Introduction to the Kabbalah The word 'Kabbalah', coming from the Hebrew 'QBL' means 'tradition'. There are various alternative spellings, the two usual spellings being Kabbalah and Qabalah. Students of the Kabbalah hold that the core of the tradition is taken from the hidden inner meaning of the Torah (the first books of the Bible), which is held to be the Word of God. Two Medieval books the 'Sepher Yetzirah' and the Book of Zohar have been the most influencial, detailing fundementals of Kabbalist beliefs, such as the Sephiroth or Spheres. These are detailed below. Malkuth - Kingdom Planet: Cholem Yesodeth Element: earth, Foundations, sphere of the elements, the Earth Briatic Colour: brown Number: 10 Magical Image: a young woman crowned and throned Briatic Correspondence: stability Spiritual Experience: Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel Titles: The Gate; Gate of Death; Gate of Tears; Gate of Justice; The Inferior Mother; Malkah, the Queen; Kallah, the Bride; the Virgin. God Name: Adonai ha Aretz, Adonai Malekh Archangel: Sandalphon Angel Order: Ishim Keywords:the real world, physical matter, the Earth, Mother Earth, the physical elements, the natural world, sticks & stones, possessions, faeces, practicality, solidity, stability, inertia, heaviness, bodily death, incarnation. Yesod - Foundation Planet: Levanah (the Moon) Element: Aethyr Briatic Colour: purple Number: 9 Magical Image: a beautiful man, very strong (e.g. Atlas) Briatic Correspondence: receptivity, perception Spiritual Experience: Vision of the Machinery of the Universe Titles: The Treasure House of Images God Name: Shaddai el Chai Archangel: Gabriel Angel Order: Cherubim Keywords: perception, interface, imagination, image, appearance, glamour, the Moon, the unconscious, instinct, tides, illusion, hidden infrastructure, dreams, divination, anything as it seems to be and not as it is, mirrors and crystals, the "Astral Plane", Aethyr, glue, tunnels, & reproduction, the genitals, cosmetics, instinctive magic (psychism), secret doors, shamanic tunnel. Hod - Glory, Splendour Planet: Kokab (Mercury) Element: air Briatic Colour: orange Number: 8 Magical Image: an hermaphrodite Briatic Correspondence: abstraction Spiritual Experience: Vision of Splendour Titles: - God Name: Elohim Tzabaoth Archangel: Raphael Angel Order: Beni Elohim Keywords: reason, abstraction, communication, conceptualisation, logic, the sciences, language, speech, money (as a concept), mathematics, medicine & healing, trickery, writing, media (as communication), pedantry, philosophy, Kabbalah (as an abstract system), protocol, the Law, ownership, territory, theft, "Rights", ritual, magic. Netzach - Victory, Firmness Planet: Nogah (Venus) Element: water Briatic Colour: green Number: 7 Magical Image: a beautiful naked woman Briatic Correspondence: nurture Spiritual Experience: Vision of Beauty Triumphant Titles: - God Name: Jehovah Tzabaoth Archangel: Haniel Angel Order: Elohim Keywords: passion, pleasure, luxury, sensual beauty, feelings, drives, emotions - love, hate, anger, joy, depression, misery, excitement, desire, lust; nurture, libido, empathy, sympathy, ecstatic magic. Tipheret - Beauty Planet: Shemesh (the Sun) Element: fire Briatic Colour: yellow Number: 6 Magical Image: a king, a child, a sacrificed god Briatic Correspondence: centrality, wholeness Spiritual Experience: Vision of Harmony Titles: Melekh, the King; Zoar Anpin, the lesser countenance, the Microprosopus; the Son; Rachamin, charity. God Name: Aloah va Daath Archangel: Michael Angel Order: Malachim Keywords: harmony, integrity, balance, wholeness, the Self, self-importance, self-sacrifice, the Son of God, centrality, the Philospher's Stone, identity, the solar plexus, a King, the Great Work. Gevurah - Strength Planet: Madim (Mars) Briatic Colour: red Number: 5 Magical Image: a mighty warrior Briatic Correspondence: power Spiritual Experience: Vision of Power Titles: Pachad, fear; Din, justice. God Name: Elohim Gevor Archangel: Kamael Angel Order: Seraphim Keywords: power, justice, retribution (eaten cold), the Law (in execution), cruelty, oppression, domination & the Power Myth, severity, necessary destruction, catabolism, martial arts. Chesed - Mercy Planet: Tzadekh (Jupiter) Briatic Colour: blue Number: 4 Magical Image: a mighty king Briatic Correspondence: authority Spiritual Experience: Vision of Love Titles: Gedulah, magnificence, love, majesty God Name: El Archangel: Tzadkiel Angel Order: Chasmalim Keywords: authority, creativity, inspiration, vision, leadership, excess, waste, secular and spiritual power, submission and the Annihilation Myth, the atom bomb, obliteration, birth, service. Binah -Understanding Planet: Shabbathai (Saturn) Briatic Colour: black Number: 3 Magical Image: an old woman on a throne Briatic Correspondence: comprehension Spiritual Experience: Vision of Sorrow Titles: Aima, the Mother; Ama, the Crone; Marah, the bitter sea; Khorsia, the Throne; the Fifty Gates of Understanding; Intelligence; the Mother of Form; the Superior Mother. God Name: Elohim Archangel: Cassiel Angel Order: Aralim Keywords: limitation, form, constraint, heaviness, slowness, old-age, infertility, incarnation, karma, fate, time, space, natural law, the womb and gestation, darkness, boundedness, enclosure, containment, fertility, mother, weaving and spinning, death (annihilation). Chokhmah - Wisdom Planet: Mazlot (the Zodiac, the fixed stars) Briatic Colour: silver/white Number: 2 Magical Image: a bearded man Briatic Correspondence: revolution Spiritual Experience: Vision of God face-to-face Titles: Abba, the Father. The Supernal Father. God Name: Jah Archangel: Ratziel Angel Order: Auphanim Keywords: pure creative energy, lifeforce, the wellspring. Kether - Crown Planet: Rashith ha Gilgalim (first swirlings, the Big Bang) Briatic Colour: pure white Number: 1 Magical Image: a bearded man seen in profile Briatic Correspondence: unity Spiritual Experience: Union with God Titles: Ancient of Days, the Greater Countenance (Macroprosopus), the White Head, Concealed of the Concealed, Existence of Existences, the Smooth Point, Rum Maalah, the Highest Point. God Name: Eheieh Archangel: Metatron Angel Order: Chaioth ha Qadesh Keywords: unity, union, all, pure consciousness, God, the Godhead, manifestation, beginning, source, emanation. Daath - Knowledge Daath has no manifest qualities. Keywords: hole, tunnel, gateway, doorway, black hole, vortex. LESSER RITUAL OF THE PENTAGRAM Invoking Take a steel dagger in the right hand. Face east. Touching your forehead say 'ATEH' ('Thou art') Touch your breast. Say 'MALKUTH' ('The Kingdom') Touch your right shoulder. Say 'VE-GEBURAH' ('The Power' Touch your left shoulder. Say 'VE-GEDULAH' ('and the Glory') Clasp your hands before thee. Say 'LE-OLAM' ('forever') Holding the dagger between fingers, point up and say 'AMEN' Make in the air towards the East the invoking Pentagram and, bringing the dagger point to the center of the Pentagram, vibrate the Deity Name 'Yod-He-Vau-He' imagining that your voice carries forward to the East of the Universe. Holding the dagger out before you, proceed to the South, make the Pentagram, and vibrate the diety name 'Adonai' Go to the West, make the Pentagram and vibrate 'Eheieh'. Go to the North, make the Pentagram and vibrate 'Agla' . Return to the East and complete your by bringing the dagger point to the center of the first pentagram. Stand with arms outstretched in the form of a cross and say: Before me Raphael, Behind me Gabriel, At my right hand Michael, at my left hand Auriel! Before me flames the Pentagram - Behind me shines the six-rayed star!' Again make the Kaballistic Cross as directed above, saying ATEH, etc. For Banishing use the same Ritual, but reversing the direction of the lines of the Pentagram.