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Kabbalah / Golden Dawn / Ritual Magic
EXPLORE A DRAMATIC NEW APPROACH
TO PERSONAL SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
The mystical Kabbalah is one of the best esoteric systems of
interactive spirituality ever devised. It explains tke origin of the
entire cosmos, reveals the eternal mind of God, and guides seekers
along the path of spiritual development. It is a precise mystical
system that describes universal laws and how to utilize spiritual
principles in everyday life.
While the Kabbalch has long been at the heart of Western
ceremonial magic, many prospective students are unaware of the
beauty and wisdom contained within this age-old system of
meditation and ritual magic. Experiencing the Kabbalah is a
comprehensive, yet easy-to-use beginner's guide tha: emphasizes
learning basic Kabbalistic concepts through personal, hands-on
experience. The exercises and ritual drama engage your creativity
and imagination while forming the basis of a daily practice for
increasing your own psychic abilities.
EXPERIENCE A COMPELLING REVELATION THAT WILL
ENRICH YOUR LIFE AND EMPOWER YOUR INNER SELF
Chic and Sandra Tabatha Cicero (Florida) are
senior Adepts of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn and together have written Secrets of ¢ Golden
Dawn Temple, Self-Initiation Into the Golden Dav
Tradition, and The Golden Dawn Magical System
Tarot Set. ‘They also originated and edit the Golden
Dav Journal. Close friends of the late Dr. Israel
Regardie, they both helped to resurrect a legitimate
branch of the Golden Dawn in the United Stats in
the early 80s.
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EXPERIENCING
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Also by the Authors Table of Contents
‘The Golden Dawn Magical System Kit a i
incings y List of Figates and Mustrations ......2+0+.0- 004
The New Golden Dewy Ritual Tevet (deck) Introduction : - ~“
‘The New Golden Dawn Ritual Yarct (book) Chapter One: The Kabbalah. ....... a
Layout Sheet
Secrets of a Golden Daven Temple
Self-Initiation into the Golden Dawn Tradition
‘The Golden Dazin Journal Series
including:
Book I: Divination: Chapter Two: The Tree Walk. : 9
Book Il: Qubatah: Theory and Magic Lemming Kabtoloh trough Fituol Drama; What 6 a
Bool Il: The Art of Hermes rn Wt Happen he ee The Hi
tory of ie Tee Walk Improvisation, Tow Yo Get Started
fon the Tee Wak; What to Expectin the Tee Walk
The Kabah The “Liles gh; The Sephiroth; The
[Abyss and vst The Qippotts The Pilla The Tds;
Sevnal Tolan cathe Tree The Ten Sopot 1 Keer,
2 Chobmaky % Pinal 4 Chesed, 5. Geburahy 6
“Tiphareth 7 Netty § Hed Yesod: 10, Masur
Forthcoming,
‘The Magical Pantheons
(The Golden Dawn Journal: Book
‘The Mite Pillar (Thixe Edition)
Chapter Three: The Sephirotic Stations 59
‘Matkuth; The Staten of Math; Symbolism the
‘Adress of Malki; Vesa; The Satin of Yes Sym-
balsa; The Ades of Yesed; Hod The Station of Hod
Symbols The Address of Hod; Netzach The Station
ff Neteach, Symbolism, The Address of Netzach
Tiphertly The Station of Tihorelly Symbolism; The
Address of Tiphareth Gebualy The Staion of Gebura,
‘Spmbolism; The Addcess of Gebarah; Chesad, The Star
tion of Chesed, Symbolism; The Addeoss of Chesed
ins The Station of Binh Symbol The Adres of
Bina Chokmay Te Station of Chaka Sebi:
The Addoss of Chokinan; Ketser: The Station of
ether Symbulam
Chapter Four: The Paths 28
“The 32nd Path, Tt The St Pat, Shin; he 20k Path
est; te ath Pat, Qoph The 28th Path, Tzadal The
2h, Pe th ath, An, The 28 Vat Some
The 2th Pat, Non Th 2nd th, Vo The 2nd Pay
Tame The 3st ath Kp The 30d Pt, ose
15th Ph Tate The 186 Ph Chety The Tn Pade .
Zayits Tho 1th Path Vv, The 1 Path Fey Thee List of Figures and Illustrations
Path alt The a Path line the 2h Pa Bt
The That, Alp
Figure: The Me ofits oecseensesnnes
Chapter ive ere Wak withthe Pat, 8 Figure 2: The Homing Sond 6
The Path Stations; Atter Malkuth; The Address of the Figure 3: The Serpent of Weslo 7 a
Eni inuy at kent eal fe Sires: The lecwth Dat 3
Features Atmel Powe: The Pilg yscrvesccec cece 28
shaca7h ay alee dco Sie 6: Thi z
Patty; Ihe Address of the 26th Path; The Address of the Figure 7; The Hermit. .
24h Path: After Tipharelly The Address Ue 2d Path: Figure & The Guide of Malkuth 6
The Address of the 22nd Path; After Geburaky The Figure 9: The Guide of Yesod .....0+ co
Ase tae htc ee
The Acdvofte hah AerChe The dew igure 10 The Guide of Had ia
of the 18th Path; The Adcress of the 17th Path; After the Figure 1: The Guide of Netzact sere
17th Path: The Address of Doathy Alter Binzh; ‘The Figure 12; The Guide of Tiphareth. 88
lle chase tatet a ae Fiqwe 18: The Gude ef Gaba osc?
Ihe ie of etfs te ose foue 1: The Ge a ‘a
Moral ofa causes ras Fig 1 The Gute of Cs 0:
‘The Address of the Mth Path Figure 15: The Guide of ‘oka oe . wr
othe Tee it Fie 16: The cae efcna se
Chapter Six The Tres Within Us 20 Figure 17: ‘The Experience of Rether «4+. e+e+6 128
“eon hee eT Mu ser Se TA ial
Tpentcodehedaetartocar cscs Fh 1 The Te of Lif ih Haan Bay. 21
A Simplified Middle Pillar; Working wit Archangels; Figure 19: The Spheres of the. =
The Archanguic Midele Ply Cor Vsuatzation Tec
; The Bxercse of the Thee Pillars; Advanced
ings; Archangols ard Their Colors; Ine Tse
Walk: A Guided Vissalizarion;Atiemations
Bibliography ..... . 27
Index
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INTRODUCTION
he idea for writing this book came about one
| day as we finished giving a lecture on the
Kabbalah, followed by a ritual drama celled
“The Tree Walk” which was designed as an infor-
mative and entertaining way to teach students iow
to understand basic Kabbalistic concepts—not in the
usual abstruse language that many books on the
subject are written in, but rather in a theatrical per-
formance wherein the audience interacts with actors
or titwalisss whe represent Kabbalistic ideas, A
friend of ours, who had been giving classes on the
Kabbalah, suggested that our scripted version of
“The Tree Walk,” which we had been performing for
a number of years, would be an excellent teaching
tool for showing beginning students hovr to relate
to the Kabbalah in human terms and apply its
ancient wisdorn to everyday life in the modem
‘world. Many books on the subject are either too sim-
plified or too advanced, and in boch cases the begin-
ner is still eft with a system that ie very abstract and
hard to grasp on an experiential level. It would be a
shame if students who truly wished to understand,
the Kabbalah were unable to do co simply because
they could rot personally relate to its ideas as delin
cated in the usual texts. This does not have to be,
and should not be, the case
In the minds of many individuals who study the
magic and mysticism of the western world, there is
simply no better system for spiritual growth and per~
sonal evolution than that of the Kabbalas. No other
system that we are aware of is as symmetrical, beauti-
ful, Karmonious, all-encompassing, or better suited to
the psychology of the Western mind, Yet this elegant
system of mystical knowledge, which was in past
ages reserved only for 2 select few among the ancient
Hebrews, 's now being discovered by spiritual seek-
ers from alll walks of life and from every conceivable
religious faith and ethnic background—Eastern as
‘well as Western. Kabbalistic knowledge has never
been a static, rigid bdy of teachings; it has always
been an ancient river of collective wisdom, fed by sev-
eral smaller tributaries and streams of personal
insight, creativity, and experience. The Kabbalah of
today hes become far less sectarian and much more
universal in scope.
It is our hope that this bock can provide the
reader who is new ta the subject with exactly this type
Intrusion «ait
of personal, hands-on experience with the Kabbalah,
It doesn't matter whether the reader intends ty make
the Kabbalah his or her primary spiritual focus, or
merely has a passing curiosity about it, Students from.
all spiritual paths should be able to benefit in some
‘way from the vast amount of wisdom represented by
the Kabbalah.
As a final note, readers should be aware that the
English transliteration of the Hebrew word Kabbalah
is often spelled differently. Variations in spelling
include Qabalah, Qabala, Cabala, and even Quab-
alah. Some authors use the different spellings of the
word to denote different Kabbalistic traditions. For
example, the spelling of Kebbalah is offen used by
orthadax Jews to represent a more orthodex form of
these ancient teachings. Western ceremonial magi-
cians often prefer the spelling of Qabalah to indicate a
more Hermetic or magical form of the system,
Although we, too, favor the spelling of Qabalah, here
swe have opted for the more traditional soclling of
Kabbalah to indicate an extensive system that encom-
passes all forms and branches of this mystical tradi-
‘ion—fzom ancient times to the modem era.
The Kabbalah of today is accessible to anyone
who wishes to study it. But studying books is not
enough. Risual exercises, meditations, visualizations,
and daily effirmations are among the tools that will
help readers internalize Kabbalistic knowledge. Stu-
dents who use these tools will soon discover the
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Kabbalah to be a deep and unen¢ing well of divine
wisdom, creativity, peace, and inspiration—he full
potential of which has yet to be reached.
—Chie Cicero
Sandra Tabatha Cicero
‘Metatron House
‘Summer Solstice 1997
CHAPTER ONE
THE KABBALAH
he Tree is a symbol for spiritual growth that
| has existed in one form or another in virtually
all mystical traditions and cultures. In ancient
Mesopotamia, the how o: central Tree of Tife was said
to stand in the midille of the Sacred Grove of the
Gods. In Teutonic mythology, the cosmic tree known,
as Yggarasil extended from the heavens ta the very
‘core ofthe earth, The Arbor Vilae ean often be found in
the art of the Orient. But the most sublime use of the
‘Tree as an image for spiritual evolution is undoubt-
edly that of the Tiee of Life from the Kabbalah. Tt is
from the ancient and fertile soll of the Hebrew tradi-
tion that the Kabbalistic Tree of Life takes not
Most of the world’s major religions teach that all
‘humans will return to the primal source from whence
‘we came, But these same religions often donot provide
instruction (other than moral admonishments and
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tlogma) on how humans ean actively aid their own
spiritual progress. They do not provide the exercises,
knowledge, training, or any of the practical methods
needed for the average human being to facilitate his or
her own latent peychie gifts and to accelerate natural
spiritual evolution—all the things that are necded to
bring these numinous divine gifts into every aspect of
dally existence. Ta. modem times ‘here is a growing
desire for something more satistying than the parental
advice of “da this and don't do that” —a phase that
«asec to be effective for the major religions in ages past
when people were less educated. The time for blind
acceptance of everything that the orthodox institutions
say and do is long past. Nowadays, many people are
experiencing a growing desire for a type of spiitualizy
that is more personal, accessible, and tangible—a spiti
y people
are turning to the mystical traditions of the East (Bud-
ddhism and Hinduism) as well as to those of the West
‘namely the Kabbelah, along with its main symbol, the
Tree of Life.
The mystical Kabbalah is one of the best esoteric
systemsever devised for providing this kind of interac
tive spirituality Ttis one ofthe oldest and finest systems
available for bringing out the latent psychic gifts that
reside within us all. Ttis a very practical system that
<coalains several different layers of working. In other
words, students of Kabbalah can delve into its myster-
ies and its knowledge as deeply as they want to—
Degianers can slay al introductory levels of working,
suality thatis mone whole, That is why co mans
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‘while advanced practitioners can move on to ever~
increasing degrees of knowledge and discipline. As one
writer stated:
‘The Qubslah, or traditional scieace ofthe Hebrews,
might be called the mathematics of human thought
Lis the algebra of fit, Tf soko all problems ofthe
soul as equations, by isolating the wknotens, Tt
_gites fo ides the clarity ond rigorous exactitude of
‘nuinbers; ts result, for Hee mb, ave infubiblity
(alzoqys relative, however, to the spluere of uma
Toiowledge) and for the heart, profound pence
The Kabbalah
Kebhalah isa Hebrow word that means “tradition.” Itis
derived from the root word gibel, meaning “to
receive.” This refers to the ancient custom of handing
down esoteric knowledge by oral transmission. What
the word Kabbalafi encompasses is an entire body of
anciont Hebrew mystical principles that are the cor
norstone and focus of the Western Esoteric Tradition,
‘This system is ideally suited to the logical, rational
mind of Western-thinking people, because it permits
us a view of the organization and construction of the
universal energies that influence all areas of ou Lives,
We Westerners are raised in an environment that is
conducive to saional thought-processes and left-brain
activity, The ayystical Kabbalah engages this natural
