@zer said
"Concerning the distorted attributions given by Levi; would anyone mind enlightening me as to what the non-distorted ideas associated with the paths are?"
Levi, in public, attributed the Tarot cards to the Hebrew letters beginning with Atu I = Aleph, II = Beth, etc., all the to the end EXCEPT he stuck The Fool at Shin, between Atus XX and XXI.
The correct pattern is given in many books. (I'm unclear whether you are asking for the whole picture from top to bottom.)
Some of Levi's attributions in various writings are primarily focussed on the Tarot symbolism (and therefore misplaced on the Hebrew letters). Some are based on the Hebrew letters or their closely-related number symbolism (and therefore are misplaced with respect to the Tarot). Some of his attributions, therefore, are too tangled to bother with; others are decipherable using the correct key (and, sometimes, a lot of patience!).