The Mystical Qabalah

Not for the feint hearted but I guess if you were feint of heart you would not be considering it :-) A book which brings some form of structure to one of THE most complicated of subjects known (and to so many; still quite unknown). I tick the 5 stars box as it is 'A Truly Wonderful and Enlightening Read' but one is unwise to judge its value after only the first immersion - more visits to its text will undoubtedly uncover so much more - sometimes it is necessary to look twice in order to see once 32 good reasons to give it 5 stars

Even after nearly 100 years this is still the best book for learning how to understand and use the Qabalah.

In-depth and very worthy study of the subject. Gives a wonderful insight to this vast subject and should be in all occultist's library's.

An in depth look at the tree of life and all Sephiroth, a neccesary under taking for any aspiring occultist.

Found it just a little hard going

Fantastic book for novices regarding the "Tree of Life". Explains in an easy to understand style but also in such a way as to leave you wanting to learn more. Great for any beginner looking to delve into Qabalah. 5 Stars

The rating isn't for the content but the amount of typos...shame on the publishers for this, there are typos in nearly every sentence that distract the reader from getting to grips with a subject that demands full attention

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Clear & concise in describing the Tree of Life & each sephiroth. Will definitely be reading again.

I can totally understand why Israel Regardie gave this book such high acclaim! I was actually going to deduct at least one star for the huge number of errors made. It's as if a manuscript was taken, placed into a machine to format it into a publishable version, but in the process some words got changed, periods were deleted, some paragraphs were not indented, the number 5 got inserted where an S should have been, etc. Normally, this would have really bothered me and taken away from the reading experience. Yet, for some reason, in this book, I found myself enjoying these errors! Its as if they activated my subconscious, pulled me in more potently to fill in the right words! In the last couple of months, I've found myself fascinated by how the tree of life maps out the psychological forces within us. As I read, I often thought about Ken Wilber's developmental models and what Freud and Carl Jung had to contribute. This book, more than any other that I have read, beautifully and clearly depicted what each sephiroth upon the tree represents. I appreciate the fact that Dion Fortune had a deep background in human psychology and was familiar with the driving force of eastern thought. I've spend years studying eastern ideology, Zen Buddhism, Vedanta, Hinduism. I've read several versions of the Bhagavad Gita, The Ashtavakra Gita, The Wisdom of the Vedas, The Upanishads, --which all point to the Absolute Reality. Our Ultimate Identity. Yet something always seemed to be missing, something always felt left out. I always got the sense that such works were telling me to shed the self and its movements in duality, because ultimately it is just an illusion. Dion, in contrast, acknowledges the truth of our Ultimate Identity but expresses how important it is to dive fully into the manifest realm. In eastern thought there is a saying that "emptiness is form and form is emptiness," yet they seem to undervalue the form aspect. Dion tells us that form manifests for an important reason. It isn't meant to be shunned or discarded. That the path to form leads us to the same Ultimate Destination--the realization of our Ultimate Identity as Kether. Anyway, I really loved Dion Fortune's writing style. She had a gift for explaining complex patterns of movement, in a simple and clear manner. I will even say that her writing was somewhat poetic. Most powerfully, I could tell that she was writing from a place of "direct" experience. That in her meditations she had not just seen these forces in motion, but had become them. She did a HUGE service to humanity in writing this book. It moved me so much that I purchased more of her books and intend to eventually own and digest everything she wrote. Therefore I just couldn't deduct a single star, even with the wealth of mistakes throughout the book. I even bought both versions, the Kindle version and the paperback. Both versions contain misspelling and punctuation errors.

Dion Fortune saw deeply and clearly across time. Her words are just as useful today as when this book was written. The material is insanely rich. I give only 4 stars because the printing is not good. Many errors. But the material made up for it.

This is the best readable and understandable Qabalah I have ever read.

General introduction

Um marco. Uma maneira definitiva de encontrarmos o fio que nos guiará no labirinto da vida. Numa série de aspectos, com este livro deixamos de podermos dizer que não sabíamos, o que só nos aumenta a responsabilidade.