Kether

Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. Kether No being is revered before the primacy of the Absolute. An initiate s dedication is made to the Absolute all other beings invoked are witnesses to that offering. 

Build the spheres as before. Focus on Kether, above your head, and intone ... 

When the Middle Pillar is established, return your attention to Kether. With an exhalation, visualize a stream of brilliant white light passing down the left side of your body and aura into Malkuth. Do this to a mental count of four. For a count of two, remain focused at Malkuth. 

With an exhalation, direct the white energy to Malkuth, down the front of your body and aura. Remain focused in Malkuth for a count of two. Then, with an inhaled breath, let the light ascend through the back of your body and aura, returning into the crown. Focus in Kether for a count of two, then recommence the cycle. This exercise should also be performed for at least six full cycles. 

Having established rhythmic breathing and the Middle Pillar as before, circulate the light from Kether to Malkuth, down and up the sides of your sphere of sensation, for at least six full cycles. Next, circulate the energy from Kether to Malkuth, down the front and up the back of your sphere of sensation, for at least six full cycles. These circulations of energy define the perimeters of the alchemical vessel, the aura. 

Start with Kether. Then work on Chokmah for two days, on Binah for two days, and so on. As you descend the Tree, ensure that you maintain the visualization of the preceding sephira in its proper color. Do not let it slip back into white. In this way, by the time you reach Malkuth, you will be able to hold the entire Tree in the Queen Scale. 

The Divine Unity of the world of Atziluth becomes subdivided into the creative powers when the world of Briah emanates from its heart. The Tiphareth of Atziluth simultaneously becomes the Kether of Briah. It is important to note the use of the term subdivided. It is repeated over and over in the ceremonial presentations of the Mysteries, in the al-... 

The solar and lunar currents weave about the central axis of the spinal column. At certain points, they intersect. These points of juncture relate to the position of the Middle Pillar Sephiroth on the subjective Tree of Life Kether, Tiphareth, and Yesod. These junctions are therefore of critical importance in the arousing the Dragon, the fiery power of Kundalini. For this reason, the visualizations of the chambers of these spheres is detailed in our practices, in order to give us the necessary precision and control. 

The parapets of the battlements are crenellated and the roof s center is inset with the window adorned with the Star and the Shem, the Holy Name. Directly overhead is a large sphere of blazing incandescence (like burning magnesium), the White Sun of Kether. 

The descriptions of these two chambers—the Bridal Hall of Malkuth and the Battlements of Kether—are given here so that practitioners can begin to become familiar with their detail and symbolism before undertaking the following practice. 

Becoming The Magician means to open oneself to be a conscious channel for the downflowing power of Kether, to develop the awareness that everything is from above. Nothing originates at the personality... 

Tower of the Art itself. From this prospect, the circular shaft of the tower is featureless, save for the westward-facing, oval window of the Chamber of Indwelling. And, above the tower s battlements shines the White Sun of Kether—never-setting, constant, and abiding. No matter what time of day or night, or what seasonal appearance may impose itself upon your inner kingdom, the White Sun ever crowns the tower. It is the true beacon by which we ever navigate on the Path of Return. 

Figure 9. The place where the three lower worlds meet—Kether of Assiah, Tiphareth of Yetzirah, and the Malkuth of Briah.

The major issue is the desire-nature. To clear the decks, let us first declare, with the Sages, that desire itself is not a spiritual impediment. Desire arises in Kether, as the Divine impulse to manifest. Kether is will or consciousness-in-action (in Hebrew, will and delight have the same meaning). Consciousness itself is ineffable, indefinable, and hidden within Ain, the Absolute. To will something, however, is for the light... 

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