I'm going back to add onto the Zenophile book because I know I can do a much better job of showing the miracle of collectivized cultural "Syzygy." The term syzygy comes from astronomy to mean alignment, but it also is used in tensor math to describe the focus of lines of continuity that align higher structures of otherwise unobservable order. I use this property of alignment to show higher orders of symmetry in my math art. In the case of the Kabbala, these structures of symmetrical order occurred to coincide in time as well as in just the co alignment of data structure. Let me explain.
What most people call coincidence is in fact on a very personal scale. In each of the spiritual technologies I've written about, the level of "Coincidence" is so grand and unbelievable, that if it is ever observed it is usually blamed on God. Intriguingly enough, In many schools of Mystical Thought "God is believed to be a non sentient phenomena. And that in fact the form of the universe and it's "Angels" per se, are what are called, "Intelligences." These informing Intelligences (Artificial?), are not self aware, We are. Or at least we are supposed to be. (A highly dubious proposition when we are confronted by the unaware selfish self destructiveness of the so called human intelligence.)
But just like so many of the beautiful constructions that have sprung from the shared intuitive genius that has graced us with loving providence, this is where humility in the presence of "God?" is entirely respectable and wise.
First five books of the Bible, The Pentateuch, or The Torah if you like, became the source for commentaries and discourses in the Talmud, and later the Sefer ha Zohar, the "Book of Splendor." These works when broken down, (Enumerate Partitioned?) analyzed, and reconstructed, (Symmetrically Coalesced?) became first the Meta Map called the "Tree of Life." This has evolved out of the mystical traditions of ascribing hidden codes to the very cosmic Jewish Histories. There are considerable detractors for the use and abuse of these often obscure and questionable beliefs, but none too surprisingly the beautiful and elegant "Tarot" thus has been distilled through this convoluted and utterly none linear process of extraction. Whether one agrees with the means, methods, magick or the madness, there is no denying that Jewish mysticism has brought us a wealth of knowledge and metaphorical images with language that splices perfectly into the now predominating popular contemporary cultures of antiquities of today. I know that there are many so called "Rationalists," who would prefer that the prohibitions on Jewish Mysticism pronounced by so many reasonable Rabbis had prevented the mass proliferation of what to most people is nothing more than fantasy and superstition. But the subtle utility and metaphorical good sense of the practice of Tarot has survived the pretenses of absolute reason, and therefore has brought about a resurgence of Kabbalistic study. As with almost any religious revivals, there are purists and dilettantes. Many parts of elite sects derive their practices from faith in many of these obscure traditions that are only vaguely understood.
