Hi Mark,
Have you looked at Mount Analogue by Rene Daumal?? - it's not about the
Kabbalah but it does depict the ascent of a sacred mountain and the search
for an island that exists nowhere.
Maria-Teresa
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Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] The Tree of Life as a Mountain
(Kabbalah)
> Hi Mark
>
> The origin of the myth of ascent through the Tree of Life is probably
> based on "Egyptian Books of the Afterlife" such as "Book of Gates" etc -
> in which case the "spheres/sephira" are a series of caves - final gateways
> open either to the stars or dawn -
> although I dont see why they shouldn't also be within a mountain - perhaps
> the mountains of the east and west which for example symbolise
> sunset and sunrise - .
> BTW this kind of cave symbolism recurs in other related cultures/mythos ie
> Iranisam mithraism . . .
>
> Mogg
>
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>> Hello,
>>
>> Could anybody direct me to any sources that depict the tree of
>> life as a mountain, searching my memory vague references come to
>> me from grimoires, as do the classical planets placed upon
>> pyramid/ziggurat steps. I am currently working with ideas of
>> sacred mountains, ascent to peaks and descent from and various
>> myths surrounding such ascents and descents, any information
>> regarding mountains as mystical symbols/structures would be
>> useful. (Especially in a Judaeo Christian context, but not
>> exclusively.)
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Mark
>>
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