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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Reinventing the Qabala Jul 02, 2007
At first, I wasn't going to read this book. Here was someone who I thought was out to improve or even replace the Tree of Life used for centuries if not millenia with what his ads called Tree of Life 2.0. "Look, my tree has twelve sephiroth!" he seemed to say. Then, my friend read it and suggested that wasn't the case at all.
The first thing you read in this book is a dedication to all traditional kabbalists and mystical qabalists that apologizes for this work. I don't know if this is sincere or if its a tongue-in-cheek apology aimed at the reactions of people like me who like to stick to the tried and true. It doesn't really matter since the book is good.
It isn't made to replace anything or be better than anything. Instead, the tree of life presented here is a diagram of the inner worlds and not a new map of emanation of the outer worlds, though the connection between both becomes obvious.
He demonstrates how the astrological bodies such as the Mind, Mars, Venus, etc. are present within our souls as its parts. Mercury is our Lower Mind, Jupiter the Higher Mind. Mars is the Ego. Venus the libido. He suggests that we must balance all these parts of our soul in order to be whole beings and to balance our lives.
This isn't some pie in the sky thing like the Secret where all you want will come true. Instead, he warns that you could go through some hard times when creating a more balanced reality through the rituals of Quantum Qabala, but that is only because you will be shedding those parts of your life that were keeping your from this balance. They change the elements present within you and this changes your environment and your life.
I have been trying these rituals because they are very similar to the Golden Dawn rituals I've always done and I've noticed that I have had more money lately. I didn't know why at first because it's not like money suddenly started appearing out of nowhere like the Secret promises. My wife told me that I have seemed quite a bit more practical. I used to go out and buy music equipment and all this other stuff I didn't really need or want just on whims. Then when bills came, I would always be short. Now, I don't feel that need. I feel more grounded and stable, especially with my money. Maybe I am just getting more mature or maybe this is the balance Quantum Qabala brought to me.
I am not going to call it a coincidence. I am going to see what else it can do.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
An interesting new qabalah Jan 06, 2007
Fascinating with a touch of humor, just how I like my spirituality.
I really liked the first chapter on Quantum Physics. The author sent me it as a sample from his website and that is what hooked me in. Very simmilar to Fred Alan Wolfe, but he also opens you up to the awe that quantum physics brings concerning the Universe.
The rituals are obviously Golden Dawn-ish but unique in the author's interpretation who adds a lot of Egyptian magick and philosophy to them. This is ok since I think a lot of the Kaballah was known in Egypt, especially if/when the Hebrews were there.
2 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Heavy on Astrology and Weak on Qabala Nov 24, 2006
Heavy on astrology and weak on Qabala and quantum theory, this book is convoluted and misinformed. It is a garish mistake to apply astrology, a solar system based discipline to Qabala, a universe based discipline. His knowledge of quantum physics is superficial and poorly researched. His knowledge of Qabala is even more scanty as it does not deal with the building up of resistence (formation of shells) that is unique and central to the understanding of Qabala. As a useful source for the working of practical magick, I suppose interesting things can happen to the practioners as, according to Crowley, the workings of magick are exercised in the imagination. While the book is certainly imaginative, it has little or nothing to do with the Qabala or quantum physics.
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