Falling Through The Tree Of Life ( Jane Meredith) 2022

2022·13.8 MB·English

by  Jane Meredith

Jane Meredith is an Australian writer and ritualist.
Her books include Magic of the Iron Pentacle,
Elements of Magic, Rituals of Celebration, Journey
to the Dark Goddess, and Aspecting the Goddess.
Jane is passionate about myths and magic, co-
created ritual, trees, rivers, and dark chocolate.
The Kabbalistic Tree of Life is one of her special
loves. She teaches internationally and is a teacher
within the Reclaiming Tradition. Visit her online at
janemeredith.com.
Llewellyn Publications
Woodbury, Minnesota
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Names: Meredith, Jane, author.
Title: Falling through the tree of life : embodied kabbalah /
Jane Meredith.
Description: First edition | Woodbury, Minnesota :
Llewellyn Worldwide,
Ltd, [2022] | “Interior book design by Rebecca Zins”— Title
page verso.
| Includes bibliographical references. | Summary: “A radical
departure
from traditional Kabbalah books, the rituals, meditations,
memoirs, and
hands-on activities in Falling Through the Tree of Life
immerse the
reader in living, breathing magic, transforming the Tree of
Life from a
complex topic into an embodied dance of love and
learning”—Provided by
publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022010141 (print) | LCCN 2022010142
(ebook) | ISBN
9780738768694 (paperback) | ISBN 9780738769202
(ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Cabala—Introductions. | Magic. | Tree of
life.
Classification: LCC BM525 .M466 2022 (print) | LCC
BM525 (ebook) | DDC
296.1/6—dc23/eng/20220504
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Land Acknowledgment
This manuscript was researched, written, and lived on
sacred lands, including those of the Parisi, a Celtic tribe
who first settled on a few small islands in the middle of a
river that came to be called the Seine in a city named after
that tribe, and those of the Bundjalung and Arakwal people,
also known as Northern New South Wales in Australia.
All land is sacred land. Living and working on it,
breathing its airs, drinking its waters, and eating its food, it
becomes part of us as we are part of it. We recognize it as
the source and sustainer of life.
I offer my respect to the Indigenous guardians and
custodians of these lands and their elders past, present,
and emerging.
Kabbalist Acknowledgment
So many came before me. I am one speck, one fleck—and
you another—in the great river of Kabbalists, mystics,
alchemists, scientists, dreamers, visionaries, creators, and
those in service to the divine, whatever names or titles they
have held. So many libraries of wisdom, so many lifetimes
of experience and learning, and all of it from the stars,
from the original point of singularity, however far we’ve
come, journeying through dark vast waves of space to this
point of time and place.
Still we remember.
The Kabbalists. Those who received. They who sought
knowledge to understand the world and their part in it, to
define and glory in the Tree of Life. Those who dared, who
studied and taught, who experimented, who argued with
God, who risked their lives for it. Those whose lives were
given to it or taken by it; those who were celebrated, well-
loved, whose names were lost; those who were too radical
or too obscure. To those whose words or thoughts have
survived and those whose haven’t, I offer honor and respect
and gratitude. May my words find a way to describe what
you also knew as sacred.
Sitting or walking by a river in afternoon sunlight, the
light dances off the drops of water, sparkling briefly but
meeting and changing the eye that sees it. Let this book be
one of those dancing flecks of light on the great river that
feeds the roots of the Tree of Life.
To the Jewish lineage I claim through one side of my
ancestry: to the survivors, to the slain, to the mixing of
race, religion, and heritage, I offer blood, acknowledgment,
and gratitude.
contents
invitation to the reader
background on the tree of life
how to use this book: Practical Guidelines
1 Sephirot in the Tree
Kether: In the Beginning
The Ten Sephirot of the Tree of Life
process | Setting Your Intention
trance | Meeting the Ten Sephirot
Memoir:Alone
practice | invitation to the reader
activity | Creating the First Disk
2 Pairs in the Tree
Hokmah: Lover and Beloved
Pairs in the Tree of Life
practice | Traveling the Lightning Flash
trance | The Orchard of Ten Trees
Memoir: The Beloved
ritual | Mirror of the Gods
activity | Creating the Second Disk
3 Triads in the Tree
Binah: The Dark Womb
Triads in the Tree of Life
trance | The Cave
process | Unseen Parts of Self
Memoir: The Source of Love
activity | The River of Life