Re: Questions, questions, questions

["peter_reist" <peter_reist@...>]

Dear Rawn,

>>>No. The 7 planets and the 7 Double Letters can be considered one 
and the same, but the planets and the Sephirot cannot. The 22 Letters 
and the 10 Sephirot are separate things and only together do they 
constitute the 32 Paths.

This need to make the Double Letters equate directly to the Sephirot 
is a common failing of the Western intellect.<<<

Okay, that makes perfect sense.

>>>The three in question are Moon, Sun and Saturn. The Sun's color is 
a Yellow Gold; whereas, Tiphareth is presented as Gold. Saturn is
presented as a deep Purple, as is Yesod. However, Saturn corresponds 
to Binah/Black, not Yesod/Purple. The Moon is given as white which 
infers a connection with Kether! ;-) However, Moon corresponds to 
Yesod and the color Purple. I'm not sure why Bardon chose the Moon's 
whiteness instead of its traditional color of purple or silver 
(perhaps because he's used silver for Mercury instead of its usual 
orange).<<<

This clears so much up. The sepheroth are numbered counter clockwise 
from kether to mulkuth in numberical order, correct? If so, then I 
had 8 and 2 mixed up.

As for Moon's whiteness: it seems a perfectly reasonable association 
to me. At least when you look at Hebrew Kaballah and not what Bardon 
puts forth within KTQ due to the fact that he doesn't have a letter 
directly corresponding with Tav. But, Tav, the World in the Tarot, 
bridges the gap between Yesod and Mulkuth. Or a movement from the 
legality of 9 to the legality of 10. 10 being able to be reduced to 
1, Kether. Bardon talks about this in his commentary upon the 
numbers, that the master, 1, is also the most humble. Tav is the 
serving consciousness which directs the motion of the seven planets. 
It is the humble master that balances out the pillars of form and 
force and unites them to work together to create a more balanced 
whole...Plus it makes sense on some strange sort of intuitive level 
to me.

But that's just my thoughts on the matter... :)

Love and Live well,
Peter Reist