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World mythology contains many images of the Cosmic Tree. Yet analogies often arise where their fit is not harmonious. An example of such a strained analogy is the common conflation of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life with the pagan World Tree (in particular, Yggdrasil).
In fact, the point is precisely that the shared elements contained in the Compositions of different people, illuminated by their unique individuality, when properly combined are perceived and brought into awareness much more effectively and, accordingly, lead to a greater accumulation of Power than one-sided, purely personal development of awareness.
If the process of the Father entering the Mother, the Spirit entering Matter, is excessively accelerated, it leads to traumatic consequences, since the new, light-filled elements do not have time to integrate into the existing system.
We have said many times that at a certain stage in the development of the Magus’s self-awareness he confronts the obvious fact of the falsity of the world’s ordering, the error of the basic principles of the worldview, and the inauthenticity of the motives for existence within that picture. At this moment the Magus experiences a kind of “midlife crisis,” but far more serious, often accompanied by illness and depression, and leading to an irreversible change in his mind.
Most schools and teachings regard the possession of free will as the most important distinction of a human being.
We have already said that, for the Magi, “will” signifies the capacity to create stable vectors of desire. But what, then, is its freedom?
The Vertical Flow, comprising both descending and ascending currents of force, has several symbols; the best known among them is the image of the Chariot of the Most High — the Merkabah (Heb. מֶרְכָּבָה, “chariot”).
Just as air embodied the principle of horizontal mobility, so the Earth Element corresponds to horizontal inertia.
The fertilizing activity that fills and permeates the cosmos corresponds to the Element of Air.
The element of Water corresponds to the passive, feminine principle of fluidity, adaptability, and to the Descending movement of Power.
As we have already said, Fire is considered the Element of an object’s Activity, its ascending force.
It is unsurprising that Fire is also credited with the greatest destructive power, since the Principle of ascent that it denotes is often accompanied by the disembodiment of things, that is — their material destruction.
The primary division of the universe drives further polarization and brings forth the quaternity of the Prima Materia.
We have already mentioned the notion “The Great Stream of Power” many times, treating it as a perceptual given; however, different schools understand “Stream of Power” in different ways.
“Cromlechs” usually refer to megalithic stone circles. The stones that make up a cromlech can be elongated in the style of menhirs, or completely shapeless boulders. Sometimes cromlechs have a more complex structure—their constituent stones may be overlapped in pairs or in threes by horizontal slabs on top, like a roof.
