The Qabalistic Scheme I Use

Ananael Qaa asked about my particular view of the qabalistic universe in the following comment to a previous post:

Do you use a different set of attributions for the Qabalistic worlds than the standard Thoth arrangement? If so, is it something you would be willing to share? As I recall in the standard arrangement Binah and the threes are in Briah but I always have wondered about the whole of the Creative World being attributed to a single sphere while Yetzirah spans 6 of them.

I could see a possible alternative arrangement in which Atziluth is above the Abyss, Briah is between the Abyss and the Veil of Paroketh, and Yetzirah is from the Veil of Paroketh through Yesod, leaving Assiah in Malkuth. Is that the sort of arrangement you work with? If so I would be very interesting in hearing how well it works with the GD forms, since I've never gotten around to trying it out for myself.

I have never seen Binah stand for all of Briah. I would like to see you write a bit about your model. 

The arrangement I use shows three sephira in the first three worlds and one inf the fourth. The pips are placed on the tree in the sephiroth according to their numbers. The threes for instance, are in the third sephira of Binah.   

 Atziluth  is comprised of Keter, Chochmah and Binah, the three top most and are often called the supernals. Briah is formed by Chesed, Geburah and Tipereth. Yetzirah contains Netzach, Hod and Yesod. Malkuth is the only sephira in Assiah.

You will notice in this arrangement the abyss is never delineated. Though, Daath often is. It is placed between Yetzirah and Binah. I have wondered if Daath was acting as the Abyss. While Daath solves the curious problem of the placement of Saturn, it is somewhat unsatisfactory. Once you move it, what is left behind in Binah? Does Pluto suddenly appear? Neptune? I don’t know.

I realize that planets are not sephiro but a subset of those vast realms.

This has always been an intellectual problem for me but not a particularly bothersome one. For it hasn’t caused a hiccup in my workings. If I ever cross the abyss in some definable way or visit Daath, I will hopefully have a better, more informed, opinion.

The arrangement I use is pretty standard in Golden Dawn style texts, I haven’t read much of the standard Thoth arraignment, which I should.  Here is how things don’t work out when you’re a GD type person using a Thoth deck.

I have found myself on various paths during astral work. At times, I didn’t intend to go there but there I was. I knew where I was because the Rider-Waite or Wang images would be there telling me where I was. Why not Thoth? It is my only deck of choice.

My mentor has simply told me that Thoth takes you to slightly different places. I assume since I am in the GD egregore, it gives me the corresponding images. I plan at some point in the future to use the corresponding cards in the same ritual format and see how the different locations work. I just haven’t done that yet. It is a long standing itch that I haven’t scratched as other things seem more important.

As I recall in the standard arrangement Binah and the threes are in Briah but I always have wondered about the whole of the Creative World being attributed to a single sphere while Yetzirah spans 6 of them.

I am talking out of my ass here but that sounds like a bit of confusion with the parts of the soul. The Supernals make up the higher self or immortal soul. That is broken up into three parts, which isn't pertinent to this discussion. The Ruach or personality is made up of the sephiroth between Chesed and Yesod (and sometimes include Daath). Yesod does double duty as another part called the Nephesch, which gets us into all sorts of trouble. The G'uph or physical body is in Malkuth. Does that correspond to your system in some way?

I asked because Yetzirah is associated with air and Ruach means air in Hebrew.  

I am not sure what you mean by how it works with GD forms. If you clarify, I will be happy to answer.