TABLE I XI ELEMENTS (WITH THEIR PLANE- TARY RULERS) Do not confuse with rulers of Zodiac. XII THE TREE OF LIFE Root of A lst Plane, Middle Pillar tt tt A 2nd tt Right tt tt tt V 2nd tt Left tt tt tt V 3rd tt Right tt tt tt A 3rd tt Left tt tt tt A 4th tt Middle tt tt tt A 5th tt Right tt tt tt V 5th tt Left tt tt tt A 6th tt Middle tt tt tt V 7th tt tt tt Hot and Moist A Path joins 1-2 tt tt 1-3 t> tt 1-6 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tt tt 2-3 0 A ¥ tt tt 2-6 9 V ü tt tt 2-4 ï> A tt » 3-6 cf V tt tt 3-5 0 A ¥ tt tt 4-5 9 V U tt tt 4-6 tt tt 4-7 A 5 tt tt 5-6 Cold and Moist V tt tt 5-8 Cf V tt tt 6-7 0 A y tt tt 6-9 9 V ü tt tt 6-8 tt tt 7-8 ï> A 5 tt tt 7-9 Cf A tt tt 7-10 tt tt 8-9 11 o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 21 23 27 30 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 24 25 26 28 29 31 32 32 bis 31 bis IX THE SWORD AND THE SERPENT The Flaming Sword follows the downward course of the Sephiroth, and is compared to the Lightning Flash. Its hilt is in Kether and its point in Malkuth. The Serpent of Wisdom follows the course of the paths or letters upward, its head being thus in its tail in T). X, )0, and are the Mother letters, re- ferring to the Elé¬ ments; D, JD, n and n, the Double letters, to the Planets; the rest. Single letters, to the Zodiac. Hot and Dry A ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦*♦«*♦« Cold and Dry V 8-10 9-10 308 —