Anarchistbanjo's World

In considering the Ogdoadic tradition or the Egyptian, Hermetic and Neo-platonic tradition as a synthesis of the Runic/Druidic and the Kabbalistic systems it might be useful to compare the differences between systems. Lets begin with the Runic/Druidic which seems to be shamanic in nature, is very organic with a deep connection to mother earth, makes use of the triple circle and the five elements and has a very strong belief in the underworld or summerland and reincarnation. The number 8 is very important in the runic system and is reflective of solar and lunar observances and celebrations. In other words the Runic/Druidic system is very pagan! If we consider the three circles to be the 5th, 6th and 7th outer rings of the electron this system is based upon the etheric, the physical and the lower emotional energies and astral bodies.

Now lets take a quick look at the Jewish Kabbalah and religion. First we find that it is mystical and associated with monotheism as Unity or spiritual light. It seems quite advanced and makes use of pyramids and temples. One might even say advanced technology. Also this is a civilization of city dwellers with large metropolis communities. But of even more interest is that there is no belief in the underworld, the summerland or life after death or reincarnation! So there is no recognition of the etheric planes as such.

So what really is the meaning and consequence of the twenty-two letters of the Jewish alphabet not having symbolic representations of elemental earth or spirit? It seems quite clear that what is termed spirit is actually etheric and of the 7th electron ring or those energies BELOW the physical. The physical and etheric are not recognized in the twenty-two letters but they are recognized in the tree of life as Sephiroth! What’s going on?

The solution seems to be that in the Kabbalistic tradition the tree of life is said to also exist within each of the Sephiroth. In my last post we see that is not exactly true because the actual Sephiroth or atomic rings consist of 2,8,8, 18,18, 32, 32 respectively. But using this tree within a tree system we find the Jewish Kabbalah seems to make use of the Yesod and Malkuth of the Yod Sephiroth or the Lower Emotional energies. So the Jewish Kabbalah in effect stops at the Lower Emotional energies with no physical or etheric symbolic representation which is why it is considered mystical and a religious tradition.

So we seem to have two drastically different systems, the Jewish Kabbalah which is based upon Unity and Light and only descends to the Lower Emotional Levels of the astral planes; and a shamanistic system that is organic and nature based and only extends upward to include the etheric, physical and Lower Emotional levels of the astral planes. One is based upon circles and one is based upon geometric solids like pyramids. One seems quite advanced and alien and one seems quite primitive and nature oriented.

Obviously the primitive culture didn’t have the technology to destroy the Mediterranean basin so my first conjecture of these two civilizations at war with each other is not correct. We will need to explore this further in my next post. But it does seem that the Ogdoadic or Egyptian, Hermetic and Neo-platonic tradition is in deed a synthesis of both system. The mystery continues. . .