The Tree of Life and String Theory

by Jonathan McGregor Bethel

The Kabbalistic Tree of Life is a speculative tool of exceedingly pertinent relevance to the nature of our reality and has been passed down to us from ancient, enlightened adepts of the past, master Kabbalists known as "Mekubals." This model of reality is invested with the knowledge of the specific way in which matter and energy come into existence, and it contains a map and diagram of the structure of the multiple-dimensionality of space-time, a structure that is strikingly similar to the theories of modern super-string theory. It is also an excellent map for describing and delineating the psychological makeup of man and the many levels of mind that comprise our being, stretching from the mind of God down to the individual human being. The ancients used the "Ot Chiim," the Tree of Life, to describe the process of creation and the immanence of the divinity within man. The tree made cognizant the processes whereby the Godhead limits itself and actualizes the material world, what is displayed on the Tree of Life as the bottom Sephira called Malcuth - "The Kingdom."

The Tree of Life is a diagram consisting of ten spheres plus an artificial eleventh sphere, Daath-Knowledge, created by mans ascent back to the Godhead, and it is also comprised of twenty two paths connecting each of the spheres, making a total of thirty two divine principles that relate to our entire existence. Each of the twenty two paths is associated with one of the twenty two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and they are also related to one of the twenty two major arcana of the Tarot; the Tarot is the Kabbalah in picture form and holds many mysteries of the relationship of the archetypal forces of the tree of life. The Tree of Life consists of an arrangement of these Sephiroth, these spheres of divine attribution, in three columns or pillars. The pillar on the left is the pillar of severity, the pillar on the right is the pillar of mercy, and the middle pillar represents the soul to be initiated. This middle pillar is the synthesis of the Pillar of Mercy and the Pillar of severity with the Sephira in the center, Tiperath, becoming the center of the whole system. In the Christian Kabbalah this center sphere, Tiperath, represents the balance point between the infinitude of the Godhead and the actualization and solidification in the finite kingdom. The middle pillar also represents the central channel of the human body where subtle energies are manifested and sublimated into the higher center at the crown. This is similar to the kundalini force of eastern mysticism with its seven chakras; the world of spirit being actuated also in the head. The Left and Right hand pillars on each side of Tiperath are represented in every Freemasonic Lodge and in King Solomon's Temple. These pillars stand as sentinels through which the initiate must pass on his way to the spiritual kingdom, the initiate being symbolized by the middle pillar on the tree of life. These pillars are named Jachin and Boaz, meaning "Strength in God" and "God Will Establish" respectively.

This Otz Chiim, The Tree of Life, can be thought of as God's transformer whereby the mysteries and archetypes of the infinite mind of God are distilled, condensed, and actualized in the finite world. Additionally, it is the map through which man must navigate to reach the divinity that is his birthright; it is the ladder we use to climb back up to the divine source from our lowly place of descent and imprisonment in the density of matter.

Not only is the Tree of Life a device we utilize to gain oneness once more with the Godhead, but it is a precise model of the creation of the universe - space, matter, energy, and time. Most modern cosmologists and physicists acknowledge the fact that our universe started by an ignition within a singularity, the big bang. The Tree of Life, too, promulgates the notion that creation had its origins in a singularity of corresponding comport. According to the Kabbalah, the No-thingness of the Ain, a nothingness beyond the concept of nothing but containing infinite potentiality that is the source of the Godhead, crystallized and condensed into the singularity of Kether (meaning "The Crown,"our concept of God.) This singular sephira is of monumental significance, for it is the singular seed from which all of creation pours forth. In other words, the pure information of the potentiality of No-thingness emanated down to become the substantial world of matter we all exist within. During this emanation, ten consecutive dimensions were formed with an eleventh after the fact. Strangely, String theory stipulates that the universe is comprised of ten spatial dimensions and one dimension of time. So in essence, the Kabbalah knew the nature of our created world long before the scientific method of physicists was ever utilized.

The Kabbalah and its Tree of Life contain many of the truths of our existence, and they are revealed to any ardent seeker who speculates on its complex design. It would be wise for any seeker after truth to analyze and study the tree of life and see the manifold of truth laden correspondences it contains. May the divine breath of Eheieh pour blessings upon all of you! Thank you and Shalom!!! Peace be with you! Seshua...

Jonathan McGregor Bethel
Writer, Researcher, Lecturer
Founder, Omega Point Institute

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