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The Sefer Yetzirah provides an overview of the Sephiroth and how to use them. The 231 gates are the original way of pathworking the energies in the tree of life prior to people associating things like the Tarot to the paths. Crowley believe that the Tarot associations made the SY redundant but there is a lot more to it than that.
When people learn how to pathwork the tree of life, they use images, symbols and sometimes words to enable them to connect with the paths and the spheres. The SY provides rituals and mantras to use to experience the paths on a much higher level of conciousness, which is required for you to actually use these energies in magick.
The majority of magicians use the ToL as a form of enlightenment, they walk the paths and learn about the usinverse. The SY provides a format for the magician to learn how to use these energies in practical magick.
The only thing about the SY is that in order to use it, you need to have a fair amount of experience with magick, the tree and the paths. The SY assumes that you have walked all of the paths, have a working knowledge of the energies associated with them and then moves on to show you how to use them
Hope this make you read it more Kinjo, its a good book.
Cheers,
Bro-M
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In my world, Mr T is GOD!
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Sefer ha-Yetzirah, 231 Gates
| Kinjo Sefer ha-Yetzirah Mar 24 2005, 02:49 PM
Mar 24 2005, 02:49 PM
