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Kabbalah was and remains an urban teaching, oriented toward people who live removed from the forces of nature and who draw inspiration from the higher transcendental worlds.
From the standpoint of Magic, it is entirely possible to apply ideas and approaches drawn from different—even unrelated—sources, but only on one condition: that these ideas find harmonious coexistence in the personality of the Magus himself.
In fact, all mythological systems deriving from the Sumerian-Babylonian source have always shown a pronounced interest in ministering spirits rather than in free spirits.
The idea of “spiritual purity” is highly popular both among religious fanatics and among those striving for the greatness of the “Enlightened”.
People often conclude that any being is doomed to absolute, transcendental solitude and cannot in principle be understood by any other being. How justified is this conclusion?
We have repeatedly noted the exceptional role gods play in magically oriented mythology: those who bind the threads of life, who steward plants and animals, and who channel the Great Flow of Power into the backwaters of specifically embodied entities.
Among the numerous Demons known to the Magi of Europe, only one, besides Lucifer, is mentioned in virtually every Grimoire — from the “Lemegeton”, the “True” and the “Great” Grimoires, to the “Book of Dr. Faust” — Astarot.
Among the Radiant figures who uphold the foundations of the Cosmos, the figure of the Great Guardian, the Mighty Earth God, occupies a central place in every mythology.
Though he is rarely at the head of any people’s pantheon, this God has nonetheless always enjoyed exceptional veneration as the Lord of life and death.
Magic begins with overcoming the fear of facing oneself.
And that fear is not accidental. If one peers into the depths of oneself, one can discern an alien, malicious and treacherous being hiding there.
Where did it come from?
The Four Great Rulers of the cardinal directions, who govern the kiners and, accordingly, the Spirits, enable a Magus who has contained their power and assumed their place to effectively command mighty forces.
The Third turn of the World Wheel is closed by the transcensus, which carries being to a new level, scarcely discernible from the present vantage. It must be noted that, unlike the gradual unfolding of the Cycle into Three stages, escape beyond its bounds always occurs by a leap, and the element of spontaneity is essential in that leap.
We have already said that Pagan myth accepts as the primordial basis of the cosmos the Supreme Biner — the Great Father and the Great Mother — who issued from the Depths of the Most High to effect the process of creation. At the first stage they remain undivided (Ymir, Rod), and it is precisely Their separation that creates the difference of potentials driving the World Process.