THE MOON: THE 29TH PATH

   “Now we travel the path of ‘The Moon,’ which connects the Kingdom, Malkuth, the plane of physical manifestation, with Netzach (‘Victory’) and the forces of Venus. Anubis is present here also; he is particularly important in the lower paths because he is the shaman who guides us not only through the underworld but also through the subconscious, the lower astral plane, to higher consciousness. The lower levels of the subconscious are filled with negative emotions and foul thought-forms and the terrors imbedded in our collective unconscious. Anubis can move us beyond the horrors and miseries of our recent history to the higher realms. The fearful and foul aspects of the collective unconscious can be terrible impediments on the path, so it's beneficial to invoke the higher vibrations of the God as you mentally cleanse your energy field.
   “A jackal and a dog are howling at the moon on this path. The jackal is associated with Anubis because it can easily sense its way through the darkness. Also remember that whatever the Source creates is divine, including our primal instincts, but since our race, given free will, has chosen repeatedly to channel negative, fearful energies into both individual and collective consciousness, we have to cleanse and spiritualize the instincts in our energy fields to bring them back into harmony with creation.”
   “On the path, you see a crayfish crawling out of the water onto a path that leads between two towers in the distance and a dog and a jackal near the path howling at the moon. You might be feeling a considerable pull from the moon, as if it were a magnet drawing your soul to it, expecially since the sun is directly behind the moon. Even our most primal instincts are pulled toward the higher vibrations as the powerful energies of the life-force call us to evolve. Our instincts attract us to Venus, the Goddess of love and the arts and nature. At the beginning we howl, but then through the arts and nature we move into the sublime. The beauty that is latent within us wakes us up from the sleep of the lower self like the trumpet call of Gabriel in ‘Judgement.’
   “The towers are like the columns of the Tree of Life, and the path winds toward the hill of attainment, toward the sun behind the moon, toward Tiphareth, toward Beauty, toward the center of the Tree, the center of harmony and equilibrium. Rays of energy in the shape of the Hebrew letter Yod fall all around, filling us with the powerful energies of the life force. Even the most primitive instincts are cleansed as we climb out of the dark waters of our evolution. Through purification we are free of the blackest energies of our history. We face our shadow and achieve the Victory of living in the higher self within the One manifesting as the Many.”

Reversed: illusion, fear, bestiality, immersion in black magic

CORRESPONDING COLORS
Atziluth: Magenta.
Briah: Buff, flecked with silver-white.
Yetzirah: Pale translucent pinkish-brown.
Assiah: Brownish gray stone.