KEY     QUEEN SCALE                     KING SCALE ===       ===========                     ========== 1       pure white brilliance                        brilliance     2                    gray                                pure soft blue   3              black                                          crimson  4              blue                                       deep violet 5               scarlet red                                   orange      6               yellow (gold)                        clear pink rose 7              emerald green                               amber      8              orange                                      violet purple 9                  violet                                         indigo 10            citrine, olive, russet, black                 yellow   The 22 paths connect the sefiroth together. These paths correspond with the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet, as based upon the SEFIR YETZIRAH. Due to the nature of the Hebrew alphabet (some letters can take two forms) SEFIR YETZIRAH divides each of two of the letters into two (dual) parts. For this reason, it is necessary to divide each of the two related paths into two (dual) parts. These are numbered 31, 31b (bisected); 32, 32b.  Yet when these paths are drawn on the sefirotic tree they are usually shown undivided (and numbered simply 31, and 32).  The following table shows the colors and location of the paths in relation to the sefiroth. You will want to add the path numbers to the illustration of the sefirotic tree, or draw a new tree.  Some writers may refer to "32 paths", by calling the sefiroth "paths" 1-10. KEY     JOINS SEFIROTH      QUEEN SCALE          KING SCALE ===      ==============       ===========          ==========     11                   1 - 2                      sky blue                    brt. pale yello 12                    1 - 3                       purple                            yellow 13                     1 - 6                        silver                               blue          14                  2 - 3                          sky blue                     emerald green 15                    2 - 6                           red                            scarlet 16                 2 - 4                     deep indigo                  red orange 17                3 - 6                         pale mauve                     orange 18                   3 - 5                          maroon                       amber             19                 4 - 5                           deep purple                greenish yellow       20              4 - 6                           slate gray                yellowish green 21                 4 - 7                               blue                          violet     22                5 - 6                                blue                 emerald green 23               5 - 8                         sea green                   deep blue 24              6 - 7                        dull brown                  green blue 25               6 - 9                         yellow                               blue 26                 6 - 8                          black                          indigo 27                7 - 8                               red                         scarlet 28              7 - 9                            sky blue                        violet           29            7 - 10                buff, silver-white           crimson (ultraviolet)    30                8 - 9                       gold yellow                      orange             31                 8 - 10                   vermilion            glowing orange-scarlet 32             9 - 10                        black                             indigo                  31b                                            deep purple              white merging into gray                   32b                                             amber                 citrine, olive, russet,  black     The queen and king scales are complementary. Also complementary are the paths and the sefiroth. Traditional use of the queen scale sefiroth will find the king scale as paths and vice versa. The use of complementary scales is based upon the idea of balance. A tree composed of sefiroth in the queen scale and paths in the king scale is all you need for most magick. Although correspondences are what work for you, there is said to be an ancient tradition surrounding the conventional color scales and it may be helpful to lock into the energy associated with them.   From the magical point of view, the Tree of Life is a map of consciousness which is useful for understanding and attaining various states of consciousness. In cabalistic magick we are concerned with the linking of higher energy to lower levels on the tree. That very thing takes place naturally as well, in nature and in life. A subject in itself is cabalistic meditation (pathwork, or the way of return), in which we attempt to climb up the tree (ladder of lights) to attain union with divinity.   REVIEW QUESTIONS 1) What is the sefirotic tree? 2) How is the queen scale used in magick? 3) What is a path? How many are there?   BOOK LIST J. Abelson, Jewish Mysticism Edward Albertson, Understanding the Kabbalah Bernard J. Babmerger, Fallen Angels Richard Cavendish, The Black Arts ______, editorial comments to "Cabala", Man Myth and Magic Aleister Crowley, The Book of Thoth ______, 777 Revised Denning and Phillips, The Magical Philosophy ______, Magical States of Consciousness (on pathworking) A.D. Duncan, The Christ, Psychotherapy and Magic Dion Fortune, The Mystical Qabalah Adolphe Frank, The Kabbalah: The Religious Philosophy of the   Hebrews Perle Epstein, Kabbalah, the Way of the Jewish Mystic William Gray, The Talking Tree Stephan A. Hoeller, The Royal Road Isidor Kalish, Sepher Yezirah: A Book on Creation Alta J. LaDage, Occult Psychology Bernhard Pick, The Cabala: Its Influence on Judaism and   Christianity Charles Ponce, Kabbalah: An Introduction and Illumination for the   World Today Henry B. Pullen-Burry, Qabalism Israel Regardie, A Garden of Pomegranets ______, The Golden Dawn ______, The Middle Pillar Leo Schaya, The Universal Meaning of the Kabbalah Gershom Scholem, Kabbalah ______, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism ______, On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism ______, Zohar: The Book of Splendor Arthur Edward Waite, The Holy Kabbalah R.J. Zwi Werblowsky, "Cabala", Man, Myth and Magic William Wynn Wescott, An Introduction to the Study of the Kabalah ______, Sepher Yetzirah ======== Phil Hansford, 4/88 Mysteria (818) 353-8891 (modem) P.O. Box 83 Tujunga, CA 91042       Pt 10     Pt 11    


 

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