Hermetic Qabalah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit Hermetic Qabalah From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main page This article is about traditional Hermetic Qabalah. For other Kabbalistic traditions see Kabbalah, Contents Christian Cabala, and Hurufism, Practical Kabbalah Featured content From the Hebrew ָ ָ ַ "reception" or) Part of a series of articles on קבּלה Current events Hermetic Qabalah "accounting") is a Western esoteric, occult and mystical Random article Hermeticism tradition. It is the underlying philosophy and framework Donate to Wikipedia for magical societies such as the Golden Dawn, Thelemic Interaction orders, mystical-religious societies such as the Builders Help of the Adytum and the Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, and About Wikipedia is a precursor to the Neopagan, Wiccan and New Age Community portal movements.[1] The Hermetic Qabalah is the basis for Recent changes Qliphothic Qabala as studied by left hand path orders, Contact Wikipedia such as the Typhonian Order. Toolbox Occult Hermetic Qabalah arose alongside and united Hermetic Religion with the Christian Cabalistic involvement in the European Hermeticism · Print/export Renaissance, becoming variously Esoteric Christian, Mythology Hermes Trismegistus · Thoth · Poimandres · Languages non-Christian, or anti-Christian across its different Hermetica Cymraeg schools in the modern era. It draws on a great many Corpus Hermeticum · Kybalion · Deutsch influences, most notably: Jewish Kabbalah, Western astrology, Alchemy, pagan religions, especially Egyptian Three Parts of the Wisdom of the Whole Italiano Universe and Greco-Roman (the latter being from which the term Nederlands Alchemy · Astrology · Theurgy · "Hermetic" is derived), neoplatonism, gnosticism, the 中文 Influence and Influences Enochian system of angelic magic of John Dee and Edit links Hermetic Movements Edward Kelley, hermeticism, rosicrucianism, Rosicrucianism · Freemasonry, tantra and the symbolism of the tarot. Orders Hermetic Qabalah differs from the Jewish form in being a Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn · more admittedly syncretic system, however it shares Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor · many concepts with Jewish Kabbalah. Hermetic Brotherhood of Light · Ordo Templi Orientis · Contents [hide] Topics in Hermetism 1 Teachings Qabalah · Occult and divinatory tarot · 1.1 Conception of Divinity Hermetists and Hermeticists 1.2 The Sephiroth in Hermetic Qabalah John Dee · Aleister Crowley · Israel Regardie · Thābit ibn Qurra · Paracelsus · 1.3 Tarot and the Tree of Life Giordano Bruno · Ahmad al-Būni · 1.4 Relation to Western Magic, Alchemy and Astrology Samuel MacGregor Mathers · 2 History William Westcott · 2.1 Hermetic views of Qabalah origins Franz Bardon · Jakob Böhme · 2.2 Renaissance occultism V · T · E · 2.3 Enlightenment era esoteric societies 2.4 Nineteenth century magical revival 2.5 Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn 2.6 After the Golden Dawn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah[5/3/2013 1:40:16 AM] Hermetic Qabalah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Teachings [edit] Conception of Divinity [edit] A primary concern of Hermetic Qabalah is the nature of divinity, its conception of which is quite markedly different from that presented in monotheistic religions; in particular there is not the strict separation between divinity and man which is seen in monotheisms.[2] Hermetic Qabalah holds to the neoplatonic conception that the manifest universe, of which material creation is a part, arose as a series of emanations from the godhead.[3] These emanations arise out of three preliminary states that are considered to precede manifestation. nothing"); the second state, considered a" אין) The first is a state of complete nullity, known as Ain without limit, infinite"); the third state, caused by a" אין סוף) concentration" of Ain, is Ain Suph" limitless light"), and it is from this initial" אין סוף אור) movement" of Ain Suph, is Ain Suph Aur" brilliance that the first emanation of creation originates.[4] The Sephiroth in Hermetic Qabalah [edit] Main article: Tree of life (Kabbalah) The emanations of creation arising from Ain Suph Aur are ten in , ְס ִפ ָירה singular Sephirah , ְס ִפירֹת) number, and are called Sephiroth "enumeration"). These are conceptualised somewhat differently in Hermetic Qabalah to the way they are in Jewish Kabbalah.[5] See Tree of life (Kabbalah) for the Hermetic conceptualisation, and Sephirot for the Jewish conceptualisation. From Ain Suph Aur crystallises Kether, the first sephirah of the Hermetic Qabalistic tree of life. From Kether emanate the rest of the sephirot in turn, viz. Kether (1), Chokhmah (2), Binah (3), Daath, Chesed (4), Geburah (5), Tiphareth (6), Netzach (7), Hod (8), Yesod (9), Malkuth (10). Daath is not assigned a number as it is considered part of Binah or a hidden sephirah.[6] Each sephirah is considered to be an emanation of the divine energy (often described as 'the divine light') which ever flows from the unmanifest, through Kether into manifestation.[7] This flow of light is indicated by the lightning flash shown on diagrams of the sephirotic tree which passes through each sephirah in turn The Sephirothic tree showing the lightning flash and the paths according to their enumerations. Each sephirah is a nexus of divine energy and each has a number of attributions. These attributions enable the Qabalist to form a comprehension of each particular sephirah's characteristics. This manner of applying many attributions to each sephirah is an exemplar of the diverse nature of Hermetic Qabalah. For example the sephirah Hod has the attributions of; Glory, perfect intelligence, the eights of the tarot deck, the planet Mercury, the Egyptian god Thoth, the archangel Michael, the Roman god Mercury and the alchemical element Mercury.[8][9] The general principle involved is that the Qabalist will meditate on all these attributions and by this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah[5/3/2013 1:40:16 AM] Hermetic Qabalah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia means acquire an understanding of the character of the sephirah. Tarot and the Tree of Life [edit] Main article: Divinatory, esoteric and occult tarot The Qabalistic Tree of Life in Hermetic Qabalists see the cards of the tarot as keys to the Tree of the Servants of the Light Life. The twenty-one trumps and the fool are often called the "Major organisation's Hermetic theory Arcana" or "Greater Mysteries" and are seen as corresponding to the twenty-two Hebrew letters and the twenty-two paths of the Tree; the ace to ten in each suit correspond to the ten Sephiroth in the four Qabalistic worlds; and the sixteen court cards relate to the classical elements in the four worlds.[10][11][12] While the sephiroth describe the nature of God, the paths between them describe ways of knowing God.[13] Relation to Western Magic, Alchemy and Astrology [edit] ‹ The template below (Empty section) is being considered for possible deletion. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus.› This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (February 2013) History [edit] Hermetic views of Qabalah origins [edit] See also: Gnosticism Traditionalist Judaic views of Kabbalah's origins view it as an inherent development from within the Jewish religion, perhaps expressed Syncretism of Cabala, Alchemy, Astrology and through syncretic terminology from Medieval Jewish Neoplatonism. other esoteric Hermetic Contemporary academics of Jewish mysticism have reassessed disciplines in a 1654 German Gershom Scholem's theory that the new doctrine of Medieval Kabbalah depiction assimilated an earlier Jewish version of Gnosticism;[14] Moshe Idel instead has posited a historical continuity of development from early Jewish mysticism.[15] In contrast, Hermeticists have taken different views of Qabalah's origins. Some authors see the origins of Qabalah not in Semitic/Jewish mysticism, or ancient Egyptian Gnosticism, but in a western tradition originating in classical Greece with Indo-European cultural roots, later adopted by Jewish mystics.[16] According to this view, "Hermetic Qabalah" would be the original Qabalah, even though the word itself is Judaic Hebrew, over the Christian Cabalah or the Jewish Kabbalah: Alongside the Christian conversion from paganism, Jewish mystical circles would have been able to incorporate gematria and the Tree of life to their own concepts and fully monotheistic framework, without being suspect. Christians, in contrast, would have been persecuted for the same process, as it would have been similar to their pre-Christian polytheistic panentheism. With the Renaissance, this wisdom would have been relearned by Christianity from Judaism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah[5/3/2013 1:40:16 AM] Hermetic Qabalah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Renaissance occultism [edit] See also: Christian Kabbalah and Hermeticism Jewish Kabbalah was absorbed into the Hermetic tradition at least as early as the 15th century when Giovanni Pico della Mirandola promoted a syncretic world view combining Platonism, Neoplatonism, Aristotelianism, Hermeticism and Kabbalah.[17] Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535), a German magician, occult writer, theologian, astrologer, and alchemist, wrote the influential Three Books of Occult Philosophy, incorporating Kabbalah in its theory and practice of Western magic. It contributing to the Renaissance view of ritual magic's relationship with Christianity. Pico's Hermetic syncretism was