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Flower of Desire.

The path of transcendence is through desire. We pour ourselves into attraction and aversion, fears and dreams, and so attach ourselves to that outside of ourselves. It is through desire that we connect with the world and those we find within it.

The flower of desire is represented by eight in sequence and nineteen as the eighth prime. The eight-fold star is continuous and open as desire opens us. The nineteen petals of the flower begins with the open central disk and expands in the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. The eight outer petals echoing its sequence.

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First prototype for star of emanation pendant. Should be receiving the next prototype soon then need to figure out my production run.

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Working on card back for the emanant void magick tarot.

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Cube/Octahedron temple form of Tree of Void Emanation.

This temple is formed by folding of the Tree of Void Emanation. The paths of Fortune and Temperance dissolve to give rise to the hybrid paths. This form of the tree is a practical form for casting in space, with the central energetic channel of the self in Agent and Desire.

The cube can be also used as a transitional form folding the tree into the form of the icosahedron.

The form of this temple is identical to the pentagrams described in this previous post.

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Working and meditating on the tree of emanation presented as a pair of pentagrams.

The principle of "as above, so below" implies an energetically stable form where the spheres at the top of the tree reflect the paths of the bottom. This implies the formation of two new paths at the top of the tree connecting Chaos with Form and Change. After much thought, the names selected come from "Solve et Coagula", the principles of breaking down and reforming.

The paths of Fortune and Temperance are themselves dissolved in this form of the tree. The paths of Life and Labyrinth are also shown as this formation is an intermediate transitional state in folding the tree to the dodecahedron.

Another representation of this form is a sort of cube with two nested octahedrons, one above and one below with a central channel connecting them. I will follow up with another post showing this.

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Model of tree of emanation as dodecahedron. In visualizing the tree in this manner the twelve faces are the spheres and the twenty corners are the court cards. The icosahedron can be seen by switching faces for corners. In both forms the thirty edges are the paths.

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Another view of the tree of emanation folded into an icosahedron. From above and front with Queen of Disks centered and then looking down and back with the Princess of Disks centered. As normally cast the path of Empress is directly overhead and Lust is directly below, but these two views make it easier to see patterns of path oppositions.

List of path oppositions. The "-" indicates that path directionality is reverse while "+" indicates that it is complementary if the direction of the paths were extended in circular movement around the icosahedron. As a few hybrid paths have no clear directionality, an "=" sign is used to indicate these.

- Fool / Moon + Juggler / Alchemist - Priestess / Tower - Empress / Lust - Emperor / Angel + Hierophant / Art + Lovers / Aeon + Chariot / Shadow + Justice / Judgement + Hermit / World = Strength / Daimon - Hanged One / Headless One - Death / Life = Baphomet / Darkness = Prometheus / Light

The meanings of these pairs is a matter of continued research. Some seem obvious, such as Judgement complimentary to Justice and Death being the reverse of Life. Others elucidate meanings of new paths such as Emperor reverse of Angel indicating that the Emperor's control is found reversed in the Angel's releasing, it being a sort of a psychopomp, echoing the Angel that appeared in traditional versions of Judgement.

The meanings of these pairs can be applied directly to the tarot or indirectly in the case of hybrid paths. For example, Death is reverse from Life. The path of Life is hybrid from Magus and Sun, telling us to look for these cards in the spread to help further explain the meaning of Death. Magus may imply ending as opening up new possibilities while Sun may indicate a more material change.

This is, of course, within the system of Emanant Void Magick. Apply this interpretation to traditional tarot at your own discretion.

Some background on path hybridization in the folding of the tree of emanation can be found in this previous post.

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The folding of the tree of emanation into the icosahedron involves hybridization of seven paths which give rise to eight. Previous diagrams mapped existing path names to these new hybrid paths. This may be misleading as the meanings of these paths changes so significantly. This updated diagram shows the influence of hybridized paths in the formation of the paths of the icosahedron along with potential names.

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The tree of emanation folds upon itself to form an icosahedron. Its twelve corners are the spheres. Its thirty edges are the paths. Its twenty sides are the court cards.

The geometry of the icosahedron is shown here flattened. As this form is normally cast, the spheres of Chaos & Agent are above the magician with Chaos behind and Agent before. In front of the magician is Form & Change to the left and right respectively. Behind are Matter & Soul. To the Right is Pattern & Thought with Pattern above Thought. To the Left Process & Sense in the same way. Below is Kia & Desire, behind and front. The path of Lust connects below Kia and Desire below as the path of the Empress connects Chaos and Agent above.

The paths are affected by the folding of the tree in their connections and meaning. The entire meaning of the tree is also changed, no longer representing the process of formation but instead symbolizing formed reality.

In the tree of emanation there are twenty-nine paths. In the icosahedron there are thirty. The path of the Devil hybridizes with Sun and Rebel to split to paths. This division is echoed in imagery of the Devil as Pan/Baphomet vs Prometheus/Lucifer.

The spaces between the spheres and paths are areas of influence which define the court cards. The pattern of Queen & King above is echoed by Princess and Prince below. The Knights are a special case as these most directly represent the magician as oneself in the act of working. In a tarot spread they are represented in the layout of the spread itself rather than by cards in the deck.

The suits are assigned with Wands circling Change and Disks circling Matter. Swords reaches above to bellow following Pattern and Thought. Cups mirrors Swords following Process and Sense.

Interpretation of the court cards is derived from their influences. For example, the Queen of Swords is bounded by Empress, Priestess, and Hermit. From this we understand her as an architect. A person who designs experiences from others but remains distanced. She works in big ideas and abstractions perhaps even preferring the ideas retain purity by being unexpressed.

The genders associated with Queen/King and Princess/Prince hint at associations between these pairings, but are not usefully interpreted as female/male. The concepts of active/receptive that are associated to gender in some traditions merely confound understanding here.

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Diagram showing how the twelve spheres of the tree of emanation form the icosahedron. In this representation the spheres are corners, the paths are edges, and the court cards are faces. The geometry is represented flat with two faces on the outside of the figure, divided by the path of Lust which wraps bottom to top.

The linkage of some paths shift, which somewhat changes the interpretation of the paths. The Devil fully splits into two paths, one generative and the other destructive. Shadows are shown where paths connect in the tree form.

The spaces between the spheres and paths make the court cards. Typically these are only sixteen, but here we find twenty. The four knights represent the querant and are present in the spread and act of reading rather than being cards in the deck.

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Tree of emanation showing fools journey trough paths with color.

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Flower of Emanation

In the center of the flower is a point, representing sphere (00⋮01) Chaos. Crossing the point is a line, representing sphere (01⋮02) Process. This line also divides a triangle, representing sphere (02⋮03) Pattern. These give the progression 0 → 1 → 2 → 3, the numbers of the first triad. With sphere (03⋮05) Form we move from its sequence, 3, to its prime, 5. Then we jump to sphere (05⋮11) Agent with its sequence number, 5, and its prime, 11, which brings us to the 11 pointed star. From 11 we jump to the sequence number of sphere (11⋮31) Kia. Its prime of 31 is represented in the 31 petals of the flower. These petals are arranged following the Fibonacci sequence: 2 → 3 → 5 → 8 → 13. The Fibonacci sequence is known to occur in many natural systems including growth of flower petals, making it particularly suited for reflecting the intricacy and delicacy of manifestation.

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Latest diagram of the Fool's Journey of Emanant Void Magick.

Also have been plugging away at adding content to covn.io.

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Star of Um-Oos. Sphere (3/5) Form.

Rules of a game shape the strategy but do not define the strategy. Strategies are discovered by the players. Three points define a plane. Five points make the simplest star.

This is the essence of Form: the pattern of a system forms nodes, emergent properties. There are things which simply appear within complex systems.

A system may be closed, static, such as the universe of number, or it may be dynamic and changing. Forms in a dynamic system may be created and destroyed and they may influence the unfolding of the system itself to form self-perpetuating agents.

Each sphere exists within each other. In the sphere of (4/7) Change this sphere appears as a unit of change. In (8/19) Desire a form is a goal, an intent.

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Structure of Void Emanation emphasizing the Star of Desire and its higher octave.

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Structure of Void Emanation as nested spheres with connecting paths.