The Talking Tree

Gray tarot association to the paths make the most sense to me, if you are intrested in the western tradition, but can't seem to make sense of Masonry or Golden Dawn, but are intrested in Qabala magic/mysticism then look no further. This book can really help you load the paths, I am 2/3rds of the way through this book and am already experiencing the Angels talking to me, form the inside out, it's really hard to explain what qabala magic does to you, once it gets inside of you it is very organicly psychedelic and your brain will feel like it is buzzing with clairity.If your thinking about getting into qabala, but don't feel quite safe with other qabala systems, look into this system, it's safe as milk, but once you've taisted it, you'll realize it's cosmic milk.There is one only one other Path working book out there on the market: "Fools Pilgramage", it's a golden dawn system book and this is not.I am betting there will be more reviews of this masterpiece,Here you learn how to load your major arcana on the Angelic level, the arch angelic level, the god name level and the planetary level.The only extra sugestion gray left out ;that fools pilgramage inclued, was information on astral travel (guided visualisation), in the later book they talk about going in the various Sephiroth Castels between the paths visualizations, this has turned out to be an absolute essentail peice of information for me on pathworking.Grays book THE LADDER OF LIGHTS, will fill in missing information, as will his book MAGICAL RITUAL METHODS.In a sense all 3 of these books work as one book.I hope this information is helpful, happy pathworking!

I remember when reading Mystical Qabalah by Dion Fortune towards the end she talks about in the future they may put together a book going over the 22 paths in the Tree of Life. She never got the chance, but William Gray picked up where she left off and did an amazing job. This is a very dense explanation of the paths and their assigned Tarot trumps. Even if you are not into Tarot, the imagery and explanation are helpful assigning and recalling the meaning of the paths.Great companion book to Ladder of Lights and Mystical Qabalah to better understand the Tree and it's Paths.http://www.amazon.com/Ladder-Lights-William-G-Gray/dp/0877285365/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1438516138&sr=1-1&keywords=ladder+of+lights

This book is indeed detailed and interesting, but if you are ready to begin reaching the Upper Worlds for yourself, I would recommend staring your journey at KabU: edu.kaballah.info It's free, it builds on itself and it is a true path toward learning Kaballah (the science of everything).

This is a deep and thoughtful book, which has greatly added to my understanding of Tarot. It has taken my Tarot readings to a higher level of spirituality. I will consult this book for years to come. Not a quick read, but an important read.

One of the reasons I love the works of this author is that he has made seemingly complex spiritual writings so easy to follow. I could understand and practise most of it even as a "beginner" Kabbalist. The map of our return journey to the Divine has never been so clear.

Part of my ongoing daily work involves working through The Talking Tree by William G. Gray, which is the companion book to the Ladder of Lights. In the The Talking Tree, Gray focuses on working with the paths in between the Sephiroth and showing how those paths connect the energies of the respective Sephiroth together. Each day, in the midst of my daily meditations, I've been reading a section of the book and then working with the respective forces described in that section by meditating those forces. This is similar to the work I did with the Ladder of Lights, and in fact builds off the work done in the Ladder of Lights, since you've already established contact with the respective forces you are working with.Just as with the Ladder of Lights mediations, I used the spirit to mediate the force. I read a section and then do a meditation where I connect with the particular forces in order to mediate them into my life and through my spiritual work. Gray associates these paths with the Tarot and that makes for some useful imagery to work with, along with the correspondences he provides. For me the work has been mostly focused on internalizing each path in order to then manifest it in my life and I've found that with each path I've had relevant events come up that have allowed me to integrate the work I'm doing in a meaningful way with the experiences I'm having.What's been most interesting about this work is the focus on the paths between the Sephiroth. The majority of books on the Tree of life have typically not covered these paths or if the material was covered, it was only lightly touched on. That makes this book invaluable for anyone who is serious about working with the tree of life and Quabala in general.My only complaint about the book is that the sections aren't clearly laid out, like it was for the Ladder of Lights. That said I have an older version of the book and the newer version might be laid out in a way that's easier to access the different layers of each path.

William Gray was a serious Qabalist and his personal study of Qabalistic lore continues to serve as a brilliant guide to all of us today. Though he did study the Golden Dawn system of travelling on the Tree of Life, he branched out to place our Western alphabet (together with the traditionally used Hebrew letters) on the Paths. He also chose to change the position of some Path workings providing clear reasons for his preferences. Therefore, new students in the Golden Dawn system might find this book confusing. However, if you have already studied and travelled extensively so that you recognize your way on the Tree, you may find new information and wonder in following Gray's guide along the Tree that will certainly open new doors. As always, it is a matter of correspondences and if you can provide a reason for using certain correspondences they will work for you, but hardly ever as we presume to imagine. As above, so below, happy Path working and enjoy this wonderful work.