Welcome to the Clear Light Door - Tree of Life game

This game picks a random card to start which determines a starting point on the tree of life, representing the journey through life and/or our current spiritual lesson.
Each card in the minor arcana is associated with one of the sephira(blue spheres) on the tree of life while the major arcana cards represent pathways between them.
After the first card a random possible pathway from the current position on the tree is chosen and this determines which card or cards show up next. You get 7 steps or cards per game. Click the New Game button to start and the Next button at the top to play another card/take another step on the tree.
Each pathway through the sephira is equally valid although reaching malkuth represents having learned the current spiritual lesson.
Some lessons are easier than others and are learned immediately while others may need to come up again before they can be understood.
In Kabbalah the energy flows down from God to the individual and back again through a lightning or z shaped pattern.

This journey is at an end.

Your journey went through:

CardLetter/WorldNumber
5 Of Pentaclescreation
Hanged Manmem40
8 Of Wandsformation
Devilayin70
Towerpeh80
9 Of Swordsformation
7 Of Wandsformation

Your mystic number:

2 - expansion

Your mystic sephira:

chokmah

5 Of Pentacles

On the face of this card, a crippled man and a destitute woman make their way through a blowing snow storm as they pass under an ornately beautiful stained glass window of a large church. The travelers look up at the fantastic beauty of the glowing artwork. In this moment of trying to survive the warm and richly colored stained glass is painfully beautiful. The wealth and plenty of what is literally just behind the glass calls to the passers by who are truly in their hour of need. Will they receive hospitality or do they even have a hope of entering a rich church. If the church is too rich and the people too poor, then there is injustice. If the church is accepting of all indiscriminately then all the greater the glory of the church. The reversed meaning speaks to hopelessness and obvious corruption.

This card is associated with the sephira of geburah and the world of creation.
Astrological/elemental association: Mercury In Taurus

Hanged Man

There is a gnostic story of Judas that says after the death of Christ, he returned the 30 pieces of silver he received for betraying Jesus to the priests. Then in repentence and shame he entered the garden of Gethsemene and hung himself upside down and was killed. The priests turned the garden into a potter's field where criminals and the poor were allowed to bury their dead, thus possibly allowing them entry to Heaven. It is said that because he fulfilled his destiny and was repentent, he was spared. The message of the shadow Christ as Judas is called is that we may not know our purpose, but the importance of our lives may be beyond imagining or societal approval. There is a sense of sacrifice as well. In another hanged man archetype, Odin sacrifices his eye in Mimir's well and he throws himself on his spear Gungnir in a kind of symbolic, ritual suicide. He then hangs himself from the tree Yggdrasil for nine days and nine nights in order to gain knowledge of other worlds and be able to understand the runes. These are stories of unimaginable horror and yet they point to a way through such events with equanimity. In some sense this is a card of great faith and deep spiritual knowledge although there is no justifying or empathizing with the actions. We may not understand things we see and think it is horror but there is a bigger picture. We cannot know all. In looking at the card, note the hanged man forms the star of David with his body like the light in the lantern of the Hermit. The curious T shaped tree he hangs from is shaped so because it stands for the Hebrew letter Tov which is about the mark of God. So, he is calm because it is God that is holding him so.
The hanged man sits on the 23rd path from geburah to hod.
This card is associated with the Hebrew letter mem.
Origin:
The symbol of mem represents water.
Mystical reference: Mem is one of the three mother letters that were used in the creation of the universe. The halo around the head of the hanged man is the mem. The realization and connection that allows him to be reposed in even the worst of circumstances. The hanged man has realized the illusion of reality fully.
Astrological/elemental association: Water

8 Of Wands

This card shows 8 wands flying through the air as if a hail of arrows is coming down. An arrow in flight has no thought and no remorse. Its good to know when to think and when to act. In the progression of cards from 7 to 8 to 9 the path of action moves from holding the high ground to a flight of arrows to injury.

This card is associated with the sephira of hod and the world of formation.
Astrological/elemental association: Mercury In Sagittarius

Devil

The devil in this card looks like a giant man with a goat head and the feet of a rooster. He is perched on a black block and a chain coming from it connects a pair of naked figures that look much like the figures in the lovers card. The man has a tail of fire and the woman a tail made of grapes. Grapes are an interesting theme in tarot and connect this card to the King of Pentacles. The devil's right hand is raised in salute with a split between his middle and ring fingers like a high priest. The mark of Jupiter is on his hand. The energetic influence of Jupiter obscures the light of the Divine. The devil holds a downward pointing torch in his right hand, symbolizing using the fire of creation for destruction. An inverted pentagram, the reverse of the symbol of nature, appears over his head. This is a card of ego and addiction and slavery. If there is goodness in this card, its that its the step before the Tower which blows the top off the ego. This is the last necessary step to making the fool see the misery of the path of ego.
The devil sits on the 26th path from hod to tiphareth
This card is associated with the Hebrew letter ayin.
Origin:
The symbol of ayin represents an eye.
Mystical reference: Beauty and splendor are connected by this path. It is one of an approach to worldly activities.
Astrological/elemental association: Capricorn

Tower

A golden crown adorns a tower as a lightning bolt crashes down from the sky and blows it off the top of the tower. Burning people can be seen falling from either side of the tower. Turbulent clouds of smoke and firey flames swirld around. The flames are hidden symbols, the Hebrew letter yod which indicates the hand of god in the world. This destruction or metaphorical destruction of the ego is not meant to harm us but clear away the things that are standing in the way of our understanding and being able to hear he voice of God. If there is a down side to living a good life and having a happy family, it is death. When the loss of all that we have and all that we are comes, our ego is destroyed and this can happen during life or at the end of it. This can also be seen as a metaphor for the kundalini experience or the experience of the soul leaving the body at death, where energy moves up the spine and puts the body into a physiological state where the ego simply dissapears.
The tower sits on the 27th path from hod to netzach
This card is associated with the Hebrew letter peh.
Origin:
The symbol of peh represents a mouth.
Mystical reference: Peh Peh Peh is intoned and consciousness is concentrated in the Brow star causing an ascension or expansion of consciousness beyond the level of Asiyah. Thus, as soon as this happens it seems the Hebrew double letters are no longer in play anymore but have served as agents of ascension. When ascension takes place their work is done and other attributes of the sefirot take over. This word is used in chanting to remove blockages.
Astrological/elemental association: Mars

9 Of Swords

An old man sitting up in bed in the middle of the night with his face held in his hands appears to have just awoken from a nightmare in this card. Perhaps he is haunted by memories of the past. This is a card that symolizes anxiety, depression, loss and nightmares. Each card, whether indicating a pleasurable or painful scenario is an archetypal instruction for turning towards ones own ultimately divine nature. Each card answers the question, "How do I wake up to my enlightened nature?" Or, to put it another way, "How do I love myself?" And so even this awful looking card is one of gentle instruction. If you find yourself in a place of anxiety or depression or unrecoverable loss. This card offers solace and guidance to be gentle and tender with yourself. It asks you to please try think positively or find one positive thing in each moment. To make that your focus. For now, philosophy and the grand scheme of life can be forgotten. In a breath, in a patch of blue sky, in the friendly eye of a store clerk. Anywhere you can, find a focus that is positive. If the person who is suffering is another. Now is the time to offer whatever love, support and appreciation you have for this person or situation.

This card is associated with the sephira of yesod and the world of formation.
Astrological/elemental association: Mars In Gemini

7 Of Wands

This card represents doing the best you can in trying times. The card shows a young man in green and red with a staff on the top of a hill fighting against a number of opponents below. While the odds are 6 to 1, the man holds the high ground and may well come out on top if he is careful. This card speaks to the need for strategy but also points to the power of acting out of absolute need. Netzach means victory. When looking at that in terms of energy, this card could be considered a David vs. Goliath type card. The spiritual message is, no matter the odds against you, if you put you set aside the ego and act in harmony with the Divine then anything is possible. This is the flow state card. It's a message about the power in humility to overcome obstacles. In context of the path of action and energy, the Fool is going at it again. This time he's taking on 6 others. Cards 5-9 involve fighting but the roots are there in card 2. The men below cannot reach the man above but we can see in the hail of arrows in the 8 of Wands and the injured fearful man where things are going.

This card is associated with the sephira of netzach and the world of formation.
Astrological/elemental association: Mars In Leo

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