Due to the complexity of this mystical system and the need for the inner teachings or greater mysteries to be orally transmitted, I will offer to you only a brief over-view of the knowledge of Kabbalah that is contained within the spirit of my heart and intellect of my mind. The core of Kabbalah is centered within the beauty of the music of the Angelic choirs. It is the music of the spheres of the divine and the heartbeat that is within each person, within all of humanity and within the sacred earth and all creatures of the earth.

Kabbalah comes from the Hebrew qibel meaning, “to receive.” It is believed that God revealed the Kabbalah to the Angels. And they in-turn transmitted this divine knowledge to human beings. First to Adam Kadmon, the original progenitor of humanity, then to Noah (a group not the individual) followed by Abraham and Sarah and eventually to Moses and also Jesus. It was brought to Egypt where it spread throughout the world locked away within the various cultures and their esoteric teachings.

This esoteric knowledge is the Tree of Life that is composed of Four Worlds containing 10 Sephiroth—jewelled lenses of Divine energy or attributes, Three Pillars and 22 Paths of wisdom that link the 10 Sephiroth. Please keep in mind that this knowledge and the Tree of Life are never statically defined things but are dynamic conceptual aspects of movement, change and relationship.

As I mentioned above, the Tree of Life, which bears a close resemblance to the sacred tree—Yggdrasil of Northern mythology, is outside us and is known as the World Tree or the Axis Mundi. This is the symbolic central pillar of creation that the shaman uses as he or she ascends and/or descends to the various Otherworlds or realms of reality. The Tree of Life is also within us and provides us with the ability, knowledge, love and power to become holy (whole). (Remember trees must put down roots, rooted to the earth. And so must humanity feel “rooted” or connected to Mother Earth not in stewardship but in partnership as a part of the earth not separate from or superior to the earth and all of it’s creatures. And humanity must look to the Earthly Mother’s angels for guidance and support: the angel of sunlight, the angel of water and the angel of air.)

Number symbolism is important in the study of Kabbalah and the realization of the power of numbers is essential for an in-depth understanding of the Tree of Life. The number two is one of the numbers that Kabbalah places in a seat of high esteem and refers to the true cross of equality and symmetry—masculinity and femininity expressed in the form of perfect duality. The male is within the female as the female is within the male and displays this true cross by the width of the arms outstretched to the side where the length from the middle finger of one hand to the middle finger of the other hand is the same length as from the crown of the head to the balls of either heels. This is not the cross of Christianity but the cross of the shaman and the Elder Cultures of this earth. It is the cross of the Earth and the cross of Venus. It is the “matter” of the Earth and the “matter” that descends from the Spirit (circle) that is holy.

THE FOUR WORLDS:

1. ATZILOTH or Emanation, which means to flow out, originate, or issue forth. It is the perfect Divine will and represents the element of fire. It is the realm of Spirit, God’s light that permeates and radiates throughout our world. Atziloth is linked to Ayn Sof—God or the Ultimate Nothingness that existed before Creation. This world contains the following spheres of Divine energy: 1, 2, 3 and 11 (11 is the invisible non-sephirah, the space between heartbeats, the knowledge of God).
2. BRIATIC—Creation and represents the element of air as well as the mind’s capacity to envision and then make it manifest. This world embraces the Divine spheres of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 11. It is also the realm of the Archangels.
3. HA-YETZIRAH—Formation and is associated with the element of water and emotions. This world, represented by differentiation and form, is our heaven of creation and contains the realm of Angels. This world includes: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11.
4. HA-ASIAH—Action and encompasses the realm of the body. It is the earth element and the earthly world, as we know it. The spiritual teaching of “As Above So Below,” refers to the upper worlds reaching down and interacting with the realm of Ha-Asiah to achieve oneness or unification. Tradition teaches that in each person is a holy spark of God and that our true nature reflects as well as vibrates with God’s love/light and it is through the harmonious interfacing of the emotions, the body, the mind and the spirit that we express our divinity. It is here that we repair the shattered vessels of divine light, which separated us from God.  Ha-Asiah includes: 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10.

The Tree of Life is supported by Three Pillars:

• The Right Pillar of Mercy—Active, Masculine
• The Left Pillar of Judgment—Passive, Feminine
• The Middle or Center Pillar of Equilibrium and Balance.

The Ten Sephiroth of the Tree of Life:

1. Kether—The Crown, Top of the Tree of Life.
2. Chokhmah—Wisdom
3. Binah—Understanding
4. Chesed—Mercy
5. Gevurah—Judgment
6. Tiferet—Beauty
7. Netzach—Victory
8. Hod—Glory
9. Yesod—The Foundation
10. Malkhuth—The Kingdom complements Keter, and represents the presence of God in the material world and the feminine presence of God.
11. Da’at—non-sephiroth representing knowledge from God.

The following is a brief explanation of one of the Sephirah:

TIFERET—Sephirah of BEAUTY

Tiferet creates the balance and harmony between Mercy and Judgment and forms the link between the two worlds of Formation and Action. It represents the beauty of Divine glory and light as it descends to humanity. 

Tiferet, being the center of the Tree of Life, guides the Divine Spirit downward and the spiritual aspirations of humanity upward. We may also discover this esoteric teaching within other cultures:

“Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl upheld with the utmost discipline the concepts of the god whose name he had adopted. His people (serpent) aspired to divine existence (plumes-sky), whilst at the same time believing that the divine descended into the hearts of men (humans). The struggle between and the union of opposites constituted the fundamental ideas on which all laws, religious conduct and social habits were based.” (pre-hispanic gods of Mexico, pg. 78)

Tiferet is our heart and the Sephiroth of re-birth and connects directly to all the other Sephiroth except Malkhuth. It is here in beauty where we experience the “second-birth” in our ascent to spiritual understanding. In the sphere of Tiferet, the human and the divine become balanced. In addition, Tiferet provides a mirror that reflects the Divine Light of our heart through our mind and out through our eyes. It is the balancing point between the active and the passive qualities of the Divine and the human being and is thus the means of keeping the Sephiroth (the 10) in balance. This Sephiroth corresponds to the Eastern concept of the Heart Chakra.

I end this page with the following Navajo pray: