Wells - Qabalah: Discover Powerful Tools to Explore Practical Magic and the Tree of Life

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Mindfulness

Past Lives

Angels

Lucid Dreaming

Tarot

Energy Healing

NLP

Self-Hypnosis

Reiki

Numerology

Feng Shui

Shamanism

Chakras

The Akashic Records

Tantra

Astrology

Mediumship

Coming soon

Goddess Wisdom

Meditation

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Text David Wells, 2017

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Everything in the Universe, throughout all
its kingdoms, is conscious: i.e., endowed
with a consciousness of its own kind
and on its own plane of perception.

HELENA BLAVATSKY, CO-FOUNDER OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Writing a book can be a solitary experience, but producing a book is far from it, and I know this one wouldnt have happened but for these lovely people!

From Hay House UK, my gratitude to Diane Hill, Director of International Sales and Operations, for championing the idea of adding Qabalah to the Basics series, Commissioning Editor Amy Kiberd for making it a reality and Lizzie Henry for her meticulous editing. And the wonderful team at Hay House, headed by Michelle Pilley, Publisher and Managing Director. I am eternally grateful.

But writing any book is also about those days when youre not feeling it and are just gazing at the stars, waiting for divine intervention or a magic elf to do the work for you. Sooner or later, one of those things happens. It happens quietly and it happens through the humour of a text, the laughter over a cup of berry tea and the unveiling of the nonsense of personality, and it happens through friends. So, Andrew Stark, Lee Fadden and Lisa Lister, thank you for being divine and intervening when I needed it most.

We must be absolutely firm in saying that no
book ever has or will be written to teach any
reader Qabalistic Wisdom. Such is impossible
not for lack of will but through lack of means.

WILLIAM G. GRAY, THE LADDER OF LIGHTS

Welcome to Qabalah.

You will notice that I didnt say Welcome to the Qabalah, and there is a good reason for that, which is perfectly put in the quote above: I am not so sure the definitive Qabalah exists. When I was writing this book, there were many moments of clarity; dreams and meditations were full of communion with guides and angelic beings, and lessons and wisdom flowed from those incarnate too. But the message that was shouted the loudest was that it was Qabalah and not the Qabalah.

Perhaps the the could only ever be replaced, if at all, by your? For the goal isnt just to understand Qabalah, its to understand yourself and the worlds you live in through Qabalah.

Qabalah is a spoken tradition. Its a spiritual path and a body of magical knowledge and practices that have been passed down from one teacher to another.

What makes this path so special is that it pulsates with energies you can work with and have a very real experience of. The path is learned not just through information given, but through exploration taken and through experience.

The central organization system of Qabalah is The Tree of Life, represented by a beautiful symbol that holds incredibly powerful energy. It is made up of 10 spheres, called Sephira, and 22 pathways, each of which holds specific energies. They are states of being, and not necessarily destinations. Every Sephira has an experience or a way of working within it, a place to go for magical journeys.

On these journeys, down pathways to great disks of energy, the teachings of Qabalah are brought to life by the beings you meet along the way archangels and fairy folk and the manifestation of every thought and feeling you have. We always anthropomorphize these things; to use and understand energy, we put shape, form and even order around that which is untouchable, that which is invisible, that which defies a full explanation: our relationship with the universe and its relationship to us.

My hope for this book is that it reminds you of the amazing being that you are, that it empowers you and that it holds you accountable for every word and deed on this Earth and beyond because you are accountable. No excuses accepted the responsibility for your own sovereign state is in your hands and yours alone. It is your thoughts and feelings that create the world you live in. But walking the paths of Qabalah will offer wisdom and experiences that will help raise you up to fully embrace your higher self and bring its full light to Earth.