Daniel Moler

“The spiritual experience of Binah is the Vision of Sorrow. Within this Sephirah, one is to have a vision of the holistic picture of all that is, all that was, why it was, what it is now, why it is, and what it is to become. In essence, true and total understanding of all existence. The Great Mother sees all. She sees our joys but also our pains and our sins. And, in all that she sees, she is indeed in sorrow. We are a very stubborn species. Binah watches as all too often we neglect our children’s future, poison our air and seas, enslave each other, and go to war. We are at home in our own addictions, and unfortunately it frequently takes a major trauma to wake us up from our unhealthy habits or anosognosia. Regrettably, this is another aspect of the mystical experience not taken into consideration by some. It is not all bliss and rainbows. It is not just a possibility, but a necessity, to assimilate the Vision of the Sorrow that compels the Goddess into her eternal cry for her children. The Tree of Life will simply not allow you to proceed unless this is done.
Therefore, managing the Vision of Sorrow is best achieved through Binah’s primary virtue: silence. It is necessary to still the noise and the raging waters to Understand all things in their truest vision. By stilling the clamor can the sparkling stars of the Heavens accurately reflect on the mirroring surface of the body of water below. As the archetypal Temple, she is the root of all temples in manifestation, the Inner Church, the sacred space of all sacred spaces. Because of this, Binah truly is the womb of life, the container from which all has been embodied. Approach the Dark Mother’s temple in silence, approach the temple in sorrow, and the vision shall be received.”
― Daniel Moler, Shamanic Qabalah: A Mystical Path to Uniting the Tree of Life & the Great Work

“When beginning the Great Work and in shamanic apprenticeship, the first realm one learns to interact with is the Ukhupacha. This is because the work of an initiate is to learn to manage the potencies of the Ukhupacha, to harness what is necessary from the shadow and return what is no longer needed back to the below, to be composted in the regenerative soils of the Ukhupacha so new things can grow. Shadow doesn’t go away. However, it can be managed and integrated more harmoniously into the interface of the Kaypacha.”
― Daniel Moler, Shamanic Qabalah: A Mystical Path to Uniting the Tree of Life & the Great Work