B. The "Way of the Angels of Elohim" and the "Way of the Angels of Destruction"
The Working Trees that exclusively involve the Columns of
the Right and Left are respectively called the “Way of the Angels
of Elohim” and the “Way of the Angels of Destruction.” The Ways
of the Angels of Elohim and the Angels of Destruction both
involve mastering endlessly counteractive, self-enforcing rules
that govern mazal (alzm, Fate, Sans. karma) and acquiring power
under conditional intent. The “Way of the Angels of Elohim” (see Diagram) is also called the “Right-Handed Path,” and those who
traverse it are often referred to as “white magicians.” They engage
in disciplines, routines of behavior, and rituals intended to cultivate
love of the Lord hvhy, righteousness, and purity in order to pass
the inspection of the gatekeepers who guard the Column of the
Right on the Tree. Attachment to their righteousness, goodness,
and their priestcraft keeps those who ascend the Tree via the Way
of the Angels of Elohim in the Right Column, and generally
preempts them from repositioning into the Central Column.
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White magicians use the Name hvhy and other power names to invoke powerful angels and to manifest and use creative powers. Most orthodox religious Jews also cultivate love, righteousness, and levitical purity to be able to ascend the Column of the Right and attain virtual angelic states, mostly in the lower heavens. However, unlike white magicians, they do not generally desire or seek to wield creative or healing powers. The ascension of the Column of the Right can be very slow, as the amassment of purity and merit required to pass through the gates involves considerable time, often lifetimes.
The “Way of the Angels of Destruction” (see Diagram) is also called the “Left-Handed Path,” and those who traverse it are often called “black magicians” or “sorcerers.” They engage in disciplines, routines of behavior, and rituals intended to cultivate hatred of the Lord hvhy-as-Adversary, sinfulness, and impurity in order to pass the flaming swords of the Kerubim who guard the Column of the Left. Black magicians use the Name hvhy and other Divine Names to invoke powerful demons (Jinn) i.e. destructive angels, and to manifest and use destructive powers. Attachment to their unrighteousness, hatred, and ritualistic process keeps them in the Column of the Left, and preempts them from moving into the Central Column.
The black magician thinks that through rituals, talismans, and force of personal will that he/she can actually gain control over elemental spirits and the Jinn, and direct them to act in accord with his/her beckoning. Since demons want to feed on the valuable shells of these magicians when they break up at death, in order to get the power to incarnate physically themselves or gain access to deeper hells, they go along with the game. Hence, the Jinn are often quite willing to give the sorcerers low level occult powers, coveted material prizes, or apparent control over elemental spirits, which the demons see as having little value compared to the vital energy of the shells they seek to gain.
The Left-Handed Path is very rapid because of the intense focus of the mind in hatred for God-as-Adversary. This path can therefore yield some results in a relatively short time, but inevitably ends in the destruction of the sorcerer because he/she cannot withstand the power channeled through their shells from the higher Sefiroth. Most do not make it past the Gate of the Tzade o between the Sefiroth Power/Fire and Understanding/ North. Very powerful black magicians, who make it up the Column of the Left without shattering their shells, are denied access to Atziluth (World of Emanation) by the action of the Gate of the Ayin i (“Gate of the Unclean Servants”) between the Sefiroth Understanding/North and Crown/Above. This gate redirects such souls into extinction via the Abyss at the invisible Sefirah Knowledge/First.
