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The Kabbalah and the Tree of Life podcast

What is the Kabbalah—and why does the Tree of Life appear so often in modern Tarot?

In this episode of JohnsTarot, I take a practical introduction to the Kabbalah and the Tree of Life. I’m not a Kabbalist; I’m a dabbler. My interest is in understanding enough of this ancient symbolic system to see how it became connected with Western esoteric thought and, eventually, the Tarot.

We’ll explore the ten Sephiroth of the Tree of Life, from Kether (the Crown) to Malkuth (the Kingdom), and look at the Tree as a symbolic map describing the movement from the abstract and divine toward ordinary…

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