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I’ve been tip-toeing around high magic for some time now and I’ve finally decided to actually start practicing some things just to experience them for myself. I have shied away from the qabbala because of it’s connection with Yaweh. But I’ve decided to look past my preconcieved ideas about Yaweh and the Bible in the effort to understand the lesson these rituals can teach me.

So this article is about what I’ve learned about the Qabbalistic Cross. As always your comments are welcome at www.aurora-dawn.com/blog

Blessings,
Dawn

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Many of the Eastern philosophy and rituals have the practitioner move energy from where they are upward to the heavens. This runs along the lines of wakening the kundalini and moving up to the crown chakra. This is how the East moves towards enlightenment.
In the Western rituals of the magician we find the opposite at work. The magician draws the energy from the heavens down to where he is on the earth. They both accomplish the same end which is raising consciousness through uniting Spirit with the Material.

The Kabbala is an ancient spiritual path that comes from a mystical branch of Judaism and has been adapted to the Western world of magic. Much of what is practiced in modern magic is found in the Golden Dawn and many other groups but this is not the original Kabbala and is therefore called the Qabala or Qabbala. The original Kabbala is very difficult to find and one would need to be a Hebrew scholar to read and understand these writings. This is not a big deal because a ritual that resonates with you is just as powerful as an ancient ritual. Using a ritual is what strengthens the energy you are sending out through your intention and it matters little where the ritual came from.

We have seen the symbol of the cross to mean sacrifice as with Jesus dying on the cross. For this reason the symbol in Christianity has become a central focal point with a meaning of salvation from sin. As I have written previously, the ancient Egyptians defined sin as merely not doing the cleansing work necessary to be in the presence of the gods. The way one knew a person was not doing the “work” or was living in sin was visible signs of aging.
The Qabalistic Cross is a Hermetic ritual that many magicians use as the foundation ritual for other rituals. It is used to align the magician with the divine by bringing energy down from the heavens into the body. This ritual can be used to bring the magician into that place that is not a place at a time that is not a time to prepare the magician for the rituals to follow.

The symbol of the cross is in many traditions symbolizing life, immortality, union of heaven and hearth and the union of spirit and matter. The cross also symbolizes the center of all things. The arms represent the four directions and honoring the four directions is found in many cultures around the world. At the intersection we find this center representing the point where human and divine cross at the heart or center.

To better understand the Qabala one would need to practice its rituals to experience how they effect you. While the cross signifies spiritual transformation by coming in contact with the divine energy found inside one’s self, the Qabalistic Cross is a ritual that can take you there.

The Qabalistic Cross

In the Goden Dawn one is taught to use a steel dagger but you can use your index finger and middle finger extended with the rest of your fingers in a fist.

Rite
1. Stand West of the Altar facing East. Imagine yourself expanding, getting larger and larger. Visualize yourself standing with the Earth beneath your feet (about the size of a soccer ball). Imagine yourself continuing to grow and expand, until you are so large that entire galaxies spin around you. Visualize a ball of white Light, burning like a star, directly above your head. Raise either your Elemental or Planetary Banishing Dagger in your right hand above your head, pointing straight up, and pierce the star with the Dagger. Visualize a shaft of white Light rising vertically from the star above your head to infinity. Vibrate: Ah-TAH

2. Lower the Dagger to the groin area, with the tip still pointing straight up (Israel Regardie taught that one should never point a Magical Dagger downward toward the Earth so instead point the handle of the dagger at the Earth. Others feel the blade points toward where you are directing energy, so if you are directing energy to the Earth, then the tip of the dagger must point that way. In the end, choose the position that works best for you). Vibrate: Mahl-KOOT Visualize a vertical shaft of white Light, descending from the star above your head, to another star beneath your feet, and onward, through the center of the Earth, to infinity.

3. Touch your right shoulder with the point of the Dagger (you should feel the sharp tip), and vibrate: Vih-G’boo-RAAH. Visualize another star shining where the Dagger is touching your shoulder, and a shaft of white Light, extending horizontally to your right, and on to infinity.

4. Touch your left shoulder with the point of the Dagger, and vibrate Vih-G’doo-LAH Visualize another star, at the place where the Dagger is touching your shoulder, and a shaft of Light extending horizontally to your left, to infinity.

5. Bring the Dagger, pointing upward, and between your hands to your heart and vibrate: Lih-Oh-LAHM, Ah-MEN.

The Hebrew words used in this ritual loosely translate to:

Ah-TAH - THOU ART

Mahl-KOOT - THE KINGDOM

Vih-G’boo-RAAH - AND THE POWER

Vih-G’doo-LAH - AND THE GLORY

Lih-Oh-LAHM - FOREVER

If this ritual does not resonate with you, modify it or create your own. It’s important to a have a ritual that centers you and connects you with your divine Self.

Dawn Michele Ziemer is a Certified Spiritual Life Coach, Witchcraft Teacher, Yoga and Meditation Instructor, Karuna and Usui Reiki Master/Teacher and Clairvoyant living in
Delhi, IA. To learn more about Dawn and to join her newsletter go to www.aurora dawn.com.
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