The Shining Paths [Paperback]

Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki (Author), Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1997

A unique collection of magical pathworkings based on the thirty-two paths of the Qabalistic Tree of Life.

Pathworking is the occult term for a specific kind of visualization exercise in which the mind-self is projected into a series of situations and landscapes that can be viewed on a mental screen, or, once the mind has been trained, experienced as a participant with full sensory perception. Each working is preceded by a discussion of the individual path and of the experiences, correspondences and symbolism associated with it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Thoth Publications; 2nd edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1870450302
• ISBN-13: 978-1870450300
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,116,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This will help you to understand the energies of the Tree, August 10, 2004

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G. A Siessel (Leesburg, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Shining Paths (Paperback)

I have been involved in metaphysical subjects since 1969 and could not understand the Kabbalah or the Tree of Life until the initial printing of this book came out. This is a GREAT book for people of a non-Jewish background, especially if you are a Pagan, who wish to understand this glyph of the Kabbalah. Once you read the book it will enlighten you to the reason of why the Sephira react the way they do. My advice is to get a copy of this book, read it as a novel (like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) then get a diagram of the Tree of Life, see the correlations, and do the chapters as a meditation. Then you can go back to Jewish texts about the Tree and understand what they are trying to say. This is a CLASSIC, EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND Text about the Tree of Life that shouldn't keep going out of print the way it does,so get yours today.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious, Dramatic Experience, June 16, 2000

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[e-mail] (Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Shining Paths (Paperback)

Dolores has a gift for the histrionic and leads her guided meditation sessions with a unique flair. In this book she expresses her skills to the utmost and also gives the reader/participator a magnificent grounding in the sephiroth and paths. If you want to study the attributes use this book. Also if you want to set the tree in motion in your life use this book.

Unusual and almost unique.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guided Meditation on the Sefiroth, November 7, 2004

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Neal J. Pollock (VA USA) - See all my reviews
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The author has provided a complete set of visualizations on the various Kabbalistic Sefiroth as a guided path towards growth via meditation. It is interesting and even inspiring and a bit poetic as well. It's loaded with symbols of great meaning, but with symbols in general, their meanings are multiple and varied and, ultimately individual as well as collective. I think this book could be a very useful tool as long as the reader doesn't get lost in the fact that it is the author's view and not necessarily accurate for everyone. It is somewhat reminiscent of the ancient Hekalot literature describing a mystical journey through the palaces of heaven, the Talmudic description of the four who travelled to the Garden from which only Rabbi Akiva came away unscathed, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and the Egyptian Book of Gates. It can be viewed either as a light story (or myth) OR as a set of highly advanced mystical practices in the Kabbalistic tradition. Your choice. If you like it, I would recommend Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi's books, especially the "Way of the Kabbalist."