Path

Path 13 · Gimel

Path 13 runs down the middle pillar from Kether to Tiphareth. It is the Tree's longest path, crosses the Abyss through the position of Da'ath, and carries the Golden Dawn correspondences of Gimel, the Moon and The High Priestess.

1 correspondence · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 without a cited source

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The oldest attribution here is Tarot trump The High Priestess, first attested 1888 CE.

Tarot trump

  • The High Priestess

    Traditional
    Who says so
    No school has been identified
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet checked

    Book T establishes this Tarot-to-letter attribution. The path number and endpoints belong to this tradition's canonical Kircher arrangement.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — The Twenty-Two Keys of the Book, pp. 5–7

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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    2. Aleister Crowley, 777, 1907–1909 — Table I, Tarot Trump column, row 13

      · First edition, 1909 (anonymous)

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