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C H A O S BOX THE MAGICAL MAILBOX 06257 7966 Footprints in the Chamber - Towards a Quantum Qabbala, by Fra.: +0-The Qabbala has through the ages been used as a directory towardsthe understanding of the universe and man`s relationship to it.Since former Aeons of magick have had their perceptions rooted inthe observance of simple cause and effect relationships, the Qabbalaitself, having attained its nascence in the earlier traditions, wasunfortunately bogged down by this limited apprehension of theuniverse. Here mathematics as used in a more or less Pythagoreancontext provide a sort of key with which to approach theunfathomable nature of human consciousness.To this very day there are groups which still adhere to and openlypractice the more traditional ramifications of Qabbalisticprinciples which are still firmly rooted in the mire of NineteenthCentury Newton-sewed-it-all-up-there-are-no-more-mysteries physics.But of course, owing to the leaps and bounds acquired by a veryunpredictable but consistent quantum model of reality as observed inour laboratories, this simplistic view is necessarily obsolete. Weno longer live, we have learned (if indeed we ever did) in a simplecause and effect universe where the source can always be gleanedfrom observable effect. For the same reasons, Newtonian-based magicmust give way to a more quantum model. Newton`s apple must now takeinto consideration Heisenberg`s Uncertainty Principle. The secretwisdom must follow suit towards quantumization.Another unfortunate tendency of some modern practioners of Qabbalais to continue to regard everything from the standpoint of theDemiurge, Yahweh, which of course is the basis of the now obsolete(and dangerous) Judeo-Christian foundation of religious thoughtwhich has held western civilisation in its thrall for about twothousand years. Personally I find it amazing that modernpractioners, who despite no real Semitic disposition still practicean unmistakably orthodox Jewish mysticism. It was Aleister Crowley,that great Qabbalistic agent provocateur, who initiated the processof liberating the Qabbala from its otherwise Judaic orientation.(This is not anti-semitism but a necessary step towards individualdevelopment. It must also be stated that a Qabbala had been in usecenturies earlier by the Egyptians. The Jews merely adopted it totheir own religious precepts. They didn`t invent it. The actualorigin most likely predates Egyptian history.)Crowley emphasized that the enlightened magician must, after carefulstudy and application of his knowledge, develop his own Qabbalisticframework. By virtue of this the magician has arrived at a morechaotic paradigm in opposition to a purely empirical view. Crowley,by adapting the Qabbala to a Thelemic context initiated that firstleap forward into the quantum age. Thus, the foundation for a morequantum/chaotic system was lain.I would like now to redefine the secret wisdom in terms ofquantumization as follows:"The Qabbala is a table of observed synchronicities wherein multi-dimensional potentia overlap into the field of perception implying acorrelation/interaction as perceived on a three-dimensional plane."The sum of the parts of the whole is determined by conceptualvisualisation and the observer`s ostensible observation ther. Itis therefore merely a perceptual tool for perceiving hidden meaningin the world determined entirely by the perceived-perception of theperciper (in the language of Satre), which will alter its form andcontent (via expansion and contadiction) according to thepercipere`s own innate tendencies.The qabbala is no longer merely a mathematical construct of anordered universe as conceived by devine will. Instead it becomes akind of computerized network of extra-sensory information. Even theidea of a prima causa itself may be inadequate as well. This idea isbased solely upon a linear time frame and is therefore a corollaryof our erroneous perception of time whose actual nature may tendmore towards the cyclical. Primitive man, for example was very wellaware of this fact, and acted in accordance with it. (This may haveto do with primitive people being more in tune with their owncircadian rhythms. This expresses a more lunar-intuative cyclerather than our own solar one.) If perception of time is based uponnatural rhythms which effect the body coupled with our observance ofnature, then our concept of time is entirely contrary to what natureitself is telling us. We are thus unaligned with a proper timeframework. Since a cycle is essentially a circle, no beginning orending can be found. And, it is already been theorized that thereare other dimensions of reality in which time as we know it (in adurational, linear sense of perception) simply cannot exist.The universe has again and again defied our attempts a definableorder upon it. Yet, mysteriously it does seem to act intelligently,even though this cannot be grasped by a rigid point A to point Bstructure. What emerges is a kind of chaotic mandala structure, andit is the task of quantum qabbalism to apprehend, as much as ispossible, the interior of this structure. This opens the doors topractical mysticism as opposed to impractical mysticism. The qabbalamust then be updated to accomodate this vital realization in regardto its properties of being able to regulate perceptive awareness viainteracting forces springing from more or less hidden dimensionswhose effect is known but not the cause.The understanding of the intention of creation is a product of themind of the qabbalist himself. The fabric of reality is therebyflexible, effected by his own experience of it, and in turn, thisexperience determines his perception of it, which is altered by theinteraction of these elements, more clearly understood as atransaction. In other words, one perceives his environment and thatenvironment by virtue of one`s perception of it begins to actaccordingly to the reality model which is believed to be true. Thiscould be described as a kind of Copenhagen Interpretation as aplliedto qabbalistic principles. The qabbalist then shares a uniqueposition of receiving qabbalistic impressions via observablesystematic synchronicities by means of inclination represented inhis own psyche. These impressions will translate back as meaningfuldata insofar as the transaction between observer and the observedbecomes enacted. His perception modifies the universe and in turn,the universe modifies his perception. (This can serve as arepresentation of the union of microprosopus and macroprosopus.) Thefeedback of this required information will be meaningful to himalone as it is a byproduct of his own psychic field. He becomes akind of decoder of esoteric information which he has learned toprocess.From this quantum/chaos framework the qabbala can be regarded as afour (or five) dimensional transaction as revealed in the mundaneworld, whereby an enriched quality of information provides the keyto a higher understanding of the universe and of oneself, providedthe person in question is capable of processing this information.From this perspective, ghosts, poltergeists, and other enigmas ofparanormal phenomena can be understood as failed communication orremnants of a highly coded system which hasn`t been solved. Theproblem arises when one dimension fails to adequately "translate"into another. You might term this the Tower of Babel Effect. Theinformation being received is misinterpreted due to inadequate toolsof reception and perhaps an inability to use tools properly. Thereis also a basic misunderstanding of what this information means andto what extent the source can be determined. This is a little liketrying to demonstrate fourth dimension physics by a purely threedimensional means. The instances of paranormal phenomena asdescribed above, may be due to a discrepancy of overlappingdimensions which allows for a greater margin of error which impedeseffective communication between the dimensions themselves. One isreminded of Plato`s parable of the cave, wherein the shadows of thethings observed on the wall of the cave are mistaken for realityitself. Granted, a shadow does resemble the object projecting it,but it is hardly the object itself. It is the task of the quantumqabbalist to make allowances for this margin of interpretivemiscalculation by preparing for it in advance and thus integratingthis possible glitch into his qabbalistic computer. He makesallowances for this possible occurence of organizational entropy andthus he is able to use it to his advantage.The idea of a qabbala based upon an exploration of prima causa is nolonger valid in the quantum age. The quantumized qabbalist learns toregard himself in the mirror of chaos. For him, the old Gnosticdictum of "there is no part of me which is not of the gods", isliterally true. His "Tree of Life" is based squarely upon theapprehension of his own enigmatic existence. He is more interestedin a practical application of his qabbalistic ideas and principlesfor himself and others, than a cosmological game of hide and seekwherein one searches for a prima causa "God" figure. But even forthis, he has an explanation: By careful observation of himselfwithin the mirror of chaos he has learned that the miracle ofcreation is somehow a byproduct of his own consciousness and that hehas played an inexplicable role in the very act itself. ("Did ye notknow that ye were gods?") Joyously he has found that the tracks ofGod etched across the illimitable sands of time in the acceleratedparticle chambers of his own expanding consciousness. Thus has helearned to adore the divine mystery of existence donning the masksof creation.
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