Mystical knowledge turns into mind or subconsciousness – that’s why our subconsciousness ‘knows everything’.
The manifestation of the world above turns into inspiration for the world below it.
These shortcuts are known as the Axis Mundi, the world’s axis which is said to be at the center of the world, connecting heaven (above) and earth (below), allowing communication between the higher and lower realms. Once in a while, instead of ascending gradually from one Sephiroth to another in a peaceful meditation, our consciousness experience a quantum leap and spontaneously rise a world or two.
For example, a vision of Christ (Tiphareth in Assiah) may also give rise to a vision of the First Matter (Malkuth in Yetzirah). That explains the odd alchemical dictum that the First Matter is ‘mankind’.
The most intriguing axis is the one that connects Kether of Assiah with Tiphareth of Yetzirah and Malkuth of Briah. When our crown chakra (Kether of Assiah) opens, we may have a vision of the Cosmic Christ or even reach Malkuth of Briah, the Kingdom of Heaven as Jesus liked to call it.
In the context of evolution (Exodus), Yetzirah is the wilderness – the unchartered land of meditation and mystical experience. There, Moses and all other prophets receive initiations and training from the inner voice, the Hierophant (Tarot card 5). When they are ready, they climb the peak of the wilderness, Kether of Yetzirah, symbolized by Zion, Mt Carmel, or other mountain peaks. Up there, they can converse with God’s messenger or countenance. This is the Lesser Countenance or Tiphareth of Briah, ruled by Archangel Michael. One time Moses even managed to rise along that axis all the way to Atziluth and meet God face-to-behind (Exodus 33.23). I guess that was Malkuth of Atziluth, the Kingdom of Spirit.
This arrangement of the Tree of Life can also illustrate creation myths. For example, how Osiris, the hero of creation (Tiphareth of Briah), after he was slain, became the ruler of the underworld (Kether of Yetzirah).
I think the short cuts to the four worlds in the tree of life is brilliant.
Yes, the shortcuts are interesting. At the border between Malkuth and Yesod, Jacob had his vision of the heavenly ladder.
I think the short cut is brilliant.
I noticed you connect the worlds with the center pillar….the pillar of consciousness.
I’m starting to learn the tree of life. Right now, ‘m stuck in Assiah….trying to climb my way upward.
I’m also interested in astrology and I want to convert to kabbalistic astrology.
So please e-mail on everything on the tree of life OR on kabbalistic astrology.
Kabbalistic astrology is hard to come by. Christian and Hermetic Qabalah is a bit easier to come by. The Tree of Life is made of 32 path of wisdom, 10 Sephiroth and 22 paths. The 22 paths correlate to ten planets and 12 zodiacs. The astrological association of the Sephiroth: Kether – non (beginning of the whirlings), Chokmah – the zodiac, Binah – Saturn, Chesed – Jupiter, Geburah – Mars, Tiphareth – sun, Netzach – Venus, Hod – Mercury, Yesod – Moon, Malkuth – the four elements.