In order to really understand the nature of the circle, it is best to to assimilate as much as possible regarding the nature of the Tao - which is certainly an opinion - but a time-tested one. There are a number of factors going on in this immediate context that need to be pointed out. The first thing is that we are dealing with a four-part division of the circle here and this will continue to be the case throughout the remainder of this treatise. It is very important to get used to the circle divided up in this way in order to easily assimilate hexagrammal fields later on.

We construct the circle using a combination of visualization and chant, or light and sound, respectively. What is not shown in the diagram (since I could find no good way to demonstrate it) is where one actually begins. This is always the same in Abrahadabra. We begin at the center of the circle, by pooling together all of our psychic energy in a tight little ball and holding it there steady. At the appropriate moment we "reach" to the apex of the triangle and begin drawing energy from this point downward through the "A" quadrant (pronounced "AH"), continuing downwards through the "V" quadrant (pronounced "OH"), then upwards through the "M" quadrant (pronounced "MM"), completing the arc of the circle through the "N" quadrant (pronounced "GN", as in gnosis). When the action is performed correctly, you should experience a slight "rumble" as the circle closes which should be held there for a moment until it settles down.

It is both possible and advisable to learn to synchronize ones breathing with the visualization of the circle, exhaling evenly on the downward arc with a slight pause at the bottom, then inhaling evenly on the upward arc, again pausing briefly at apex between breaths. While the synchronization of breath will not be practical in all applications, learning how to do this correctly will prove an enormous benefit to you down the line as it gets you into the proper habit of sinking energy into your actions and not just "going through the motions" which can be detrimental if one persists at this too much. There is really no point doing this practice at all if you can't do it with a little force and fire.

The circle collects and disseminates energy evenly but does not "deposit" it per se...it leans neither to the left nor to the right but continually ebbs and flows in universal tides of coming and going. It allows us a means of collection, harmonization, and fortification all at once. It moves in two directions, counter-clockwise (corresponding to ascending force) and clockwise (corresponding to descending force) and should be visualized in three dimensions (or spherically) instead of only two. There are as many applications of the circle as there are contexts to apply it to, but our focus in this immediate discussion will always be the Abrahadabra grid, which holds out a few surprises for us in places, such as the fact that the center of the circle does not connect exactly center to Tiphareth (or Sol) as it does within the Tree of Life. It is important to bear in mind that nothing has been sacrificed in this regard, but we are simply applying the circle to the larger context of Abrahadabra and will get from this whatever the geometry itself allows.

One of the many things that the Abrahadabra grid resolves is the geometry of the Tree of Life itself. Those of you who have studied the Tree at all have no doubt noticed various renditions showing Malkuth (or Kingdom) descended to meet the relationship of the feet when a person is in a standing position. This would seem to make sense on the face of it but the Abrahadabra grid advises against it as an unnecessary departure from protocol and ultimately superfluous since the circle itself is sufficient to account for the feet when applied to the Abrahadabra grid. Moreover, the 10th sephiroth more properly corresponds to the Mulhadara Chakra at the base of the spine and not the feet at all. In Abrahadabra, we can dispense with this foolish debate as it only serves to complicate what needs no complication. It may also be useful to reflect upon the fact that while the Sephiroth correspond to the human body, they only actually do so as a matter of circumstance. Unlike the Chakras which do an excellent job of charting the human anatomy itself, the Sephiroth are much more a map of our surrounding "cosm". They are more accurately a map of universe itself of which man is a balanced microcosm and is therefore aligned to anatomically and psychically. Anyone who has really worked extensively with the Sephiroth will be able to appreciate this in ways that the uninitiated cannot. While we may wish to make of it a map of the human body in the first case, it is chiefly a map of macrocosm to which humankind is a balanced microcosm.