The base is white quartz that I personally collected from the quartz capital of the world. White quartz has great metaphysical properties for strength, grounding and balance — which is why it is used as the base crystal of the tree.

Every white quartz base has been personally collected from a quartz mine by myself and a few loved ones. I have personally collected → transported → cleaned → stored → charged each crystal specifically to use as the base for these tree sculptures.

The crystals were extracted in an agreement with the spirits of the earth, to do my part in restoring harmony to nature. They are therefore also connected with the veins of quartz that run across the entire United States — like a global-scale crystal grid.

The spirits of the crystals say they are happy to see the sun and interact with us humans for as long as they are loved and cherished as living parts of nature. Although it may seem that there's not much excitement deep in the ground, there certainly is — and they were forced by the mine itself to leave their home. But this way they can all find good homes.

The selection of crystal beads has been accumulated over time from various sources — mostly local crystal vendors, whose own vendors are mostly unknown to me.

All of the crystal beads are stored in an organised and harmonious way to maintain their charge. Each individual bead is then hand-picked and charged from the collection to become part of your tree.

The structure is copper wire that I hand-weave. Copper has great metaphysical properties for grounding high vibrations, and for working with high-vibrational energy in general.

The copper wire is purchased online and stored in spools inside a specially charged bag.

• All materials have been ethically sourced to the best of my ability. The white quartz is the most pure in charge, as I personally unearthed and processed it.
• All materials are specially stored in an organised, crystal-grid-like fashion to maintain their powerful charge.

This numerological cycle mirrors the same progression across every system of esoteric philosophy — the Qabalistic progression of the Sephirot and the paths that connect them; Numerology; Sacred Geometry; Genesis in the Bible, Torah, Koran and Bhagavad Gita; Alchemy; Tarot; Astrology.

Steps 1–7 of the 0–10 progression correlate directly to the seven major chakras. Each step and its chakra then correlate to a physical part of the tree. The letter denotes the column; the number subscript denotes the row.

Two other ways the chakras map to the tree

• The Base represents the Earth / material world.
• The Branches represent the Heavens / ethereal world.
• The blue ovals represent the emanation from the top of the trunk.
• The purple ovals represent the emanation from the base.

Branching levels

Click any diagram to enlarge it.

The progression circulates through each order of magnitude. If 1 has 1.0 through 1.9, you do 1.0 ten times. If 1.0 were to go from 1.0.0 to 1.0.9, then you would do 1.00 ten times — this is how significant figures are used.

If 1 goes from 1.0 to 9.9, then 2–9 must also go from n.0 to n.9, and the same principle applies at all levels of magnitude. In such a situation, going 0–9 means going through 100 numbers: 0.0 – 9.9. If 1 was at the order of magnitude of 1.00, then going from 0.00 to 9.99 would be 1000 numbers — one order of magnitude higher than before.

• The first circulation from 0–9 should be done at the (1) / 1st order of magnitude.
• The second circulation should be done at the (1.00) / 2nd order of magnitude.
• The third at (1.000) — making 10,000 numbers going 0–9, or 1000 numbers going 0–1.

Different sequences can be done by going from 0 to 9 across different pathways, by varying the depth in order of magnitude in different circulations. The circulation pathway depends on the nature of the operation: areas of focus go into more depth in order of magnitude than the rest.

Example. Energy healing would be focused most on 5.1.0 → 5.1.9 but go direct from 4 to 5 on the way to the end — which could be 9, or 9.99 if the operation was also focused on gathering power from a specific healing.

It is necessary to journey directly from 0 to 1 at that order of magnitude to acquire the prerequisite abilities to circulate through the progression at the next order-of-magnitude depth level.

Roots your awareness in the present moment.

Sub-step in the source: 0.0 — never elaborated.

Harmonises your energy, mind and breath.

Transcends duality (depolarisation), creating a clear distinction between desirable / constructive and undesirable / destructive energy.

The earlier draft calls this step Intention and lists a third element, Volitional Consciousness, which never got a definition.

Creates the magickal space in which you perform your ritual.

Creates a protective barrier around yourself and the magickal space.

• Barrier around yourself
• Barrier around the circle
• Warding the space

Sanctifies all components of the ritual — to purify and make sacred.

Expands etheric perception to read and influence etheric patterns.

• Clarity
• Expanding perception

The earlier draft calls this step Divination.

Connects one to the Brahman.

Transmutation of lower-vibrational energy into its highest form.

Cultivation of chi should be indistinguishable from the actions of daily life.

When the Chi sinks, the Spirit gathers.

Proceed with your magickal operation. The goal of the magickal operation is manifestation.

To desire a state is to have it.

The 13-Breath Cycle

This breathwork cycle functions as a template for creation for your energy to be applied to in your manifestation ritual. It consists of:

This increases the space in your energy field for the specific energies conducive to the ritual.

This is the Branch Crystal Grid, rebuilt so you can take it apart. Pick a component from the row of chips to light up every instance of it on the tree and read its full definition. Pick a tree size to see exactly which spheres get filled in.

Every leaf on the tree has an address. Read it as Sphere · Trident · Wing · Leaf — for example (K)(B)(II)(y) is the y leaf of the second wing of trident B in sphere K.

Note that (W) is doing double duty in the source — it is the symbol for Wing in the notation table and the symbol for Core in the Sol components.

Fullness is how densely a sphere is populated with leaves. The rule is that fullness never increases as you travel outward:

(i)(Y) ≥ (j)(Y) ≥ (k)(Y) ≥ (L)(Y)

• Trine fullness in sphere (i) should be at least the fullness of sphere (j).
• Trine fullness in sphere (j) should be at least the fullness of sphere (k).
• Trine fullness in sphere (k) should be at least the fullness of sphere (L).

The Branch Crystal Grid diagram can be used to customise your tree's crystal grid regardless of its size and complexity:

See also: Sol Fullness Conditions · Trine Fullness Conditions · the Design Spreadsheet.

The same 0–10 progression from the Creation Template, read across the crystal grid and the copper frame.

The two Symbol columns were empty in the source. Click any red ? to assign a glyph.

Sol ↔ Sphere correspondence

The 13

13 Nexuses ⇒ 13 Sources ⇒ 13 Major Trines.

From (0) emerges (1), branches into (3), branches into (9), branches into (27)
3⁰  ·  3¹  ·  3²  ·  3³

The Sol also holds exactly 13 leaves: 1 Lux + 3 Essence + 3 Eye + 3 Heart + 3 Core.

Each entry adds three correlations to the standard form: to the human energy body, to the tree's energy body, and to the outer tree component.

This is the code used in the Design Spreadsheet's dropdown menu to select your Sol Fullness.

N L x  =  {0,1,2,3,4}{A,B}-{0,1}

A full Trine is a Flower: a Source plus a Flare, four leaves in a triangle.

Springs branch from Stems ⟹ Springs from a Trine are Stems to Trines in the next Sphere.
Bridges energy between Trines.
Copper Wire is to a Crystal Bead as a STEM is to a SOURCE, as a SPRING is to a FLARE.

Leaves range from 1 to 3 (or 6) loops, depending on the desired size of a leaf and on numerological significance.

Change the bead count and the whole loop redraws — beads, pairs, casting and rooting triangles, and the correspondence of every pair to a Sol component and a Sphere. Tap a bead to read its address.

Bead pairs are represented by the blue lines on the diagram, which close the triangles.

Beads N = (±)[1 … (X)] have a paired relationship: bead (+N) is paired with bead (−N).

The number of crystals in a loop has numerological significance. Leaf loops range from 3 to 13 beads, depending on:

• The size(s) of the beads on a loop — such that the ratio between the size of the bead and the size of the loop's central chakra space is to your aesthetic preference (likely between 1 and 3).
• The combined mass of the crystals in each Sphere determines the level of structural reinforcement needed on the tree's frame.

This is the table the interactive loop diagram above is driven from.

Every crystal has a unique energy frequency that resonates with archetypes across all the different systems of esoteric study.

The associations are listed for each crystal in the Crystal Properties Database.

See the Crystal Database for bead size and material availability. The Design Spreadsheet currently carries 3 mm, 6 mm and 8 mm options.

See the Crystal Database for the metaphysical properties of these metals.

How far the branches reach decides the whole character of the tree.

• Large numbers — branches reach far · the tree looks sparser with crystals · a full crystal grid would need reinforcement on the frame
• Small numbers — branches look contracted · the tree looks fuller of crystal bundles · a full grid needs no reinforcement

Recommended guidelines for a balanced tree

The trunk should be approximately as long as the sum of the branch lengths beyond it:

A branch in one sphere is longer than a branch in the spheres beyond it — and a thicker branch should be longer than a thinner one. More precisely:

• The Ray (split from the trunk) is at most ½ the length of the trunk it branches from
• The Key (split from a Ray) is under ¾ the length of its Ray
• The Limb (split from a Key) is under ¾ the length of its Key

A taller trunk balances with longer branches and is more likely to need structural reinforcement, especially with a full crystal grid. A shorter trunk balances with shorter branches and is less likely to.

The limbs — the outermost branches — should be 1″, 1.25″ or 1.5″ depending on grid fullness. A full grid in the two outermost spheres needs longer limbs to give the crystals space; a sparse grid needs shorter ones.

Configuration legend

“Balance” here means the tree's default configuration. A balanced tree suits someone who wants every aspect equally weighted; an unbalanced tree suits someone who wants one aspect emphasised. No setting within these ranges is objectively better or worse — it depends how the tree is used. A tree based on the element of Air, with light expansive energy, might well want an unbalanced setting emphasising branch length over trunk height.

A helix is a pair of wire braids spiralling up the tree in opposite directions — one clockwise, one counterclockwise.

• Its physical function is to reinforce the frame so it carries the weight of the crystal grid
• Its energetic function is to add more energy pathways, and another level to the frame's fractal geometry
• A helix is an ascending spiral — it represents the ascension of the Kundalini serpents

Helixes apply to the trunk (Sphere i) and expand out to spheres j, k or L depending on how many wires they contain. They can also be applied to the roots, and can be braided from single wires or from twisted pairs.

a × b × c = the total number of wires in the helix

Branch helix options

Root helix options

Limited to 2 × {1,2} × (1 = 3⁰) — single strands around root branches. Strand totals at the trunk:

• 2 × 1 = 2 strands at the trunk
• 2 × 3 = 6 strands, branching into 3 × (2 × 1) = 6 total
• 2 × 9 = 18 strands, branching into 3 × (2 × 3) or 3 × 3 × (2 × 1) = 18 total
• an 18-strand trunk helix can branch to 54 — 3 × (2 × 9), 3 × 3 × (2 × 3), or 3 × 3 × 3 × (2 × 1)

A helix enchantment is a helix around a helix, and/or a helix around the individual strands of a helix.

Enchantment braids are crafted with leaf wire, much thinner than tree wire, either as single strands or as twisted pairs.

• Its physical function is another level of structural reinforcement for the weight of the crystal grid
• Its energetic function is to add fractalized layers of energy pathway into the helix
• To enchant is to imbue with magickal power — it represents energising the Kundalini serpents into heavenly dragons

Where enchantments can be applied

• 3-wire braids on a helix of 1, 3, 9 or 27 strands
• 9-wire braids on a helix of 3, 9 or 27 strands
• 27-wire braids on a helix of 9 or 27 strands
• Applied to strands before braiding, enchantments are limited to a pair of single strands
• Applied around the entire helix after braiding, they may be braids of 3, 9 or 27
• Two enchantments can coexist on one helix — one before braiding, one after
• Root helix enchantments apply to single-wire root helixes, directly to the root wires, or directly to the root web

The base crystal should be proportional to the tree — but deliberate disproportion is itself a design choice.

The default material is white quartz, specially charged. It comes from the quartz capital of the planet, personally collected from a mine, hand-washed and processed, and held charged since acquisition for this purpose. Other materials can be specially ordered — or a client can send their own crystal. The same applies to beads not currently in stock.

What sets the value of a piece of white quartz

Extra white quartz can be supplied as small raw stones extending the tree's crystal grid, exactly as the leaves do. → these four variables are what the pricing model reads as weight, quality level and form.

Root branches are the primary structure of the root frame. Every type casts a magick circle around the tree; each adds something the smaller ones cannot.

A web of leaf wires interconnecting the root branch structure.

A crystal grid of leaves placed at the chakras of the root frame, reflecting the higher grid of the branches. As above, so below.

Root frame leaf counts

The website design sketches for the leaf-window customisation interface.