QabalafortheAbsoluteBeginner

AGuidefortheStudyofConsciousness
(CompletewithAstrologicalCorrelations)

JonHassinger
qabala101.com

QabalafortheAbsoluteBeginner

JonHassinger
Qabala101.com

Copyright2012,AllRightsReserved

Table of Contents

Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................1
TheMeaningsoftheHebrewLettersintheQabala......................................................................................................2
AlephA,E.........................................................................................................................................................................2
BethB,V.........................................................................................................................................................................10
GimelG...........................................................................................................................................................................13
DalethD..........................................................................................................................................................................16
HehH...............................................................................................................................................................................19
VavV,W,U,O...................................................................................................................................................................23
ZainZ.................................................................................................................................................................................26
ChethCH........................................................................................................................................................................29
TethT.............................................................................................................................................................................31
TheLettersInRelationToTheirNumericalValues...........................................................................................................33
YodY,I,J.........................................................................................................................................................................35
KaphK............................................................................................................................................................................38
LammedL.......................................................................................................................................................................41
MemM...........................................................................................................................................................................44
NunN.............................................................................................................................................................................47
SamekhS........................................................................................................................................................................50
AyinAy,Aa,O,Ng,U......................................................................................................................................................53
PehP,Ph,F.....................................................................................................................................................................57
TzaddiTz.........................................................................................................................................................................60
QophQ...........................................................................................................................................................................63
ReshR.............................................................................................................................................................................66
SheenSh.........................................................................................................................................................................70
TavT,Th.........................................................................................................................................................................73

List of Figures

Figure1.TheTreeofLifeincolor
Figure2.TheTreeofLifeshowingthesignsandplanets
Figure3.TheTreeofLifeshowingpsychologicalelements
Figure4.TheTreeofLifeshowingtheHebrewletters
Figure5.TheTreeofLifeshowingthenumberedSephiroth
Figure6.TheTreeofLifeshowingGimelandtheAbyss
Figure7.TheHebrewlettersshowingtheircorrespondingnumbers

Qabalafortheabsolutebeginner
Introduction

WelcometoQabalafortheabsolutebeginner.Youmightbeaskingyourself,whatistheQabala?A
good friend of mine once said, Well, thats easy. Qabala is the study of God and everything. And
several authors state, The Holy Qabala is the study of consciousness. Of course, this leads to the
question,whatisconsciousness?Theanswertothatwillbeexploredthroughoutthetext.

Accordingtotheteaching,whenGodspoketheword,livingforcescameintoexistence.Theseforces
aresymbolizedbythetwentytwolettersoftheHebrewalphabetandarethebasicforcesthatresulted
in creation. So an excellent place to begin the study of the Qabala is by examining each of these
letters.

PleaseunderstandthattheQabalaisnotstrictlyaJewishapproach.Apersonfromanybackground
canrelatetotheQabalasinceitissimplyanexplanationofhowGodcreatedallthatexists.Further,
itspossiblethatlettersinotherlanguagesalsosymbolizetheseforces,buttheHebrewletterswillbe
presentedhere.

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The Meanings of the Hebrew Letters in the Qabala

Aleph A, E
(ahlef)
(Theconstantlyrecurringpresentmoment)

ThefirstletterisAleph.Alephsymbolizesoneofthebasicforcesthatresultedinexistence,namelythe
constantlyrecurringmomentintime.FromthepointofviewofAleph,thereisnopastorfuture,only
thepresentmoment.Thepastiscomposedofmemoriesandthefutureexistsaspossiblecoursesof
action.Bothofthese,thepastandfuture,existonlyinthemind.Butthepresentmomentisdifferent.
Inthepresentmomentyoucanlookoutsideyourselfandphysicallyperceivetheworldasitexistsnow.
The present moment, therefore, is a clue to understanding Aleph. When God, who is timeless,
spoke,thepresentmoment,Aleph,cameintobeing.Alephisthefirststepintheinfinitebecoming
finite. Without this constantly recurring moment in time, there could be no creation, no instant of
existence;onlytimelessness,limitlessness.
IntheBible,Genesisisntwritteninthepasttense.BiblicalHebrewisntwritteninanytenseatall.Its
justasaccuratetosayAndGodisspeakingthewordandallthingsarecomingintoexistence.

God speaking the word moment by moment is also the key to the basic vibration of creation. The
whole of creation vibrates, or sings, with a timeless pulsation: onoff, onoff. This is the way the
presentcomesintoexistence.Thisonoffvibrationisnecessary,becauseiftherewasnopause(off)
therewouldbenopresentmoment(on).Everythingwouldbementallysolid,outsideoftime,andthis
isaperfectdefinitionofthepast.Thepastisafrozen,unchangingmentalimagewhichissimplythere.
So,abreakhastooccurinorderforthisunmovingpasttobeseparatedfromeachpresentmoment.
Asabitoftimecomesintoexistence,itimmediatelybecomescreated,fixed,andpartofthepast.For
thisreason,Alephiscalledthescintillatingconsciousnessorintelligence.Toscintillatemeanstothrow
out sparks, to emit quick brilliant flashes of light. But this isnt some cold, automatic force like the
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flashing light on the corner of Sixth and Main; this is a living force, God speaking the word, desiring
creation!

EachletteroftheHebrewalphabethasitsownspelling,buttherulesaredifferent.Inthisway,the
letter is included in the spelling. For example, Aleph is spelled with three Hebrew letters: Aleph,
Lammed,andPeh.InEnglishthiswouldbe:ALP.NoticethatAlephisusedinspellingAleph.Alittle
unusual,perhaps,butthatshowitsdone.

IntheHebrewdictionary,ALP,whenspelledout,literallymeansox.Theoxwasthestrongestanimal
intheMiddleEast.InAmericaitwouldbethebearorbuffaloandinAfricamostlikelytheelephant.
Thepointisgreatstrength.ThefactthatAlephmeansoxisanindicationthatthereisapowerfulurge
tobecome.Thisvibrating,scintillatingdesireisemphasizedbytheancientHebrewsasbeingthemost
powerfulofalltheletters,symbolizingGodwantingexistenceandlifetocomeintobeing;scintillating,
verypowerful,andeternallypresent.

Anotherthoughtconcerningtheox:theoxisabullcastratedbyfarmersintheMiddleEastsoitcanbe
moreeasilycontrolled.SoAlephrepresentsacontrolled,directedenergy,notjustawildbullrunning
loose.Thisagainindicatesthatthecreatordidntspeakthewordandthenwanderoff,sotospeak.
Itsstillbeingspokennowandinapowerful,directedmanner.

TheQabalisticTreeofLifeisamapofconsciousness.

A proper exploration of Aleph must include the Qabalistic Tree of Life.

As you can see, the tree consists of circles, called the Sephiroth, and
connections between them called channels or paths. In the same way
that the exploration of the living forces, symbolized by the Hebrew
letters, is a study of consciousness, the Tree of Life is a map of

Figure1.TheTreeofLifeincolor

consciousness.ThetreeisateachingaidwhichputstheQabalisticideas
togetherintoanunderstandableform,likearoadmap.Therearemany

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ways to label the Sephiroth and paths, depending on what you are studying. For example, from an
artistspointofviewtheQabalisticmeaningscanbehintedatthroughtheuseofcolor.

AstrologyisaveryimportantpartoftheQabalaandwillbepresentedinconjunctionwiththelettersas
wegothroughthem.Hereisatreelabeledwiththeastrologicalsignsandplanets.

Figure2.TheTreeofLifeshowingthesignsandplanets
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Thistreeislabeledwithpsychologicalelements.

Figure3.TheTreeofLifeshowingpsychologicalelements

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ThistreeshowsthetwentytwoHebrewlettersplacedintheirvariouslocationsonthepaths.

Figure4.TreeofLifeshowingtheHebrewletters

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AndhereisatreewiththeSephirothnumbered,showingtheflowfromthefirstSephirahatthetop,
Kether,downtothebottomofthetree,physicalexistence.

Figure5.TreeofLifeshowingthenumberedSephiroth

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ThetopSephirah,Kether,isthePrimeMover,theGodhead,thevastcountenanceemanatingoutof
theGreatUnmanifest.ThesecondSephirahisChokmah.ThisiscalledtheSecondGlory.Theletter
Aleph is placed on the path between Kether and Chokmah. This path describes the relationship
betweenKetherandChokmahandistheinteractionoftheprimecreator,thefirstprinciple,withits
reflection,Chokmah.Thethinkinggoeslikethis:FromthenothingnessoftheGreatUnmanifest,aVast
Countenance(theGodhead)manifests.Itstandsaloneandisselfcreated.Itisallthereis,soithasno
choicebuttoreflectuponitself.Inordertobeaperfectreflection,asGodisperfect,theimagemust
alsobeselfconsciousandlookingbackatGod.ThisproducesachangeinKetherbecauseitnowhas
anadditionalawarenessofitselfthroughthemirrorofChokmah.Thisinturnproducesachangeinthe
Chokmah image which now includes Kethers additional awareness, which then produces more
additional instantaneous feedback, back and forth, back and forth, setting up the first vibration, the
scintillation symbolized by Aleph. Various books talk about the descent of a lightning bolt of
consciousness from Kether on a zigzag path down the Tree of Life through each Sephirah until it
reachesSephirahten,theSephirahattheverybottomofthetree(noticephysicalexistenceisatthe
very bottom of the tree the final result). The beginning of this lightning flash is from Kether to
ChokmahalongtheAlephpath.

Uranusisthemostappropriateastrologicalsymbolforthispathsincemorethananyotherplanetor
sign, Uranus is associated with lightning.
Psychologically speaking, Uranus is the
lightning flash of sudden inspiration, the
awakening to some new concept, intuitive
idea, or new awareness. Uranus, The
Awakener,isplacedherewiththeideaofthe
instantaneous

flash

of

lightning

or

consciousness from instant to instant, the

alwayspresentinstantaneousmomentsymbolizedbyAleph.

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The placement of Uranus in your astrological horoscope indicates the area in your life which is
subjecttosuddeninsight,theneedforexcitement,andthedesireforthenewandunusual.Hereis
whereyouhavethepotentialtoencapsulatethenewidea.

Uranus is associated with general unpredictably and, because of the Aleph connection, with lifes
newness and freshness. Uranus is also one of the indicators of the humanitarian instincts, the
general concern for others. More will be said about this when the letter Tzaddi and the Aquarius
connectionarecovered.

InBiblicalHebrew,thefirstletterofawordoftenisastrongindicationastothemeaningoftheword.
Itsaninterestingfact,therefore,thatmanyofthenamesofGodbeginwithAleph.Someofthemare:

ElohimALHYM(AlephLammedHehYodMem)
ElohaALVH(AlephLammedVavHeh)
AdoniADNY(AlephDalletNunYod)
ElAL(AlephLammed)
EheiehAHYH(AlephHehYodHeh)

Thesewordsarealsointeresting:
FireASh(AlephSheen)
LightAVR(AlephVavResh)
LoveAHBH(AlephHehBethHeh)
TruthAMT(AlephMemTav)

Tosummarize:

Qabalaisthestudyofconsciousness.

ThetwentytwoBiblicalHebrewletterssymbolizelivingforces.

God,whoistimeless,isspeakingthewordandallthingsarecomingintoexistence.

ThemomentintimeisthefirstelementofcreationandissymbolizedbyAleph.

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