The Tree of Life

Kether is the Crown, the first and highest sphere on the Tree of Life, the point at which the Limitless gathers itself into the smallest possible…

Chokmah is Wisdom, the second sphere, the first outrush of force from the Crown.

Binah is Understanding, the third sphere, the Great Mother at the head of the Pillar of Severity.

Chesed is Mercy, the fourth sphere, the architect's seat at the head of the Pillar of Mercy and the first sphere below the great divide.

Geburah is Severity, the fifth sphere, the cleansing fire on the Pillar of Severity.

Tiphareth is Beauty, the sixth sphere, the heart of the Tree and the central balance-point on the Middle Pillar.

Netzach is Victory, the seventh sphere, the seat of art and desire on the Pillar of Mercy.

Hod is Splendour, the eighth sphere, at the base of the intellectual triad on the Pillar of Severity.

Yesod is Foundation, the ninth sphere, the lunar foundation just above the Kingdom.

Malkuth is the Kingdom, the tenth and lowest sphere, the world you can touch.

Daath is Knowledge, the eleventh that is not a sephirah.

Mentalism is the first of the seven Hermetic principles, the foundation on which the others stand.

Rhythm is the principle of the tides.

Polarity holds that everything is dual and everything has poles, and that opposites are not separate things but two ends of one thing, identical in…

Correspondence is the principle this whole Oracle rests upon.

Cause and Effect holds that every cause has its effect and every effect its cause, that nothing happens by chance, and that what looks like luck is…

Gender holds that gender is in everything and everything has its masculine and feminine principles, the active and the receptive, operating on every…

Vibration holds that nothing rests: everything moves, everything vibrates, and what seems solid is only motion too fast or too slow for the senses to…

The Entered Apprentice is the first degree of Craft Masonry, the seeker who has just crossed the threshold.

The Fellow Craft is the second degree of Craft Masonry, the journeyman who has learned the rudiments and now climbs toward mastery.

The Master Mason is the third and crowning degree of Craft Masonry, the one who has passed through the legend of the builder, through symbolic death…