Guided Meditations led by Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi
Make your own Tree
Introduction to Kabbalah text article (PDF) by Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi
The Tree of Life diagram as we know it came into the public domain in medieval Spain. Here the Menorah is arranged into a metaphysical scheme which is the archetypal model of the Laws of Existence. Any complete entity corresponds to the framework of the Tree from the most sublime to the mundane and anything in between from cosmology to psychology. When you study the theory and practise by observation, the Tree becomes alive and a helpful guide for contemplation and meditation.
The principles of the sefirotic Tree can be seen in the design of the Menorah which was given to Moses on Mt. Sinai. Made from a single piece of gold it represents the unity of the Divine World. The central axis holds the equilibrium between the right and left side wings. The lights and nodal points represent the ten sefirot, while the twenty-two decorations refer to the paths that connect them.