Masonic Kabbalah

In an introduction to an eternal study, for Kabbalah is infinite. Kabbalah

it has different ways of being written, some of these forms are kabbalah, kabbala, and
Kabbalah. Its origins are Jewish, which in Hebrew is written QBL, meaning 'tradition.'
Oral, it is an esoteric mystical tradition of the Jewish division. Kabbalah represents
a symbolic explanation of the origin of the universe, and its relationship with the human being and their
emanations approach the infinite light (Ain Soph Aur) manifested in different
Sephiroth probably by Moses de Leon, Kabbalah has spiritual connections.
with Gnosticism.

In Kabbalah, it is said that all of its manifestations originate from Ain Soph.
And so on and reveals all aspects of the divine nature of man, the
the system is monotheistic. I will mention that their sephiroth of the tree of life are the
following:

Kether (the crown)

wisdom
Binah (understanding)
Mercy
Gueburah (power)
Tiphareth (beauty and harmony)
Netzaj (victoria)
Hod (splendor)
Yesod (foundation)
Malkut (the kingdom)

Occultists in the Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn use the Kabbalistic tree.
as its matrix or grid to compare archetypal images from different mythologies
which can be adapted in ceremonial magic, for example, the father of piety
(Jesed) has parallels with other pantheons, naming some,

Odin (Scandinavian)
Zeus (Greek)
Jupiter (Roman)
Ra (Egyptian)

This comparison system is called

mythological correspondences and has become in
something common in the esoteric tradition that connects the
10 sephiroth in the tree of life with 22 cards of it
major arcana in the tarot.

Now I will give you the definitions of Kabbalah and

sus sephiroth.

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Anyone can be stimulated and inspired by the Kabbalah to ignite their own light.
of inner vision and embark on their journey through the unlimited space they have within
himself. Then, by understanding his own identity, each student
Jewish Kabbalah can become a lamp on your own path. And even more.
knowledge of the Truth of your being will tear the veil that until now concealed the
divine spark within ourselves. We are that divinity, so being all of us
that light can illuminate each other. In all this, the Kabbalah is a reliable guide that
leads to an accurate understanding of what Freemasonry really is, the Universe and
it is clear to know who we are

Adan Kadmon and the Masonic Temple

Elias Ashmole (1617-1692) and the Rosicrucian brothers wisely set up everything
philosophical structure of the degrees of the Masonic Lodge according to contributions
of Kabbalistic knowledge. In perfect harmony with planetary relationships. The
Sephirotic Tree is the archetype of the Masonic Temple and corresponds to
perfect with the main positions of the Lodge, except for the York Rite, the Lodge
Masonic was mounted on the Sefirotic Archetype.

Sequentially, we can say: 'God created the creature whose body is its essence.'
(spirit) and the creature, made its archetype through the Masonic Temple.” But
the unwary would ask: the human body is flesh and the Masonic Temple is stone, isn't it?
It is true that yes, but the very definition of Temple, as 'archetype,' already responds to that.
question: he is symbolism, he is a model, in that way it becomes a box of
resonance with the Universe. That is why we revere the wisdom of the brothers.
who created the structure of the Lodge and the Masonic Temples based on the Tree
Sefirotic, or the Tree of Life.

In this way, we remember one of the first images transmitted to the

Learners, that he is a rough stone, meaning that he must build his 'ideal temple', which
he is a sample of perfection in himself. That thought contains a symbolism
deep whose representation, material is the Temple which, in turn, is also a
symbol of the most important.

Let us then demonstrate the configuration of Adam Kadmon in the Masonic Temple.
Covering the entire floor of the room, let's imagine a man lying face down with his head
to the East, and the rest of the body in the West, that is, the feet to the West and the head
to the East. Under those conditions, that man's right arm is presented to the
right of the design on the south side and vice versa, or your left is on the left of
scheme and on the north side. Let's then place the ten Sefirot in a convenient position.
and traditional about the body of Adam Kadmon and we will establish the
diagrammatic configuration of the Masonic Temple in correlation with the Tree of Life; the
placement of positions in the Lodge according to the Kabbalistic perspective; it is correspondence
planetary, as we will see later.
Thus, the arrangement of the Lodge is represented in the Ancient Scottish Rite and
Accepted, if on the contrary we consider the man lying on his back, left and
right will be converted and we will obtain the configuration of the Lodge in the Modern Rite
the French.

The right side of Man is considered "masculine," and the left side
"feminine" according to the law of opposites. Under those conditions the Sefirot (2), (4)
y (7) are the masculine ones and those that occupy the right side of the diagram, regarding the
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(3), (5), and (8) are the "feminine" Sephiroth and are found to the left of it. From this
Form, the Sefirot (1), (6) and (9) following the axis of the design dominates the Sefira (10). Everything
this is understood by examining the scheme with its axis in the West-East direction. This
the direction could be called "vertical", if we assume Adam Kadmon standing and
observing with backs turned towards the West.

In the North-South direction, or Horizontal, we will see the following:

1st.- The Crown (1) flanked by Wisdom (2) and Intelligence (3) form a first
triad, called 'higher triad', of metaphysical order.

2nd.- Grace (4), Strength (5), and Beauty (6), form the second triad, or 'triad
media

3rd.- La Victoria (7), La Gloria (8) and El Fundamento (9) form a third triad, or 'triad
"inferior" of physical or dynastic order.

Malkhut (10) (the Kingdom) is the creation itself, the divine emanation. It is all
receptivity to God. In that sense, she is the Mother staying below.

The three triads are all summarized in a single one composed of Crown (1), Beauty (6), and
Foundation (9) that corresponds to Substance, Thought, and Life.

The first triad corresponds to the 'World of Creation' and the remaining seven Sefirot.
correspond to the 'World of Construction'.

René Joseph Charlier, in his instructive work 'Little Essay on Masonic Symbolism'
(1964) establishes other analogies about the arrangement of the Sefirot.
in the Tree of Life and in the Masonic Temple, including regarding the distribution of the
chakras in the human body. The ten Sephiroth, properly numbered are the
following:

1. KETHER Corona

2. JOCKMAH Wisdom, Knowledge

3. BINAH Intelligence

4. JESUS Grace, Love

5. GUEBURAH Strength, Terror, Justice

6. TIPHERETH Beauty

7. NETZAJ Victoria, Triumph

8. HOD Gloria, Splendor

9. YESOD Foundation, base

10. MALKHUT Kingdom, Royalty

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Astrological Kabbalistic Archetype

The word 'archetype' comes from the Greek language arche and typos meaning 'ideal of
things", "idea that serves as a model in relation to another". Our lexicographers define it
as a model of created beings, exemplary, prototype, pattern. In a more significant meaning
suitable for our case we will say that archetype is the model on which it is
build a work, material or spiritual.

As we already mentioned, our Rosicrucian brothers made use of

of the Sefirotic Tree as an archetype to build the Masonic structure of the R.E.A.A.
perfect harmony with planetary influences. Some authors confuse it
erroneously with Greek influences, but we will not discuss the differences here,
we only alert to the fact.

Let's analyze below each Sefirah or position in the Lodge and its planetary correspondence.

1st SEPHIRAH - Kether

It is located above the Central Column, the Column of Balance,

corresponds to the Hierophant, or Master of Masters and Initiator, that one who has the power of
push the flaming sword (energy) and transmit the initiatory degrees. It is governed by the
planet Pluto, located at the edge of our solar system, opposite to the other
extreme of the Tree, Malkhut. The innards of that Sefirah are the very realm of Pluto, and
it has an analogy with the lower worlds - inferos hells - that is, the knowledge of the
forces of evil, and of the destructive energies contained in nature.

In mythology, Pluto is the brother of Jupiter and Neptune, son of Saturn and
Kronos, having become the Master of the Underworld, when his brothers
they divided the world among themselves, he is the Avenger from the other side... The Latin name of Pluto
it derives from the Greek ploutos which means wealth; in Greek, it is Hades, which comes from
aitho, which means to burn, to be transformed by fire. This leads us to an analogy with
the sign of Scorpio. Its symbol is the Phoenix, which rises from its own ashes.
That is why Pluto finds its reserves of strength in destructive energies and
combative spirit. They are energies necessary for the formation of a good temperament for the
human character.

In this way, it is not possible to ignore evil when one wants to achieve the
Perfection, in Kether, it is necessary to know it, to subdue it, to face it without fear, to conquer it.
to be superior. It's like Christ recommended: Be in the world, but not of the world.

The kingdom of Pluto is in the underworld, or symbolically in the forces.

subconscious of man, and in the collective unconscious. It is related to power
politician, whose source is generally hidden behind the scenes.
Wisely, the Egyptian initiate was symbolized with the head of the crocodile,
indicating that he already possessed the knowledge of evil and of the hells, he who knew how
the forces of the shadow, or realm of Hades, act, for it already had the experience of good and
of evil, he already had experience to govern. In the Masonic career, it is he who was reborn
(the crocodile emerging from the depths of the Nile); the builder who devastated the
rough stone (subdued the passions); polished the stone (adorned his character) and was of
the square to the compass. He was finally chosen by his brothers to lead the office,

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occupy the Sefira Kether, which is the place of the Venerable Master in the East, where the Sun
Wisdom was born and installed. Thus he acquired the right to wear the Crown or Kippah,
solidarity, as it is in constant contact or communication with higher forces.
through the crown chakra located in the head.

Turning to planetary correspondence, Pluto is the Serpent, one of the

symbols of the sign of Scorpio. It is the Serpent of Eden, awakening consciousness, and
offering knowledge; it is the Ouroboros, the serpent that bites its own tail,
symbol of infinity, of the eternal return, of the spirit's exit to the world
physical and of his return. In alchemy, it symbolizes the transmutation of matter, the
cyclical resolutions; the journey from Kether, or beginning to Malkhut, or end of the archetype.

We draw attention to the beginning of the text, when we stated that Kether
was governed "mainly" by Pluto, because this planet is the most distant and
eccentric of our planetary system, sometimes during its revolution it is placed in the
place of Neptune's Orbit, when it is close to its perihelion. During those periods,
Pluto occupies the place of the secret Sefirah Daath, invisible and mysterious, which never is.
marked in the Sefirot Tree and associated with the nape, or the point where the spinal column
find the skull. Daath represents the consciousness of another dimension and denotes
essentially the idea of change, of key. In this way, the roles are reversed and
Pluto will take the place corresponding to Neptune in the Altar of Perfumes.
when it activates the paranormal senses, inspiration, hidden knowledge, the
Mysteries.

Kether and Daath, therefore, exchange their positions, just as they do with each other,
Pluto and Neptune.

As a consequence, we have that when the Venerable Master is under the regency of
Pluto, he is a politician, administrator, more prone to rationalization, when he is under
the rulership of Neptune, he sharpens his sensitive channels, he is the initiator of the Mysteries,
the Hierophant.

2nd SEPHIRAH - Jockmah hmkx

It is the Wisdom of the Supreme Thinker. It is the place of Uranus, or Space, and of
Mazloth, or the Zodiac, the memory of Nature. Uranus, or Ouranos, in Greek Mythology,
means 'heaven' and he was the God of the Heavens before his son, Chronos (Saturn) took over
They castrated and destroyed their genitals upon falling into the sea, giving birth to Aphrodite.
O Venus, Goddess of Beauty and Love. It is interesting how myths are perpetuated in the
collective unconscious of humanity, under the most diverse garbs, in all the
cultures and civilizations. The present myth is nothing more than the legend of Adam and Eve
told in the Old Testament, and the theory of emanations from the Kabbalah, is only for
quote two of its versions.

According to Kabbalistic doctrine, God is unlimited, inexplicable, and unknowable, He rests

about the Sefirot of the Tree of Life, and these constitute a primordial source of the
divinity, that is, a part of the Divine Being. The Sefirot are emanations, not creations.
from Ayn-Soph, and they form different phases of the tangible process of Creation. The
emanation is the form of production of the Universe resulting from the perfection of God.

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 The Sefirots appear as vessels of varied forms, which the Ayn Soph achieves.
never let it spill, as it causes them to overflow. Every phase of evolution has its
starts in a state of unstable force, and walks thanks to the organization for the
balance.

Kether is a point formulated in the void. According to the Euclidean definition,

a point has position, but not dimension. If we conceive that point in any way
moving in space or 'transferring' it will transform into a line. That Point
Primordial that is Kether and extending along the line that leads to Hockmah, it is a
essentially dynamic energy flow. The force that flows incessantly from
The manifesto transcends its limitations demanding new modes of development. As
we cannot understand any Sefirot without understanding its companion, we will say that
Hockmah is not an organized Sefirah, but rather a Great Stimulator of the Universe and of the
that the influence of emanation arises for the appearance of Binah, this one is indeed an organizer and
stabilizer, Binah attributed to the planet Saturn, receives the title of Superior Mother, for
represents the archetypal negative, in relation to Hockmah, the positive; femininity and the
primordial masculinities established when 'the face, contemplated no face at all.'
and the manifestation was still in its early stages.

As we have observed the Tree of Life, a diagrammatic representation of

Universe, the positive and negative aspects, masculine and feminine are represented by
the two lateral pillars of Beauty or Mercy and Strength or Severity, according to the
occultist Dione Fortune, it may seem strange that the title of Mercy can be
awarded to a male and positive Pillar, and the one of Severity to the feminine, especially when
understand that the masculine dynamic force is what stimulates the elevation and the
evolution, and that it is the female force that builds the forms, can be accepted the
nomenclature, for while the form is constructive and organizing, it is also
limiting

We can say, then, that Kether is the first activity of manifestation or

movement, the First Whirlwinds as the Kabbalists call them, or Primum Mobile, in the
expression of the Alchemists; Hockmah, the Second Sefirah, is Mazloth, the Sphere of
Zodiac; Binah, the third, is the Great Mother; Shabathai, the Sphere of Saturn. If the
the left column (Binah) is Severity and the right one (Hockmah) is the
Mercy, that of the middle Kether, is the Column of the Balance of the Tao.

These two columns represent the two Pillars found in the Temple of the King
Solomon and also in all the Lodges of Mysteries, constituting the candidate himself,
when it remains among them, the middle column of the Balance. We thus have a
supreme triangle formed by: Kether, Hockmah and Binah; the concept of cosmogony
cabalistic and we find in the form of Trinity, in all the great religions.

Completing, we will say that Hockmah, the second sphere, or Sefirah, is the place of
Uranus, the Space. It is the Akasha, or Cosmic Ether, where everything is recorded. In the
Masonic Lodge, corresponds to the position of Secretary, he who records the Baluster, leaves
everything is recorded in the Book of Minutes. He is the left cerebral hemisphere of Man.
3rd SEFIRAH - Binahhnb

It is Eternal intelligence, it is the place of Saturn, the time traveled, old age,
experience, the hardness and the empire of Law, Cause and Effect. The place of the Speaker of

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the Lodge, which occupies the Upper part of the Column of Severity. He is there to
apply the rigors of the Law, carry out karmic collection.

Binah represents the Genitals of the Great Cosmic Mother, and gives rise to the
Creation through the 50 doors of Intelligence. It is the fruit of the separation of the
genders, extracted from Adam's rib, the masculine principle that resides in Hockmah.
Great Mother will leave with pain because the Egg was internalized, having placed the egg inside
from the womb. Before that, there was the androgynous being, self-generated in the Garden of Eden, with
the external egg, without pain. Regarding the creation of the Being, the scriptures say:
Male and Female was created, that is androgynous, with both principles, until there was the
separation of the sexes, when the egg was altered, which became internal, and also
he altered the number of Adam's ribs.

Binah and Hockmah, therefore promotes the meeting of opposites and by establishing
with Kether the trinity, which expresses the principle of neutrality, promotes harmony, which
it has in the number three its most elemental symbol. And harmony is in turn the condition
indispensable for the entire creative-evolutionary process.

By harmonizing and sublimating within itself the feminine and masculine aspects, the being
create the internal androgynous. That creation symbolized by the ascending triangle, or by the
the mentioned neutralization of opposites, which allows to reach a higher degree. That
it means to say that a new internal content arises as a consequence of work
aware of personal improvement. Achieving the internal androgynous state is
acquire the ability to be governed by both reason and feelings, to have insight
broad, but also precise in details, to be demanding and determined and at the same
time, understanding and prudent. All those attributes fit well for a guardian and
applicator of the laws.

The Sefirah Binah is therefore the sefirah of reason, through which one can
acquire the knowledge of your mental and psycho-animic being, essential for the task of
harmonization and sublimation; Hockmah therefore aims for a higher target; Binah, the
means to achieve it.

Binah is under the influence of Saturn (Chronos in Greek), in whose mythology

he destroyed his father Uranus. He was so afraid of being removed from power by his own
children that he devoured the moment his wife Rhea gave birth to them. She,
not being able to bear the gloomy appetite of his companion any longer, he made him swallow a stone
instead of Jupiter. Later, Jupiter dethroned him and made him vomit all his brothers
and sisters, among them Neptune, and Pluto. God of Time, Saturn is represented
like an old drained man, holding a sickle in his hand.

Binah is the right hemisphere of man, and the initiate who is going to meditate on that
Sefira, you must do it attentive to a rereading of the story of Adam and Eve, to penetrate into
the true meaning of Creation.

The Speaker of the Masonic Lodge must therefore possess the wisdom of the elder to
apply the law, blended with the harmony and justice of internal principles.
Speaker and Secretary (Binah and Hockmah), active and passive forces, masculine and
feminine, complete the Trinity, the 1st Triad, and provide the balance that the Venerable
The Master is needed to lead the Lodge.

4th SEPHIRA - Chesed

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 It is the Mercy of the Most High, it is the place of Jupiter, origin of the word God,
originating from good Zeus, who can protect us and forgive our sins.
It corresponds to the Office of the Chancellor in the Masonic Lodge. It integrates the Column of the
Beauty and mercy and must have, for the good performance of their functions
diplomacy, tact, love for others, good treatment of all races, peoples, and religions. It is
fits in with the spirit of Christianity, proclaiming forgiveness and balm and redemption
of guilt.

Jesed, inhabits the cosmic chakra of Jupiter, a beneficial planet in Astrology. In

the Sefirah Binah, we recount the mythological story of Saturn, Father of Jupiter. This
after having removed his brothers from Saturn, he decided to divide them
world among themselves. Neptune was left with the oceans, Pluto with the Underworld, and Jupiter was
returned, King of the Gods of Olympus, ruler of Heaven.

Jesse, it is the sphere of the formulation of the archetypal idea, the understanding of
awareness of an abstract concept, which is subsequently brought to the planes and
focused on the light of experience, on the concretization of abstract ideas
analogous.

Its correspondence in the macro and microcosm is with the left arm, the side of
heart.

5th SEFIRAH - Gevurahhrwbg

It is the Justice of the Living God, and its cosmic chakra is Mars. Its function in the
Masonic Lodge corresponds to the Treasury. Being in the Column of Strength of the
Severity, the Treasurer holds the power to collect, to manipulate economic power and to
tell the Venerable Master when and how it can be spent. Mars is a warrior, feared,
indicator of struggles and issues, the 'rainy season', that is to say, what is owed is to be had
to pay, is another "fiscal" of karmic divinity.

In mythology, Mars is the God of War, he was represented armed with a

launch and a shield. He is young, outgoing, intrepid, and fiery. His name in Greek is
Ares.

The spiritual experience evoked by the sphere of Gueburah is the vision of power.
and its correct handling and one of the greatest tests that one can go through
human being.

When acquiring the powers of a superman, he must learn to use them for the
social progress, instead of submitting to them and using them for one's own benefit. For
he is not the lord, but rather the servant of the power he uses, having to follow him
purposes and not serving their own.

In addition to the presentation of accounts to the Venerable and his office brothers,
the Treasurer, occupant of the sphere of Geburah, must present accounts of his
administration, to the Creator of Heaven and Earth, Gueburah, is at the center of the
Column of Force, of Rigor, of Severity, which Saturn (Binah) has in the part
superior. When we remember that in Astrology, Saturn is the cosmic Chakra of Binah,
and Mars, or the cosmic chakra of Gueburah, and who are called the Major Malefics and

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We deduce that there must be more than one superficial relationship between the two.
Discipline is one of the defining and common traits of both, and aware of that.
characteristics, Elias Ashmole, in creating the Kabbalistic structure of the R.E.A.A. makes this
the Column of the Apprentices. The work of the Apprentices must be marked by rigor,
for the discipline, because it is very painful to operate a Rough Stone (Saturn), with the help of
from the mace (Mars), having Mercury, the Word, as the final target, this being the domain of the 1st.
Vigilante, who possesses the Power of Arguments, of the Verb.

After completing his journey as an Apprentice, he presents the fruit of his

effort to the brother 1st. Vigilante to receive his salary, which is to be able to speak and
to move to its next state alongside the polished stone. The Apprentice therefore needs
the Column of Strength that has strong, disciplined officers, to establish its state and
to be able to move to the Column of Beauty, work the polished stone, whose officials are
under the dominion of sensitivity and mercy.

6th SEFIRAH .- Tipherethtrpt

It is the Beauty of the Creative Powers the place of the Sun, of the Fullness. It is the
the position of Master of Ceremonies in the Masonic Lodge is the Center of the Path of
Medium (Camera in Between) or Pillar of Balance, of Tao, Thiphereth is Shemesh, the
sphere of the Sun.

Just as the Moon illuminates our nights, the Sun is a "Luminary," whose
apparent movement along the elliptical and its successive passage to the zones attributed to
The twelve signs of the Zodiac determine our belonging to one or another of these signs.

Note the correspondence in the functions of the Sun, and of the Master Brother of
Ceremonies. As far as this has the function of performing the Columns, east and
west, and therefore passing through the symbolic zodiacal columns, also the Sun, in its
apparent movement traverses the twelve signs.

Symbolically being in the Temple on the Altar of the Oaths, the Sun is
a Star, or the center of our system of celestial bodies. Its location indicates that
It is about to be, at the Zenith of the place, in the light, without shadows. Therefore, it corresponds to the heart.
from Adam Kadmon, It is the heart of the Lodge, the Altar of the Oaths.

In mythology, the Sun was worshipped by most peoples as a God.

In Egypt, he was represented by Amun-Ra; later during the schism of Pharaoh Akhenaten,
turned, Aton, unique god, thus opening the way for monotheistic religions.

The universal graphic symbol of the Sun, also adopted by Freemasonry, is the
point inside the circle, which is dislocated at the turn of the Altar of the Oaths.

Tiphereth is the center of balance of the Tree, due to its position in the middle of the Pillar.
Central is also called Christological Center, as it is the giver of illumination.
The Central Pillar says regarding consciousness that, rising from Yesod, it receives the
lighting in Thiphereth. That lighting consists of the introduction of the mind into a
higher state of consciousness built from experience
sensory.

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 In enlightenment, the mind shifts gears, and consciousness has to accompany.
that change without violating the nature of the person, because otherwise it can have an effect
negative, like a beam of light that blinds by its brightness. That means saying in other
words, unless our minds possess a foundation of ideas that can be
illuminated by that higher state of consciousness, they will simply be scattered, and
after that blinding experience with a higher mode of awareness, the
darkness will be much more intense for our eyes than it used to be.

It is not by chance that the physical place of Thiphereth in the Temple is at the Altar of
the Oaths under the Sun ready, illuminating without shadows, and under which the Candidate and
subsequently, the Initiated Brother pronounces his oaths during the race
Masonic. They are the most solemn moments of his trajectory in the Order and he
experience under the Midday Sun, flooding with the light of Christ, elevating its
awareness to the highest degree of enlightenment, of the serious commitments undertaken
before God, his brothers, and the Institution.

Walking through the Central Pillar as a Candidate, being among Columns

represents the Apprentice; continuing the pilgrimage, he arrives at the Heart of the Lodge, to the
Degree of Companion; continuing reaches the Top of the Column, in the East or place of the
Venerable, of the Master Installer on the Throne of Sol-om-on.

The brother Master of Ceremonies, whose position corresponds to the Sefirot.

Christological of the Tree, is that which materially fulfills the orders of the Venerable.
Master, but spiritually, and out of duty, acts like Christ serving everyone.
That is why he carries the Master's staff, or the cane that leads the other brothers to
temple courtyard.

7th SEPHIRA - Netzach hcn

It is the Victory of the Eternal Director of the Worlds, the place of Venus, of Beauty and
from the 2nd. Watchman; the ultimate goal of the Column of Beauty, Love, Art, Music,
the rise of the achievements of a civilization. It is for this reason that this Column
It shelters the two benefic Planets of Astrology; Jupiter, the Chancellor; and Venus makes a pair,
next to Mercury, Mars, and the Moon, two planets called 'fast'. It is the couple's star.
the morning (or of the night) that appears before the Sun and then sets afterwards.

In Mythology, when Saturn castrated his father, Uranus, to take power for himself,
their violently mutilated organs were thrown into the sea, on the shores of Cyprus, and
from that union was born Venus, she is frequently depicted emerging from the waves in
a seashell. Wife of Vulcan, Venus, goddess of love, the trio with Mars,
who represents the antithesis.

Venus acts in a bio-psychological function, in the subtle body, and is in the Column.
Activa because it is the Force behind passion, the counterpoint of Mars (Treasurer), which
it is the passive and repressive side of the active principle according to the Kabbalistic vision of harmony
of opposites. She symbolizes beauty, harmony, art, love and its various
expressions.

The second brother Vigilante is responsible for the Column of the companions, those
they are working on the polished stone, harmonious, artistically carved that is to say
crafted, with Art and Beauty, that is to say attributes of Venus.
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 The corresponding places in the human body are the left kidney, hip.
and left leg.

8th SEPHIRAH - Hod dh

It is the Eternal Glory of the Supreme Power of the Worlds, which has as its chakra
Cosmic to Mercury, the place of the 1st. Watcher, or final target of the Column of Rigor.
Let's remember its sequence indicating the rigor and discipline required of the Apprentice, they must
working with the Hammer (Mars) on the Rough Stone (Saturn), reconquering the power of
Verb, the word Loss (Mercury): the Apprentice speaks again. As indicated by the
Yetziratic text, the point of contact between the masters and their human disciples is
in Hod, the Sefirah of Ceremonial Magic.

In Mythology, Mercury was the messenger of Olympus, represented by a young man.

having wings on its heels. It also had other functions, notably, that of protecting
to the merchants, and to the thieves.

By his name in Greek, Hermes, he is also the transformer of energies.

Hod, whose Hebrew meaning is Glory, is essentially a sphere of forms.

animated by the forces of nature; conversely, it is the Sphere in which the forces
from nature assume a sensible force. It is deduced, then, to be a perfect
placement for the Apprentices in the Lodge, who are obliged to "transform"
the rough stone of itself, into a more polished, worked stone, sensitive, wrapped in
beauty.

Its correspondence with the human body is the right kidney, hip, and right leg.

9th SEPHIRAH.- Yesod dsy

It is the Perpetuation of Divine Providence, or Foundation, the place of the Moon, of
Internal Guardian of the Temple and the candidate's position, among Columns, upon entering
for the first time to the Temple in the Hope of seeing the Light. The Cosmic chakra of that
Sefira is the Moon, satellite of the Earth, luminary with the Sun.

In mythology, the Moon is represented by the two Virgin Goddesses: Diana

Latina, and the Greek Artemis. They are hunters whose bow is a Crescent Moon. It's not because of
coincidence, which is the place where the Profane stands to perceive the initiation. In
at that moment, he is arriving innocent like a baby (moon) like a blank canvas, to
being previously, formed, instructed by the brothers. When being accepted to enter the
Masonry, he must die to the profane world and be reborn into a new life, and therefore
at that moment he is a baby. The corresponding place in the human body is the
genitals, because there is where life is found, the potential state, soon to bloom. The
genitals protect the seed that is the figure of the future worker who will come to fertilize the
Lodge, renew your energies, strengthen your Columns, expand the Masonic Family.
continuity to that perfect symbolism that structures the R.E.A.A. in the vault of
Temple, the Candidate, has above him, the Spica, the traditional name of the Alpha star.
of the Virgin (Constellation Virgo of the Zodiac), whose translation is Ear of Wheat and by
consequently, that which contains the seeds or seeds.

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 The initiation, cabalistically speaking, is the realization of a new form of
consciousness that originated in the feeling of Oneness (Kether) achieved harmony
(Thiphereth) achieved the hermetic victory over the personality (Netzah) determined by
the internal work (Hod) received a new form (Yesod).

The Yetziratic text says that the function of (Yesod) is to purify the emanations,
to test them and correct them; consequently, it is in that Sphere that the operations occur,
intended to correct dense matter, that is, the sphere where initiation occurs in the
mysteries, purification through death and rebirth.

10th SEFIRAH: Malkhuttklm

It is the Kingdom of the Lord, the place of the Earth and of the External Collector.

The feet of Adam Kadmon correspond to Malkhut, for they are the ones that are
in contact with the Earth, the atrium or Hall of the Lost Steps, or the secular world outside
of the Temple, the kingdom of Darkness, of ignorance. Malkhut is the most complicated of
the Sefirots; Kether the simplest. Still applying the Hermetic Law: as it is in the
the summit is at the peak, as it is above so it is below, we see that Kether is in Malkhut and
Kingdom is in Kether. That means to say that God is in everything and in everyone and everything and
Everything is in God and what exists in the Universe contains his imprint.
the separation between the Creator and his creation is apparent. God is Man, and man is
God. We are the parts and we are the whole. As we have seen, from the feeling of separation,
deeply engraved in the collective unconscious of humanity is the myth of
"original sin" and the great reason for life and the inner drive that man possesses to
to reconnect with its Creator.

The Kabbalah teaches that our body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit and that it
it is necessary to learn lessons from Malkhut (of the Earth) in order to be able to traverse the
paths leading to Kether. Before invoking the Divine Light, the person needs to be
linked to the Earth, operating on the material level and learning from everyday patterns
and tests that we chose for our incarnation. It is necessary to have the ability to
feel the importance of common things in order to have discernment, and act
effectively on a more spiritually beautified plane. That is why Malkhut is
attributed the virtue of discernment. His spiritual experience is the Vision of the Holy Angel
of the Guard, an aspect of the Higher Self.

The difference between Malkhut and the other sefirot is that it, like Kether, is found
contained within itself. It is about a continuous cycle that is symbolized by the
Ouroboros serpent, as we have already seen. At the same time as the ends touch, the
snake bites its own tail; Pluto. Beyond the feet, nothing more opposite than the
head, or rather the maximum of materialization, of ice, of crystallization, followed by the
melting, through the conversion to the liquid element, via the great transformer of the
nature, the heat or fire. This primordial element, renovator, regenerating, (Vulcan)
to inner fire, the Blacksmith (Vulcan), transformer of matter through fire, will go to
sublime the raw stone, the Earth, separating from it the subtle elements through
of the hermetic way: V.I.T.R.I.O.L. Visit the Interior of the Earth and Rectifying Yourself
you will find the Hidden Stone.
Kether-Malkhut, Malkhut-Kether contains the principle of Polarity of the Laws of
Hermes. Everything is dual: everything has two poles, everything has its opposite, the equal and the unequal.
they are the same thing; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree;

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extremes touch; all truths are half-truths; all paradoxes
they can be reconciled.

The trend of the Ouroborus Circle is to become increasingly closed by the

own law that drives humanity to revolution, equivalent to saying that the
the distance between Kether and Malkhut decreases with each turn, each pilgrimage through the 32
paths. Sooner or later one reaches a point in the Evolution of the Spirit of the
Humanity in which the Tree of Life becomes unnecessary to describe our
Universe. Creator and Creature will be re-linked.

Transporting those concepts into Masonic practice, we deduce that the worker
to become a social builder, one cannot lose contact with things
mundane, where the Divine Light must lead, which are the virtues that it cultivates within
from the Temple of himself. The mason cannot err in his principles, he must resist the
temptation of the Serpent, because he holds the responsibility of being the guardian of the
hermetic treasures. For Dion Fortune, Malkhut is the nadir of evolution, but it must be
faced not as “the ultimate abyss of spirituality,” but as the signaling buoy
from a boat race, Fortune makes the analogy that 'every boat that returns to
"Starting point without having gone around the buoy is disqualified." This also happens.
with the soul. If we try to escape from the discipline of matter before having mastered
we will not advance in the direction of heaven, but rather suffer a setback in
our development. Let the Freemasons reflect on this.

Substance takes shape through Archetypal ideas.

After taking the journey through the Ten Sefirot, and having them related to the
Masonic Temple, the positions in the Lodge and the planetary correspondences, to conclude
We need to cite some of the Mystical Kabbalah of Dion Fortune. It clarifies the
great occultist: When expressing himself about the Kabbalah, one of the ancient rabbis says,
that if an angel wished to come to Earth, he would have to take human form to
converse with men. The curious symbolic system that we know as the Tree
of Life, is an attempt to reduce to diagrammatic form the forces and factors of the universe
manifested, as well as the human soul to correlate them mutually and
arrange them like on a map, so that the relative positions are mutual. In summary, the
Tree of Life is a compendium of science, psychology, philosophy, and theology.

The Kabbalah student works in exactly the opposite way to the student.
of natural sciences, this one formulates synthetic concepts, that one analyzes concepts
abstract. (completing Fortune's definition, we would say that it is not enough to study the
Kabbalah, it is necessary to understand it, and for that to happen, it is essential to meditate a lot.
about her and her abstract concepts. Not all minds are equipped for that.
task. Perhaps that's why the rabbis follow an ancient rule of Kabbalah not to teach
the Kabbalah for those who have not reached the age of forty. It is about a
We believe more than we point out that the Kabbalah is not accessible to everyone.
It is not enough to know the book, or the dedication to study; it is necessary for the mind to be capable.
to understand it because just like Freemasonry, it deals with symbols, meaning that to
to form a concrete symbol, that the eye can see, with which it represents reality
abstract, which not every human mind can conceive. The Kabbalah goes to the heart of the
nooks of the human soul to extract from it the archetypal images that it
will help explain the origins of Creation, and achieve inaccessible powers
for the majority of mortals).

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 Just like the icons of computer programs, the symbols are going to
search in the scanners of the human mind for experiences and knowledge
extraordinary, that lie unconscious in our Higher Self, to bring them to the
surface of the 10% that we use of our brain. The results are formidable
providing spectacular insights* or taking the practitioner to altered states of
Awareness. That change was already used by primitive man as seen in symbols.
very ancient that are being used as objects of meditation; the seal of
Solomon for the Jews, the cross for Christianity; the forms of God for the Egyptians; the
phallic symbols in various types of faith; the Symbolism of the Masonic Temple.

The initiate thus makes use of these symbols as a means to concentrate his mind and
introducing certain thoughts, evoking images and ideas, and stimulating certain
feelings. The initiated in Kabbalah, however, has an instrument in the brain, more
perfected that allows him to better extract the essence of the symbolic system, to use it
like a kind of algebra, through which it is capable of reading the secrets of
unknown powers; in other words, the symbol used as a means of guiding the
thought in the Invisible and the Incomprehensible. And that is possible because the cabalist
makes use of a composite symbol which is the Tree of Life and allows him to observe the
defined relationships between the parties.

The human mind unfolds through exercises and that which was so
unimaginable how math is for a creature that cannot solve its
problems reach the limit of our understanding. Thinking about a certain
what, we form concepts about it. The symbol precedes the elucidation, which is why the
Kabbalah is a very powerful system for the development of the mind. The understanding by
The awareness of an abstract concept is a fantastic exercise for the brain. Explain,
Fortunately, materialistic science believes that the only abstract concepts are
those formulated by the mind of man. Esoteric science teaches that the Mind
Divine formulated archetypal ideas so that the substance could take form, and that without
those archetypal ideas, the substance would be formless and empty, primordial sludge waiting
the breath of life to organize into crystal or into a cell.

With this premise on the sefiric archetypes; the Temple and the Ritual
Masonic, we do not intend to exhaust the subject; rather, we aim to contribute to the study of the
masonry that is on everyone's lips, but that few understand and comprehend. Everyone
we know that the mission of the masons is the incessant search for truth, of
knowledge, but we establish here nothing more than our doctrinal body, as long as
that the great intelligences and researchers of our Order do not accept that gnosis
hidden in Freemasonry.

Meanwhile, we are certain that we did not invent anything, we did not conspire.
to masonry with spurious ideas (fraudulent?) on the contrary, we are trying
return it to its mystical base, which encompasses: Alchemy, Astrology, Hermeticism. We cite
Here in the Kybalion, as one of the cornerstone books of the hermeticist, a phrase that translates
our current feelings. Our attempt is not to build a new Temple of
As they began to know its covers, they felt a strange smell emanating from its interior, they removed from
two jars some dark packages (rolls) wrapped in linen, covered with what
it seems like a match or wax. It began like this, the adventure of the Dead Sea Scrolls,
involving traffickers, politicians, religious figures, smugglers, merchants, and fanatics.

On March 15, 1948, Dr. W.F. Albright of John Hopkins wrote: My most
enthusiasts congratulations on the greatest discovery of manuscripts from the era
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modern, what an incredible discovery! And happily, there can be no doubt about
the authenticity of the manuscript. The most spectacular of the
discoveries of documents over two thousand years old. That discovery
from Qumran showed the existence of a library, which seems to include almost all the
books of the Bible and other documents from the pre-Christian era.

As the first manuscripts deciphered by specialists, it was thought that

immediate in the sect of the ESSENES. Three writers from the first century, Pliny the Elder, Flavius
Josephus and Philo had already written many things about this mysterious sect of
the ESSENES, but no one knew anything about their customs, origins, and doctrine, for
direct documents.

Edmund Wilson, in his recent book: "The Dead Sea Scrolls" (Cia.
Letters, 1993), conducts an extensive study on the origins of the ESSENES, and what
what stands out are the references mentioned in the manuscript reconstructed by
Trever, revealing to be the Manual of Discipline of a very ancient monastic order, and the
comparison of that document with the one known about the ESSENIANS leaves no room for
doubt that it was about the identity of an order. Pliny speaks of a monastery
Esenio and Flavius Josephus refer to the Manual of Discipline, as he seems to have studied it, or
have closer, more direct contact with the order. Summarizing the studies we find
the following:

a) The ESSENES combined the principle of fraternity with strict discipline.

b) The candidate for membership was not admitted in the first year.

c) He receives his white tunic, his thong, and a small axe for digging latrines.

d) You will get to know the regulations and already share 'of the purest type of holy water' more
does not participate in the meetings.

e) He is put to the test for two years, after passing he participates in the food.
common, but still precise.

f) To take terrible oaths to venerate the divinity, to observe the justice of men,
of loyalty for all men, especially those in power, for none reaches their
placed if it is not by the will of God; if he were to gain power, he would never abuse it
authority; love the truth and denounce the liars; never leave it in their hands
stolen products and keep their soul free from impious profit; not to reveal secrets to
nobody, would likewise be tortured to death, refrain from theft and preserve with
take care of the books of the sect and the names of the saints.

The common table, the sacred banquets, the rule of speaking in turn (in order) and
he will always hate the unjust and fight alongside the just
temples to virtues and dungeons to vices.

Curious is the extraordinary resemblance between the banquets of the sect

considered sacred and were an important part of the ritual. Whenever ten
men gathered for a banquet should sit in order of precedence,
presided by the priest or by the Messiah.

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 The most important points of contact between that ancient tradition are
they are found in our rituals, which teach fraternity and discipline. The initiation of
the ESSENES has not yet been clearly elucidated, but in the Manual of Discipline, it
it is envisioned that the candidate should undergo studies, which is surprising.

The apprentice's apron finds its parallel in the white robe, because the
nobles must always be clad in them.

As Fulcanelli writes in "The Mysteries of the Cathedrals". The white also

It was applied to purity, simplicity, innocence. The color white is that of the initiated.
because the man who abandons the ties to follow the light, moves from the profane state
the initiated pure. He is spiritually renewed. This white term, says Pierre Dujols,
had been chosen for very deep philosophical reasons. The color white, witness the
most of the languages always designated nobility, candor, purity. According to the
famous 'Manuel Hebrew and Chaldean Dictionary, by Gesenius', hur, heur means: to be
white; hurim heurim, designates the nobles, the whites, the pure.

No one is unaware that the blessed is still the equivalent or synonym of

initiated, noble, pure. The initiates dressed in white. Phtah or Regenerator covered himself
equally in white to indicate the new rebirth of the Purists or Whites. The
Cathars, the sect to which the Whites of Florence belonged were the Pure.

Regarding the terrible oaths, the ESSENES echoed the tradition.

the ancient of the initiations, but the oath of reverence to the divinity stands out.

The non-disclosure of secrets, under the penalty of torture until death, also
reflects the initiatory Masonic doctrine, in addition to qualifying the Essene as will
unbreakable.

It is notable, still, that many of the things described in the manuscripts are now already
Deciphered, they appear to have older origins, probably copied from doctrines.
originating from Persia and Mesopotamia.

Baptism by water, for example, is not a Jewish rite, the worship of the sun in
the early hours of the day, denote Zoroastrian influence and so on.

A question that is impossible to ignore is the oath of loyalty to the rulers,

Well, the ancients had not yet developed the notion of Homeland. And says the Manual of
Discipline, "Because none of the rulers exercise their position except by will
of God.

It is read in San Juan Evangelista, our Patron, "A man cannot receive anything
some if it has not been given from heaven.

The moral parallels continue. The Discipline Manual says 'swear that you will never'
he will stop his hands from stealing and will keep his soul free from ungodly gain.
We say: "Your hands must never be instruments of dishonest actions;"
purify them and keep them clean.

The Esoteric Manual says: "You will observe the justice of men: you will be loyal to the
rulers will never abuse authority; they will love the truth... Our rituals say:
to combat ignorance, tyranny, prejudice, errors, to glorify the right, the
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justice and truth. To promote the well-being of the Homeland and humanity...

The first Essene oath is the one that establishes the veneration of divinity. The first time
that the layperson presents the will, with their name, qualification, etc... reflects their
belief in God of course.

The Manual states: "He will not reveal secrets to anyone, even if he is tortured until the
death, which is the same.... 'The absolute silence about everything that will happen here.'

It is noticeable with emotion that in those documents from more than two thousand years ago, that the
The ritualistic oath is identical in the Essene order and in the Masonic. We are amazed by a
extraordinary circumstance, the creators of that Masonic moral doctrine repeated
our concepts, exposed, somewhat doctrinally elaborated more than two thousand
years, which remained hidden in the caves of Qumran for twenty centuries.

The impact was caused by the fact of this historical and documentary ignorance of how
this eclectic moral doctrine was developed once the same dominant religions,
they also possessed historical material that shed light on their origins.

Wars, natural catastrophes, epidemics, in these last millennia of history

of humanity certainly caused these gaps, often perishing morals and
religions that were isolated, leaving no other resource but divine revelation.

The rational scientific spirit recoils from accepting the current sociological and historical fact.
sociolinguistic or philosophical, without proven cause.

The caves of Qumran were the most well-imagined resource by the wise with
a marvelous common sense; safe, protected, without apparent difficulty, to locate,
to house and protect a valuable library, the result of secular elaboration, sheltering
those treasures of intelligence, against the murderous rage of wars, the persecutions and
the prejudices that plagued humanity.

The clay jars, as repositories of the manuscripts, would be indestructible.

over time, except for natural cataclysms. The interior of the caves,
protected by the heights from the onslaughts of the waters of the Jordan, perhaps also the
protected from being destroyed by imbecility and fanaticism. Let us remember the
destruction of the Library of Alexandria and the sacrifice of the philosophy of Pallas, for
fanatical and ignorant monks.

There is no doubt that the initiates of the Essene order, if it were them who...
that the Qumran manuscripts were stored in the caves by the banks of the Jordan,
they proved to be more practical and with greater common sense.

The Roman army with Titus, and before that the Persian with Nebuchadnezzar were true
avalanches of destruction. They left behind only scorched earth; the tradition
the complete extermination of the conquered was the logic of the winner. The goods
stolen materials, the enemies dead or tied up to be sold in
the slave markets. Everything else was turned into a bonfire of
iniquity.

The legions of Vespasian and Titus devastated Jerusalem and its surroundings, reducing to
dust to the town of Judea, broke those restless believers who did not
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they subjected themselves to the divine government of Caesar and it was the final solution of the Romans, politically and
militarily.

From the terrible destruction that fell upon the disobedient people, paradoxically
Christianity and rabbinic Judaism emerged, and both gave rise to civilization.
Western. Practically both lost their main libraries, where they were
deposited the sources of all human knowledge that up to that time were
had. Except for the Marcianus Codex of Venice, where ancient knowledge is
reserved, nothing else remained.

Remained silent, and hidden on the shores of Qumran, something spectacular, that
proof that despite everything, man can still be considered a child of God,
for the children of men, these are, instruments of iniquity, killed and were
dead by the swords of intolerance, greed, and brutality.

Flavius Josephus, Philo the Jew, and Pliny the Elder were traditionally the sources.
that described the Essene order, but the missing link was lacking for us to understand
the life and teachings of that mysterious sect of the Dead Sea, which based on what is known
Now, they will be projected until the subsequent millennia.

That extraordinary sect, probably originating from Persian culture or

Mesopotamian, can in a hostile and violent environment produce zeal for virtue and the
passion of his love for humanity.

The manuscripts reveal that the Essene order caused a sense of astonishment.
up to our days. They really lived in a harsh environmental context, where the regime
The prevailing economic system was slavery and conquest, which combined to form a hierarchy.
rigorous, almost inconceivable for the reader of the 20th century.

How was it possible for a community of farmers, shepherds, cowboys, beekeepers,

artisans and artists, who were not interested in the manufacture of weapons, in trade, and
that they knew nothing of navigation, to elaborate in the silence of their monasteries, a doctrine
fraternal, believing that humanity is the natural relationship of men?

According to Flavius Josephus, the ESSENES read a lot from the ancients, but did not cultivate.
the logical side of philosophy, dealing only with the moral aspect, in the investigation
of medicinal herbs, in the properties of stones and were inspired by the
prediction of the future.

They provided excellent examples of hygiene: they did not defecate anywhere.
They were building latrines for that purpose. So much so that they received a shovel for that service during initiation.
They were disciplined even in their eating. When they returned from their work, they
they were sanitizing, taking a bath and dressing in white.

They did not discriminate against foreigners and guests, nor did they isolate themselves to eat: each
one spoke at a time, they did not tolerate chatter or noise. They respected silence; not
they accredited the sacrifice of animals. They maintained that the soul is immortal. In the world
in which they lived, they earned the general respect. Surpassing the Greeks in virtue and
barbarians.

It is very interesting to note that those who dominated those peoples were keen on their
cruelty, they were fiercer than wild beasts, they killed entire crowds,
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dismembering enemies, impaling them or crucifying them. In such an environment
the order was a true island. They spoke softly to the people. None of the
Brutes who were the rulers constituted at their time some accusation against
they.

But all of us, defeated by the virtue of those men, looked at them as free creatures.
by nature, and not subject to disapproval by any human being, and they celebrated their
the way of eating together or their companionship, there are no words to describe their good faith
reciprocal that constitutes sufficient proof of a perfect and supremely happy life,
said Filón.

Flavius Josephus also exalts that nature of strength and admiration that
they aroused. In short, it highlights a very important aspect of their teachings by summarizing the
oath: that he will always hate the unjust and fight alongside the just.

There is no way not to let our imagination coin our dreams so

largely caressed and so soon stored on the shores of Qumran, so great
human adventure that is discovering that we are God's humanity.

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