Tarot And Kabbalah Samael Aun Weor The Initiatic Path In The Arcane Of Tarot And Kabbalah By Samael Aun Weor 1 Tarot And Kabbalah Samael Aun Weor PROLOGUE The origin of the Kabbalah is lost in the night of the centuries, there, where the universe was formed in the womb of Maha Kundalini, the Great Mother. The Kabalah is the science of number. The author of the Tarot was the Angel Metraton who is Lord of the Wisdom of the Serpent. He was the prophet Enoch about whom the Bible speaks. The Angel Metraton or Enoch left us the Tarot, in which is contained all Divine Wisdom. This was written in stone. He also left to us the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew Alphabet. This great Master lives in the superior worlds, in a world of unimaginable happiness; the world of Aziluth, or in terms of the Kabalah, the region of Kether, a very elevated Sephiroth. All kabalists base themselves in the Tarot. It is necessary to study and know it profoundly. The universe is formed with the Law of Number, Measure and Weight. Mathematics forms the universe. Numbers become living entities. Whoever enters the pure and ineffable world of Spirit, Chesed, is able to verify that in this region everything reduces to numbers. It is a region of tremendous reality. We do not see things as they are in our world; rather we see images of things. In Chesed, one knows how many atoms there are in a table, how much karma the world owes, one knows how many molecules live in each body; it is a world of mathematics, a world of realism. One believes that one will be distanced from worldly reality in this world, and yet, one lives in reality. In a temple one knows the number of persons who are Self- Realised, and those who are not. If one enters a kitchen one knows the number of atoms contained in the food, which is to be eaten. It is a world of tremendous reality. In the world of Chesed one is able to know who is a True Man. One night, whilst in the world of Chesed, I entered a theatre where karmas were balanced, and on a screen, the screen of creation, one could observe the activity of the Masters of Karma. The karma of the two greatest powers on earth was placed, one on each side of a huge scale. The scale inclined against the colossus of the North. It owes a great karma; it will decline, will fall devastated because that which it owes must be paid in one way or another. The Theosophists speak of planes and sub-planes. These are the ten Sephiroth; ten emanations of Eternal Mother Space, ten waves which serve as the foundation of the Great Mother. The seven planets of the solar system are the seven Sephiroth and the triune Spiritual Sun is the Sephirothic Crown. These Sephiroth live, palpitate within our consciousness and we have to learn how to manage them and combine them in the marvellous laboratory of our internal universe. Thanks to the Sephiroth, one can be transformed into a Man. There are also Sephirah in the same manner as there are positive ions and negative ions. 2 Tarot And Kabbalah Samael Aun Weor We need to realise those ten Sephiroth because they are here with us, here and now. Those ten Sephiroth realised in an individual, transform him into a Self-Realised being. They resemble a setting of precious gems; it is something marvelous. The Sephirothic Crown is formed of Kether, Chochmah and Binah; one must understand the foundation of these three Sephiroth. The FATHER: First Logos. Kether. Wisdom. The SON: Second Logos. Chochmah. Love. The HOLY SPIRIT: Third Logos. Binah. Power, flaming igneous principle. KETHER: The Ancient of Days, the hidden of the hidden, the good of the good. He has thirty-one ringlets, and his beard has thirteen curls. Thirteen symbolises the Verb, the Word. About him wonders have been spoken. By means of Samadhi (ecstasy) one may meet with him in order to receive his commands. He is infinite mercy, complete wisdom. CHOCHMAH: The Christ, Love. The Christ awaits the day that the disciple will work in the Ninth Sphere, and prepares him with infinite love. The instructor of the world is Love. BINAH: The Holy Spirit, Igneous power. A hierophant had to cure an insane woman, and was successful. The hierophant asked for financial recompense from the family of the ill woman. Afterwards he met with the Holy Spirit who took the form of a white dove. The hierophant asked if he was doing well and the Holy Spirit replied that he was doing badly: “It is I who cure” he said, and in the face of this, the Master had to return the money. If one has the power to cure and one charges, one commits a very serious offence. In the internal worlds, much is said in a kabalistic form. One must know how to make additions with kabalistic numbers. If one asks a Master: “How long will I live?”, he would reply in numbers. The objective of studying the Kabalah is to prepare us for the Superior Worlds. For example: on one occasion, an Initiate asked for the faculty of clairvoyance, and internally received the reply: “You will be in eight days.” One who did not know would return to the physical body believing that in eight days he would be clairvoyant. For example if today was Wednesday, then on the following Wednesday. In reality, “eight” is the number of Job and was indicating the need for patience. He who does not know is confused in the internal worlds. Knowing the Kabalah is fundamental for understanding the language of those worlds. Kabalistic study must obviously be accompanied by work on oneself, one must make oneself conscious of the said study, because if it remains in the intellect, at death it will be lost. If however, one has consciousness of it, it will manifest from infancy. 3 Tarot And Kabbalah Samael Aun Weor On a certain occasion, an Initiate wanted to know how he was in terms of his esoteric studies, and his guru spoke to him kabalistically saying, “You need fifty eight minutes in order to finish the work, and you have to bring thirty six Bolivars [Venezuela’s currency] of thirty two kilograms and the initiations must be assessed.” Minutes: 5 + 8 = 13; The Death. Liberators: (Bolivars) 3 + 6 = 9; The Ninth Sphere. Kilograms: 3 + 2 = 5; The Pentalpha. If an Initiate lacks fifty eight minutes, this means that he has not even an hour in order to achieve liberation ; 5 + 8 = 13; death. If minutes are spoken about, it is because little time remains. The thirty six Bolivars, San Martines or Morelos are the liberators. 3 + 6 = 9; the Ninth Sphere, sex, the work with the Lance. They are thirty six basic fundamental works. The thirty two kilograms by thirty two ways; the Pentalpha. 58 + 36 + 32 = 126 = 1 + 2 + 6 = 9 All the work is of the Ninth Sphere. This is the kabalistic language which is used in the White Lodge. Don’t forget that the additions in themselves are kabalistic additions. One must be totally practical. Once the meanings of the twenty two arcana are known, the practical aspect of prediction will be studied so that it can be wisely used in cases of great importance. The twenty two arcana must be committed to memory. In order to really be complete kabalists, one must study; one must engrave these teachings in the memory. Inverencial Peace Samael Aun Weor 4 Tarot And Kabbalah Samael Aun Weor PART ONE * * * THE INITIATIC PATH IN THE ARCANE OF THE TAROT AND KABBALAH * * * ESOTERIC STUDY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE TAROT * * * “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God (the Internal God) that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed”. (James 1.5-6) 5 Tarot And Kabbalah Samael Aun Weor CHAPTER 1 ARCANUM NUMBER ONE THE MAGICIAN DESCRIPTION OF THE CARD The eyes in the upper part represent the eyes of the Father, signifying internally the infinite, the Holy Eight, the Caduceus of Mercury, the eight Kabirs who direct the planet. The Magician is shown in right-side pro file, meaning that for the manifested, the right side is all. The Serpent protrudes from his brow, indicating that he is arisen, that he is a Self- Realised Master. The Staff of Power, which symbolises the spinal column is in the left hand which points toward the infinite, whilst the right points toward the earth, indicating that he dominates it with science, that one must ascend from below, that one cannot ascend without first descending. One needs to descend to the Ninth Sphere, which has two representations. The first is sex, the Cubical Stone; the second is the nine circles, the Atomic Infernos into which the Initiate has to descend; meaning to descend in order to ascend. Upon his garment is a triangle with the apex facing upwards. This represents the three primary forces reunited in Kether, the ONE (1). To one side there is a table, which represents the four elements (earth, air, fire and water), the physical plane. Upon the table one finds various elements in a state of disorder: the Sword of Power, the Lingam (male sexual organ); the Chalice, representing the physical cerebrum and on the other hand, the Yoni (female sexual organ) and a Moon which must be converted into a Sun.