【译者注：卡巴拉生命树在形成界Yetzirah与九位大天使+七十二神名天使之间的对应表格，而形成界是众天使的世界。】
@funkyman,
I don't use the Schemhamphoras kabbalistically, so I can't speak on "tuning into the real kabbalah".
My magical approach is more grounded in Greco-Egyptian-Israelite-Chaldean syncreticism.
I understand the symbology and stories presented in the bible through that lens.
I know how to weave a line of compatibility between ancient Gods, the Israelite God, His angels, and their infernal counterparts.
I understand how to bring out each hierarchy's productive influences.
我并非以卡巴拉的方式使用七十二神名，所以我不能说“去学真正的卡巴拉”。我的魔法技巧更多是以古希腊-古埃及-犹太-迦勒底混融圈为基础。我基于这样的角度去理解圣经中的故事与象征。我知道如何将古老的神祗们，以色列的神，属于他的天使们以及他们在地狱中的对立面关联起来。我了解如何将不同层面那富有生产力的影响力牵引而来。
It can be viewed as Cabalistic in some ways. I only use the TOL as a reference point to navigate the Israelite spiritual hierarchy.
Basically, what I do can be classified more as Hellenistic Sorcery. I perform spirit work and magic work to push me towards enlightenment and material prosperity.
在某种程度上，这确实可以被视作为卡巴拉。我只是以卡巴拉生命树【译者注：TOL=Tree of Life】作为参考去操纵犹太教中的天使阶层。基本上，我的方式更加接近希腊系的巫师。我进行灵体工作并实践魔法去促使我获得精神上的启蒙与物质资产。
If you are calling down or invoking angels to achieve these practical ends, and not doing any soul-seeking or serious meditation on scripture,
you are pretty much engaging in general angel work or angel magic, not really Kabbalah or Cabala.
Here is how I use the TOL to navigate the planetary influences of each Shem angel, I find they're more verifiable in practice than the zodiacal associations
如果你准备祈请或召唤天使以达到特定的目的，却没有搜寻灵魂，也没有冥想圣句，那么，你只是非常普通的与天使共同工作或使用天使魔法，而不是真正的卡巴拉。
这里是我如何使用卡巴拉生命树去引导七十二神名天使所对应的行星的影响力。我发现比起通过（七十二神名天使）与黄道之间的对应，这样的方法（七十二神名天使与卡巴拉生命树之间的对应）在实践中显得更加有效。
Also, angelic work has never seemed to slow to me compared to working with infernals.
同样，对我而言，天使完成它的工作似乎从来不比恶魔更慢。
It is usually the person working with the angels who is to blame. The better your personal spiritual progress, the faster the spirits act on your behalf, is what I found in my experience.
需要责备的是与天使共同工作的人。在我个人的经验里，个体的灵性发展越成功，灵对你起作用的时间也越短。
Well, that's mostly hoodoo work, which is strong because it works with the spirits of the herbs, minerals, animal parts etc. included in the spell.
I've experimented combining it with angel work and its【it’s】 pretty potent.
当然，这也是为什么Hoodoo的工作方式往往非常强大的缘故，因为它将草药，矿物乃至于动物的灵的力量加入到咒语中；我尝试过将这样的技术糅合进与天使的工作中，这确实有相当不错的效力。
However, and I emphasize this greatly, angel work is best for the person who is attempting to improve the spiritual progress and by relation, magical skill.
但是，正如我所强调的，与天使工作对于想要通过与天使的友好相处和魔法技巧来提升自己的灵性发展程度的人来说是最好的选择
If you are praying to angels and expecting them to do the most for you, it doesn't exactly work that way.
From what I can gather of my experience, they teach you how to be "magically and spiritually independent",
in which they will help you bridge your spiritual connection to the components of the spell and strengthen it,
but you are pretty much the power source and the main one doing all the work.
天使的工作方式并不是你向他们祈祷然后他们就去实现你期待的事情。从我自身的经历来说，他们会教你如何“在魔法与灵性上独立自主”，帮助你与咒语中的那些灵建立连接，并强化它。但是，只有你自己才是力量的真正源头，完成所有工作的主体。
Omg yes, to be quite honest I think everyone should be pushed to learn magickal defense, protection, and restorative techniques.
Most of the time the workings we do with magic, for love, money, or against enemies etc. is combatting all the negative influences or forces around us.
确实如此，坦率地说，我觉得每个人都应该要被要求去学习魔法中有关防御，保护以及回复之类的技术。绝大多数时候，我们为了爱情，金钱，或者复仇而利用魔法所做的事情，其实是对抗我们周围的负面影响或不好的力量。
This is why, in established traditions especially, it is recommended to first perform workings for cleansing, banishing, and clearing away obstacles (aka "road opening") before performing magic work or spirit work addressing the more material concerns.
这就是为什么——特别是在那些完善而固定的传统中——会建议在进行以物质生活为焦点的魔法工作或灵性工作之前，先进行净化，驱逐，并清除杂念（又被称作“开启道路”）。
We do a lot of spiritual workings to address the discomfort and distress in our lives.
The motivation for wealth-related workings comes from poor experiences concerning wealth, for relationship or social related workings it stems from painful circumstances, etc.
The most effective thing an aspiring mystic/practitioner can relentlessly strengthen and improve (imo) is their ability to not only cleanse and strain away all the undesirable forces that poorly affect these areas of their life, but also learn how to further maintain and protect the stability of those areas.
以生活中的苦痛与不适为关注的对象，我们完成了诸多灵性工作。与招财有关的工作，其动机往往来源于与渴望财富的贫穷体验，实践与人际关系或社会交际相关的工作的动机则植根于使人痛苦的环境，诸如此类。而最有效且神秘主义者/实践者可以果断加强并强化的方法，便是在净化并抛弃所有对所关注的目标没有积极作用的力量的基础上，学习如何进一步培养并维护所关注的领域的稳定。