Tantobourne
11-22-2003, 07:24 PM
Casual reading has me covering the path between Chokmah and Kether in the Qabalic Tree of Life. The book is "A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism" by Gareth Knight...Weiser Books.
" The 'Face of the Cause of Causes' is the fount of all creation in Kether, which is why the Spiritual Experience of Chokmah is the Vision of God face to face. This path then is that high level of consciousness whereby the illumined soul proceeds from the direct Vision of God face to face, to the even greater transcendental experience of the Spiritual Experience of Kether, actual Union with God. Then the soul knows even as it is known. This Scintillating Intelligence as the Yetziratic Text says, 'the essence of that curtain which is placed close to the order of the disposition.'
There is an old proverb 'Man proposes, God disposes.' and in Kether is the True Plan for manifest evolution and the disposition of all created life. Thus the 'order of the disposition' is an adequate title for Kether. The 'curtain' or Veil is that of Form-life. Form is the curtain that hides (though at the same time revels) and Life-essence, but it is almost pure Force at this point for the 11th Path 'is the essence of that curtain'...."
Yes, for you Rebeccas out there, it's amusing to think, "Oh hey, yup...right there...if you didn't notice it before, notice it now...it's the ELEVENTH path. See? I told you so."
And of course for you others that read all that...the one's that could give a rat's ass...I'm just happy in knowing that you read even a smidgen of that and felt like it was a waste of your time. It does my heart good.
-MeEp
" The 'Face of the Cause of Causes' is the fount of all creation in Kether, which is why the Spiritual Experience of Chokmah is the Vision of God face to face. This path then is that high level of consciousness whereby the illumined soul proceeds from the direct Vision of God face to face, to the even greater transcendental experience of the Spiritual Experience of Kether, actual Union with God. Then the soul knows even as it is known. This Scintillating Intelligence as the Yetziratic Text says, 'the essence of that curtain which is placed close to the order of the disposition.'
There is an old proverb 'Man proposes, God disposes.' and in Kether is the True Plan for manifest evolution and the disposition of all created life. Thus the 'order of the disposition' is an adequate title for Kether. The 'curtain' or Veil is that of Form-life. Form is the curtain that hides (though at the same time revels) and Life-essence, but it is almost pure Force at this point for the 11th Path 'is the essence of that curtain'...."
Yes, for you Rebeccas out there, it's amusing to think, "Oh hey, yup...right there...if you didn't notice it before, notice it now...it's the ELEVENTH path. See? I told you so."
And of course for you others that read all that...the one's that could give a rat's ass...I'm just happy in knowing that you read even a smidgen of that and felt like it was a waste of your time. It does my heart good.
-MeEp