ZELATOR:
Guided Meditations for the Grade of Zelator and Beyond
 
Malkuth
Malkuth, the tenth and final Sephirah, is the most dense and material of all the spheres on the Qabalistic Tree of Life. It is known as “the Kingdom,” because it alludes to the physical universe in which we humans exist. It is the closest sphere to our normal waking consciousness. Malkuth is the corporeal cosmos as we know it­it is the earth, the air, the ocean, and the solar system. It is the divine clothed in matter­it is granite, wood, sand, and flesh. This is the level of divinity that has the most immediate influence on our material world and physical circumstances. The planet earth is assigned to this sphere.
Malkuth is the only Sephirah that has achieved stability and inertia (a period of rest). Another title of this sphere is “the gate,” which implies that we as physical beings live out our entire lives in the realm of Malkuth, only to pass through the gate upon leaving our bodies behind.
 
The Thirty-Second Path of Tau
The Thirty-second Path is the point at which students begin to explore the Tree of Life, as well as their own inner selves. The Thirty-second Path is a portal from the physical world (Malkuth) to the astral plane (Yesod). As such, this path is also the first step to psychic and mystical awareness. Thus, we begin the journey in our physical forms, yet we turn our minds to the incorporeal worlds. On this path we must learn to accept the fact that the divine god-force is present in the physical environment just as much as it is in the celestial realms. Traveling on this route has been likened to a journey through the underworld, which is symbolic of the subconscious. A pilgrimage through the underworld of one’s own unconscious mind is a trek through a land full of shadows and ghosts of one’s own making. These “personal phantoms” must be sufficiently dealt with­assimilated or reconciled­before any spiritual progress is made.
 
The letter of this path, Tau, is the final letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The letters Aleph-Tau are symbolic of the beginning and the end, just as the letters “A to Z” or “Alpha and Omega.” Tau means “cross,” an emblem used for marking, sealing, or signing as with a signature. The Path of Tau is therefore the beginning of a new spiritual type of existence, and the completion of an old mundane one. On the Tree of Life, the Thirty-second Path marks or seals the end of divine manifestation. For the student who ascends through the path of Tau, it is a mark or seal of a new mystical life or viewpoint.
 
These guided meditations are narrated by Sandra “Tabatha” Cicero. They were first printed in the third edition of Israel Regardie’s book: A Garden of Pomegranates: Skrying on the Tree of Life (edited and annotated with new material by the Ciceros).