Living the Tree of Life · Part 2: The Paths
20 recorded classes · 2 live Q&As on Zoom in Q1 2027, exact dates to follow · private course forum · lifetime access
The ten Sephirot are the stations. The twenty-two Paths are the journeys between them. In Part 2, Evelynne takes you up the Tree one Path at a time. Each Path has its Hebrew letter, which is the key to it, its text from the Sefer Yetzirah, the Tarot card that pictures it, and the myths and ordinary moments where you will start to recognize it in your own week. For the 2026 Cohort she comes back to answer your questions live, twice. Both sessions are recorded, so no one misses a word.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Who Walks the Paths
This is the second half of Evelynne’s climb, and it is written for students who already know the ten Sephirot. A Path only makes sense once you know the two places it joins: what Yesod holds, why Tiferet is only halfway up, where the Abyss opens. So the honest prerequisite is Part 1, The Ten Sephirot, or an equivalent grounding in the Sephirot from your own study.
- Part 1 students ready to keep climbing · you know the stations; now walk the roads between them.
- Tarot readers who want the Major Arcana from the inside · each trump read through its Hebrew letter and its place on the Tree, not a list of keywords.
- Students of the Western esoteric tradition · you have met the thirty-two Paths of Wisdom in books, and you want one teacher to walk you through all twenty-two letters in order.
- Anyone in a season of change · Evelynne treats each Path as something you live through, and ends each class with what to watch for in the week ahead.
New to the Tree? Begin with The Complete Tree of Life. It brings Part 1, Part 2 and Tarot on the Tree of Life together, so you climb in order and are still invited to this cohort’s live Q&As.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
What the Paths Teach
THE CLIMB
To walk the whole Tree, Path 32 to Path 11
The course climbs from Tav and The World at the foot of the Tree to Aleph and The Fool at the crown. For each Path you learn the Hebrew letter, its shape and its number, along with the Yetziratic text, the Tarot card, the astrological or elemental correspondence, and the myths that show the journey. Evelynne also reminds you that in life “we don’t do paths in order.” Free will makes the real climb anything but a straight line.
THE DARK NIGHTS
To recognize a Dark Night of the Soul
On Paths 26, 25 and 24 (The Devil, Temperance and Death) you meet the Dark Nights of wisdom, of love and of power. These are the tests that stand between the personality and the individuality. Much higher, on Path 13, The High Priestess asks for the longest walk of all, with no guide and no companions. Her advice: “You just keep walking.”
THE PIVOT
To understand the pivot path of the Tree
Path 23 is Mem, the water letter, and The Hanged Man. Evelynne calls it the pivot path of the entire Tree. Mem is forty: forty days of flood, forty years in the wilderness, forty weeks in the womb. It is the slowest Path, the Path of surrender, where the brick wall finally gives way. As she puts it, “you hang there until ripe or rotten.”
THE RIVERS
To cross the Abyss by its four gates
Paths 18, 17, 16 and 15 are the four rivers that cross the Abyss into paradise. They pass through four named gates: the Gate of Death, the Gate of Fate, the Gate of Royalty and the Angelic Gateway. These are the Paths of The Chariot, The Lovers, The Hierophant and The Emperor. They also explain the Zohar’s warning: “He who enters and will not exit, better not enter.”
THE GIRDERS
To see what holds the Tree together
Three cross-Paths brace the Tree like girders. Path 27, The Tower, is the girder of the personality: “breakdown or breakthrough.” Path 19, Strength, is the girder of the individuality, where you turn to face your dark twin. Path 14, The Empress, is the girder of the spirit and the lower edge of the Garden of Eden.
THE EXODUS
To read the climb as one great story
Beneath all twenty classes runs the Exodus. It begins with leaving Mitzrayim, the place of confinement, then crosses the Red Sea at Path 27, where the sea closes behind you. Above the brick wall comes the long wandering in the wilderness, until the old generation has passed and the Promised Land is found. Once you have seen this story, you will recognize it in your own life.
THE BODY AND THE LIFE
To place your own life on the Tree
Evelynne maps every Path to an area of the body: Shin and the right leg, Tet and the shoulders. She teaches you to treat the body as one more barometer of balance, alongside family patterns and situations that keep coming back. You learn to find the Path that is out of balance and to look to its opposite for the corrective. By Class 20, which gathers the Four Worlds and the angelic hierarchies, you can place a moment of your own life on the Tree and read it.
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THE COURSE
The Ascent · Twenty Classes, Path 32 to Path 11
Most classes take one Path. Classes 15, 16 and 19 take two each, and Class 20 gathers everything together.
Class 1 · Path 32 · The World
Hebrew letter: Tav · cross, seal · Tarot: The World
The first step inward, from the senses to the unconscious, with Persephone’s descent.
Class 2 · Path 31 · Judgement
Hebrew letter: Shin · tooth · Tarot: Judgement
Prometheus and the hearth fire: family, tribe, and the dogma that can smother both.
Class 3 · Path 30 · The Sun
Hebrew letter: Resh · head · Tarot: The Sun
The most intellectual Path, set low on the Tree, and its lesson in humility.
Class 4 · Path 29 · The Moon
Hebrew letter: Qoph · back of the head · Tarot: The Moon
Instinct, the body and the myth of Lilith.
Class 5 · Path 28 · The Star
Hebrew letter: Tzadi · fishhook · Tarot: The Star*
Intuition, artistic inspiration, the tzaddikim, and the danger of glamour.
Class 6 · Path 27 · The Tower
Hebrew letter: Peh · mouth · Tarot: The Tower
The girder of the personality: breakdown or breakthrough, and the Red Sea crossing.
Class 7 · Path 26 · The Devil
Hebrew letter: Ayin · eye · Tarot: The Devil
The Dark Night of wisdom, and the Devil as light-bringer.
Class 8 · Path 25 · Temperance
Hebrew letter: Samech · crutch · Tarot: Temperance
The Dark Night of love: Chiron the wounded healer and the rainbow path.
Class 9 · Path 24 · Death
Hebrew letter: Nun · fish · Tarot: Death
The Dark Night of power: scorpion, eagle and phoenix.
Class 10 · Path 23 · The Hanged Man
Hebrew letter: Mem · water · Tarot: The Hanged Man
The pivot path of the Tree: surrender, and the meaning of forty.
Class 11 · Path 22 · Justice
Hebrew letter: Lamed · ox goad · Tarot: Justice
Karmic adjustment above the brick wall, and Maat’s Hall of the 42 Assessors.
Class 12 · Path 21 · Wheel of Fortune
Hebrew letter: Kaph · palm · Tarot: Wheel of Fortune
The quest, the wheels of rebirth, and the still point at the center.
Class 13 · Path 20 · The Hermit
Hebrew letter: Yod · hand · Tarot: The Hermit
The way-shower and the thirty-six hidden righteous.
Class 14 · Path 19 · Strength
Hebrew letter: Tet · serpent · Tarot: Strength
The girder of the individuality: turning to face your dark twin.
Class 15 · Paths 18 and 17 · The Chariot · The Lovers
Hebrew letters: Chet · fence · Zayin · sword · Tarot: The Chariot · The Lovers
The Gate of Death and the Gate of Fate.
Class 16 · Paths 16 and 15 · The Hierophant · The Emperor
Hebrew letters: Vav · nail · Heh · window · Tarot: The Hierophant · The Emperor*
The Gate of Royalty and the Angelic Gateway.
Class 17 · Path 14 · The Empress
Hebrew letter: Dalet · door · Tarot: The Empress
The girder of the spirit: joy, creativity and an open house.
Class 18 · Path 13 · The High Priestess
Hebrew letter: Gimel · camel · Tarot: The High Priestess
The longest Path, walked with no guide and no companions.
Class 19 · Paths 12 and 11 · The Magician · The Fool
Hebrew letters: Bet · house · Aleph · ox · Tarot: The Magician · The Fool
The Supernal Paths: realizing your abilities, then union with the One.
Class 20 · Summary · The Four Worlds
The Four Worlds, the angels and archangels, and using the Tree day to day.
*Evelynne places The Star on Path 28 and The Emperor on Path 15. Many books reverse the two. She teaches that the reversal is a deliberate red herring, planted to protect esoteric secrets, and explains her reasons in Classes 5 and 16.
INCLUDED WITH THE 2026 COHORT
Ask Evelynne Anything
NOT JUST RECORDED CLASSES
Twice during the 2026 Cohort, Evelynne joins you live on Zoom to answer your questions about the Paths: a letter that puzzles you, a card that will not settle, a Path you suspect you are walking right now. Everyone enrolled is invited. That includes students who joined before the cohort and owners of The Complete Tree of Life. The schedule is below, and you will be reminded well before each session.
Have a Question for Evelynne?
Send it ahead of time so Evelynne can come prepared. You are just as welcome to ask it live.
2026 COHORT
Live Q&A Schedule
Session One · Q1 2027 · exact date to follow · live on Zoom with Evelynne
Session Two · Q1 2027 · exact date to follow · live on Zoom with Evelynne
Both sessions are recorded and added to the course, so nothing is lost if you cannot join live.
Live & Interactive
Two scheduled sessions
Bring a question about any Path, and hear Evelynne’s answers to your fellow students too.
Personal Guidance
Evelynne herself
The teacher who built these twenty classes answers you directly from Melbourne.
Nothing Missed
Recorded for later viewing
Watch live or catch the replay. Every session is yours to keep.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
What Comes With Your Place in the Cohort
- 20 recorded classes with Evelynne · over 11.5 hours
- Downloadable PDF handout
- Full PDF transcript
- English subtitles on every class
- Final quiz and certificate of completion
- 2 live Q&A sessions on Zoom · Q1 2027, exact dates to follow · both recorded and added to the course
- Private course group and discussion forum
- Lifetime access
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Meet Your Instructor
- Director of the Institute of Esoteric Studies, Melbourne, Australia
- Co-founder (1992) and past President of the Tarot Guild of Australia · Honorary Member
- More than thirty years teaching the Tree of Life
- Dream therapist and Tarot counsellor
Evelynne Joffe
Kabbalist · Dream Therapist · Tarot Counsellor · Director, Institute of Esoteric Studies
Evelynne Joffe founded and directs the Institute of Esoteric Studies in Melbourne. For more than thirty years she has taught students to use the Tree of Life as a practical map for self-realization rather than as abstract philosophy. Living the Tree of Life began there as a year-long programme, and these twenty classes on the Paths are its second half.
She was born and raised in South Africa, and she brings to the Paths a scholar’s attention to the Hebrew letters, a Jungian’s eye for myth, and a counsellor’s sense of how these energies show up in real lives, her own included. In 1992 she co-founded the Tarot Guild of Australia, serving as its inaugural Vice President and later as President, and the Guild has made her an Honorary Member. She teaches the Tree as something you live, not something you memorize, and she is clear that in Kabbalah there is never a guru except in yourself.
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NEW TO THE TREE?
Begin With The Complete Tree of Life
If you have not yet studied the Sephirot, this is the best way in. The Complete Tree of Life brings all three of Evelynne’s Tree courses together. Part 1, The Ten Sephirot, has eight classes plus the recordings of its two live Q&As. Part 2, The Paths, is this course: twenty classes and your invitation to both live Q&As of the 2026 Cohort. Tarot on the Tree of Life is one panoramic session that lays the cards across the whole Tree. You learn the stations first and then the Paths between them.
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Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to take Part 1 first?
Part 1, The Ten Sephirot, is the prerequisite. An equivalent grounding in the Sephirot from your own study also works. The Paths are the journeys between the Sephirot, so every class assumes you know the stations it connects. If you are new to the Tree, The Complete Tree of Life brings Part 1, Part 2 and Tarot on the Tree of Life together, so you can climb in order, and it includes the live Q&As of the 2026 Cohort.
When are the two live Q&A sessions?
Both sessions are planned for Q1 2027, with exact dates to follow. Once they are set, they will appear on this page, and everyone enrolled will be told by email well in advance. Both sessions are held on Zoom with Evelynne.
Will the live Q&As be recorded?
Yes. Both sessions are recorded in full and added to the course. If you cannot attend live, you can watch the complete replay whenever it suits you. The live sessions are a gift if you can attend, not a penalty if you cannot.
I live in a different time zone. Can I still take part?
Yes. Evelynne joins from Melbourne, Australia. When the dates are announced, each session will be listed in Melbourne time with US and UTC equivalents. If the hour does not work for you, send your question in advance through the question form and watch the recording afterward.
How long do I have access?
For life. Every class, the handout, the transcript, the Q&A recordings and the course forum stay yours, with no subscription, renewal or expiry. The classes are self-paced, so you can move through all twenty at whatever speed your life allows.
Is there a payment plan?
Yes. Instead of paying $399 at once, you can choose five monthly payments of $87. You get full access from the first payment, on the same terms as everyone else.
Is there a certificate?
Yes. A final quiz helps you consolidate what you have learned, and you receive a certificate of completion when you finish the course.
I took Part 1. Is there an upgrade for me?
Students of Part 1: check your inbox for your upgrade invitation.
I already own The Complete Tree of Life. Am I invited to the Q&As?
Yes. The Complete Tree of Life includes Part 2, so you are already enrolled in the Paths and invited to both live Q&As of the 2026 Cohort. The same goes for every student already enrolled in Part 2. There is nothing to buy again.
What if the course is not right for me?
Your enrollment is protected by a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. If the course is not what you hoped for, write to us within thirty days and we will refund your purchase in full, no questions asked. If the price is what stands in the way, please apply for a scholarship.
The Paths do not reveal themselves in one reading. They open slowly, through study and practice and the week that follows each class. We would be glad to have you walk them with Evelynne.
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