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Thomas Karlsson – The Qliphothic Tunnels, “Qabalah, Qliphoth and Goetic Magic”, 2009.

Twenty-two tunnels, dark counterparts of the twenty-two tunnels on the Sephiroth, pass between the ten Qliphothic worlds. The tunnels have been known under different names, such as Schichirion, which means ‘black’ or Necheshiron, which means ‘snake-like’. The names of the tunnels used in the illustrations above are those which have been most commonly used by contemporary western dark magicians and were published in 1977 in ˝Nightside of Eden˝, the Qabalistic classic by Kenneth Grant. The names of the tunnels also denote those entities that rule the tunnels, in the same way that Lilith and Samael are both Worlds and Demons. The paths and the tunnels are thought to correspond to Tarot cards and Hebrew letters in various ways. Kenneth Grant has based his correspondences on the Tarot, as developed by Aleister Crowley.

In this system, the Emperor corresponds to the path that extends between Netzach (or the Qlipha A’arab Zaraq) and Yesod (Gamaliel), while the Star extends between Chokmah (Ghagiel) and Tiphareth (Thagirion). The system that is represented above is based on an older and more traditional placement in which the two examples above are exchanged. Thus, the cards and the paths follow the chronological pattern around the tree with the first cards at the top and the lower ones further down.