I cannot fail to mention the Cube of Space when it comes to the Sephiroth of Tiphareth. Tiphareth lies at the heart of that cube on the Kabbalah Tree of Life.
I've highlighted it here on the this diagram above. The Cube, to be very clear and frank with you right up front...represents your consciousness. Paul Foster Case places The World Card, representing Liberation, right at the center of that cube...in the same place that Tiphareth occupies in the cube on the Kabbalah Tree of Life. That is how powerful and important this Sephiroth is to our personal transformation. A Side Note However, I have not investigated this subject in depth. There is a book called New Dimensions of the Cube of Space that you can buy for Amazon Kindle at a reasonable price (considering that the price of the physical book is over $50). I will, eventually, read and review this New Dimensions but I currently have seven other books in the cue to read prior to this one (as it's not one of our systems of sevens) and so it will probably be sometime in the middle or end of next year that I discuss this topic again. I am only sharing this now because this concept is directly related to the Sephiroth of Tiphareth and an upcoming blog on the Sword in the Stone....the Stone of course in that old tale of King Arthur is the Cube of Space/Time. All of that said, I will address what I do know. I will also place two excellent YouTube videos on the Cube of Space at the bottom of this post. The first is 20 minutes long. The second, I will warn you, is a bit long (45 minutes) and she rambles a bit but it's the first in a series that goes further in depth. (The Above Image Is From A Website Blocked By My Computer...it was pulled from a Google Image Search) What The Cube Is Not The main reason for this post is that I want to share that the cube is not what the Fear Based teachers out there are claiming. They will call this the Cube of Saturn. If you look up that term in YouTube you will find far more people talking about this concept from that point of view. I've included a picture above. These people really think that there are people out there worshiping the Cube of Saturn and that somehow those people are creating the phenomenon that they have identified with the cube. Of course, since it's mostly Christians promoting this idea they point to the scary Muslims and the Kaaba that just isn't right. First, the 'cube' of the Kabaa was not always a cube...it started off as a rectangular stone building. The Black covering has not always been there...the Kaaba has been green, white and gold. To say that Muslims are worshiping a black cube is just plain erroneous...it would be similar to saying that The Jewish and the Christians worship the Wailing Wall or the Arc of the Covenant....and then creating a conspiracy around that idea. (https://muslimmatters.org/2012/11/15/ten-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-kaaba/) Then of course, because they also, as you can see from the image above this section, connect it with the Hebrew practice of the Tefila...the prayer box on the head which I explained in detail when covering the Hebrew Letter Reish. The prayer boxes are far from Satanic as they actually act by stimulating parts of the body associated with the Pineal/Pituatary glands, the heart and the liver...they are actually very powerful tools to waken the consciousness. So, there are two myths about other cultures that the Christian Conspiracy Theorists like to demonize because they are projecting their fear onto the two religions that are the most intimately related to them. I cannot express to you how sad that really makes me. The thing is that Saturn has been labeled the Devil and people are saying that it's the controller of the Universe and some awful slave driver or something. This just shows a spiritual immaturity that's encouraged by the Christian Church where people take everything literally and blame all of the issues in the world on outer forces instead of taking responsibility. They are terrified of their own natures and so they are projecting that fear on Saturn. I've noticed the same thing crop up in movies...people are afraid of the mortality of their human body....because they think that's all they are and so 'Time becomes an enemy.' There are quite a few movies out there that promote this concept- most of which fail miserably because I think people deep within their heart know that this is not true. Time Is NOT an Enemy We are not our bodies. We are eternal beings...it is only the personality construct of our current incarnation (our avatar) that has an expiration date. You will be liberated from the fear of time when you come to the realization, deep in your soul, that we are not our bodies...because as long as we think that we are our bodies we will confuse ourselves with the Ego...the personality construct that is but the mask we temporarily wear. In fact, if you look into Laird Scranton's books (I believe that it is In Search of the Primordial...please forgive me for not sharing the direct quote as I am on a very tight time schedule with this particular blog and I will be looking further into this topic sometime next year)...you will find that he identifies that Time is a Side Effect. Further, Thomas Campbell also makes a very well written argument for why time is a Side Effect that was a result- not the intention- of the creation of Physical Material Reality. Now, with the concept of Time...associated with Saturn...let's move on to where the concept of the Cube of Space/Time came from.... Origin Of The Cube Of Space So if some evil Saturn/Satan worshipers didn't come up with the Cube of Saturn to torture unsuspecting humanity where did the idea come from? Well, Paul Foster Case who died in 1954 is the one who originally coined the term "Cube of Space." Someone, somewhere along the line, realized that Saturn was the key component of this cube of space and tied Saturn to the Christian concept of Satan creating an entire Fear Based Conspiracy Theory. Of course, more then likely Paul Foster Case learned of this Cube of Space from the same teacher that taught him, Waite (the creator of the most famous/popular Tarot set) and the infamous Aleister Crowley. The Myth of King Arthur, written by Geoffery of Monmouth (a Christian cleric who lived from 1095 - 1155) has very clear references to both the Alchemical Cube of Space (depicted as an anvil in some versions) and the Sword of Discernment... both of which are closely associated with Tiphareth... I will cover and explain the symbolism in the Sword in the Stone Story in an upcoming blog on the December Third. This connection suggests that the Cube of Space was a concept that existed long before Paul Foster Case. He just coined the exact term that was then morphed into the Cube of Saturn by fear based Christians. The Cube In The 7 Tarot Card Keys Of The Path Of The Seeker We see the evolution of this 'stone' or cube that represents our consciousness in the Path of the Seeker. As we evolve this Cube of Space is transformed. The cube was in the very first card of the path of the Seeker... In the Devil Card key we can see the Cube of Space depicted. The Devil sits on the half formed cube. That's because as long as we are in bondage to the material world (the Devil, called the Adversary in the Bible is no more then our Ego) we have a 'half baked' concept of reality. Then in the Judgement card the Subconscious, Waking Conscious...and the new consciousness rise from the cube coffins symbolizing the first step in triumphing over the Cube of Space. Then, when we reach the video on the 7th card of the Seeker- The World- we find out that this card is at the center of that Cube... The World Card is in the same location of Tiphareth within the cube upon the Kabbalah Tree of Life...but there is no cube in this card because the person has liberated themselves from that Cube. The Cube and Alchemy The Cube is almost always depicted as a stone...which suggests that it is connected with Alchemy. As I have established in my YouTube series on the 7 stages of Alchemy we start off with a leaden mind....and transform it into gold. The Cube of Space/Time is that leaden stone...it exists on both the Microcosmic (personal) level and the Macrocosmic level (cosmic). So, when we see the Cube of Space/Time in the Builders of the Adytum Tarot the Cube, on a personal level, represents our Consciousness. Saturn is associated with the element of Salt...which represents Earthiness. There are a lot of implications of what the Cube of Space/Time represents just in that one fact but I won't go into here. Conclusion This subject deserves a lot more attention then this blog. My primary purpose is to explain what the Cube really represents. There are entire groups and schools of thinking that are fear based and completely misleading people about this concept (Gnosticism, in particular, which came about during 301-100 AD). These groups do far more harm to humanity then good. I promise this topic will be covered in more detail but I want you to walk away with to important concepts. The World Tarot Card Key is closely associated with the Sephiroth Tiphareth. The Cube of Space/Time/Saturn is a universal archetype depicting your consciousness....nothing more andt less. There is no great Conspiracy that keeps you trapped in PMR...the only thing that keeps you Samsara is your thinking...and all of the paths of 7 we are covering give you a road map of how to exit that 'mind trap' or 'paradoxical thinking.' Thank you for joining me in exploring this avenue on the Path of the Seeker brave soul. I hope that I have given you a lot to think about and a lot to investigate on your own. Please don't fall into fear based conspiracy mental brain traps....the only entity ever capable of holding you back from your full potential and grasping your true spiritual eternal nature....is you. The Video's Below I wanted to share a little bit more on this subject and I did find two videos that do an adequate job of conveying these concepts. The teachers who created these videos tend to ramble a bit...so, they can be a bit boring. Just remember patience is a virtue and if you persist there are little gems within both videos. The first one is long...and the second is a little convoluted but until I can cover this topic in more depth these will suffice.
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There is one fascinating aspect of Tiphareth that I found really interesting.
In Dion Fortune's book she refers to the Initiation of the Sun. In one of my OBE's I experienced something that could only be considered a sun initiation. This occurred spontaneously. I later found a very similar description in John Van Auken's book Ancient Egyptian Mysteries. I thought I'd share this synchronicity with you. Sun Initiation I was floating outside of my body to start. I was a point of light. This was an odd sensation but I found it was really easy to move around. I swooped through the atmosphere and up and out of our planet's atmosphere. As I did so I discovered that the planet was surrounded by a sort of silvery light similar to mercury. I went closer and slapped at the silvery watery like material. I could see the ripples of that slap reverberate through the entire planet. I found that odd but I found myself flying past other planets toward the sun. I felt compelled to enter the sun even though I was pretty certain it would destroy me. Still, the compulsion was there so I flew into it. The only thing I can compare it to is a warm bath after a day of shoveling snow outside. The warmth melted away all resistance, all negativity and it penetrated to the very essence of my being rejuvenating me. All negative thoughts, feelings and energy were completely burned away leaving only a shining radiant essence that when I'm awake is usually located in the area of my heart chakra. Soon after this I woke up. I wrote down the dream thinking it was very odd. John Van Auken's Description "This time, it was an initiation ceremony involving fire and water...I found myself standing shoulder deep in holy water....As I walked up the stone steps out of this scared pool, attending priests wrapped a floor-length cape around me...In front of me were two long rows of priests and gods. One row on my left and the other on my right. I glided between them. They nodded their heads in approval. I realized that it was also a nod of encouragement to continue through the next initiation. I looked up ahead of them to see what i was. To my amazement and concern, it was the sun, the real sun. At the end of this gantlet of priest and gods, I was to willingly enter Ra. But Ra was the real sun. I became very concerned that I would be burned if I entered the solar disk. I looked hard into the eyes of the priests and gods, expressing to them with my eyes my deep concern about this part of the initiation. They smiled and nodded with more enthusiasm than before...As I entered it, I felt searing heat, but instead of burning me, it cleansed me! The solar heat was burning away all my sins and weakness but not harming the rest of me. I began to draw its warmth into me, inhaling it, wanting more of it. It felt wonderful. I wanted it to burn me completely, thoroughly, until I was fully cleansed." pg ix Ancient Egyptian Mysticism by John Van Auken. Conclusion When I read that John Van Auken had had a similar vision while meditating in a pyramid in Egypt I was floored. The thing with OBE's is that they can be easily dismissed as fancy or illusion since it's so personal and subjective. I can't say that I intentionally set out to experience a Sun Initiation or how or why exactly that it happened at that time. This was not long after I had argued that I had, "Won the game of life," and that I should be allowed to move on to the next level of spiritual development in a different dream vision. In that one I was warned that I wasn't quite ready...and I wasn't. I had a lot of issues as a result of these experiences because I didn't have a context into which to put them...I had no one I could ask about what the OBE's meant or why they were happening exactly. That lead to a lot of unnecessary confusion. However, it gave me a lot of motivation to continue on the Path of the Seeker to see what the heck all of this was about...and if there were answers out there. The skeptical part of me, that had turned my back on spirituality for about five years after meeting my husband really had a hard time accepting any of this information....however, as I started working with the paths of 7, starting with the 7 chakras, I found more and more validation. Reading that John Van Auken had experienced something simliar was exteremly reassuring and validating. That was the first time I had read anything that suggested that what I had experienced was not just mere imagination without meaning...and the more that I worked with dreams, visions and mediation the more respect I gained for the Subconscious. John Van Auken doesn't explain what the initiation meant to him or why it happened. Only that it was an initiation ceremony and he saw his particular vision as evidence that he is deeply connected to Egypt. So, it really didn't give me any more insight into the meaning of the initiation. Now that I have studied Alchemy I'd say it was the process of Calcination. In that process of Alchemical fire is applied (on our personal level it's a spiritual fire) and it removes everything except the essence of the element being worked with (in our case the soul). I realize now that I had experienced the first step on the Path of the Seeker in a monumental way...that lightning flash of inspiration. As Dion Fortune explained, especially at the start of the Path of the Seeker, if we retained that connection it would fry our ability to reason. I listened to a YouTube video released by the Theosophical Society by a Rabbi and he told a story of 5 different Rabbis who went to heaven...one became a heretic, one became insane, one died...and only one came back as a Rabbi (don't ask me about the fifth I can't remember!). The point was that in order to visit heaven a Rabbi had to be prepared or it would destroy them. I was very sad after that initial ecstatic set of OBE's when they stopped. Yet, it gave me the motivation to continue on the Path of the Seeker and to develop myself. I compare the information I come across to the experiences I've had as a way of validating that information...due to the Sun Initiation I had started to develop discernment. Also, studying the Sephiroth of Tiphareth which will be the subject of the next series of blogs and an upcoming YouTube video...I realized that this was the initiation of that Sephiroth which is associated with the Sun and Yeshua. I will get to those topics in upcoming blogs. |
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