a fondamental question
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So, I'm new here, and I begin with this thread.
Now, I understand Qabalah, have some knowledge on this, but I can't understand its utilize on magick. I've heard of someone who pass from Malkuth (The Kingdom) to other plane of existence, but I sincerily did not understood very well this. I know that the Qabalah can help the mage to collocate the object, living being, divity etc. and explain the things in a more "scientific" way, but in the practice, for example with meditation, in what it can help me and with which results?Thanks
93,
thelemita1
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Qabalah - and particularly that forms which employs the Tree of Life - allows us a way to organize everything in our universe into associated categories. In terms of magick (your question), this lets us relate any magical operation to one part of the Tree of Life, and thereby acquire a catalogue of Divine Hierarchies, incenses, colors, and other associations which open the channels (from Atziluth to Assiah) for the manifestation of the magical intent.
That's the answer in a nutshell - but I've written an entire book (776 1/2) that gives the tables and associations, an instruction in how to use them, and ten examples of that practical use: <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thelema.org/publications">www.thelema.org/publications</a><!-- w -->
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So, now i've recalled to me some of knowledge of Qabalah, but now i'm in another phase. So, I want to "revisit" all the sphere, higher plane and lower plane. Now I'm in Malkuth, but I don't can to take in this sphere because I think costantly to Kether, and my emotions are blank as a cup of water. When I think I go directly to the source of whatever stand in front of me. My mind is well controlled by me, is empty, and I recall at it when it's time. I constantly look to my Will, explore that. But now I'm in Malkuth, I want to live and explore this sphere in deep. How I can?
@Jim Eshelman said
"That's the answer in a nutshell - but I've written an entire book (776 1/2) that gives the tables and associations, an instruction in how to use them, and ten examples of that practical use: www.thelema.org/publication"
Are these ebook?
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Nope. Real books. (You wouldn't want this in eBook form. It's intentionally in physical oversize for easier reference.)
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@helemita1 said
"So, I want to "revisit" all the sphere, higher plane and lower plane."
The proper way to do that is an orderly path of initiation. - Though you can do "revisitation" by other means, e.g., astral exploration, those don't usually represent a significant shift to higher planes. They manifest on the plane you're currently capable of operating. (If you're right at the edge, they can, of course, tip over into something deeper.) But the course of initiation, in contrast, actually steps you through the shifting layers like stair-steps.
"Now I'm in Malkuth, but I don't can to take in this sphere because I think costantly to Kether, and my emotions are blank as a cup of water."
You sound fairly young. If I'm reading that correctly, then the developmental steps immediately before you are (1) distinguishing your identity from that of parents and other early influences, (2) establishing your ability to physical survive autonomously and function in a practical fashion, e.g., maintain a job and support yourself, and (3) finding equilibration in your relationship to dependence-independence and, arising from this, develop your capacity for emotional connection and intimacy.
Therefore, confronting Malkuth - "taking it in" - and opening to the emotional depths etc. of Yesod are the immediate steps before. Kether is certainly rooted in escapism. It might be a nice vacation to direct your attention that way, but it's not growth, balance, wholeness, ability, etc. (The "blank" emotions are the biggest warning sign here. Healthy develop involves emotional breadth and depth.)
"When I think I go directly to the source of whatever stand in front of me."
"Source" is, of course, a nice Kether keyword, but the operation you are talking about isn't necessarily a Kether operation.
"My mind is well controlled by me, is empty, and I recall at it when it's time. I constantly look to my Will, explore that. But now I'm in Malkuth, I want to live and explore this sphere in deep. How I can?"
Take action, Feel things. Train your senses. Be mindful of your body.
Develop deep discrimination and appreciation through your senses. For example, the skills that allow one to discern the subtleties of fine food and wine can then be generalized to so many other things in your life. Look deeply into things - with your actual senses, not with mental abstraction - and see their inherent qualities by actually looking deeply.
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Unfortunately, the country in which I live and I'm born, Italy, doesn't have organization about Thelema. Or better, there could be www.otoitalia.it/, but I imagine that are too small for been definided a Thelemite Lodge. So I'm privated of initiatoy paths. There is the freemasonry, www.grandeoriente.it/, but their holy book aren't Liber AL.
However, when I said that I live in Malkuth, but think in Kether, it's not well said. I'm not justifin' that I'm not young (it is because this year I will reach 18), but that it's like I'm in Kether. I fell strange. I fell without emotions, without mind, but I think when it's necessary. I've read about other religions, Taoism, Buddhism, and now I'm practicin' their theories, but I fell strange. It's hard to me to explain.