Tree of Life:The Tree

*Part of the Tree of Life series*

T H E T R E E O F L I F E

The 10 Emanations or Sephiroth The 22 Paths that connect them The Correspondences

Columns from *Liber 777:*

IX—”The Sword and the Serpent”
X—”Mystic Numbers of the Sephiroth”
XII—”The Tree of Life”
CXX—”Magical Images of the Sephiroth”
CXI—”Sephirothic Colours (Dr. Jellinek)”

Within the western magical tradition, the Tree of Life is used as a kind of conceptual filing cabinet within the larger system of the Qabalah, the use of which was central to the mystical teachings of Aleister Crowley. Each sephera (“Emination”) and path is assigned various ideas, such as astrological planets and signs, cards of the Tarot, and the classical Elements. Many of these correspondances were gathered together in Crowley’s book *Liber 777*, which is used for these listings.

Context: The Sword and the Serpent

The 10 Sephiroth

The Flaming Sword follows the downward course of the Sephiroth, and is compared to the Lightning Flash. Its hilt is in Kether and its point in Malkuth.

The 22 Paths

The Serpent of Wisdom follows the course of the paths or letters upwards, its head being thus in Aleph, its tails in Tau. Aleph, Mem, and Shin, are the Mother letters, referring to the Elements; Beth, Gimel, Daleth, Kaph, Pe, Resh, and Tau, the Double letters, to the Planets; the rest, Single letters, to the Zodiac.

The Tree of Life and the Mystic Numbers of the Sephiroth

0 Negative Veils: — / 0
1 Kether: 1st Plane, Middle Pillar / 1
2 Chokmah: 2nd Plane, Right Pillar / 3
3 Binah: 2nd Plane, Left Pillar / 6
4 Chesed: 3rd Plane, Right Pillar / 10
5 Geburah: 3 rd Plane, Left Pillar ea. / 15
6 Tiphareth: 4 th Plane, Middle Pillar a s / 21
7 Netzach: 5 Plane, Right Pillar / 28
8 Hod: 5 th Plane, Left Pillarte / 36
9 Yesod: 6 Plane, Middle Pillar / 45
10 Malkuth: 7 th Plane, Middle Pillar / 55

Context: The 22 Paths

The Elements

11 Aleph (Air): / 66
23 Mem (Water): / 276
31 Shin (Fire): / 496
32-bis (Earth): —
31-bis (Spirit): —

The Planets

12 Beth (Mercury): Path joins 1–2 / 78
13 Gimel (Luna): Path joins 1–3 / 91
14 Daleth (Venus): Path joins 1-6 / 105
21 Kaph (Jupiter): Path joins 4-7 / 231
27 Pé (Mars): Path joins 7-8 / 378
30 Resh (Sol): Path joins 8-9 / 465
32 Tau (Saturn): Path joins 9-10 / 528

The Zodiac

15 Hé (Aries): Path joins 2-6 / 120
16 Vau (Taurus): Path joins 2-4 / 136
17 Zain (Gemini): Path joins 3-6 / 153
18 Cheth (Cancer): Path joins 3-5 / 171
19 Teth (Leo): Path joins 4-5 / 190
20 Yod (Virgo): Path joins 4-6 / 210
22 Lamed (Libra): Path joins 5-6 / 253
24 Nun (Scorpio): Path joins 6-7 / 300
25 Samekh (Sagittarius): Path joins 6-9 / 325
26 Ayin (Capricorn): Path joins 6-8 / 351
28 Tzaddi (Aquarius): Path joins 7-9 / 406
29 Qoph (Pisces): Path joins 7-10 / 435

Magical Images of the Sephiroth

1 Kether: Ancient bearded king seen in profile
2 Chokmah: Almost any male image shows some aspect of Chokmah.
3 Binah: Almost any female image shows some aspect of Binah
4 Chesed: A mighty crowned and enthroned king
5 Geburah: A mighty warrior in his chariot, armed and crowned
6 Tiphareth: A majestic king, a child, a crucified god
7 Netzach: A beautiful naked woman
8 Hod: An Hermaphrodite
9 Yesod: A beautiful naked man, very strong
10 Malkuth: A young woman crowned and veiled

Sephirothic Colours

1 Kether:Concealed Light
2 Chokmah: Sky Blue
3 Binah: Yellow
4 Chesed: White
5 Geburah: Red
6 Tiphareth: White-red
7 Netzach: Whitish-red
8 Hod: Reddish-white
9 Yesod: White-red-whitsh-red-reddish-white
10 Malkuth: The Light reflecting all colours

Correspondances in the Tree of Life from Liber 777
Tree of Life | 777 Tables | Qabalah

The Sephera: 1 Kether, 2 Chokmah
3 Binah, 4 Chesed, 5 Geburah
6 Tiphareth, 7 Netzach, 8 Hod
9 Yesod, 10 Malkuth

The Key Scale—the numerical organizational tool of the Tree.

Major Correspondences:

Astrology

Decans

Astrological Angels

Godforms

Tarot

Colors

Elements

The Four Worlds

Correspondences of Assiah

Correspondences of Yetzirah

Correspondences of Briah

Material Correspondences:

Animals

Plants

Precious Stones

Perfumes

Drugs

The Human Body

Metals

Magick & Mysticism:

Magical Weapons

Magical Formulae

Magical Powers

Parts of the Soul

The Four Quarters

Tetragrammaton

Alphabets

Eastern Mysticism

The Grades of the A.'.A.'.

Alchemy

Pentagram & Hexagram

Judaica

Genii of the Twelve Hours

Geomantic Intelligences

Lineal Figures & Geomancy

Figures related to Pure Number

Qliphoth & Infernals

The Perfected Man

Sepher Yetzirah

Transcendental Morality

Legendary Orders of Being

The Paths:

11 Aleph
12 Beth
13 Gimel
14 Daleth
15 Hé
16 Vau
17 Zain
18 Cheth
19 Teth
20 Yod
21 Kaph

22 Lamed
23 Mem
24 Nun
25 Samekh
26 Ayin
27 Pé
28 Tzaddi
29 Qoph
30 Resh
31 Shin
32 Tau
32-bis
31-bis

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