College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

I have found it useful to know what I am good at, develop areas where the skills are useful for my life, and employ professionals where neither of those things are true.

Jim's instructions on how to make simple Tau Robe are solid, I have used the methodology. I now pay professionals when there is a need for a Robe.

93, Yes, that is why I mentioned the usefulness of sending both. I am currently still keeping both. The problem I find ATM is that I record more in the one that I keep for my studies and thoughts than I do my Diary. I keep the Diary for those special visions, strange occurances, as well as to keep track of progress in practices, etc. That's just the way I prefer to do it.

i understand and wish to revoke the question.
i suppose i just want to go too fast, and my will is to take it slow, no matter what delesions of grandeur i may have.
lol
and i see what you mean. the whole point being a test and a chance for me to explore.
as always, thank you for the right answers at the right time.
Fraternally,
Patrick

only 2-10 of each suit is used. there is an angel that rules over day and night for each card, making two angels per card, and same goes with the demons.

i just wanted to add that the further i get in this book the more i would say it is ESSENTIAL for serious study of the Qabalah, and all rituals are based off of the Qabalah.
just my opinion, but a very strong opinion.

@hreefold31 said

"I guess I'm confused on your overall stance, because you're saying that the Lurians were trying to retrofit the ancient source, the Sefer Yetzirah, onto a more modern work, the Zohar, and this was not a good idea. They should have just left the Tree alone."

Yes, they should have. The Tree had been right for at least centuries. The Ari model distorted it significantly.

But you missed one piece. They weren't trying to retrofit the SY onto the more recent Zohar. Quite the opposite. They were trying to edit the SY so that it matched the more recent Zohar, rather than recognize the errors in the very human Zohar.

"But then you say that we should change the letter-attribution of Tzaddi, from the Sefer Yetzirah, in part because the Zohar says it will be revealed. This is the exact same Zohar that you're implying shouldn't be used as a justification for changing anything in the SY, right? "

No. You're misquoting me. When I cited the Zohar reference concerning Tzaddi, I made a point of saying that it was a nice side-issue but not the main point. The reason we need to clarify the Tzaddi-Heh attribution is that we have a directly dictated divine revelation in which I place total confidence, and which specified that its prophet would disclose the correct interpretation. He did and, additionally, decades of work subequently confirm it.

"It would seem in that case, that one can pick and choose which texts they want to use to support their positions. Obviously the Lurians really liked the Zohar."

But this forum concerns Thelema, so the one text that matters is The Book of the Law.