Now that I understand the purpose of Liber Resh (pls read post prior to this one), I'm more comfortable performing it. Changing the words to modern English helps also. Even though I've learned that the Egyptian deity associations are somewhat off, I've decided to leave that alone. If in my mind I had already formed a firm idea about this matter, I would change it so that I could perform the Liber Resh without internal contradictions. But since I don't, then I rather join in with everyone who's ever done this as Crowley cooked it up.
Once again, the first card I drew was a Major Arcana. This time, it was the High Priestess and I felt immediately drawn to the pomegranates behind her, which are placed in the positions of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life.
And most particularly to the pomegranate by the High Priestess' head which seeds are not colored red like the others. This pomegranate corresponds to Da'at (knowledge) in the Tree of Life. In general, Da’at is not really a sephirot, and it operates on two levels: higher knowledge and/or hidden knowledge. Not educational knowledge but rather to experiential Knowledge through union with the object in question… To experience the Divine, is to Know the Divine.
And I also find this all fitting in light of the fact that I will begin to read about Kabbalah today in Lesson Two.
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