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Hermetic Kabbalah - the Big Picture

An attempt to represent in one diagram the mystical, religious and esoteric traditions that combine in Hermetic Kabbalah.

Emanation and Ascent in Hermetic Kabbalah (1.4 Mbyte PDF)

© Colin Low 2004. Presentation and notes on the mystical and historical roots of Hermetic Kabbalah.

 

Kabbalah FAQ

Created for the Usenet and posted for some years, it grew very large and now lives here. It has an extensive reading list combining Hermetic and traditional Jewish Kabbalah.

 

Kabbalah Booklist -  Amazon.co.uk  

A wide selection of Kabbalah books you can find at Amazon's UK site 

 

Kabbalah Booklist -  Amazon.com    

A wide selection of Kabbalah books you can find at Amazon's US site 

 

Don Karr's Bibliographic Surveys

Detailed and extensive surveys of publications in English on various Kabbalistic themes. Recommended.

 

Don Karr's Solomonic Magic

Liber Salomonis: Cephar Raziel, Liber Lunae, and other selections from British Library Sloane MS 3826. Transcribed, annotated and introduced by Don Karr. According to legend, Adam received secret wisdom from the angel Raziel, and a number of texts (of widely differing origins) claim to be the mysterious book of the angel Raziel. This is one such text.

 

Don Karr's Selected Writings of FM van Helmont

The Cabbalistical Dialogues, Chapter IV of the Paradoxal Discourses, and an appendix from The Divine Being and its Attributes. Transcribed, annotated and introduced by Don Karr.

Don Karr's Kabbalah of Maat

The 20th century saw the development and elaboration of a line of Kabbalistic speculation which derives its impulse from information channeled by Aleister Crowley and published as The Book of the Law. Don Karr provides a substantial overview and bibliography of these ideas in Approaching the Kabbalah of Maat: Altered Trees and the Procession of the Aeons. He also contributes four original works on the subject. New: Don has transcribed works by OAI: Liber SamekhHe, and O.A.I. Manifesto.

 

 

Kabbalah In English by Jeffrey Smith

"A Guide to English Language Resources for the Student of Traditional Rabbinic Kabbalah". An excellent bibliographic essay and literature review. Even if you aren't into the sources of Rabbinic Kabbalah, this essay provides the kind of information that any student of Kabbalah should at least be aware of.

 

Abramelin Lecture by Bill Heidrick

Abramelin lectures assembled from the Thelema Lodge Calender. If you read nothing else here, read this.

 

Notes on Kabbalah by Colin Low

Originally posted as a series on the Usenet, these notes provide a substantial book-length introduction to the author's tradition of Hermetic Kabbalah.

 

Ritual Theory and Technique by Colin Low

A modern view of ritual which attempts to provide a basis for understanding how ritual works. Much of this material was subsumed into Notes on Kabbalah, but if you prefer the original, shorter, Kabbalah-free version, read this.

 

A Miscellany of Essays by Colin Low

Some people count on their fingers. Others move their lips when they read. I write.

 

The Road to the Sun, Part 1 and The Road to the Sun, Part 2 by Bill Heidrick

Bill comments "Illustrations described. Needs introduction, content table, work on two appendices and index. IN LATE DRAFT. An Autobiographical work describing self-initiation to Tipheret. Contains bits of philosophy, Qabalah, Magick and short writings."

 

Memory Theatre

Images on the Tree of Life, organised after the manner of a memory theatre.

 

Magical Images on the Tree by Jan Swanson (71k JPG)

These are images associated with the sephiroth.

 

Magical Correspondences by Bill Heidrick.

Bill comments: "Most of the Golden Dawn Qabalistic Spirits in tables for the elements, signs and planets. Includes corrections, source notations and translations. Several discussions of Berashit Qabalah and other topics. A work expected to grow over time".

 

Qabalah #1 by Bill Heidrick

Bill comments: "A booklet of exercises and meditations on the Tree of Life. Diagrams described. Completed but could benefit by proofreading."

 

Magick and Qabalah #1 by Bill Heidrick

Bill comments "A booklet discussing the Bornless Ritual, Lesser Pentagram Banishment, method of translating and creating Abra-Melin squares, and a Merkabah style ritual using the Golden Dawn pantheon. Completed but could benefit by proofreading"

 

32 Emanations by Bill Heidrick

The 32 Paths of Wisdom, with a large quantity of supplementary material.

 

Kabbalistic Magic: On How to Use the Mystical Interpretations of the Jewish Holy Books in Adventure Role-Playing Games by Simcha Kuritzky

This is an odd one. Written for a Role Playing Game audience, it also happens to be one of the best short introductions to traditional Kabbalistic magic I have seen. Exceptionally well-informed.

 

High Magick: The Elemental Adept, by Suba

Essay on elemental and ritual work. Contains personal experiences, tutorial material, advice, ritual techniques and a good deal of practical wisdom.

 

The 50 Gates of Understanding by Bill Heidrick

The 32 Paths of Wisdom (Chokhmah) are well known, but the 50 Gates of Understanding (Binah) less so. This is a short article originally published in the Thelema Lodge Calendar and re-published here with permission.

 

The 50 Gates of Understanding by Jeff Spiegel

Written in response to Bill Heidrick's article above, it presents a traditional Jewish view of the 50 Gates.

 

TechGnosis by Erik Davis (posted to Usenet)

An essay which deconstructs the Hermetic and Gnostic worlds of the magician to unravel a golden thread which permeates cyberspace and cyberculture. Brilliant. You can find more of Davis's wonderful essays at Erik Davis' Figments. See also the 1998 book also titled Techgnosis.

 

The Kircher Tree

In many places in Bill Heidrick's notes he refers to the "Kircher Tree". This is the Kircher Tree of Life, from Oedipus Aegyptiacus published in 1652 by Athanasius Kircher, a Jesuit priest.

 

Kabbalah Links Page

The largest collection of Kabbalah links on the WWW (probably)

Many of these documents are very large and need substantial editing to convert them to HTML. Anyone wishing to do this is welcome, so long as all copyright headers and footers are retained. Let me know if you create an HTML version of any of these documents.

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