Climbing the Tree of Life (it is recommended to make a 'spoken word' tape recording of this guided meditation, using calming meditative music as the background)
Shut your eyes…let your thoughts of the outside world run through your mind for a few moments. Then as you gain control of those thoughts, you become aware they are fading into the background as the image of outer space comes into your mind ... now. From now, feel yourself growing very, very relaxed .... as your mind begins those first steps into deep relaxation. Take a deep breath….slowly let it out…and another deep breath…and as you sit there taking one more deep breath and letting it out…. let out all the cares, concerns, anxieties, ….and let your body go very, very relaxed…….
Feel all the tensions in your muscles just fading away…..you want to go deeper and deeper into this state of relaxation…..
Malkuth
We are to travel to the bottom of the Tree of Life… relax and imagine yourself falling in free fall through the emptiness of open space ….floating down, down, down… deeper, deeper. Focus on the experience, realise you have the real need to make this journey…..you can hardly feel your body now….. you are almost there …let go. Relax…. Realise now you stand at the base of the tallest tree you can imagine. Realise that you are now directly in sight of the Tree of Life.
You have no fear….as you look up, you see that a figure is waiting there for you and is reaching out a hand to you….see this figure in your mind's eye…focus on the image of this person, are they recognisable? Submit to memory the appearance … this is your ‘companion’ for this journey …let he or she take you by the hand.
You are in a place called Malkuth--the Kingdom. The colours that you should see before you are citrine, olive, russet and black…..Looking through these colours, you will see a young woman, crowned, sitting on a throne. This is the magickal image of Malkuth…..You and your companion will now move toward this image and you find that you are moving in the actual physical world, the world we call the earth…..All of the elements are here. You see a small fire burning….you feel the warmth from this fire….a gentle breeze, a cool air, waves across your face.
Stoop down. Feel the ground…and know that you are standing on moist, fertile dark brown earth. Your hand touches against something wet….a small stream of flowing water…splash a little water over your face…lie down on the earth, and get the feel of this place…..
It is a place of great stability. All of the tens of the tarot are at this place… the l0 of Wands…cups...swords…pentacles. Feel your grounding, either by meditating on one of these l0's or on one of the elements: fire, air, earth or water. If you chose to meditate on an element, think of the many uses of this/element… The guardian nudges you lightly on the shoulder, giving you the signal that it is time to move on.
Your body feels light….very light…you float upward. You can hardly feel your body…..as you ascend. There is a large space above you, representing the Tarot card The Universe, or the World Dancer. ….you have ascended upward right into this card….and the dancing figure in the center of the wreathe. See and feel yourself in the card….dancing. Stay in the card….you are dancing the eternal dance of life….
At this point, for now, let this new imagery fade. Know you can return at any time to this image, to this feeling. It is time to return to the outside world. Back the room you were in prior to this short sojourn onto the Tree of Life.
