Skip to main content

VII. The Chariot finale




The  tranversal of the path of The Chariot is now concluded.  By no means it is possible to say that every aspect of the path and every nuance was explored, for that is impossible.  Nor is it possible to say that my experiences encountered along the path belong solely to that path and no other - for every path includes within itself every other path.  Nor is it possible to say that the full fractal of the path was summarized as a single recursive equation, in the likes of Z = Z^2 + C.  But I digress.

Even as I write this I come to realizations which may have helped widen the experience while on it.

The Path of The Chariot is key #7, the 18th path of the Tree of Life, leading from Binah to Geburah.
Its attributions are conquest, victory, overcoming, defeat, obstacles unsurmounted, after a long arduous battle.  A die-hard attitude of defending tradition.   Obedience, faithfullness, lust of destruction. While focused exclusively on the card and its "sensible" meaning, the qualities experienced in day to day living, the non-mystical stuff, I did manifest some of those conditions in my life.  An eruption of anger when my will was disobeyed was a non-characteristic behavior for me - an indication that something has been awakened.

Right at the beginning of starting the path, an unexpected financial transaction could have set off a chain reaction which could have had an unfavorable outcome occurred.  That was handled satisfactorily.  The 2 weeks devoted the The Chariot were plagued by a discrepancy between my traditional views and beliefs and what I was able to accomplish to express them - a deep anxiety and pain was felt whenever my traditions were not appreciated.

My "conversations" with the Charioteer mostly consisted of me asking questions and him not replying or being very smug - just study the fucking image, he often said, and i had no choice but to do so - then it hit me - that the astrological sign of cancer is also an attribution - a hard exterior and a soft inner core -  symbolized by the letter ח (Cheth) which means "Fence".  That means that penetrating the hard shell to get to the soft interior is a way to unlock the secret of the path.  The "Secret" of the path hit me one morning while walking to the train station - that the way of using this card in a non-destructive was is that soft interior.  When I'm doing something - I can either beat it into submission as the conquering Charioteer upholding his vision or with love and kindness - as the soft interior aspect.

Mirroring the 18th path is the 16 path ו (Vav), the Hierophant which symbolizes tradition.  Now ו means (and looks like) a Nail.  A Nail is necessary to hold a fence together - the charioteer's, the crab's strong exterior is held together by tradition and dogma.

Also I was haunted by memories of the vilest people from my past which amplified an underlying rumble of anger.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Return to the tree of life traverse, in reverse

 The World How interesting it is to look back when I finished at this point in March of 2018. More will be added later as this path unfolds. The way out is not the same as the way in. The way back in is not the same as the way out. Even when using the same doorway. June 6, 2021 it was necessary to prolong this path two extra weeks - but the effort paid off.  On the last day of the 2nd two week cycle the meaning of the path finally revealed itself.  As I was considering it to be the first stage of transcending מלכות this path is activated by the awareness that all observable things, all phenomena, all processes in the universe are reflections of a transcendent "thing".  All that we see is  a pointer, a reference to an archetypal idea. Its the idea of the analogy that as 3 dimensional objects leave a 2 dimensional shadow, 4 dimensional objects leave a 3 dimensional shadow - our world. The world that we live, move, and "exist" in is a shadow of.... what? This ...
Post a Comment
Read more

The High Priestess: jachin and boaz

He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz.  - 1 Kings 7:21 The Letter Gimel is assigned to the High Priestess - Path 13 from Kether to Tiphareth.  According to the Kabbalah Deck which is a very brief summary of Sefer Yetzirah, Gimel embodies the vital qualities of both kindness and growth... Gimel teaches us that two apparently opposing forces must be blended to forma third, more complete and perfect entity.  Emanating from the oneness of Aleph and the Duality of Beit, there comes the synthesis known as Gimel...  useful words which begin with Gimel: Gamut - exile Gan Eden - paradise this is in harmonty of gimel a path leading from Kether to Tiphareth, from ATZILUTH to YETZIRAH Geburah - sephira 5 Gedulah - sephira 4 path 13 passess between the 2 sephirot of severity and mercy Gilgul - cycle the moon is assigned to The High Priestess
Post a Comment
Read more

The Sun, The Moon, The Star, The Tower

  This is where we are now. each path can be best understood in relation to the other paths and the sephirot which they connect. yet each has a similar meaning, or a deepening of the same meaning. The deeper meaning. When we traversed the path of the Universe we realized the oneness of All. The realization is further elucidated by the path of Judgement which wakes up the latencies, the forgotten dead to realize that oneness... but to get there, the ordeal of The Moon path must be passed. The deceitful nature of self-delusion, the ability to walk through the 2 towers and comprehend that which is beyond duality. the realization itself is The Sun card. A glimpse of higher intelligence is now at hand with The Star card. The star card reminds us that the black iron tower of the mind is neither black nor iron and can be dissolved. The star card shows that it is not as tightly sealed and is "leaky". the shattering completes with The Tower card.
Post a Comment
Read more