(This is a post made by an 'experienced' friend on another forum.. thanks Whistler from NZ)
Masonry is full of Kabbala signs I found this in an Old Masonic Rituals Found this in a higher degree,
Q: Why did you seek to receive a Knight of the Kabbala A: To know, by means of numbers, the admirable harmony which there is between nature & Religion. Q... A... etc Q: What is a Kabbalist A: A man who has learned, by tradition, the sacedotal art... Q: What means the device A: That everything lies veiled in numbers.
Not much doubt in my mind that the Kabbala is solidly embeded in Masonry.
Look around the temple, have you ever noticed how important numbers are, the Points on the Star, the number of Officers, the number of steps up to the pedestals, the swings of the thurible, the regular steps, the coil of Ropes, the guage, the squares on the pavement, anyone care to add to the list ?
The beauty of how the groups of numbers weave together in so many ways.
The next task is to seek the Kabbalist interpretation of each
I have had a lot of wonderful experiences myself comparing Kabbalah (in all its varied spellings) to what we see and hear in a lodge room.
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
One of the responses was from another 'very gifted' man (who leaves most people scratching their heads )
well there various ways that numbers can be experienced as alive.
One is experienced by some of those who work a lot with numbers - they feel when a number is wrong.
I found a higher level of this years ago when I was dealing with models of economies. A model of the economy was to be published and I was unhappy with the model. Actually the model made me feel unhappy. After I kicked up a fuss and my boss accused me of being irrational, the modeler checked with an international authority who immediately confirmed my view.
The modeller was using quarterly (solar) data on one side of various equations and monthy (lunar) data on the other. Logically it was stupid but it was also producing a lot of emotional pain for me.
It was sometime before I understood the source of the pain. The State whose economy was being modeled was a gestalt (group being) and was being directly pained by the energy emenating from the atrocious model. By misdescribing the processes of the economy the model was misusing the powers inherent in numbers to distort the actual processes in the economy.
The State gestalt was being numerically abused.
Now that may not seem very likely to you but it was very intense being in the middle of it.
Closer to home, the rungs of Jacobs ladder are numbered 7.7 up to 1.1 following the system in the Alice Bailey books.
I have taught rising on the planes (ascending Jacobs ladder) for some 30 years using those numbers. The numbers seem arbitrary but are directly understood by the sub-conscious of each person.
More generally I have used numbers for remote healing - based initially on radionics (electronic box with dials) then graduating to just intending the numbers to go to the client.
Of course you have to find the right numbers and colours and concepts for it to work.
If you are a sensitive and put your attention properly you may find beings in the solar system who embody the powers implicit in the numbers.
-PaulH
I warned you However, this man has proven his skills to me over the years, I do not doubt that he has experienced what he says he has.
He mentions about rising on the planes ... astral travel?
I know that the Alice Bailey books have enthused and educated many a philosophical, theosophical type person. I will see what I can find to post in our e-library. Nothing like checking these things out for oneself.
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However, this man has proven his skills to me over the years, I do not doubt that he has experienced what he says he has.