About us
The Dallas B.O.T.A. Study Group is a great introduction to Qabalah and esoteric Tarot. It's free and open to the public. The Study Group is held on the 2nd Saturday of every month starting at 9:45 am.
We meet at the Edwin Kiest Masonic Lodge, 10210 Hermosa Drive, Dallas, TX 75218 (close to the intersection of Garland Road and Loop 12 Buckner). Park in the parking lot and come on in. The Lodge is across the street from the White Rock swimming pool. The group has been active since 1991. Visitors are always welcome!
More about the Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A.):
Founded by Dr Paul Case in the 1920s, Builders of the Adytum is a Mystery School and training order based on the Western Mystery Tradition. This Qabalistic path has been described as the Yoga of the West, as it has much in common with esoteric Eastern spiritual practices. B.O.T.A. members receive lessons in the mail in Tarot, Qabalah, Spiritual Alchemy, Esoteric Astrology and related disciplines. The coursework is challenging, far-reaching and immensely practical for everyday life. Most months we have a discussion on a topic from Tarot or Qabalah, followed by a guided Qabalistic meditation and lunch. But some months there are special events, such as our seasonal rituals exploring the esoteric symbolism of Christmas and Easter. See the Meetup event announcements below for details.
Newcomers are welcome to join in our discussions. No advanced preparation is necessary; you need only bring your interest, imagination and inquiring mind. We hope to see you soon!
Group Ritual Work is also available to Dallas B.O.T.A. members. Sometimes described as prayer in motion, ritual work has been practiced throughout the ages by spiritual aspirants. Combined with the lesson material, it can be a powerful catalyst to personal growth. After completing the requisite initial coursework, members may request initiation and thereafter participate in our healing ritual work of Pronaos.
Upcoming events
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Dallas BOTA - Aug 8th, Open Forum on Tarot Key 9, The Hermit, Hebrew letter Yod
Edwin J Kiest Masonic Lodge, 10210 Hermosa Dr #3111, Dallas, TX, USDallas Builders of the Adytum
Schedule for Aug 08, 2026:
9:45 am Open Forum on Tarot Key 9, The Hermit, Hebrew letter Yod
11:00 am Vibratory Attunement
Noon: Potluck Lunch
Location: Edwin Kiest Masonic Lodge, 10210 Hermosa Dr., Dallas, TXOn August 8th, at 9:45 AM, we will have our regular Open Forum meeting to discuss the Hebrew letter Yod and Tarot Key 9, The Hermit.
"The Tarot is a book, disguised as a pack of cards." (The Tarot, Paul Foster Case). In Open Forum, we discuss the story that these cards tell.
Yod (I, J, Y, value 10) means the hand of man. It is the open hand, in contradistinction to Kaph, the closed one, which follows it in the alphabet. Yod indicates power, means, direction, skill, dexterity; but it is the sign rather of tendency, aptitude, inclination predisposition or potency than of actual activity. In the religious symbolism of the world the open hand is everywhere and at all times a type of beneficence, and of the freedom of the Supreme Spirit.
In the Qabalah, this letter has special importance because it is the initial letter of the Tetragrammaton, IHVH, and the initial letter also of the word IChIDH, Yekhidah, the term used in the Wisdom of Israel to designate the INDIVISIBLE ONE. The Supreme SELF, having its abode or seat in Kether, the Crown, is at the top of the Tree of Life. Qabalists, moreover, say that the upper point of the letter refers to Kether, the Primal Will, while the body of the letter represents the second Sephirah, Chokmah, or Wisdom.
The sense of touch is that which is attributed to Yod, and the same letter, in Qabalah, corresponds to the function of COITION, in which the sense of touch is particularly active. Esoterically, the letter Yod corresponds to the experience of union with the Supreme Self, the true I AM of the cosmos. This experience, extremely blissful, is often compared by occult writers, both ancient and modern, to the intense physical ecstasy of the sex embrace. Prudes may quarrel with this comparison. Let them read the Song of Solomon, the mystical poetry of the Sufis or some narratives of the Christian mystical experience, and they will learn that some of the best minds the human race has ever produced have not scrupled to employ intensely erotic imagery in their endeavors to describe the bliss of union with the ONE.
…Furthermore, the experience depends on certain transformations of the Mars-force in the physical body, and these transformations are affected by subconsciousness…Again, mystic experience is the supreme expression of subconscious processes of memory and association…When we most perfectly remember ourselves we experience this blissful merging of personal consciousness with the universal.
The Tarot, Paul Foster Case
A good reference book is the Hebrew Letter Workbook, which we will be using. You may order it at:
https://storebota.org/products/the-hebrew-letters-workbookAnother good reference is The Tarot, by Paul Foster Case.
This meeting is open to the public, and we welcome everyone interested in metaphysics to join us and learn more about the Holy Qabalah and Sacred Tarot.
The Qabalistic Vibratory Attunement is an Aquarian Age form of group meditation. We use techniques of the science of sound and color to send healing energies into the world.
Open Forum meetings are held on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Builders of the Adytum is a teaching and training order in the Western Mystery tradition founded by Paul Foster Case in 1922. BOTA presents the principles of the Ageless Wisdom through the teachings of the Holy Qabalah (Kabbalah, Cabbala), Tarot, Alchemy, Metaphysics and much more.
Read more about our coursework and membership at: https://www.bota.org
For talks on various Qabalistic subjects, you can visit Builders of the Adytum New Zealand at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_rcV3IEZEm-q0KkNO186A/videosFor information about Open Forum meetings, please contact Dan at dallasofcoordinator@gmail.com.
Pronaos: Active BOTA members may inquire about our Pronaos ritual work with the Pronaos Coordinator. Please contact Amparo at amparoeamores@gmail.com.
We hope to see you soon!
In Love and L.V.X.,
Dallas BOTA5 attendees
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