The Miracle Tree: Demystifying the Qabalah
The Miracle Tree: Demystifying the Qabalah
By: Aislinn Unne
Author/Title: R.J. Stewart-The Miracle Tree: Demystifying the Qabalah
Publisher: New Page Books
By: Aislinn Unne
Pub. Date: 2003
Rating: 6.5
Book Description: New Age/Qabalah
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One thing I have to say about this book it gets to the point and to the heart of Qabalah learning. Advanced students will find this book as an additional learning tool, as where others the beginners might be turned off. Mr. Stewart tries to convey plain writing the meanings and terminology in this practice, but I fail to see where one can call this book an easy read! So far as with most books written on this subject matter R.J. does not need to explain in great deal about the background of Victorian occultism where the Qabalah is concerned.. One thing about this book is where R.J. interests the reader as to how to read the book, more or less like a novel. Where most would utilize the practices and mediations, the author wants the individual to grasp what is read, before the hands on approach. Unique and diverse his writing can be difficult to follow with, but once the chapters turn believe me, you will learn.
When reading The Miracle Tree, I did not but get much out of it. What interested me in the Qabalah was the fact of the use of the tarot and other related topics, but the one that really took me in was the fact that the use of Angels, Archangels and the Tree of Life. Some of the techniques are Withdrawal from Time, Walking Participation and entering the Inner Temple traditions. My favorite has to be the Entering Stillness exercise, something of a common use that we all can use in out daily lives. A bonus to this literary guide of self-discovery of the Tree, traces some of the European sources of the Tree of Life meditations and visions through the medieval times. Overall this book is good for individual apprentices to former or current students of the Qabalah.