{"id":162,"date":"2011-11-21T19:38:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T19:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2020-07-15T20:51:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T20:51:06","slug":"tree-of-life-the-sephiroth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/tree-of-life-the-sephiroth\/","title":{"rendered":"TREE OF LIFE:  The Sephiroth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tree-of-Life-diagram-bordered.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-250 alignright\" title=\"Tree of Life diagram bordered\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tree-of-Life-diagram-bordered-626x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tree-of-Life-diagram-bordered-626x1024.jpg 626w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tree-of-Life-diagram-bordered-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tree-of-Life-diagram-bordered-550x899.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Tree-of-Life-diagram-bordered.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>The Sephiroth<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">From the heart of the Godhead a primordial light shines forth.\u00a0 This is called the Shekhinah. This Divine Light flowing through Kether repeats the law of three lights as a mirror image of the Ain Soph, bringing life to the Supernals: Kether, Chokmah and Binah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Divine Light then splits into an Upper and Lower Shekhinah.\u00a0 The Upper Shekhinah remains in the Supernals.\u00a0 The Lower Shekhinah pulls down and brings into existence the remaining seven Sephiroth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Ten Sephiroth are a direct reflection of the Divine Sparks from <em>Ain<\/em>.\u00a0 <strong>Each Sephira has within it another Tree of Life, showing or teaching the multi-dimensional quality of these immense areas of consciousness.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In one aspect the Sephiroth reveal God\u2019s presence in His Creation.\u00a0 In human terms the Sephiroth are experienced as an evolution of consciousness from individual consciousness or awareness to a group or Christ consciousness.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1594 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/A-Sephirothic-Odyssey-for-web2-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"A-Sephirothic-Odyssey-for-web2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/A-Sephirothic-Odyssey-for-web2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/A-Sephirothic-Odyssey-for-web2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/A-Sephirothic-Odyssey-for-web2-1.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The magnetic fields of consciousness (<strong>Sephiroth<\/strong>) also have four levels or densities which are attributed to the <strong>Four Elements<\/strong>.\u00a0 As consciousness lowers it passes into a Sephira, through its four levels, and into the next Sephira, and so on, from Kether to Malkuth, following a downward zigzag sequence known as the Lightning Flash.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The <strong>Paths<\/strong> (magnetic force) between the Sephiroth (magnetic fields) have seven levels attributed to them.\u00a0 They are linked to the <strong>Seven Levels of Consciousness<\/strong>\/the spectrum of light.\u00a0 Light and Consciousness are linked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">These seven levels are not shown on the Golden Dawn Tree of Life system.\u00a0 In the GD system, both the Sephiroth and the Paths are coloured according to the four worlds.\u00a0 The GD colour system was designed to fit within the ceremonial grade system and has little to do with the actual colours perceived or experienced within the Sephiroth which, in themselves, have a vast influence beyond that of a colour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Although it does help to visualize an appropriate colour for a Sephira, it is more important to vibrate the Divine Name of the Sephira and visualize the Divine image when attempting to explore these vast levels of consciousness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The magnetic force within the mind of God (the Paths on the Tree of Life) equates to the desire of the soul to experience: the magnetic field (the Sephiroth on the Tree of Life) is the stage on which the magnetic force is played out.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">In <strong>Tarot<\/strong> terms, the <strong>Sephiroth are depicted by the Minor Arcana<\/strong>, the <strong>Paths are described by the Major Arcana, <\/strong>and<strong> the Four Worlds are represented by the Four Suits<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Sephiroth can be described as Magnetic Fields of Consciousness and the Paths between as Magnetic Force.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The archetypes of the Major Arcana are aspects of Divine Will, encapsulated in the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_544\" style=\"width: 654px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/4-aces.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"size-full wp-image-544 \" title=\"4 Aces, Golden Dawn Temple Tarot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/4-aces.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/4-aces.jpg 805w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/4-aces-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/4-aces-550x213.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Four Aces, (Golden Dawn Temple Tarot): Attributed to Kether, the Magical implements relate to the Four Elements of the Four Worlds within the Tree of Life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sephiroth From the heart of the Godhead a primordial light shines forth.\u00a0 This is called the Shekhinah. This Divine Light flowing through Kether repeats the law of three lights as a mirror image of the Ain Soph, bringing life to the Supernals: Kether, Chokmah and Binah. The Divine Light then splits into an Upper and Lower Shekhinah.\u00a0 The Upper Shekhinah remains in the Supernals.\u00a0 The Lower Shekhinah pulls down and brings into existence the remaining seven Sephiroth. 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