illusion (moon) into the world of reality
(elements)
Or, the manifest world (Kingdom/elements/material
body) is based on/derived from (Foundation) the world of
imagination (moon/etheric)—we create our own reality
Other ideas?
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The Three Pillars
3 Pillars
– Define relationships
between the Paths/Majors
– Left pillar is the Pillar of
Severity or Pillar of Form
– Right pillar is the Pillar of
Mercy or Pillar of Force
– Middle Pillar is the Pillar of
Consciousness or Pillar of
Balance (Equilibrium,
Balance)
Illustration from Paths of Wisdom (2nd Edition)
by John Michael Greer
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Path of Creation
Lightning Flash Path
– Follows the 10 Sephiroth –
process of enlightenment
– Divine coming down to us
– Path of emanation or
manifestation
– Also called “The Flaming
Sword”
Illustration from Paths of Wisdom (2nd Edition)
by John Michael Greer
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Path of Redemption
The Serpent Path
– Follows the 22 Paths –
process of study
– Working up towards the
Divine
– Path of connecting with the
Divine
Illustration from Paths of Wisdom (2nd Edition)
by John Michael Greer
Part 3: Practical Application
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Triangles/Synthesis Tarot Spread
Synthesis
Card
Path Card
Path Card
Path Card
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Reading List
Case, Paul Foster. The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages. Richmond: Macoy, 1975.
Fortune, Dion. The Mystical Qabalah. York Beach, ME: Weiser, 1935, 1984.
Greer, John Michael. Circles of Power: Ritual Magic in the Western Tradition. St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1997.
---. Paths of Wisdom: Principles and Practice of the Magical Cabala in the Western Tradition. St. Paul:
Llewellyn, 1996.
---. Paths of Wisdom: A Guide to the Magical Cabala. 2nd Ed. Loughborough, Leicestershire: Thoth, 2007.
Knight, Gareth. A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism. Boston: Weiser, 1965, 2001.
Levi, Eliphas. Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual. Trans. A. E. Waite. York Beach, ME: Samuel
Weiser, 1970.
Regardie, Israel. A Garden of Pomegranates. St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1932, 1970.
---, Israel. A Garden of Pomegranates: Skrying on the Tree of Life. Ed. Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha
Cicero. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn, 1932, 1999.
---. The Golden Dawn. Vol. 4. St. Paul: Llewellyn, 1971.
Waite, Arthur Edward. The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. Blauvelt, NY: Steiner, 1971.
---. The Rider Tarot Deck. NY: U.S. Games Systems, 1971.
Wirth, Oswald. The Tarot of the Magicians: A Guide to the Symbolism and Application of the Wirth Tarot
Deck by its Designer. York Beach, ME: Weiser, 1990.
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