Now is a good time for beginning the qabalah. At this time of year we are more inclined to study and meditate and so the qabalah is a wonderful tool to work with now.
The qabalah is a tool, much like tarot, numerology etc and can be studied for a couple of years or over a lifetime, depending on how deep you wish to plunge into each sephiroth.
Malkuth is the recommended starting point on the Tree of life. Malkuth is the sphere or sephiroth that governs the Earth. The correspondences are:
Colours - black, olive, russet, citrine
Angel - Sandalphon (pronounced San-dal-fon)
God Name - Adonai ha Aretz (as it reads - ai at end of adonai sounds like aye)
Angelic Chorus - The Ashim
Incense - sandalwood
Magical Image - Young maiden, on a throne, crowned
Gifts - Crystals/gem, wheat/grains & perfumes/oils
Crystal - smokey quartz or rock quartz
It is a good idea to begin a course or get a decent book on the qabalah when beginning the tree of life. They will take you on a meditation where you venture into the tree and help you raise the pillars of balance within your temple. You will meet the angel, the magical image and be given the relevant gifts. This is a wonderful exercise that brings surprisingly speedy results. But it has lessons too. Malkuth is the sphere of discrimination among other things, and it helps you to discriminate in life when you need to. It forms the base of your tree and while you can technically start in other spheres, this gives you the foundation and grounds you for the high works later on.
The tree of life looks and is complicated but it is do-able. Taking your time, not expecting to instantly know everything or expecting instant results will make the pathway all the clearer and smoother.
If you struggle to find a decent course or a book that helps, contact me and I'll see what I can do to help.
BB
On another note, I have written 3 books. 2 are part of a series set in Scoltand about the Sidhe, fairy folk. Available on kindle and in paperback:
The Island of the Mist is book 2
The Stone in the Sword is book 1
The 3rd book is an adult, sexy witchy werewolf/vampire story set in New York and featuring a strong female lead character, again available in kindle and paperback formats:
The Wolf, the Witch and the Coffin
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