The Mystical Qabalah
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"But just as the universe must be ruled by God, so must the many-sided soul of man be ruled by its god-the spirit of man. The Higher Self must dominate its universe or there will be unbalanced force; each factor will rule its own aspect, and they will war among themselves." |
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"Tiphareth is illuminated consciousness, the highest aspect of
the personality with which the individuality has coalesced; this is the condition which
really constitutes initiation; it is the consciousness of the Higher Self brought through
into the personality. It is a gleam of higher consciousness coming from behind the veil
Paroketh. It is for this reason that the Messiahs and Saviours of the world are assigned
to Tiphareth in the symbolism of the Tree, for they were the Light-Bringers to
humanity; and as all who bring fire from heaven must do, they died the sacrificial
death for the sake of mankind. It is here, too, that we die to the lower self in order
that we may rise in the Higher Self. 'In Jesu morimur.' " |
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"The four Sephiroth below Tiphareth represent the personality or lower self; the four Sephiroth above Tiphareth are the Individuality, or Higher Self, and Kether is the Divine Spark, or nucleus of manifestation." "It is this Second Triad which forms the Oversoul, the Higher Self, the Holy Guardian Angel, the First Initiator. It is the voice of this Higher Self which is so often heard with the inner ear, and not the voice of discarnate entities, or of God Himself, as is thought by those who have had no training in tradition." |
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"Those who are familiar with Qabalistic terminology know that the first of the greater
initiations is said to consist of the power to enjoy the knowledge and conversation of
our Holy Guardian Angel; this Holy Guardian Angel, be it remembered, is really our
own Higher Self." |
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"In the microcosm Tiphareth represents the higher psychism, the mode of
consciousness of the individuality, the Higher Self" |
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"It is obvious, therefore, that if we stir and stimulate these emotions in our natures it
must be in order that we may use them as servants of the Higher Self, directed by
reason and spiritual principle." |
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"Microcosmically, this means that the powerful elemental
driving-forces of our nature are correlated with the Higher Self, instead of being
dissociated into the Quphothic underworld of the Freudian unconscious."
"The Three Supernals, and the first pair of manifesting Sephiroth, Chesed and
Geburah, represent the Higher Self, with Tiphareth as the point of contact with the
Lower Self. The four lower Sephiroth, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and Malkuth, represent
the Lower Self, or personality, the unit of incarnation, with Tiphareth as the point of
contact with tne Higher Self, which is sometimes called the Holy Guardian Angel."
"Netzach, Hod, and Yesod form the Lower Triad, overshadowed by Tiphareth as the
Lower Self is overshadowed by the Higher Self. One might, in fact, say that the four lower Sephiroth form the Personality, or unit of Incarnation, of the Tree; the Higher
Triad of Chesed, Geburah, and Tiphareth form the Individuality, or Higher Self, and
the Three Supernals correspond to the Divine Spark." |
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"The Spiritual Experience of Malkuth is the Vision of the Holy Guardian Angel. Now
this angel, which according to the Qabalists is assigned to each soul at birth and
companions him till death, when it takes him into its keeping and presents him before
the face of God for judgment, is in actuality the Higher Self of each one of us, which
builds up around the Divine Spark that is the nucleus of the soul and endures for an
evolution, sending down a process into matter at each incarnation to form the basis of
the new personality." |
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"When the Higher Self and the Lower Self become united through the complete
absorption of the lower by the higher, true adepthood is gained; this is the Great
Initiation, the Lesser Divine Union. It is the supreme experience of the incarnate soul,
and when this takes place, it is freed from any compulsion to rebirth into the prisonhouse
of flesh. Thenceforth it is free to go on up the planes and enter into its rest, or,
if it so elects, to remain within the earth-sphere and function as a Master." |
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