Daily rituals for those who are engaged in intensive study of the Cabalistic Tree of Life.
This book is intended for daily use as an alternative to the form of discursive meditation taught in the knowledge lectures of the Order of the Golden Dawn, and specifically for those who are engaged in intensive study of the Cabalistic Tree of Life.
It may also be found suitable for practice on a more occasional basis, such as once per week, as a helpful addition to the regular meditations taught by the Order.
A litany such as this falls somewhere in the space between ritual and meditation. Like a meditation, it works primarily with consciousness rather than with the subtle energies directed in magic; like magic, it is in some sense a performance, in which performer and audience are one.
Meditative attention on the symbols and concepts is important for the litany to have its proper effect, but so are the vocal and performative dimensions that give magic its power.
Regular practice will teach each initiate to find a personally appropriate balance between these themes.
Table of Contents:
FOREWORD
THE DRUIDICAL CABALA
INTRODUCTION TO THE LITANY
THE LITANY OF THE TREE OF LIFE
The Unmanifest
Celi, the first sphere
Perydd, the second sphere
Dofydd, the third sphere
Iau, the unnumbered sphere
Ener, the fourth sphere
Modur, the fifth sphere
Muner, the sixth sphere
Byw, the seventh sphere
Byth, the eighth sphere
Ner, the ninth sphere
Naf, the tenth sphere
Numberless path: unmanifest to Celi
Twenty-second path: Celi to Perydd
Twenty-first path: Celi to Dofydd
Twentieth Path, upper half: Celi to Iau
Twentieth path, lower half: Iau to Muner
Nineteenth path: Perydd to Dofydd
Eighteenth path: Perydd to Ener
Seventeenth path: Perydd to Muner
Sixteenth path: Dofydd to Modur
Fifteenth path: Dofydd to Muner
Fourteenth path: Ener to Modur
Thirteenth path: Ener to Muner
Twelfth path: Ener to Byw
Eleventh path: Modur to Muner
Tenth path: Modur to Byth
Ninth path: Muner to Byw
Eighth path: Muner to Byth
Seventh path: Muner to Ner
Sixth path: Byw to Byth
Fifth path: Byw to Ner
Fourth path: Byw to Naf
Third path: Byth to Ner
Second path: Byth to Naf
First path: Ner to Naf
PRONUNCIATION OF WELSH TERMS
THE DESCENDING ORDER
THE ASCENDING ORDER 77 BIBLIOGRAPHY
About the Author :
John Michael Greer is the award-winning author of more than fifty books, including 'The New Encyclopedia of the Occult', 'The Druidry Handbook', 'The Celtic Golden Dawn', and 'Circles of Power: An Introduction to Hermetic Magic'. An initiate in Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, Greer served as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America (AODA) for twelve years. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Sara. Greer is also the author of eleven fantasy and science fiction novels and ten nonfiction books on peak oil and the future of industrial society, and also blogs weekly on politics, magic, and the future at www.ecosophia.net.
