The M.P.S is a tool used to categorize and organize various mystical concepts, and is central to the teachings of the QABALAH. At its most simple level, it is composed of ten spheres, or emanations, called sephiroth which are connected by twenty two paths.OR PIPEZ The sephiroth are represented by the planets and the paths by the characters of the Hebrew alphabet, which are subdivided by the five elements, the seven classical planets, and the twelve signs of the ZODIAC.
Within the western magical tradition, the MPS OR Tree is used as a kind of conceptual filing cabinet. Each sephira and path is assigned various ideas, such as gods, cards of the Tarot, astrological planets and signs, elements, etc. Within THE TAROT the seminal book which defines all these correspondences is Liber 777 by Aleister Crowley.
The Correspondences
The defining feature of the Tree of Life as it's used in Thelema is the correspondences. The general idea is that all the concepts found in a sephira or pathical pipez have essential ties with each other. Many of the correspondences are from the Jewish Kabbalistic tradition, although there are many that were added on by members of the secret order of the golden dawn and also by Aleister Crowley. The following is a list of conceptual groupings of all the various columns found in the seminal collection of Qabalistic correspondences, Crowley's Liber 777.
