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DION FORTUNES The Mystical Qabalah remains a classic in its clarity, linking the broad elements of Jewish traditional thought -- probably going back to the Babylonian Captivity and beyond -- with both Eastern and Western philosophy and later Christian insights. Dion Fortune was one of the first Adepts to bring this secret tradition to a wider audience. Some before her often only added to the overall mystery by elaborating on obscurity, but her account is simple, clear, and comprehensive.The Qabalah could be described as a confidential Judaic explanation of the paradox of the Many and the One -- the complexity and diversity within a monotheistic unity. Whereas the Old Testament outlines the social and psychological development of a tightly knit chosen group culture, the supplementary Qabalah provides a detailed plan of the infrastructure behind the creative evolutionary process.A major limitation of the Authorized English Version of the bible is the translation of the many Hebrew God-names by the single name, God. The Mystical Qabalah devotes a chapter to each of the ten schematic God-names, the qualities or Sephiroth, which focus the principle archetypes behind evolving human activity: the Spiritual Source; the principles of Force and Form; Love and Justice; the Integrative principle or the Christ Force; Aesthetics and Logic; the dynamics of the Psyche; and finally, the Manifestation of life on Earth in a physical body.The Mystical Qabalah works in a profoundly psychological way. Its lessons for the individual are invaluable and this book is a must for all who feel drawn to know themselves better so that their inner and outer worlds may be as one.This revisededition includes an additional chapter of Fortunes original writing, an editorial update for contemporary readers, and a foldout with Tree of Life diagrams to facilitate study of the text.

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THE MYSTICAL

QABALAH

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FOREWORD

THE Tree of Life forms the ground-plan of the Western Esoteric Tradition and is the system upon which pupils are trained in the Fraternity of the Inner Light.

The transliteration of Hebrew words into English is the subject of much diversity of opinion, every scholar appearing to have his own system. In these pages I have availed myself of the alphabetical table given by MacGregor Mathers in The Kabba/ah Unveiled because this book is the one generally used by esoteric students. He himself does not adhere to his own table systematically, however, and even uses different spellings for the same words. This is very confusing for anyone who wishes to use the Gematric method of elucidation, in which letters are turned into numbers. When, therefore, Mathers gives alternative trans literations, I have followed the one which coincides with that given in his own table.

The capitalisation employed in these pages may also appear unusual, but it is the one traditionally used among students of the Western Esoteric Tradition. In this system, common words, such as earth or path, are used in a technical sense to denote spiritual principles. When this is done, a capital is used to indicate the fact. When a capital is not used, it may be taken that the word is to be understood in its ordinary sense.

As I have frequently referred to the authority of MacGregor Mathers and Aleistet Crowley in matters of Qabalistic mysticticism, it may be as well to explain my position in relation to these two writers.

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I was at one time a member of the organisation founded by the former, but have never been associated with the latter. I have never known either of these gentlemen personally, MacGregor Mathers having died before I joined his organisation, and Aleister Crowley having then ceased to be associated with it.

The Society of the Inner Light, founded by the late Dion Fortune, has courses for those who wish seriously to pursue the study of the Western Esoteric Tradition. Information about the society may be obtained by writing to the address below. Please enclose British stamps or international postal coupons in your letter if you wish a response.

The Secretary

The Society of the Inner Light

38 Stelle's Road

London NW3 4RG, England

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER

PAGE

Part I.

I.

THE YOGA OF THE WEST

II.

THE CHOICE OF A PATH

III. THE

METHOD OF THE QABALAH

IV.

THE UNWRITTEN QABALAH

V. NEGATIVE

EXISTENCE

VI.

OTZ CHIIM, THE TREE OF LIFE

VII.

THE THREE SUPERNALS

VIII. THE

PATTERNS OF THE TREE

IX.

THE TEN SEPHIROTH IN THE FOUR WORLDS 62

X.

THE PATHS UPON THE TREE

XI.

THE SUBJECTIVE SEPHIROTH

XII.

THE GODS UPON THE TREE

XIII.

PRACTICAL WORK UPON THE TREE

Part II.

XIV.

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

XV.

KETHER, THE FIRST SEPHIRAH

XVI.

CHOKMAH, THE SECOND SEPHIRAH

XVII.

BINAH, THE THIRD SEPHIRAH

XVIII.

CHESED, THE FOURTH SEPHIRAH

XIX.

GEBURAH, THE FIFTH SEPHIRAH

XX.

TIPHARETH THE SIXTH SEPHIRAH

Part III.

XXI.

THE FOUR LOWER SEPHIROTH

XXII. NETZACH

XXIII.

HOD 238

XXIV. YESOD

XXV. MALKUTH

XXVI. THE

QLIPHOTH

XXVII. CONCLUSION

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DIAGRAMS

I. The Three Pillars and the Descent of Power

II. The Three Triangles

III. The Tree of Life and the Thirty-two Paths

PART I

CHAPTER I

THE YOGA OF THE WEST

1. Very few students of occultism know anything at all about the fountain-head whence their tradition springs. Many of them do not even know there is a Western Tradition.

Scholarship is baffled by the intentional blinds and defences with which initiates both ancient and modern have wrapped themselves about, and concludes that the few fragments of a literature which have come down to us are medieval forgeries. They would be greatly surprised if they knew that these fragments, supplemented by manuscripts that have never been allowed to pass out of the hands of initiates, and completed by an oral tradition, are handed down in schools of initiation to this day, and are used as the bases of the practical work of the Yoga of the West.

2. The adepts of those races whose evolutionary destiny is to conquer the physical plane have evolved a Yoga technique of their own which is adapted to their special problems and peculiar needs. This technique is based upon the well-known but little understood Qabalah, the Wisdom of Israel.

3. It may be asked why it is that the Western nations should go to the Hebrew culture for their mystical tradition ? The answer to this question will be readily understood by those who are acquainted with the esoteric theory concerning races and sub-races. Everything must have a source. Cultures do not spring out of nothing. The seed-bearers of each new phase of culture must of necessity arise within the preceding Culture. No one can deny that Judaism was the matrix of the

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European spiritual culture when they recall the fact that Jesus and Paul were both Jews.

No race except the Jewish race could possibly have served as the stock upon which the new dispensation was to be grafted because no other race was monotheistic. Pantheism and polytheism had had their day and a new and more spiritual culture was due. The Mystical Qabala Page 5

Christian races owe their religion to the Jewish culture as surely as the Buddhist races of the East owe theirs to the Hindu culture.

4. The mysticism of Israel supplies the foundation of modern Western occultism. It forms the theoretical basis upon which all ceremonial is developed. Its famous glyph, the Tree of Life, is the best meditation-symbol we possess because it is the most comprehensive.

5. It is not my intention to write a historical study of the sources of the Qabalah, but rather to show the uses that are made of it by modern students of the Mysteries. For although the roots of our system are in tradition, there is no reason why we should be hidebound by tradition. A technique that is being actually practised is a growing thing, for the experience of each worker enriches it and becomes part of the common heritage.

6. It is not necessarily incumbent upon us to do certain things or hold certain ideas because the Rabbis who lived before Christ had certain views. The world has moved on since those days and we are under a new dispensation but what was true in principle then will be true in principle now, and of value to us. The modern Qabalist is the heir of the ancient Qabalist, but he must re-interpret doctrine and re-formulate method in the light of the present dispensation if the heritage he has received is to be of any practical value to him.

7. I do not clairn that the modern Qabalistic teachings as I have learnt them are identical with those of the pre-Christian Rabbis, but I claim that they are the legitimate descendants thereof and the natural development therefrom.

8. The nearer the source the purer the stream. In order to discover first principles we must go to the fountain-head. But a river receives many tributaries in the course of its flow, and these need not necessarily be polluted. If we want to discover whether they are pure or not, we compare them with the pristine stream, and if they pass this test they may well be permitted to mingle with the main body of waters and swell their strength. So it is with a tradition: that which is not antagonistic will be assimilated. We must always test the purity of a tradition by reference to first principles, but we shall equally judge of the vitality of a tradition by its power to assimilate. It is only a dead faith which remains uninfluenced by contemporary thought.

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