My Tree of Life group did a Da’ath Ritual last time we met. The Tree was laid out on the floor (large decorated cardboard discs for the Sephiroth, plus chalk lines in various colours and directions!) and each one of us stood in the sphere we had moved into, to study for the upcoming month (I was in Binah). It was dark, though we had lit a menorah of candles, placed in Da’ath which provided quite a lot of light.
To begin with, we spoke about possible meanings of Da’ath, including the possibility that - like a black hole - it is actually holding the whole system together, it is the gravitational force of the Tree. We meditated silently on what we don’t know/don’t understand in our own lives and settled on one issue to investigate in the ritual.
One by one, each of us stepped forward. Each time someone stepped forward, they were asked by the group, in unison (more or less) “What do you seek?” to which the answer was given, “Knowledge”. Then the group asked, “What do you leave behind?” to which the answer was given, “Everything”. At that point, the person took a further step, into the (invisible) sphere of Da’ath and we all took a step back, so the whole Tree lay open and began to sing the person’s name, starting quietly and building up in volume and intensity.
At this point, the person usually began moving - either along Paths, to various Sephiroth or just wandering. Almost everyone who did this ended up somewhere, and felt they had transited through Da’ath towards some knowledge of what they were seeking. I ended up in Tiferet, facing Kether across Da’ath and that night had a powerful dream about the relationship between Kether and Da’ath.
I also felt the curiosity, amazement and obviousness of Tiferet being a place I have never being (literally - I haven’t visited yet in the system we’re working, as well as metaphorically - the open heart) - and how perfect, that the answer to something I don’t know will have to reside in a place I’ve never been!