College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

Thank you all for the help. I appreciate it.

Yes, I literally mean the points on the geometric figures. My apologies for not clarifying earlier.

I'm having slight difficulty in figuring out the correct attributions for the points on the Lesser Hexagrams. I understand that the LRH is to be performed after the LBRP, but I have an bit of an problem with the idea of performing an ritual I don't understand. Anyone here have any wisdom to share on the subject?

I recently came across a document I was hoping someone might know about: "Qabalah No. 1; an approach to learning the Tree of Life through meditation", drawn from the classes of Bill Heidrick. Is this source reliable? I'm very eager to learn.

Concerning the distorted attributions given by Levi; would anyone mind enlightening me as to what the non-distorted ideas associated with the paths are?

Although I've been recommended several books on qabala, and have every intention of acquiring them eventually, current geographic and financial restraints in my life have made progress in my studies slower than I'd like.
The only book I've managed too read other than "Genius" ( H. Bloom) and "Back to the sources" (B. Holtz) was an on-line copy of Eliphas Levis' "Elements of the Qabala in Ten Lessons". It's the only book I've read that expounds upon the ideas connected with the twenty two paths of the tree. However, I noticed that he doesn't say anything about the "absolute or fixed ideas" associated with path 31, Shin. What he lists is as follows:

1. supreme power (2) absolute wisdom (3) infinite intelligence/ understanding (4) goodness/ mercy (5) justice/ harshness (6) beauty (7) victory (8) eternity/ splendour (9) productivity/ foundation (10) reality/ kingdom (11) father (12) mother (13) nature (14) authority (15) religion (16) liberty (17) ownership (18) distribution (19) prudence (20) order (21) force (22) sacrifice (23) death (24) reversibility (25) universal being (26) balance (27) immortality (28) shadow and reflection (29) light (30) recognition (32) synthesis.
   What are the ideas associated with path 31?

(please forgive the long-winded intro)
Do what thou whilt shall be the whole of the law,
I find this particular discussion rather interesting, for several personal reasons. I've been studying magick-in-general for the past three years now, having been introduced to the subject through the book "raymond buckland's complete book of witchcraft". I know, I know. And for the record, I don't advise putting any objective validity into that paradigm, unless you really want to. I guess that it just wasn't my cup of tea, but I digress. Anyway, after a few years of spiritual impoverishment, distrust of the religious perspectives I was raised to believe, and two experiences with invo/evocation (which I dramaticlly mis-interpreted/ mis-understood), I chose to get involved in wicca. This choice had more to do with an inner since of desperation as opposed to actual belief in what Mr. Buckland had to say. Now, in that book, Mr. Buckland recommends that one's first year of initiation/probation be spent studying not just the wiccan paradigm of magick, but as many different schools of magick-in-general as you can stand. Long story short, after my first year of study, the only "paradigms" I learned of that I personally considered legitimate were, you guessed it, "chaos" magick, and Thelema. My interest in Thelema was sparked by an excellent book (one of my favorites, at that) which had more than alittle to say about kabbalah: "Genius" by H. Bloom. Unfortunately for me, I became frustrated with Thelema rather quickly due to what I at first percieved to be un-necesarily uber-complicated mumbo-jumbo. Due to a series of philisophic debates with a rather intelligent acquaintance at that time, I chose to pursue the Chaos paradigm. ("What is reality when everyone percieves it differently?")
Now, I grew disillusioned with "chaos" rather quickly, mostly out of a life-long and die-hard alliegence to the philosophy of R.W. Emerson, and a personal loathing towards superficiality. I very recently started taking my first steps towards Thelema as a result. However, I still do feel like most of the Thelemic material I've thus far come across in my studies is far more complicated than it could/should be. And that's when I stumbled across one of the best books on the subject of magick I've ever read.
I found out about this read on "the baptist's head" website. It's a free PDF entitled "The Camel Rides Again: A Primer In Magick". I feel like this book, moreso than any others, illustrates that there is indeed a way in which one might be able to balance the two schools of magick being addresed here, and I also feel like this book will answer all of the questions asked by the starter of this conversation. I've asked the same questions before, and found answers there myself.
Love is the law, love under will,
K.S.