The Western Gate

The Dark Side

The current array of literature devoted to the dark side, the other side, the obverse side of the Qabbalistic Tree of life, are numerous and for want of deciding which works to read or purchase, also repetitive, each has taken a cutting from the pervious authors and propagated them into much the same design as that mother.
I shall not refer to those works nor the authors. The following article does not plagiarise any of those works, and as such no credit is hereby given to those who have hitherto sought to explain the Sitra Achra (The Tree of Death)– The Nightside Path.

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That the darkness, without light, existed before Elohim created light is known by the texts as written, Elohim therefore was of, and host of the darkness. That Elohim declared “יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר”- Let There Be light (25+207=232 ~ (Sum of the Four Ways of spelling TETRAGRAMMATON in the Four Worlds viz;-)

is will against the nature of things in the primordial existence. Light is therefore in opposition to the the nature of that which existed, this existence was called chaos, the Abyss- תְה֑וֹם (451), (and the breathe-רוּחַ (214) of Elohim was over the water -הַמָּֽיִם (655).)
Now this water was without form until Elohim created an expanse in the midst of it, that form was seen, the water itself was separated. Elohim divides and supports this with heaven, that below is reflected and sustained by above, this is שָׁמָ֑יִם (390).
These days that Genesis speak of although to us is witnessed as the creation of the universe in its varying forms are the manifestation of the Sephira, and from where they manifested, ie, the egg, the womb, the void, the darkness which is the ‘Shell’ the potential and even from the chaos where order is but one parameter, one divisible, that which is ordered that it be seen.
Each Sephira, in its form, balanced, separated, supported, is known by Elohim to be טֽוֹב – “Good” (17), this is form in perfection, balance, it is created that as a reflection of itself is known to be, as a corresponding word ChVG- (17) indicates the circle or orbit or of influence. This is conjunct with all religion, that before creation existed the form that did not know itself, and only by reflection, that is, division of itself, cleave, could it know that which it was.

That which the manifest is created from, that which it (the manifest) orbits, the primordial force and nature of existence which Elohim inhabited is the abyss, the realm of chaos

Upon Otz Chiim, the first Sephira that we know, or comprehend, is Kether the crown, this denotes that which is beyond us, closer to Elohim. In other words although it can be seen to define us a crown that sits upon the head of the king, in terms we can comprehend it is symbolic, in the Achra, there is of course no crown, no gods, no masters, it is split asunder and shattered each side equal, man equal to God and God equal to man. This, creates constant polarity and dynamism, it is only balanced when each is in unity, it is the imagery of Cain and Abel, of Set and Osiris, of God and the Devil. The highest here being the lowborn, the fallen, the lowest but on equal footing with the highest. When we have nothing are we all equal, it is only in The accumulation of wealth which divides, and the highest symbolism of wealth and power and that to which all should bow is they that wear the crown, but in this opposite, there is no crown from which the light of wisdom descends, instead it is in constant motion, I am that I am is replaced By I will be that I will be..

The next Sephira on the tree is Wisdom and then Understanding, wisdom is derived from the logos, it is objective and exists on its own, our interpretation of it, our birth of it is therefore in Understanding. The tree then depicts that these then descend via the abyss known as Knowledge~Va-Daath.
In the Tree of Death, Va Daath exists not as an abyss from which the ego is absolved into that of a God where it is consumed and annihilated but in the form of an incarnated God, that which has merged Wisdom and Understanding into one distinct mind which is the light of its knowledge, existing with both wisdom and understanding.
Knowledge, self knowledge and knowledge of the Gods, to be as the Gods.

Notes for future revision ~ (ט֣וֹב Good = 17 ; וָרָ֔ע Evil = 276 ; דַּ֙עַת֙ Knowledge =474 ; עֵ֗ץ Tree 160)

Andromeda (a section of), looking very much like the untuned noise on a TV. Just as White Noise is every frequency, so the human self is but one small distinct note in that chaos. That we know there are more stars in the heavens than grains of sand on Earth, or indeed more than every form of life that has ever existed on Earth. In fact, there are more galaxies in the universe than every person on this planet. To only be told we are each a star is underwhelming. Yet, in the symphony, we are but that one note, precise and keeping the structure and harmony, or of course discordant. The Noise of Chaos is the Hiss! of the serpent NChSh (358) whose gnosis leads us to shame- that we are naked and vulnerable under the magnificence of the stars. We are the condensed form of chaos that resides to A ~um. The three Mother letters that hold the ‘pillars of the temple’ aright reflect this, Sh, A, and M, (341) and in the manifest, that it is by its nature complete and therefore perfect, Good- (TVB) (17) (ie 17+341=358.)