Middle Pillar Vibrations Options

Greetings all!

Well, it's been quite a while since I posted here, but I'm back!

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Yeah, anyway, I'm rather confused about the divine names vibrated during the Middle Pillar. EHIEH makes sense, and vibes well with the energy above my head. JHVH ELOHIM I'm not totally sure what it means or why it is vibrated at the throat center, but it still seems to work ok, although not as great as above. Wheras JHVH ELOAH Ve DA'Ath seems just whack to be vibrating at my solar plexus. Why would I be vibrating Da'ath there? Doesn't it make more sense to be vibrating it at the thoat center, since that's where Daath is located? Since it makes no sense to me, seems too long and doesn't vibe well at all, I replaced it with IAO (for Isis Apophis Osiris). Does anybody else do this? Would it be more efficacious if I tried to understand what the Hebrew vibration means or why its vibrated there, and then went back to that?

Shaddai el chai and Adonai ha aretz make perfect sense, tho.

Thanks
Flyingmojo

Greetings,

When operating the Middle Pillar ritual, I too replace YHVH ELOAH Ve DA'Ath with IAO. I noticed, after a while of operating it, that YHVH ELOAH Ve DA'Ath did not flow very well for me. It is difficult to put into words, especially since I am no kabbalist, but it felt very out of place. I got the idea of using IAO from Melville's "The Secrets of High Magic." IAO seems to make the vibration that much smoother and coherent.

Greetings,

Agreed on that. Using the YHVH ELOAH Ve DA'Ath seems to make the whole current of energy slow down, as if it has to flow around a partial obstacle. Like a big stone in the center of a small stream. The energy can still get around, but it's flow is being choked.
But when using the IAO the energy just spills through. Now, so I'm not repeating previous posts....LOL

I experimented a few times with another variation of this. When vibrating the IAO, I reversed it. OAI. Osiris, Apophis, Isis. It produced a very interesting effect.
When I vibrated it in reverse, the energy at my throat center stopped and began swirling, almost like a whirlpool. It did this for a few moments and then WHOOSH. It raced on like a mofo. The rest of my ritual work that session was very intense. I'm think it may having something to do with the fact that that progression seems to mimic our ascending the Piillars.
If Osiris is the God of death and fertility, then it makes sense to me that he would equate more to the 'foundation', as in the old saying, " Out of death comes life"
Then comes Apophis, who in my opinion is a very chaotic energy. Wild and unrestrained.
And finally Isis. She serves, I feel, as the Other Half of Osiris, the Yin to his Yang.
So I'm guessing here that maybe what happened was that by reversing it OAI it may have allowed the energy to flow upwards through Osiris, through the chaos of Apophis and then refocused in the femininity of Isis. I.E, it ends up as a feminine energy instead of a masculine one.
But as Ashnook stated of himself, I'm not all that proficient in kabballa, so I can't say for sure why this was. Any ideas?

It sounds like you do not even understand the middle pillar ritual.

The tree of life from qabalah has three pillars. The middle pillar ritual as its name suggests activates the "middle" pillar or the pillar of equilibrium. The divine names correspond to each sphere located upon the middle pillar as well as da'ath and the location attributed on the body. Da'ath has no divine name associated with it so many people use the divine name from Binah which is YHVH Elohim. YHVH Eloah va da'ath is the divine name associated with tiphareth and the chest region. But as ashnook pointed out many groups have substituted the IAO formula in its place. That is a personal choice.

Nero, I do understand the Middle Pillar, and mostly everything you said is nothing new to me, except the fact that Da'ath has no divine name assoc. with it, and so the divine name for Binah is used instead. That I had not heard before. However, a friend only just recently bought The Middle Pillar by Israel Regardie for me but I have yet to get around reading it.

It is very interesting to me that other people share the same experiences with the vibration at the chest region, so thank you Ashnook (hey boss (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)) and Seraphim. That gives me confidence to keep using IAO. I like the idea of reversing it, and it sounds like it has some interesting effects! I'll definately try that some time.

I often feel that the Yesod vibration is weak on my MIddle Pillar (as is sometimes also the Tiphareth one).

What does it mean, kabalistically? That I have no Foundation? :-o

I often feel that the Yesod vibration is weak on my MIddle Pillar (as is sometimes also the Tiphareth one).

What does it mean, kabalistically? That I have no Foundation?

Well, I've been doing a lot meditation on this region in the body recently, and I recieved the impression that like someone locked out of their car, I have some walls that are locking me out of my own power center here. I also felt that through continued meditation coupled with regular practice with the MP, it would become "unlocked". Perhaps you have something similar going on.

Greetings,

I’ve actually had some problems myself with the vibration of the divine names. I posted my issue on this board about a month ago. Since then I’ve come to the realization that you can make any name vibrate in any part of your body as long as you can focus and direct your intention. With that said, however, I see no reason to change the divine names since this is first and foremost a Qabbalistic exercise. Of course IAO is the Hellenized version of YHVH, so it is theoretically part of the divine name of Tiphareth (YHVH Eloah ve-Da’ath). I like using the long name since there is more to vibrate in this large sphere, which should ideally include the heart as well as the solar plexus. But hey, to each their own.

The pseudo-sephirah of Da’ath is tricky, for the reasons the Nero pointed out, but in reality any name can work for Da’ath because it is the pivot of the Tree. YHVH Elohim works fine after some practice, as do the Enochian names on the Tablet of Union (Thank you Nero for informing me of this).

I’ve found that the best exercise is to visualize the sphere vibrating in the corresponding location as you vibrate the name. Really make an effort to see the edges of the sphere blur from the intense vibration. This is a simple and almost trivial sounding instruction, but when properly synchronized it will result in the activation of the corresponding energy center.

Remember, the MP is meant to be practiced daily, it is an exercise that is geared towards awakening and activating the central energy centers of your subtle body. So practice, practice, practice, and within as little time as a month you will look back at the issues of the names not “fitting” and laugh. I speak from my own personal experience….Best of luck.

I’ve actually had some problems myself with the vibration of the divine names. I posted my issue on this board about a month ago.

Yeah, I was just going through that post. The idea of going Enochian intruiges me, and I've been thinking of going all the way, and doing the whole thing in Enochian, LBRP included, since I vibe better with it than Hebrew.

I’ve found that the best exercise is to visualize the sphere vibrating in the corresponding location as you vibrate the name. Really make an effort to see the edges of the sphere blur from the intense vibration. This is a simple and almost trivial sounding instruction, but when properly synchronized it will result in the activation of the corresponding energy center.

Thanks. I will definately do that. I think that will help a lot with my vibrations since that seems to be the weakest part of my practice.

Remember, the MP is meant to be practiced daily, it is an exercise that is geared towards awakening and activating the central energy centers of your subtle body

Absolutey! I've been doing it with a lot of large gaps between practice and only now do I realize howvital it is to keep it daily. It's almost like sipping up water through a straw - if you stop the suction, the water sinks back down.

So practice, practice, practice, and within as little time as a month you will look back at the issues of the names not “fitting” and laugh

oh boy! I can't wait! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dumbells.gif)

In Kraig's Modern Magick he recommends adding the Archangel names of the Sephiroth, and when doing so, using those three Enochian names for Daath (since Daath doesn't have an archangel, duh).

Kraig also explains well the selection of the names and their correspondences. For some of you, Kraig's book seems to be something you should pick up.. if you want.

This post has been edited by Grab: Jan 24 2007, 07:32 PM

You can also use the name of your HGA if known in Da'ath, I find this very symbolic and also very powerful. It seems to have the effect of grounding that central energy within your being. As we cannot cross the abyss as mortals, it fits to evoke this mighty being at this point.

YHVH Eloah Vda'ath is not an easy word to vibrate, but learning to do it has very big benefits. My mundane advice would be to take a huge gulp of air and vibrate the word with the whole breath. Practice a view times to get the speed correct.

Also I am not shure how many of you use intonation whilst doing vibration? The basic wasy of vibrating is to just ddrrraaawwwwww ooouuuutttt ttthheeeee wwwoooooooorrddddddddd. If you like, add intonation, so high and low pitches in the words. The words lend themselves to natural tunes that you will discover whilst vibrating them in this way. Using intonation unlocks a great deal of the power of these words.

BrotherM