Libaws
I am having a hard time with the Golden Dawn associations of the hebrew letters-Tarot cards to the 22 paths of the Kaballah. I cannot agree with quite a few of them notably the Empress being the path between Chokmah and Binah and the Fool being in the column of the male energy.
The Empress is clearly a manifestation of Binah on a lower arc rather than the energy which carries the initial will of unlimited energy, power, from Chokmah to Binah. Deep reflection says this path should be divine will and fire such as the Magician but he could also be the will coming from Kether to Chokmah with the High Priestess coming from Kether to Binah. I feel the fool should be placed in the central column because it is a neutral card neither male nor female for this is how I see Kether and the central column.. However this arrangement leaves no early card for the connection between Chokmah and Binah. After much meditation I feel that the Sephiroth themselves better embody the cards in the beginning but due to the fixed number of 10/11 sephira, this system lacks the places for all the major arcana.
I realize this system was created fairly recently (in relationship to the life of the Kaballah) and I have been trying to find other associations of the letters to the paths predating Golden Dawn but have found no older traces. Has anyone else found them? Has anyone ese come up against this block?
The Empress is clearly a manifestation of Binah on a lower arc rather than the energy which carries the initial will of unlimited energy, power, from Chokmah to Binah. Deep reflection says this path should be divine will and fire such as the Magician but he could also be the will coming from Kether to Chokmah with the High Priestess coming from Kether to Binah. I feel the fool should be placed in the central column because it is a neutral card neither male nor female for this is how I see Kether and the central column.. However this arrangement leaves no early card for the connection between Chokmah and Binah. After much meditation I feel that the Sephiroth themselves better embody the cards in the beginning but due to the fixed number of 10/11 sephira, this system lacks the places for all the major arcana.
I realize this system was created fairly recently (in relationship to the life of the Kaballah) and I have been trying to find other associations of the letters to the paths predating Golden Dawn but have found no older traces. Has anyone else found them? Has anyone ese come up against this block?