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Monday, April 4, 2016
Detailed History & Intel Report about the
New Republic & Global Currency Reset
Detailed History & Intel Report about the
New Republic & Global Currency Reset
http://inteldinarchronicles.blogspot.com/
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Federal Reserve to New US Republic via a Global Currency Reset
The Global Currency Reset is a complicated process about a global reset of currencies, removal of the Khazarian mafia and restoration of the US Republic and the original US Constitution. At present the process is playing out with no holds and is expected to be completed within days.
Below is a history of that process, including forming of the US New Republic, integration of the Federal Reserve into the new US Treasury in Reno, expected changes in the US tax system, expected release of the 800 numbers and relationship of Humanitarian Projects to $800 trillion in US taxpayer monies gained from a 1992 audit of the Federal Reserve.
The higher Contract Rates are available, especially if you are dedicating a good percentage of your monies to Humanitarian Projects. Those higher rates are said to be funded out of $800 trillion in US taxpayer monies that were illegally taken by the Federal Reserve during the Bush Administration, then confiscated during the 1992 Federal Reserve audit. At present the monies are in European bank accounts awaiting the GCR.
History of the New Republic and Global Currency Reset Process:
1. Please refer to a short trailer of the to-be-released documentary "Eagle One to Wanta." The major film documentary covers how President Reagan's secret agent Ambassador Lee Emil Wanta amassed 3.8 trillion through a negotiated agreement with Soviet Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev during the fall of the Soviet Union. The 3.8 trillion was designed to go back to the American people but was stolen by the Federal Reserve System. Wanta has pledged to eliminate our national debt overnight after a 2006 US District Court mandate is honored that would return the money. The documentary is scheduled to be released upon announcement of the New Republic around July 4 2016: http://eagleonetowanta.com/
The Global Currency Reset is a complicated process about a global reset of currencies, removal of the Khazarian mafia and restoration of the US Republic and the original US Constitution. At present the process is playing out with no holds and is expected to be completed within days.
Below is a history of that process, including forming of the US New Republic, integration of the Federal Reserve into the new US Treasury in Reno, expected changes in the US tax system, expected release of the 800 numbers and relationship of Humanitarian Projects to $800 trillion in US taxpayer monies gained from a 1992 audit of the Federal Reserve.
The higher Contract Rates are available, especially if you are dedicating a good percentage of your monies to Humanitarian Projects. Those higher rates are said to be funded out of $800 trillion in US taxpayer monies that were illegally taken by the Federal Reserve during the Bush Administration, then confiscated during the 1992 Federal Reserve audit. At present the monies are in European bank accounts awaiting the GCR.
History of the New Republic and Global Currency Reset Process:
1. Please refer to a short trailer of the to-be-released documentary "Eagle One to Wanta." The major film documentary covers how President Reagan's secret agent Ambassador Lee Emil Wanta amassed 3.8 trillion through a negotiated agreement with Soviet Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev during the fall of the Soviet Union. The 3.8 trillion was designed to go back to the American people but was stolen by the Federal Reserve System. Wanta has pledged to eliminate our national debt overnight after a 2006 US District Court mandate is honored that would return the money. The documentary is scheduled to be released upon announcement of the New Republic around July 4 2016: http://eagleonetowanta.com/
2. Since it's inception the US monetary system has been owned and run by the Cabal known as the Khazarian mafia, North American Union and U.S. Incorporated (Corporation of the United States), which is simply a privately owned Maritime Corporation out of Puerto Rico.
3. The US Federal Reserve is not connected to the US government. The Cabal owners are membered by influential world powers like the Vatican, European Royality and private families such as George Soros, Rothchilds, Carnagies and Rockefellers. Cabal monies are commonly laundered through the Vatican Bank.
4. The current version of the privately owned Federal Reserve system started around 450 years ago at the creation of the Vatican Trust by ancient Royal Families. One of the major Royal funding streams reached it's term and was cut off at the start of Dec. 2015, opening the door for closure of the Federal Reserve and implementation of the new US Treasury.
5. The Federal Reserve Bank is composed of a group of private Central Banks whose main interest is serving the Cabal.
6. The Global Currency Reset has become part of the take-down of this illegal US corporate government through formation of the US New Republic, new US Treasury and new US currency notes backed by natural resources and gold of the Royal Dragon Families. The Dragon Families are based in the Philippines and are not connected to, nor claim to be influenced by the Chinese government.
7. US Federal Reserve Notes are backed by gold (borrowed from the Royal Dragon Families after World War II), but only used for government and trade purposes. This monetary system functions under the non-US government owned North American Union.
8. The Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) that are used by US citizens have no backing at all and is referred to as fiat currency.
9. The United States is the only country on the planet that does not have its own national currency. One of the purposes of the Global Currency Reset is for the US to secure our own asset-backed currency.
10. For years the Cabal has fought implementation of the GCR since it takes away a lot of their power and monetary gain including closure of their privately owned Federal Reserve.
11. Since inception of the US, citizens have been forced to buy their Federal Reserve Note currency, along with paying interest on it, from the privately owned Federal Reserve.
12. The US Internal Revenue Service came on shore as a Delaware Corporation back in 1934 and was immediately purchased by an attorney firm which then incorporated the Delaware Corporation.
13. Eventually the IRS ended up in a holding company known as the Northern Trust Company which also owns the state and US Bar Associations. For all intents and purposes the IRS and US Bar Association are essentially the same entity.
14. The Federal Reserve Note had interest attached to it which helped to create our nation's well over 17 trillion dollar national debt (some say we are actually over 100 trillion in debt).
15. The Dragon Families excused that debt when their gold was placed in the new US Treasury in Reno last week. This included excusing debt and derivatives of the Wells Fargo Bank, which is owned by the Dragon Families, plus the derivatives of certain other banks. (There is question about excusing debt and derivatives of Bank of America since it is heavily used by the Cabal).
16. In 1991 Roy Schwasinger went before a senate committee to present evidence of the international bankers and government criminal activity through the Federal Reserve. He informed them how the Corporation of the United States was tied to the establishment of a New World Order which intended to bring about a fascist One World Government ruled by the international bankers.
17. In 1992 a task force was put together consisting of over 300 retired and 35 active US military officers who strongly supported Constitutional Law. This task force was responsible for investigating governmental officials, Congressional officers, judges, and the Federal Reserve.
18. The task force included Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jeremy Boorda, General David McCloud and Former Director of Central Intelligence, William Colby. They uncovered the common practice of bribery and extortion committed by both senators and judges. The criminal activity was so rampant that only two out of 535 members of Congress were deemed honest. More importantly, they ordered and carried out the first-ever (and only) audit of the Federal Reserve.
19. The Federal Reserve was accustomed to giving orders to politicians and had no intentions of being audited. However, after they were informed their offices would be raided under military gunpoint if necessary, they complied with the investigation. After reviewing their files the military officers found $800 trillion dollars sitting in accounts which should have been applied to the national debt. Contrary to federal government propaganda, they also discovered that most nations owed money to the United States instead of the other way around.
20. These hidden trillions were then confiscated and placed into European bank accounts in order to generate the enormous funds needed to pay a successful Farmers Claims class action lawsuit that helped to instigate the 1992 Federal Reserve audit. Later this money would become the basis of the GCR Prosperity Programs fulfilling Humanitarian needs across the planet.
21. Despite these death blows, President George H.W. Bush and the Illuminati continued on with their plans of global enslavement. In August 1992 the military officers confronted President Bush and demanded he sign an agreement that he would return the United States to Constitutional Law and ordered him to never use the term New World Order again.
22. Bush pretended to cooperate, but secretly planned to bring about the New World Order anyway. He set out to sign an Executive Order on December 25, 1992 that would have indefinitely closed all banks, giving Bush an excuse to declare martial law. Under the chaos of martial law, Bush intended to install a new Constitution which would have kept everyone currently in office in their same position for 25 years, plus it would have removed all rights to elect new officials. The military intervened and stopped Bush from signing that Executive order.
23. In 1993 members of the Supreme Court, certain members of Congress and representatives from the Clinton government met with high ranking US military officers who were demanding a return to Constitutional Law, reforms of the banking system and financial redress. Clinton, however, was a proponent of the New World Order and as a result, nothing of substance was done.
24. NESARA - National Economic Stabilization and Recovery Act - is the most ground breaking reformation to sweep the US. The act does away with the Federal Reserve Bank, the IRS, the shadow government, and implements the following changes:
A. Zeros out all credit card, mortgage, and other bank debt due to illegal banking and government activities. This is the Federal Reserve’s worst nightmare, a “jubilee” or a forgiveness of debt.
B. Abolishes the US income tax.
C. Abolishes the IRS. Employees of the IRS will be transferred into the US Treasury national sales tax area.
D. Creates a 14% flat rate non-essential new items only sales tax revenue for the government. In other words, food and medicine will not be taxed, nor will used items such as old homes.
E. Increases benefits to senior citizens.
F. Returns Constitutional Law to all courts and legal matters.
G. Reinstates the original Title of Nobility amendment.
H. Establishes new Presidential and Congressional elections within 120 days after NESARA’s announcement. The interim government will cancel all National Emergencies and return us back to Constitutional Law.
I. Monitors elections and prevents illegal election activities of special interest groups.
J. Creates a new U.S. Treasury rainbow currency backed by gold, silver, and platinum precious metals, ending the bankruptcy of the United States initiated by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.
K. Forbids the sale of American birth certificate records as chattel property bonds by the US Department of Transportation.
L. Initiates a new U.S. Treasury Bank System in alignment with Constitutional Law.
M. Eliminates the Federal Reserve System. During the transition period the Federal Reserve will be allowed to operate side by side of the new U.S. Treasury for one year in order to remove all Federal Reserve notes from the money supply.
N. Restores financial privacy.
O. Retrains all judges and attorneys in Constitutional Law.
P. Ceases all aggressive, U.S. government military actions worldwide.
Q. Establishes peace throughout the world.
R. Releases enormous sums of money for humanitarian purposes.
S. Enables the release of over 6,000 patents of suppressed technologies that are being withheld from the public under the guise of national security, including free energy devices, anti-gravity, and sonic healing machines.
25. Late one evening on March 9, 2000, a written quorum call was hand-delivered by Delta Force and Navy SEALs to 15 members of the US Senate and the US House who were sponsors and co-sponsors of NESARA. They were immediately escorted by the Delta Force and Navy SEALs to their respective voting chambers where they passed this National Economic Security and Reformation Act.
26. These 15 members of Congress were the only people lawfully allowed to hold office in accordance with the original 13th Amendment. Remember British soldiers destroyed copies of the Titles of Nobility Amendment (TONA) in the war of 1812 because it prevented anyone who had ties to the crown of England from holding public office.
27. President Clinton had no interest in signing NESARA into law. On October 10, 2000 and under orders from U.S. military generals, the elite Naval Seals and Delta Force stormed the White House. Under gunpoint, they forced Bill Clinton to sign NESARA. During this time Secret Service and White House security personnel were ordered to stand down, were disarmed, and allowed to witness this event under a gag order. President Clinton also relinquished his bar registry.
28. From its very inception Bush Sr., Clinton, the corporate government, major bank houses, and the Carlyle group have opposed NESARA. To maintain secrecy, the case details and the docket number were sealed and revised within the official Congressional registry to reflect a commemorative coin. It was again revised even more recently. This is why there are no public Congressional Records about NESARA and why a search for this law will not yield the correct details until after the reformations are made public.
29. Members of Congress will not reveal NESARA because they have been ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court Justices to deny its existence, or face charges of treason punishable by death. Some members of Congress have actually been charged with obstruction. When Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone was about to break the gag order, his small passenger plane crashed, killing his wife, daughter and himself.If fear isn't enough to keep Washington in line, money is. Routine bribes are offered to governmental/military officials by the power elite/secret government.
30. Not surprisingly, much disinformation about NESARA can be found on the Internet. Wikipedia’s article is total disinformation. Dr. Harvey Francis Barnard’s NESARA bill was rejected by Congress in the 1990s. Dr. Barnard was a systems philosopher and had tried for years to interest Congress in his monetary reform suggestions. A testimony and articles by Dr. Barnard’s close friend, Darrell Anderson, are shown below.*
http://www.simpleliberty.org/bookshelf/draining_the_swamp.htm
31. The next step was to announce NESARA to the world, but it’s was not an easy task. Many powerful groups have tried to prevent the implementation of NESARA. The NESARA law requires that at least once a year, an effort be made to announce the law to the public. Three current US Supreme Court judges control the committee in charge of NESARA’s announcement. These Judges have used their overall authority to secretly sabotage NESARA’s announcement.
32. In 2001 after much negotiation, the Supreme Court justices ordered the 107th Congress to pass resolutions approving NESARA. This took place on September 9, 2001, eighteen months after NESARA became law.
33. The next day on September 10, 2001, George Bush Sr. moved into the White house to steer his son on how to block the announcement. The next day, on September 11, 2001, at 10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Alan Greenspan was scheduled to announce the new US Treasury Bank system, debt forgiveness for all U.S. citizens, and abolishment of the IRS as the first part of the public announcements of NESARA.
34. It is alleged that just before the announcement at 9 am, Bush Sr. ordered the demolition of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers to stop the international banking computers on Floors 1 and 2 in the North Tower from initiating the new U.S. Treasury Bank system. Explosives in the World Trade Center were said to be planted by operatives and detonated remotely in Building 7, which was demolished later that day it is alleged, in order to cover-up their crime. It also was said that remote pilot technology was used in a flyover event to deliver a payload of explosives into the Pentagon at the exact location of the White Knights in their new Naval Command Center who were coordinating activities supporting NESARA’s implementation nationwide. With the announcement of NESARA stopped dead in its tracks, George Bush Sr. was said to have decapitated any hopes of returning the government back to the people. See this documentary to be released after the GCR: http://eagleonetowanta.com/
31. The next step was to announce NESARA to the world, but it’s was not an easy task. Many powerful groups have tried to prevent the implementation of NESARA. The NESARA law requires that at least once a year, an effort be made to announce the law to the public. Three current US Supreme Court judges control the committee in charge of NESARA’s announcement. These Judges have used their overall authority to secretly sabotage NESARA’s announcement.
32. In 2001 after much negotiation, the Supreme Court justices ordered the 107th Congress to pass resolutions approving NESARA. This took place on September 9, 2001, eighteen months after NESARA became law.
33. The next day on September 10, 2001, George Bush Sr. moved into the White house to steer his son on how to block the announcement. The next day, on September 11, 2001, at 10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Alan Greenspan was scheduled to announce the new US Treasury Bank system, debt forgiveness for all U.S. citizens, and abolishment of the IRS as the first part of the public announcements of NESARA.
34. It is alleged that just before the announcement at 9 am, Bush Sr. ordered the demolition of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers to stop the international banking computers on Floors 1 and 2 in the North Tower from initiating the new U.S. Treasury Bank system. Explosives in the World Trade Center were said to be planted by operatives and detonated remotely in Building 7, which was demolished later that day it is alleged, in order to cover-up their crime. It also was said that remote pilot technology was used in a flyover event to deliver a payload of explosives into the Pentagon at the exact location of the White Knights in their new Naval Command Center who were coordinating activities supporting NESARA’s implementation nationwide. With the announcement of NESARA stopped dead in its tracks, George Bush Sr. was said to have decapitated any hopes of returning the government back to the people. See this documentary to be released after the GCR: http://eagleonetowanta.com/
35. By 2008 another proponant of the New World Order, the Obama Administration, was in charge. Obama refused to work under a budget while ballooning the national debt with a stimulus package that didn't stimulate the economy, but more than tripled the national debt.
36. The US fast began loosing their influence as the main world reserve currency due to it's uncontrollable monetary policies, ever-growing debt and use of fiat currency.
37. Also in 2008 the Royal Dragon families became very concerned when the US could not even pay the interest on it's debt. They called in their loan on Lehman Brothers, thus causing the 2008 Mortgage Crisis.
38. By now nations of the global monetary system had alarming concern about the US national debt and US currency which had no backing, yet was being used as the main world reserve currency.
39. The Royal Dragon Families then stepped in to form BRICS, backing the currencies of nations who joined the BRICS system with their own natural resources and gold reserves of the Dragon Families.
40. Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, China and South African formed BRICS to correct the situation, and backed the world's individual currencies with gold and natural resources to conform to Basil III of the IMF. They revalued all of the world currencies and worked toward a Global Currency Reset, using revaluation of the Iraqi Dinar as a kingpin for the other world currencies to revalue.
41. By 2015 all the nations of the world except for the US and Japan had joined BRICS. Japan joined in the Fall of 2015, leaving the US as the loan holdout.
42. Around the same time that BRICS was formed (7-8 years ago) the United States Army created an interim government called the New Republic and stationed it in West Virginia. The Royal Dragon Families had demanded formation of this New Republic as a necessary step before they would back US currency with their gold in the BRICS system.
43. A New Republic interim government was formed by concerned Congress people because the Obama Administration refused to join BRICS, thus creating a dangerous situation of fiat currency where the US economy could easily collapse.
44. The New Republic went into operation near the start of 2015.
45. The New Republic had to construct a national currency but they didn’t have the gold by which they could comply with the IMF's Basil III. In April 2015 the Chinese Elders leased 100 billion in gold to the New Republic.
46. US Treasury Reserve Notes [TRNs] were created by the New Republic for use at the government level, but they’re not used on the street. Since 2015 they have been trading the new TRNs internationally, in Europe and in the Japanese Market.
47. For a monetary system that could be used by the general US public, the New Republic created what’s known as United States Notes [USNs].
48. The only difference between the new US Notes currency and the Federal Reserve Notes is that the new currency will not be charged interest.
49. The new US Note currency is like what President Kennedy had created way back in 1963 when he tried to shut down the Federal Reserve right before he was killed.
50. Kennedy's cost of trying to take down the Federal Reserve using new US Notes is explained in this documentary to be released July 4 2016 as an introduction of the New Republic: http://eagleonetowanta.com/
51. In 2012 as the Settler on a Econo Trust Lein against the Federal Reserve Bank and to prevent them from rechartering, the Federal Reserve was melded into the new United States Treasury now located in Reno Nevada.
52. Patriots like Winston Strout helped the Federal Reserve to be absorbed into the US Treasury. A recent interview with Winston Strout discussing the process is here: http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=46256&cmd=tc
53. There was a 2011 Treaty White Paper that informed finance ministers of the economical conditions of the world. As a result, Ireland challenged the banks. They said, “If you can prove that you loaned us any money, we will gladly pay you. But If you can’t, basically ‘go pound sand’!” And they held to it. They had that same thing going on with Greece. It was believed that if the right one had gotten elected in Greece they would have done this same thing as did Ireland.
54. In 2015 the New Republic (charged with protecting the Royal Dragon Family gold that backed the new US currency) located the new US Treasury in Nevada on an Indian Reservation because Indian Reservations have free trade zones.
55. In 2015 Marine Corp. General Dunford was selected to be the interim President of the New Republic because he had recently been appointed by Congress to be the Joint Chief of Staff at the Pentagon.
56. Also in 2015 when Paul Ryan replaced John Boehner as Senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the House, he did so knowing he would eventually replace Dunford as the interim President of the New Republic.
57. On Jan.1 2016 Paul Ryan replaced Dunford as interim President of the New Republic. He will remain in place as the interim US President until the Nov. 2016 elections.
58. Dunford stepped down to fill the slot as Vice President of the New Republic.
59. On March 31 2016 the US finally joined BRICS, opening the door for the New Republic to take over and dictate US monetary policy under rules as outlined in the original US Constitution.
60. The New Republic of United States government and Treasury were restored at 6:30 pm Wednesday, March 30, 2016 when the Dragon Family released funding for the New Republic (the real reason for the Chinese visit to the White House that day).
61. The Dragon Family 100 billion in gold that was leased to the new US Treasury and temporarily stored in Texas, was shipped to the new US Treasury in Reno.
62. As of March 29 2016 the USA Inc government cabal membership was being legally arrested. This was expected to continue until all known "dark agents" were rounded up.
63. Also as of March 30 2016, redemption 800#s were released to the New Republic leadership for final implementation at some unknown time. These 800#s could be released anytime per internal discretion.
64. The GCR is about to take place, along with the release of 800 numbers. The New Republic will be announced some time after the GCR has taken place, suspected to be around July 4 2016.
65. Under the New Republic the Federal Reserve is closed.
66. Under the New Republic the IRS and corrupt judges will be dealth with.
67. Under the New Republic the Bar Association and all US attorneys will have to renounce their Bar Oath to the Temple Bar of London and become lawyers, but they can’t be considered attorneys anymore.
68. The individual governments of the 50 states will remain in place.
69. The North American Union is now done. Washington D.C. has been dis-incorporated.70. Pope Francis has fired five of the Cardinals out of the Vatican Bank which controlled the world currency before instigation of BRICS.
71. The New Republic Military is in the process of reclaiming all military installations.
72. The purpose of the New US Republic is to function as a restored Constitutional Government as established pre-Civil War.
73. Announcement of the New Republic is pending, but some say it will be done on July 4 2016, along with forgiveness of bank and individual debt, plus release of this documentary: http://eagleonetowanta.com/
*Testimony and articles by Dr. Barnard’s close friend, Darrell Anderson, could not be found on Simple Liberty Bookshelf when navigating the link. ~ JDHWB-R
OCCUPY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
Joseph David Henry Ware Bryan-Royster at NatGat 2012 in Philadelphia, PA
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
IN-Community/Unity Link n' Sync: Parallel Tours Are Moving!
Translation Tour - Spring 2016
Between New York and San Francisco
There and Back Again...
Itinerary
Thursday March 31, 2016 – New York to Chicago
3:40pm – 9:45 am (Fri April 1) 19hr, 5min
49 Lake Shore Limited
Friday April 1, 2016 – Chicago to Emeryville
2:00pm – 4:10pm (Sun April 3) 52 hr, 10min
5 California Zephyr
Wednesday April 6, 2016 – Emeryville to Chicago
9:10am – 2:50pm (Fri April 8) 51hr, 40min
6 California Zephyr
Friday April 8, 2016 – Chicago to New York
9:30pm – 6:23pm (Sat April 9) 19hr, 53min
48 Lake Shore Limited
https://www.facebook.com/karnesb/videos/10208823512454160/
Itinerary
Saturday, June 18, 2016 - Springfield, MA) to New York
Thursday March 31, 2016 – New York to Chicago
3:40pm – 9:45 am (Fri April 1) 19hr, 5min
49 Lake Shore Limited
Friday April 1, 2016 – Chicago to Emeryville
2:00pm – 4:10pm (Sun April 3) 52 hr, 10min
5 California Zephyr
Wednesday April 6, 2016 – Emeryville to Chicago
9:10am – 2:50pm (Fri April 8) 51hr, 40min
6 California Zephyr
Friday April 8, 2016 – Chicago to New York
9:30pm – 6:23pm (Sat April 9) 19hr, 53min
48 Lake Shore Limited
https://www.facebook.com/karnesb/videos/10208823512454160/
Patchwork Tour - Summer 2016
Between Springfield, MA and Palatka, FL
There and Back Again...
Saturday, June 18, 2016 - Springfield, MA) to New York
6:30am - 9:50am 3hr, 20min
143 Northeast Regional
Saturday, June 18, 2016 - New York to Palatka, FL
11:02am - 8:02am (Sun June 19) 21hr, 0min
91 Silver Star
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - Palatka, FL to New York
3:29pm - 11:00am (Thu June 23) 19hr 31 min
98 Silver Meteor
Thursday, June 23, 2016 - New York to New Haven
3:30pm - 5:12pm 1hr 42min
Northeast Regional
Thursday, June 23, 2016 - New Haven to Springfield, MA
5:20pm - 6:50pm 1hr 30min
3476 Thruway Bus
This Parallel Tour is an Intention and thus far has yet to be booked, as its purpose is the exchange of my painting "Spring Equinox at Sirius Stone Circle" for a hand-sewn Coat with Patchwork Lining in Pomona Park, FL during my visit to a friend's home on the occasion of her daughter's 48th Birthday celebration at the Summer Solstice on June 20th! ~ JDHWB-R
Monday, April 4, 2016
One People of Earth IN-Community Link n' Sync Tour begins...
Open House Walking Tour at Sirius Community
& Visit to Juniper Hill Homestead!
Shanti Om Gaia led the Open House Walking Tour, with me shadowing, and two Guests came with us, Dixon & Matthew. We began in the Community Center Dining Room with an Attunement Circle led by Shanti. Then we went into the attached Greenhouse where he explained Permaculture design concepts before moving outside to the Cobb Oven (where pizza is baked) and the eating area nearby. Afterwards we took a peek into the Sauna outbuilding where on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday of every week the woodstove is fired up heating rocks atop it so water may be poured over them, produucing steam for the sauna room.
Then Shanti took us over by the original Farmhouse that came with the property when the 90-acre parcel of land was purchased in 1978, the year Sirius was founded. Next to this is the Orchard Room: first meeting space for Sirius that was once was the garage for original Farmhouse.
Then we walked to the Phoenix House: initial structure on this site, home of Gordon Davidson & Corrinne McLaughlin (the founders of Sirius), burned in the 1980s and was rebuilt by Bruce Davidson and then named after the legendary bird that burst into flames and regenerated. Next to this stands the Straw Bale Garage, where Josephine Davidson keeps her electric golf cart, and upstairs is studio space (soon to be upgraded to be residential living quarters).
Took a path alongside the Laberynth (covered by last night's April snowfall) up to the existing wind turbine (broken, needs repair) and up to the Stone Circle Sanctuary where the turning of the wheel of the year is recognized at the Equinoxes and Solstices, then by the new wind plant (still in a crate with metal tower parts nearby, not yet assembled).
We walked past The Longhouse where Bruce & Linda live, past Cranberry the Truck and Chewy the Chipper, alongside the Orchard (recently pruned), and walked through the Cobb House, which had originally been intended as a residence (kitchen is used for cooking meat, as commercial kitchen in the Community Center is approved for vegetarian cooking only). Further down from here is the Laksme Greenhouse where spring vegetables are already being harvested for green salads, etc.
Shanti described the Consensus decision making process at Sirius, conflict resolution protocol, the Residency Program, positions for Garden and Maintenance Interns, the Immersion Program, etc.
Afterwards, I went over with Dixon and Matthew to Alisande Cunningham's Juniper Hill Homestead (as time constraints of our Guests did not allow for a woods walk). I introduced them to Alisande and she brought us into her home where they met Sacha the cat and Nikita the dog, and then briefly saw a spectacular view of Mt. Toby and a panorama of the Pioneer Valley, and saw where the goats are kept on her farm (guests passed on seeing the chickens). Then they were off to Amherst, and so this quick visit to Juniper Hill was the actual first leg of the One People of Earth In-Community Link n' Sync Tour!
At 5:30 pm a Healing Circle was held for Bruce Davidson in the Longhouse, attended by Members, Residents, and people from the Hearthstone Village. This concluded with a collective hands-on Reiki healing modality for Bruce, with Christopher keeping rhythm with a Native American drum. Bruce fell over 40 feet from a tree while working in in the woods of Leverett several years ago, and in 2015 he suffered from kidney failure, went on dialysis, and then was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
It really truly is a miracle that Bruce Davidson is still walking this Earth with us! He was ready to check out during the middle of one of the coldest nights of this past winter but the Spirit of Source came upon him and said his work in this incarnation is not yet completed. We, fellow Members (full and exploring), residents, and people living in the Hearthstone Village around this Beacon of Light known as Sirius Community, that came to be here on Baker Road, as revealed by the Angel of Sirius, do fully support Bruce in his Intention to finish the work he started here among us.We lift him up in the Light of Universal Source. As Above, So Below, As Is, So Be It... And So It Is! Namaste'
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| Juniper Hill Homestead at 45 Schoolhouse Road |
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Denial is NOT a Reversal of Seasons Here... Spring Has Sprung.
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA BY C.S. LEWIS
Book One: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe begins...
LUCY LOOKS INTO A WARDROBE
ONCE there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the war because of the air-raids. They were sent to the house of an old Professor who lived in the heart of the country, ten miles from the nearest railway station and two miles from the nearest post office. He had no wife and he lived in a very large house with a housekeeper called Mrs Macready and three servants. (Their names were Ivy, Margaret and Betty, but they do not come into the story much.) He himself was a very old man with shaggy white hair which grew over most of his face as well as on his head, and they liked him almost at once; but on the first evening when he came out to meet them at the front door he was so odd-looking that Lucy (who was the youngest) was a little afraid of him, and Edmund (who was the next youngest) wanted to laugh and had to keep on pretending he was blowing his nose to hide it.
As soon as they had said good night to the Professor and gone upstairs on the first night, the boys came into the girls' room and they all talked it over.
"We've fallen on our feet and no mistake," said Peter. "This is going to be perfectly splendid. That old chap will let us do anything we like."
"I think he's an old dear," said Susan.
"Oh, come off it!" said Edmund, who was tired and pretending not to be tired, which always made him bad-tempered. "Don't go on talking like that."
"Like what?" said Susan; "and anyway, it's time you were in bed."
"Trying to talk like Mother," said Edmund. "And who are you to say when I'm to go to bed? Go to bed yourself."
"Hadn't we all better go to bed?" said Lucy. "There's sure to be a row if we're heard talking here."
"No there won't," said Peter. "I tell you this is the sort of house where no one's going to mind what we do. Anyway, they won't hear us. It's about ten minutes' walk from here down to that dining-room, and any amount of stairs and passages in between."
"What's that noise?" said Lucy suddenly. It was a far larger house than she had ever been in before and the thought of all those long passages and rows of doors leading into empty rooms was beginning to make her feel a little creepy.
"It's only a bird, silly," said Edmund.
"It's an owl," said Peter. "This is going to be a wonderful place for birds. I shall go to bed now. I say, let's go and explore tomorrow. You might find anything in a place like this. Did you see those mountains as we came along? And the woods? There might be eagles. There might be stags. There'll be hawks."
"Badgers!" said Lucy.
"Foxes!" said Edmund.
"Rabbits!" said Susan.
But when next morning came there was a steady rain falling, so thick that when you looked out of the window you could see neither the mountains nor the woods nor even the stream in the garden.
"Of course it would be raining!" said Edmund. They had just finished their breakfast with the Professor and were upstairs in the room he had set apart for them - a long, low room with two windows looking out in one direction and two in another.
"Do stop grumbling, Ed," said Susan. "Ten to one it'll clear up in an hour or so. And in the meantime we're pretty well off. There's a wireless and lots of books."
"Not for me"said Peter; "I'm going to explore in the house."
Everyone agreed to this and that was how the adventures began. It was the sort of house that you never seem to come to the end of, and it was full of unexpected places. The first few doors they tried led only into spare bedrooms, as everyone had expected that they would; but soon they came to a very long room full of pictures and there they found a suit of armour; and after that was a room all hung with green, with a harp in one corner; and then came three steps down and five steps up, and then a kind of little upstairs hall and a door that led out on to a balcony, and then a whole series of rooms that led into each other and were lined with books - most of them very old books and some bigger than a Bible in a church. And shortly after that they looked into a room that was quite empty except for one big wardrobe; the sort that has a looking-glass in the door. There was nothing else in the room at all except a dead blue-bottle on the window-sill.
"Nothing there!" said Peter, and they all trooped out again - all except Lucy. She stayed behind because she thought it would be worth while trying the door of the wardrobe, even though she felt almost sure that it would be locked. To her surprise it opened quite easily, and two moth-balls dropped out.
Looking into the inside, she saw several coats hanging up - mostly long fur coats. There was nothing Lucy liked so much as the smell and feel of fur. She immediately stepped into the wardrobe and got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them, leaving the door open, of course, because she knew that it is very foolish to shut oneself into any wardrobe. Soon she went further in and found that there was a second row of coats hanging up behind the first one. It was almost quite dark in there and she kept her arms stretched out in front of her so as not to bump her face into the back of the wardrobe. She took a step further in - then two or three steps always expecting to feel woodwork against the tips of her fingers. But she could not feel it.
"This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!" thought Lucy, going still further in and pushing the soft folds of the coats aside to make room for her. Then she noticed that there was something crunching under her feet. "I wonder is that more mothballs?" she thought, stooping down to feel it with her hand. But instead of feeling the hard, smooth wood of the floor of the wardrobe, she felt something soft and powdery and extremely cold. "This is very queer," she said, and went on a step or two further.
Next moment she found that what was rubbing against her face and hands was no longer soft fur but something hard and rough and even prickly. "Why, it is just like branches of trees!" exclaimed Lucy. And then she saw that there was a light ahead of her; not a few inches away where the back of the wardrobe ought to have been, but a long way off. Something cold and soft was falling on her. A moment later she found that she was standing in the middle of a wood at night-time with snow under her feet and snowflakes falling through the air.
Lucy felt a little frightened, but she felt very inquisitive and excited as well. She looked back over her shoulder and there, between the dark tree trunks; she could still see the open doorway of the wardrobe and even catch a glimpse of the empty room from which she had set out. (She had, of course, left the door open, for she knew that it is a very silly thing to shut oneself into a wardrobe.) It seemed to be still daylight there. "I can always get back if anything goes wrong," thought Lucy. She began to walk forward, crunch-crunch over the snow and through the wood towards the other light. In about ten minutes she reached it and found it was a lamp-post. As she stood looking at it, wondering why there was a lamp-post in the middle of a wood and wondering what to do next, she heard a pitter patter of feet coming towards her. And soon after that a very strange person stepped out from among the trees into the light of the lamp-post.
He was only a little taller than Lucy herself and he carried over his head an umbrella, white with snow. From the waist upwards he was like a man, but his legs were shaped like a goat's (the hair on them was glossy black) and instead of feet he had goat's hoofs. He also had a tail, but Lucy did not notice this at first because it was neatly caught up over the arm that held the umbrella so as to keep it from trailing in the snow. He had a red woollen muffler round his neck and his skin was rather reddish too. He had a strange, but pleasant little face, with a short pointed beard and curly hair, and out of the hair there stuck two horns, one on each side of his forehead. One of his hands, as I have said, held the umbrella: in the other arm he carried several brown-paper parcels. What with the parcels and the snow it looked just as if he had been doing his Christmas shopping. He was a Faun. And when he saw Lucy he gave such a start of surprise that he dropped all his parcels.
"Goodness gracious me!" exclaimed the Faun.
As soon as they had said good night to the Professor and gone upstairs on the first night, the boys came into the girls' room and they all talked it over.
"We've fallen on our feet and no mistake," said Peter. "This is going to be perfectly splendid. That old chap will let us do anything we like."
"I think he's an old dear," said Susan.
"Oh, come off it!" said Edmund, who was tired and pretending not to be tired, which always made him bad-tempered. "Don't go on talking like that."
"Like what?" said Susan; "and anyway, it's time you were in bed."
"Trying to talk like Mother," said Edmund. "And who are you to say when I'm to go to bed? Go to bed yourself."
"Hadn't we all better go to bed?" said Lucy. "There's sure to be a row if we're heard talking here."
"No there won't," said Peter. "I tell you this is the sort of house where no one's going to mind what we do. Anyway, they won't hear us. It's about ten minutes' walk from here down to that dining-room, and any amount of stairs and passages in between."
"What's that noise?" said Lucy suddenly. It was a far larger house than she had ever been in before and the thought of all those long passages and rows of doors leading into empty rooms was beginning to make her feel a little creepy.
"It's only a bird, silly," said Edmund.
"It's an owl," said Peter. "This is going to be a wonderful place for birds. I shall go to bed now. I say, let's go and explore tomorrow. You might find anything in a place like this. Did you see those mountains as we came along? And the woods? There might be eagles. There might be stags. There'll be hawks."
"Badgers!" said Lucy.
"Foxes!" said Edmund.
"Rabbits!" said Susan.
But when next morning came there was a steady rain falling, so thick that when you looked out of the window you could see neither the mountains nor the woods nor even the stream in the garden.
"Of course it would be raining!" said Edmund. They had just finished their breakfast with the Professor and were upstairs in the room he had set apart for them - a long, low room with two windows looking out in one direction and two in another.
"Do stop grumbling, Ed," said Susan. "Ten to one it'll clear up in an hour or so. And in the meantime we're pretty well off. There's a wireless and lots of books."
"Not for me"said Peter; "I'm going to explore in the house."
Everyone agreed to this and that was how the adventures began. It was the sort of house that you never seem to come to the end of, and it was full of unexpected places. The first few doors they tried led only into spare bedrooms, as everyone had expected that they would; but soon they came to a very long room full of pictures and there they found a suit of armour; and after that was a room all hung with green, with a harp in one corner; and then came three steps down and five steps up, and then a kind of little upstairs hall and a door that led out on to a balcony, and then a whole series of rooms that led into each other and were lined with books - most of them very old books and some bigger than a Bible in a church. And shortly after that they looked into a room that was quite empty except for one big wardrobe; the sort that has a looking-glass in the door. There was nothing else in the room at all except a dead blue-bottle on the window-sill.
"Nothing there!" said Peter, and they all trooped out again - all except Lucy. She stayed behind because she thought it would be worth while trying the door of the wardrobe, even though she felt almost sure that it would be locked. To her surprise it opened quite easily, and two moth-balls dropped out.
Looking into the inside, she saw several coats hanging up - mostly long fur coats. There was nothing Lucy liked so much as the smell and feel of fur. She immediately stepped into the wardrobe and got in among the coats and rubbed her face against them, leaving the door open, of course, because she knew that it is very foolish to shut oneself into any wardrobe. Soon she went further in and found that there was a second row of coats hanging up behind the first one. It was almost quite dark in there and she kept her arms stretched out in front of her so as not to bump her face into the back of the wardrobe. She took a step further in - then two or three steps always expecting to feel woodwork against the tips of her fingers. But she could not feel it.
"This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!" thought Lucy, going still further in and pushing the soft folds of the coats aside to make room for her. Then she noticed that there was something crunching under her feet. "I wonder is that more mothballs?" she thought, stooping down to feel it with her hand. But instead of feeling the hard, smooth wood of the floor of the wardrobe, she felt something soft and powdery and extremely cold. "This is very queer," she said, and went on a step or two further.
Next moment she found that what was rubbing against her face and hands was no longer soft fur but something hard and rough and even prickly. "Why, it is just like branches of trees!" exclaimed Lucy. And then she saw that there was a light ahead of her; not a few inches away where the back of the wardrobe ought to have been, but a long way off. Something cold and soft was falling on her. A moment later she found that she was standing in the middle of a wood at night-time with snow under her feet and snowflakes falling through the air.
Lucy felt a little frightened, but she felt very inquisitive and excited as well. She looked back over her shoulder and there, between the dark tree trunks; she could still see the open doorway of the wardrobe and even catch a glimpse of the empty room from which she had set out. (She had, of course, left the door open, for she knew that it is a very silly thing to shut oneself into a wardrobe.) It seemed to be still daylight there. "I can always get back if anything goes wrong," thought Lucy. She began to walk forward, crunch-crunch over the snow and through the wood towards the other light. In about ten minutes she reached it and found it was a lamp-post. As she stood looking at it, wondering why there was a lamp-post in the middle of a wood and wondering what to do next, she heard a pitter patter of feet coming towards her. And soon after that a very strange person stepped out from among the trees into the light of the lamp-post.
He was only a little taller than Lucy herself and he carried over his head an umbrella, white with snow. From the waist upwards he was like a man, but his legs were shaped like a goat's (the hair on them was glossy black) and instead of feet he had goat's hoofs. He also had a tail, but Lucy did not notice this at first because it was neatly caught up over the arm that held the umbrella so as to keep it from trailing in the snow. He had a red woollen muffler round his neck and his skin was rather reddish too. He had a strange, but pleasant little face, with a short pointed beard and curly hair, and out of the hair there stuck two horns, one on each side of his forehead. One of his hands, as I have said, held the umbrella: in the other arm he carried several brown-paper parcels. What with the parcels and the snow it looked just as if he had been doing his Christmas shopping. He was a Faun. And when he saw Lucy he gave such a start of surprise that he dropped all his parcels.
"Goodness gracious me!" exclaimed the Faun.
Today the One People of Earth IN-Community/Unity Link n' Sync Tour began with a Walk through Sirius Community for Open House Sunday followed by a brief visit to Juniper Hill Farm on Schoolhouse Road: the rural homestead of Alisande Cunningham listed in the Communities Directory published by the Fellowship for Intentional Community ~ JDHWB-R
Saturday, April 2, 2016
1st T-Shirt for IN-Community/Unity Link 'n Sync Tour is Ready!
On Thursday, I stopped in Hadley,
MA at Custom Tees in the Hampshire Mall and made my 1st promotional
T-shirt for the IN-Community/Unity Link 'n Sync Tour. This shirt is the
same color, Kelly Green with White Lettering Font that matches the
promotional shirts through Bonfire Funds that will initially cover Tour
expenses for me as they sell online here: https://www.bonfirefunds.com/
Here's my public page for promoting the T-shirts campaign on Facebook to start:
https://www.bonfirefunds.com/
Namaste', Joseph
Friday, April 1, 2016
ZERO POINT: SPACE BETWEEN GRAVITY AND LEVITY...
PROCESSION OF THE ARCHETYPES:
Evolutionary Journey of The Fool through the World
Symbology of the Twenty-Two Major Arcana Trumps in the Universal Rider-Waite Tarot
Imagery used in this analysis was drawn from the Universal Waite Tarot Deck; distributed exclusively by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Imagery used in this analysis was drawn from the Universal Waite Tarot Deck; distributed exclusively by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Intuitive interpretations by Joseph H. Bryan-Royster, Ph.D.
0 - THE FOOL
Process of Transit from Ignorance to Awareness (Shin; Air, Uranus)
The Quest for Enlightenment....
Traveler setting forth on the journey of life - young, innocent, unknowing of pitfalls and temptations thereof. The sun, i.e. knowledge of his origin as a ray of the infinite source (God) manifest in human form to work through the physical plane, is behind him. He may know it is there but is unaware of its real meaning so therefore he is walking away from it. Before him is the precipice, trap of the material world, awaiting his step over the edge and fall into imbalance. But, he sees it not, as his eyes are upon the beautiful vista; illusion caused by inexperience and blindness regarding Universal Laws. The dog at his heels is bounding and appears to be excited about the journey and equally unaware of the pitfall ahead as he is in a leaping mode and following his master's footsteps. The traveler is well-dressed, meaning that internally and externally he has everything he needs to take on this journey. He carries a purse on a stick representing his pack of provisions; resources or equivalent means to see his way through the travels ahead. Also, he holds a white rose signifying the eternal Life Principle which will bring him successfully through the trials he encounters during the course of his journey to the ultimate fulfillment of his destiny.
The Quest for Enlightenment....
Traveler setting forth on the journey of life - young, innocent, unknowing of pitfalls and temptations thereof. The sun, i.e. knowledge of his origin as a ray of the infinite source (God) manifest in human form to work through the physical plane, is behind him. He may know it is there but is unaware of its real meaning so therefore he is walking away from it. Before him is the precipice, trap of the material world, awaiting his step over the edge and fall into imbalance. But, he sees it not, as his eyes are upon the beautiful vista; illusion caused by inexperience and blindness regarding Universal Laws. The dog at his heels is bounding and appears to be excited about the journey and equally unaware of the pitfall ahead as he is in a leaping mode and following his master's footsteps. The traveler is well-dressed, meaning that internally and externally he has everything he needs to take on this journey. He carries a purse on a stick representing his pack of provisions; resources or equivalent means to see his way through the travels ahead. Also, he holds a white rose signifying the eternal Life Principle which will bring him successfully through the trials he encounters during the course of his journey to the ultimate fulfillment of his destiny.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Joker, The Jester, The Cuckold, The Clown, The Piper, The Beggar, The Village Idiot, The Wanderer, The Hitchhiker
State of Mind: Thoughtlessness, Folly, Extravagance, Lack of discipline, Immaturity, Irrationality, Insecurity, Frivolity, Delirium, Frenzy, Enthusiasm, Naivete, Bad decision, Indecision, Apathy, Hesitation, Lack of consideration, Unrestrained excess, Carelessness in promises, Beginning adventure, Precipice of life, Excitement
State of Mind: Thoughtlessness, Folly, Extravagance, Lack of discipline, Immaturity, Irrationality, Insecurity, Frivolity, Delirium, Frenzy, Enthusiasm, Naivete, Bad decision, Indecision, Apathy, Hesitation, Lack of consideration, Unrestrained excess, Carelessness in promises, Beginning adventure, Precipice of life, Excitement
Manifestation of the Elements....
The potential has been realized through trial and error with the end result being perfection of technique. The skill is there to bring plans to manifestation and therefore demonstrate Positive application. He is in total command of his environment both spiritually and physically; the Infinity sign over his head indicating that he is aware of Karmic Balance and has attained the mastery of the Elements represented by the four suit significators upon the table: Wands - Fire; Swords - Air; Cups - Water; Pentacles - Earth. His right hand holds a mentally charged wand aloft, pointed upward toward the sky as his left hand, via pointed index finger, is aimed downward towards Earth; this representing the Hermetic principle of "As Above, So Below". The Magician is the next step beyond the Fool, as he is the student of Metaphysical Science in pursuit of a Doctorate in his field; earning his degree through study, meditation, and application. He is able to instruct through Demonstration, using the tools of his profession which are laid upon the table. He once was ignorant but through the experience of taking the Fool's "step of faith" over the edge and into the unknown he has made a decision to master the Four Elements and therefore seek to balance his personal Karma. He is making his way along the road toward eventual Spiritual Synthesis, i.e. The World, obedience to the Golden Rule being a learned trait and therefore the empowerment behind his applications. His skill in his practice of his Art is proof of this.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Juggler, The Magus.
State of Mind: Originality, Creativity, Imagination, Self-reliance, Spontaneity, Self-confidence, Ingenuity, Flexibility, Mastery, Self-control, Deception, Sleight of hand, Willpower, Skill, Initiative, Dexterity, Craft, Guile, Capability, Trickery, Misleading, Theft
2 - THE HIGH PRIESTESS - Intuition Spawning Spiritual Rebirth (Bet; Moon)
Influenced by the Etheric Realm....
The Spiritual Reality within the Soul of every individual incarnated and functioning through the material world. To pass beyond the cycle of physical rebirth, Spiritual rebirth must occur. She is the guardian of the Mystery Temple of Solomon; Protectress of the Secret Wisdom that lifts human consciousness from the depths of materialism to the heights of illumination. She is seated between two columns, or choices in life: Darkness and Light. Therefore she represents the eternal Balance between these two opposing forces. The veil is suspended between these two columns and that which is behind it is barely visible; i.e. a body of water. It represents the Inner Sanctum or "Holy of Holies". The only way to access the symbolic Mercy Seat is to undergo the true Baptism; total immersion and re-emergence, i.e. Spiritual death and rebirth while incarnate physically. This is the only means for breaking the Karmic cycle of reincarnation. The High Priestess reveals the truth of this reality via reflection in the cyclical nature of life, i.e. changes of seasons, alternation of Darkness and Light, and the phases of the Moon (represented in crescent form at her feet). The Inner Law, which is the true Tora shown by the scroll in her lap, is available to those who are ready to die to the material world and be resurrected into the Spiritual world. Her wisdom is the Key which must be understood for the Fool to comprehend meaning behind the experimentation of the Magician in order to advance toward Mastery; for blindness to become sight.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Popess, The Lady Pope, Pope Joan, The Virgin, Mary, Eve, Astarte, Evolved form of Hecate
State of Mind: Wisdom, Sound judgment, Common sense, Serenity, Objectivity, Penetration, Foresight, Intuition, Perception, Lacking Emotion, Platonic relationships, Ignorance, Shortsightedness, Selfishness, Passion, Acceptance of superficial knowledge, Improper judgment, Learning, Understanding, Hidden emotion, Reserve, Lack of patience
The Spiritual Reality within the Soul of every individual incarnated and functioning through the material world. To pass beyond the cycle of physical rebirth, Spiritual rebirth must occur. She is the guardian of the Mystery Temple of Solomon; Protectress of the Secret Wisdom that lifts human consciousness from the depths of materialism to the heights of illumination. She is seated between two columns, or choices in life: Darkness and Light. Therefore she represents the eternal Balance between these two opposing forces. The veil is suspended between these two columns and that which is behind it is barely visible; i.e. a body of water. It represents the Inner Sanctum or "Holy of Holies". The only way to access the symbolic Mercy Seat is to undergo the true Baptism; total immersion and re-emergence, i.e. Spiritual death and rebirth while incarnate physically. This is the only means for breaking the Karmic cycle of reincarnation. The High Priestess reveals the truth of this reality via reflection in the cyclical nature of life, i.e. changes of seasons, alternation of Darkness and Light, and the phases of the Moon (represented in crescent form at her feet). The Inner Law, which is the true Tora shown by the scroll in her lap, is available to those who are ready to die to the material world and be resurrected into the Spiritual world. Her wisdom is the Key which must be understood for the Fool to comprehend meaning behind the experimentation of the Magician in order to advance toward Mastery; for blindness to become sight.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Popess, The Lady Pope, Pope Joan, The Virgin, Mary, Eve, Astarte, Evolved form of Hecate
State of Mind: Wisdom, Sound judgment, Common sense, Serenity, Objectivity, Penetration, Foresight, Intuition, Perception, Lacking Emotion, Platonic relationships, Ignorance, Shortsightedness, Selfishness, Passion, Acceptance of superficial knowledge, Improper judgment, Learning, Understanding, Hidden emotion, Reserve, Lack of patience
3 - THE EMPRESS - Generative Energy of Natural Creativity (Ghimmel; Venus)
Nurtured by Evolution....
Creative Force; the Female Principle. Reproduction, Fertility, Regeneration and Renewal. Mother Earth; Nature. The Empress is seated in the midst of natural abundance with ripened wheat at her feet, a forest behind her, and the River of Life to irrigate both. The hieroglyph of Venus, symbol of the Female principle, is inscribed on a heart leaning against her throne. She is the image of Fertility; the creative Life Force that perpetuates the continuity of life forms on the planet. The twelve stars in her crown signify the twelve Houses in a natal Horoscope, the twelve Signs of the Zodiac, the twelve months in a year; corresponding to the complete cycle of all the astrological influences as they apply to the seasonal changes effecting Earth. She is Mother Nature; guardian of the natural process and rhythms of growth and procreation. The globe on her scepter is the Earth and application of renewal through natural germination; regeneration being represented by the scepter itself, as the Empress is ruler of these elements and symbolic embodiment of natural law in human form. Her beauty is that which is reflected in the products of Nature; the trees, the flowers, the birds, animals, and also human evolution. The impulses of attraction, procreation, nurturing of babies, raising children, guiding through adolescence, and leading forth offspring as adults for continuation of this process; these all being aspects of the Empress' domain as preserver of the Natural Cycle that perpetuates Life on Earth. PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Virgin, The Great Mother, Mother Nature.
State of Mind: Fruitfulness, Accomplishment, Female Influence, Ability to motivate others, Practicality, Vacillation, Inaction, Lack of interest, Lack of concentration, Delay, Anxiety, Infertility, Action, Development, Progress, Fertility, Attainment, Subterfuge, Tears, Harassment, Nagging, Sensuality
Creative Force; the Female Principle. Reproduction, Fertility, Regeneration and Renewal. Mother Earth; Nature. The Empress is seated in the midst of natural abundance with ripened wheat at her feet, a forest behind her, and the River of Life to irrigate both. The hieroglyph of Venus, symbol of the Female principle, is inscribed on a heart leaning against her throne. She is the image of Fertility; the creative Life Force that perpetuates the continuity of life forms on the planet. The twelve stars in her crown signify the twelve Houses in a natal Horoscope, the twelve Signs of the Zodiac, the twelve months in a year; corresponding to the complete cycle of all the astrological influences as they apply to the seasonal changes effecting Earth. She is Mother Nature; guardian of the natural process and rhythms of growth and procreation. The globe on her scepter is the Earth and application of renewal through natural germination; regeneration being represented by the scepter itself, as the Empress is ruler of these elements and symbolic embodiment of natural law in human form. Her beauty is that which is reflected in the products of Nature; the trees, the flowers, the birds, animals, and also human evolution. The impulses of attraction, procreation, nurturing of babies, raising children, guiding through adolescence, and leading forth offspring as adults for continuation of this process; these all being aspects of the Empress' domain as preserver of the Natural Cycle that perpetuates Life on Earth. PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Virgin, The Great Mother, Mother Nature.
State of Mind: Fruitfulness, Accomplishment, Female Influence, Ability to motivate others, Practicality, Vacillation, Inaction, Lack of interest, Lack of concentration, Delay, Anxiety, Infertility, Action, Development, Progress, Fertility, Attainment, Subterfuge, Tears, Harassment, Nagging, Sensuality
4 - THE EMPEROR - Manifestation in Time and Space (Dalet; Aries)
Bounded by Limitation....
Cyclical Process: The Time Element which is the counterbalance of Life growth; that which represents the authority of the axiom, "A Time to be Born, a Time to Die." The regenerative Force behind The Empress. Elemental Energy which motivates the expression of Nature; the Male principle. Time and the limitation it implies; the authority of physical and mental forces which offset those of The Empress. Terms of life; i.e. all that is born into Nature dies and is returned to the dust from whence it came. Entropy as the opposite of creativity, but the "silver lining" of this is the seed of new Life impregnated into Nature which perpetuates the process of Life. The Active principle as opposed to the Passive principle of The Empress. He is seated on a stone throne, which represents Authority and all the implications thereof. He is the representative image of Father Time; in charge of the seed and the withdrawal of the Life Force when the period of Life is done. The ram's heads on the back and arms of the throne are symbolic of the astrological sign Aries, being the sign at the cusp of the Vernal Equinox; initiator of a new Cycle as indicated by the Four Seasons commencing with Spring. Male reproductive energy impregnating the female vessel for procreation which assures the continuity of Life. The Emperor's left hand holds the Globe, instead of the right hand as shown with The Empress, and the Globe is resting in his palm with scepter separate and held in his right hand, instead of atop the scepter as The Empress displays it. This demonstrates male protective energy generated by the presence of this Archetype.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Father of Civilization, Father Time.
State of Mind: Realization, Accomplishment, Worldly power, Wealth, Stability, Authority, Indomitable spirit, Endurance, Leadership, Male influence, Direct Pressure, Dominance, Lack of consideration, Confidence, War-making tendencies, Domination of intelligence and reason, Conquest, Victory, Government, Energy, Megalomania, Rashness
Cyclical Process: The Time Element which is the counterbalance of Life growth; that which represents the authority of the axiom, "A Time to be Born, a Time to Die." The regenerative Force behind The Empress. Elemental Energy which motivates the expression of Nature; the Male principle. Time and the limitation it implies; the authority of physical and mental forces which offset those of The Empress. Terms of life; i.e. all that is born into Nature dies and is returned to the dust from whence it came. Entropy as the opposite of creativity, but the "silver lining" of this is the seed of new Life impregnated into Nature which perpetuates the process of Life. The Active principle as opposed to the Passive principle of The Empress. He is seated on a stone throne, which represents Authority and all the implications thereof. He is the representative image of Father Time; in charge of the seed and the withdrawal of the Life Force when the period of Life is done. The ram's heads on the back and arms of the throne are symbolic of the astrological sign Aries, being the sign at the cusp of the Vernal Equinox; initiator of a new Cycle as indicated by the Four Seasons commencing with Spring. Male reproductive energy impregnating the female vessel for procreation which assures the continuity of Life. The Emperor's left hand holds the Globe, instead of the right hand as shown with The Empress, and the Globe is resting in his palm with scepter separate and held in his right hand, instead of atop the scepter as The Empress displays it. This demonstrates male protective energy generated by the presence of this Archetype.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Father of Civilization, Father Time.
State of Mind: Realization, Accomplishment, Worldly power, Wealth, Stability, Authority, Indomitable spirit, Endurance, Leadership, Male influence, Direct Pressure, Dominance, Lack of consideration, Confidence, War-making tendencies, Domination of intelligence and reason, Conquest, Victory, Government, Energy, Megalomania, Rashness
5 - THE HIEROPHANT - Outward Instruction of Inner Truth (He; Taurus)
Taught through Ritual....
Religious Doctrine: External Symbols of internal Reality. The only way to see beyond the outward form of the Hierophant's teachings is to change one's perspective, i.e. Inner Truth being the hidden cause behind manifestation in outward reality. This Archetypal Figure represents the external Form and function of the internal Mysteries. Also known as The Pope, he stands for established religious practice, ritual, and fundamental principles thereof. The Triple Cross in his right hand is an outward symbol of The Christ; Crucifixion of Body, Soul, and Spirit to be resurrected as Body, Soul, and Spirit in union with God. The left hand signifies the distinction between revealed and concealed Mysteries. For those who are in the world and have yet to realize the Hermetic principle of "As Above, So Below," the major religions and basic, or fundamental Teachings serve as a signpost for entry through the Gate of personal commitment to be instructed by God via internal Illumination. The Crossed Keys are indicative of the Written Teachings, i.e. Scriptures, and ritual Ceremonies of religious practice and Doctrine intersecting with the intuitive Guidance of the Universal Source from the center of one's Being. One key is external and one key is internal; one being the function of the other. The Hierophant stands as a barrier to those who are yet unable to comprehend the True creative Life principles and therefore the External Teaching is all that they receive. However, if they can pass beyond the Form via choice to join the Spirit of Illumination radiating from within their Souls then the High Priestess is waiting to reveal the heretofore hidden Mysteries inscribed in the Scroll she is holding in reserve for those who are truly ready.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Pope, The High Priest.
State of Mind: Ritual, Mercy, Kindness, Forgiveness, Inspiration, Compassion, Servitude, Inactivity, Timidity, Overt reserve, Captivity to one's own ideas, Tendency to cling to outdated ideas, Conformity, Good advice, Alliance, Humility, Divine wisdom, Teaching, Help from superiors, Patience, Organization, Peace
Religious Doctrine: External Symbols of internal Reality. The only way to see beyond the outward form of the Hierophant's teachings is to change one's perspective, i.e. Inner Truth being the hidden cause behind manifestation in outward reality. This Archetypal Figure represents the external Form and function of the internal Mysteries. Also known as The Pope, he stands for established religious practice, ritual, and fundamental principles thereof. The Triple Cross in his right hand is an outward symbol of The Christ; Crucifixion of Body, Soul, and Spirit to be resurrected as Body, Soul, and Spirit in union with God. The left hand signifies the distinction between revealed and concealed Mysteries. For those who are in the world and have yet to realize the Hermetic principle of "As Above, So Below," the major religions and basic, or fundamental Teachings serve as a signpost for entry through the Gate of personal commitment to be instructed by God via internal Illumination. The Crossed Keys are indicative of the Written Teachings, i.e. Scriptures, and ritual Ceremonies of religious practice and Doctrine intersecting with the intuitive Guidance of the Universal Source from the center of one's Being. One key is external and one key is internal; one being the function of the other. The Hierophant stands as a barrier to those who are yet unable to comprehend the True creative Life principles and therefore the External Teaching is all that they receive. However, if they can pass beyond the Form via choice to join the Spirit of Illumination radiating from within their Souls then the High Priestess is waiting to reveal the heretofore hidden Mysteries inscribed in the Scroll she is holding in reserve for those who are truly ready.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Pope, The High Priest.
State of Mind: Ritual, Mercy, Kindness, Forgiveness, Inspiration, Compassion, Servitude, Inactivity, Timidity, Overt reserve, Captivity to one's own ideas, Tendency to cling to outdated ideas, Conformity, Good advice, Alliance, Humility, Divine wisdom, Teaching, Help from superiors, Patience, Organization, Peace
6 - THE LOVERS - Decision as the Exercise of Free Will (Wau; Gemini)
Presented with Options....
The principle and process of Free Will; the ability to deal with choices, especially regarding human Love with the understanding of both Positive and Negative aspects of the possibilities thereof. The concept of human Love in the Divine sense, i.e. the complete cycle of Innocence, Fall into Temptation, and Restoration. This is symbolized by the Man with the Tree of Life; one in union with God but without recognition of the concept of Free Will. Also, by the Woman with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil; whereas Free Will is exercised through experimentation in the material world; i.e. Trial and Error, Cause and Effect. These energies are joined by the angel hovering above them, indicative of God's ultimate provision of the way of Return via internal Illumination, i.e. recognition of the regenerative Power of God within the center of human Consciousness because we are never separate from our Creator in Reality. The Separation is an illusion generated by our choice to experience the understanding of Free Will; a God-given attribute of humanity. The reason behind the division of human Souls, reflected in Male and Female Form, is the evolution of this understanding through Reincarnation; successive procreation of the Human Race generation to generation, being the physical equivalent thereof and thus perpetuating the existence of human Life on Earth. The mountain in the background is a physical symbol of the Holy Mountain, i.e. Sinai where Moses received the Tablets from God, as a directional for keeping the Mind aspiring toward Spirit.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Marriage, Adam and Eve.
State of Mind: Love, Beauty, Perfection, Harmony, Trust, Romance, Deep feeling, Optimism, Freedom of emotion, Struggle between sacred and profane love, Unanimity, Trials overcome, Confidence, Temptation, Infatuation, Tendency toward optimism, Oblivious to possible consequences, Openness to inspiration, Intelligence, Attraction, Self-contradiction, Superficiality
The principle and process of Free Will; the ability to deal with choices, especially regarding human Love with the understanding of both Positive and Negative aspects of the possibilities thereof. The concept of human Love in the Divine sense, i.e. the complete cycle of Innocence, Fall into Temptation, and Restoration. This is symbolized by the Man with the Tree of Life; one in union with God but without recognition of the concept of Free Will. Also, by the Woman with the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil; whereas Free Will is exercised through experimentation in the material world; i.e. Trial and Error, Cause and Effect. These energies are joined by the angel hovering above them, indicative of God's ultimate provision of the way of Return via internal Illumination, i.e. recognition of the regenerative Power of God within the center of human Consciousness because we are never separate from our Creator in Reality. The Separation is an illusion generated by our choice to experience the understanding of Free Will; a God-given attribute of humanity. The reason behind the division of human Souls, reflected in Male and Female Form, is the evolution of this understanding through Reincarnation; successive procreation of the Human Race generation to generation, being the physical equivalent thereof and thus perpetuating the existence of human Life on Earth. The mountain in the background is a physical symbol of the Holy Mountain, i.e. Sinai where Moses received the Tablets from God, as a directional for keeping the Mind aspiring toward Spirit.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Marriage, Adam and Eve.
State of Mind: Love, Beauty, Perfection, Harmony, Trust, Romance, Deep feeling, Optimism, Freedom of emotion, Struggle between sacred and profane love, Unanimity, Trials overcome, Confidence, Temptation, Infatuation, Tendency toward optimism, Oblivious to possible consequences, Openness to inspiration, Intelligence, Attraction, Self-contradiction, Superficiality
7 - THE CHARIOT - Control of the Material Elements (Zain; Cancer)
Manipulates the Physical World....
Physical Mastery; the Forces of Nature are under control, but the Spiritual drive behind them is not understood. An invisible barrier stands between the mind of Man and the Mind of God, and this blinds the Charioteer, thus preventing his conscious realization of union with the Source, Victory in the material sense, on all levels. Mastery of the Elements, but not the Spirit which Guides them, therefore the Chariot rides in service to a higher authority even though the driver might presume that he is in complete control. The external manifestations of the World are his domain and the travels thereof and successful pursuit of aims within it are shown via this card. Triumph in this arena is within the Charioteer's grasp. The Dark and Light Sphinxes that draw the vehicle are beyond the driver's control, as there are no visible reins connecting the Charioteer to his means of locomotion. Therefore he is unaware of the True Guidance involved in his travels. The colors of the Sphinxes, which are representative of this, show the natural physical perception in the light of the White Beast yet the blindness regarding Spiritual matters in the darkness of the Black Beast. The Castles behind each Sphinx represent the Kingdoms thereof; the ramparts of the Fortress, his reality, shown behind the White Sphinx and the Castle of Peace, without ramparts, behind the Black Sphinx. God's Reality, as known by the Spiritually aware remains hidden from him. The Charioteer may stand before the Hierophant, but not in the presence of the High Priestess.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Car, Ezekiel's Chariot, Apollo's Chariot.
State of Mind: Adversity possibly already overcome, Conflicting influences, Turmoil, Vengeance, Success, Possible voyage or journey, Escape, Rushing to a decision, Need to pay attention to details, Urgency to gain control of one's emotions, Difficulty, Trouble, Outside factors, Perplexity, Triumph, Failure, Defeat, Chaos, Fleeing from reality, Obedience, Faithfulness, Health
Physical Mastery; the Forces of Nature are under control, but the Spiritual drive behind them is not understood. An invisible barrier stands between the mind of Man and the Mind of God, and this blinds the Charioteer, thus preventing his conscious realization of union with the Source, Victory in the material sense, on all levels. Mastery of the Elements, but not the Spirit which Guides them, therefore the Chariot rides in service to a higher authority even though the driver might presume that he is in complete control. The external manifestations of the World are his domain and the travels thereof and successful pursuit of aims within it are shown via this card. Triumph in this arena is within the Charioteer's grasp. The Dark and Light Sphinxes that draw the vehicle are beyond the driver's control, as there are no visible reins connecting the Charioteer to his means of locomotion. Therefore he is unaware of the True Guidance involved in his travels. The colors of the Sphinxes, which are representative of this, show the natural physical perception in the light of the White Beast yet the blindness regarding Spiritual matters in the darkness of the Black Beast. The Castles behind each Sphinx represent the Kingdoms thereof; the ramparts of the Fortress, his reality, shown behind the White Sphinx and the Castle of Peace, without ramparts, behind the Black Sphinx. God's Reality, as known by the Spiritually aware remains hidden from him. The Charioteer may stand before the Hierophant, but not in the presence of the High Priestess.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Car, Ezekiel's Chariot, Apollo's Chariot.
State of Mind: Adversity possibly already overcome, Conflicting influences, Turmoil, Vengeance, Success, Possible voyage or journey, Escape, Rushing to a decision, Need to pay attention to details, Urgency to gain control of one's emotions, Difficulty, Trouble, Outside factors, Perplexity, Triumph, Failure, Defeat, Chaos, Fleeing from reality, Obedience, Faithfulness, Health
8 - STRENGTH - Transmutation of the Elements (Kaf; Leo) ~ Alternate: 11
Invokes Mind over Matter....
Power in Harmony. The True Balance in Nature; Spirit over Flesh, Mind over Matter. Strength over material Weakness inherent in the Body. The power of Mastery of the Elements as directed by the Spirit within; symbolized by the Infinity insignia above the Woman's head. She is keenly aware of the Psychic as well as Material realms, for the knowledge of Occult or Metaphysical Science (as understood by the Magician) is within her. She would be unable to physically subdue the Lion, symbolic of the physical nature of consciousness impregnating matter, without Divine assistance guiding her. The trials of material existence would be too great for her to oppose. Yet, the image presented shows the Lion already subdued and the Woman is in control of the situation. The wreath and garland of flowers adorning her represents the harmonic Balance of the creative process; another indication that the Spirit of Universal Mind guides her actions. All power is accessed from within, and it can therefore be seen that She and the Lion are One. Her Animal Nature has been tamed and she is able to walk through Life victorious. The senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch are directed by the sixth sense, intuition, thus resulting in perfect Harmony. This is the True Meaning of Strength or Fortitude. Aliester Crowley's use of the word "Lust" to describe this Archetype can be confusing semantically but in actuality means "Drive."
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Fortitude, Force, Lust.
State of Mind: Strength, Courage, Conviction, Resolution, Defiance, Confidence, Zeal, Matter over mind, Mind over matter, Fortitude, Fervor, Physical strength, Use of magical power, Control of the life force, Weakness, Pettiness, Impotence, Sickness, Lack of faith, Abuse of power, Succumbing to temptation, Indifference
Power in Harmony. The True Balance in Nature; Spirit over Flesh, Mind over Matter. Strength over material Weakness inherent in the Body. The power of Mastery of the Elements as directed by the Spirit within; symbolized by the Infinity insignia above the Woman's head. She is keenly aware of the Psychic as well as Material realms, for the knowledge of Occult or Metaphysical Science (as understood by the Magician) is within her. She would be unable to physically subdue the Lion, symbolic of the physical nature of consciousness impregnating matter, without Divine assistance guiding her. The trials of material existence would be too great for her to oppose. Yet, the image presented shows the Lion already subdued and the Woman is in control of the situation. The wreath and garland of flowers adorning her represents the harmonic Balance of the creative process; another indication that the Spirit of Universal Mind guides her actions. All power is accessed from within, and it can therefore be seen that She and the Lion are One. Her Animal Nature has been tamed and she is able to walk through Life victorious. The senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch are directed by the sixth sense, intuition, thus resulting in perfect Harmony. This is the True Meaning of Strength or Fortitude. Aliester Crowley's use of the word "Lust" to describe this Archetype can be confusing semantically but in actuality means "Drive."
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Fortitude, Force, Lust.
State of Mind: Strength, Courage, Conviction, Resolution, Defiance, Confidence, Zeal, Matter over mind, Mind over matter, Fortitude, Fervor, Physical strength, Use of magical power, Control of the life force, Weakness, Pettiness, Impotence, Sickness, Lack of faith, Abuse of power, Succumbing to temptation, Indifference
9 - THE HERMIT - Introspection and Internal Illumination (Teth; Virgo)
Seeks Wisdom of the Source....
The Light shines from within the Soul; the view from the Summit which puts life into its proper perspective. This vantage point is accessed via looking to God who dwells within us; the infinite Creator being the reservoir of all the answers which the Seeker pursues. Each one of us is symbolized by the Lantern image; God's Light of inner awareness being the Candle Flame. Wisdom is the transcendental interpretation of knowledge as illuminated by the Light shining within one's Soul. All barriers of the material World are beneath the Cosmic Consciousness of the Hermit who has already traveled his Path of Quest. His search has led him to the Summit of his own perfection. Now, from this great height he can see 360 degrees without obscuration. His Lantern is held high as an inspiration to all who aspire to attain the Wisdom which he has come to realize during the process of his own Soul journey. The isolation and abstinence image sometimes given to the Hermit is one of the past; a glimpse of his travels through the physical and emotional wasteland where the misrepresentations of life as seen through the perception of the Physical Plane have been experienced and eventually transcended. This Archetype passed through a period of solitude and alienation during this walk through the proverbial "Valley of the Shadow of Death" that could have driven him Mad had it not been for the Light in his Lantern penetrating the Darkness and illuminating his Soul thus granting him hope of deliverance. The Hermit has indeed been carried through this initiatory Journey via his unwavering Faith in the Universal Source who Teaches and Guides all of us internally. The Lantern which he carries symbolizes his inner Vision provided via his "Third Eye" (Candle) which grants this Archetypal traveler a keen sense of Spiritual insight.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Sage, The Old Wise Man, The Wandering Friar, The Lamplighter.
State of Mind: Counsel, Knowledge, Solicitude, Prudence, Discretion, Caution, Vigilance, Circumspection, Self-denial, Withdrawal, Regression, Annulment, Tendency to withhold emotion, Fear of discovery, Loner, Insensitive, Expressionless, Misleading, Misguiding, Illumination from within, Divine inspiration, Retirement from participation in current events
The Light shines from within the Soul; the view from the Summit which puts life into its proper perspective. This vantage point is accessed via looking to God who dwells within us; the infinite Creator being the reservoir of all the answers which the Seeker pursues. Each one of us is symbolized by the Lantern image; God's Light of inner awareness being the Candle Flame. Wisdom is the transcendental interpretation of knowledge as illuminated by the Light shining within one's Soul. All barriers of the material World are beneath the Cosmic Consciousness of the Hermit who has already traveled his Path of Quest. His search has led him to the Summit of his own perfection. Now, from this great height he can see 360 degrees without obscuration. His Lantern is held high as an inspiration to all who aspire to attain the Wisdom which he has come to realize during the process of his own Soul journey. The isolation and abstinence image sometimes given to the Hermit is one of the past; a glimpse of his travels through the physical and emotional wasteland where the misrepresentations of life as seen through the perception of the Physical Plane have been experienced and eventually transcended. This Archetype passed through a period of solitude and alienation during this walk through the proverbial "Valley of the Shadow of Death" that could have driven him Mad had it not been for the Light in his Lantern penetrating the Darkness and illuminating his Soul thus granting him hope of deliverance. The Hermit has indeed been carried through this initiatory Journey via his unwavering Faith in the Universal Source who Teaches and Guides all of us internally. The Lantern which he carries symbolizes his inner Vision provided via his "Third Eye" (Candle) which grants this Archetypal traveler a keen sense of Spiritual insight.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Sage, The Old Wise Man, The Wandering Friar, The Lamplighter.
State of Mind: Counsel, Knowledge, Solicitude, Prudence, Discretion, Caution, Vigilance, Circumspection, Self-denial, Withdrawal, Regression, Annulment, Tendency to withhold emotion, Fear of discovery, Loner, Insensitive, Expressionless, Misleading, Misguiding, Illumination from within, Divine inspiration, Retirement from participation in current events
10 - THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE - Cyclical Path of Evolution (Yod; Jupiter)
Progresses through the Law of Cause and Effect....
Karma; as the Law of Cause and Effect applies to rebirth. This all Souls must experience for the purpose of teaching each Incarnated Being their True Nature as an Aspect or Ray of the infinite Universal Source. Symbolic of the rhythmic workings of Karmic application, the Wheel depicts the Cycles of Life, the individual Incarnation, journey of the Soul, and the greater Cycle of Evolution regarding the Life Wave of Humanity. This ultimately manifests as the spiral progression of the unfolding Universe. The counterbalance of Night and Day, and to a greater extent passage of the Seasons, is indicated. However, more importantly, the Cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is depicted here. This is symbolic of the proverbial "Phoenix Principle." Also, the Positive and Negative panorama of interactions filtered through the Five Senses accepted by a mind focused upon outward manifestation, which confronts this processional Drama during Incarnation in human form. This is the Riddle; shown on the Wheel symbolically by the Serpent, the Jackal, and the Sphinx. Descent into material Life and the challenge to rise to Spiritual understanding, which breaks the Cycle of rebirth, is indicated in the clockwise rotation of "Taro" and "Rota" (the two poles of orientation) on the Karmic Wheel. When a human being makes the conscious decision to focus Reality inward, allowing God to reveal the Divine purpose of his/her Soul journey, and then manifest this purpose on the Physical Plane the Soul's Karma releases this Individuated Aspect from bondage to cyclical Incarnation. The Wheel of Fortune is therefore a microcosm of the entire Procession of Archetypes in the Tarot Trumps Major. PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Fate, Destiny, Karma, The Phoenix Principle, The Law of Rebirth.
State of Mind: Destiny, Fortune, Fate, Outcome, Culmination, Approaching the end of a problem, Good luck, Bad luck, The course of events from beginning to end, Advancement for better or worse, Felicity, Inevitability, Godsend, Conclusion, Result, Broken sequence, Interruption, Inconsistency, Unexpected events, Outside influence not contemplated, Karma, Phoenix principle
Karma; as the Law of Cause and Effect applies to rebirth. This all Souls must experience for the purpose of teaching each Incarnated Being their True Nature as an Aspect or Ray of the infinite Universal Source. Symbolic of the rhythmic workings of Karmic application, the Wheel depicts the Cycles of Life, the individual Incarnation, journey of the Soul, and the greater Cycle of Evolution regarding the Life Wave of Humanity. This ultimately manifests as the spiral progression of the unfolding Universe. The counterbalance of Night and Day, and to a greater extent passage of the Seasons, is indicated. However, more importantly, the Cycle of birth, death, and rebirth is depicted here. This is symbolic of the proverbial "Phoenix Principle." Also, the Positive and Negative panorama of interactions filtered through the Five Senses accepted by a mind focused upon outward manifestation, which confronts this processional Drama during Incarnation in human form. This is the Riddle; shown on the Wheel symbolically by the Serpent, the Jackal, and the Sphinx. Descent into material Life and the challenge to rise to Spiritual understanding, which breaks the Cycle of rebirth, is indicated in the clockwise rotation of "Taro" and "Rota" (the two poles of orientation) on the Karmic Wheel. When a human being makes the conscious decision to focus Reality inward, allowing God to reveal the Divine purpose of his/her Soul journey, and then manifest this purpose on the Physical Plane the Soul's Karma releases this Individuated Aspect from bondage to cyclical Incarnation. The Wheel of Fortune is therefore a microcosm of the entire Procession of Archetypes in the Tarot Trumps Major. PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Fate, Destiny, Karma, The Phoenix Principle, The Law of Rebirth.
State of Mind: Destiny, Fortune, Fate, Outcome, Culmination, Approaching the end of a problem, Good luck, Bad luck, The course of events from beginning to end, Advancement for better or worse, Felicity, Inevitability, Godsend, Conclusion, Result, Broken sequence, Interruption, Inconsistency, Unexpected events, Outside influence not contemplated, Karma, Phoenix principle
11 - JUSTICE - Restoration of Balance (Jeth; Libra) ~ Alternate: 8
Experiences Unconscious Adjustment....
Balancing of the Scales; Involuntary recompense. The unconscious adjustment of Karmic debt, i.e. via the Law of Cause and Effect or Purgatorial experiences between Incarnations as opposed to voluntary Balancing of the Scales via keeping the True Law in one s Heart (inscription on the Scroll held in the lap of the High Priestess). The Dispensation of punishments and rewards according to the precepts of Karmic Law, which is represented on the Physical Plane by external legal systems: lawyers, courts, prisons, etc. However, it is the Spiritual workings of an involuntary nature of which this Archetype speaks. Specifically, the adjustment of weights regarding Good and Evil during the time-frame of an individual Incarnation or that which is between individual Incarnations, i.e. the Purgatorial realm. One must pass beyond the need to be set into Balance via involuntary means in order to break beyond entrapment in the Karmic Wheel of rebirth. The "Law based" religions such as Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism represent the lofty ideals of living a righteous existence. Yet, the entropy of the material world enslaves humanity for the most part. Therefore, the Dispensation of involuntary recompense is a requirement for continued Spiritual evolution, along with the necessity of Reincarnation. Mystic understanding of the True Law accessed within one's heart, the Way of the Christ, brings voluntary Harmony with the Balance required by the Source of all Life whereas bondage to involuntary Justice, as shown in this Archetype plainly by the upraised Sword, is no longer necessary and the Soul is thus liberated from the Cycle of rebirth.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Balance, Adjustment, Equilibrium
State of Mind: Justice, Proper balance, Harmony, Reasonableness, Equity, Righteousness, Virtue, Honor, Just reward, Eventual outcome, Equilibrium, Poise, Fairness, Self-satisfaction, Sincere desire, Good intentions, Well-meaning actions, Advice, Adjustment, Suspension of action pending decision, False accusations, Intolerance
12 - THE HANGED MAN - Suspension and Mental Transition (Lamed; Water, Neptune)
Reverses Mental Polarity....
Reversal of perception; The process of an alternation of orientation regarding Belief. A mental Focus Shift from external images to those generated within one's True Self, the Mind of God of which we are all Aspects. The upside-down position of this Archetype signifies the Method of changing one's perception from that of receiving external guidance to receipt of insightful Instruction from God's Presence within one's Being. The figure depicted is in reverse, whereas if he were looking at the reflection of the surrounding landscape on the surface of a quiet pond it would appear upright. This is the True position of Reality, and the external representation thereof is in actuality the world viewed through reflected Light. The Hanged Man shows reversal of mental polarity; one must literally "hang upside down" in order to change one's thought patterns from receipt of what they believe as True that is offered via outside sources, i.e. other people, individual life events, etc. Images presented by others and external events are varied in degree from Negative to Positive in random sequence. Belief in this incoming information creates a proverbial "roller-coaster ride" through Life with highs and lows; the degrees of elation or depression dependent upon the quality of the images received. The Halo around the figure's head is the Meditative state of Mind representative of suspended animation which opens the door to receipt of internal Guidance and creative motivation directly from the Universal Source.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Meditation, Suspended Animation.
State of Mind: Life in suspension, Transition, Change, Reversal of the mind, Reversal of one's way of life, Apathy and dullness, Abandonment, Renunciation, The changing of life's forces, Period of respite between significant events, Redemption through Sacrifice, Repentance, Readjustment, Regeneration, Approach of new life forces, Surrender, Abeyance, Indecision, Lack of progress, Outside factors having strong influences, Suffering, Unwillingness to make the necessary effort
Balancing of the Scales; Involuntary recompense. The unconscious adjustment of Karmic debt, i.e. via the Law of Cause and Effect or Purgatorial experiences between Incarnations as opposed to voluntary Balancing of the Scales via keeping the True Law in one s Heart (inscription on the Scroll held in the lap of the High Priestess). The Dispensation of punishments and rewards according to the precepts of Karmic Law, which is represented on the Physical Plane by external legal systems: lawyers, courts, prisons, etc. However, it is the Spiritual workings of an involuntary nature of which this Archetype speaks. Specifically, the adjustment of weights regarding Good and Evil during the time-frame of an individual Incarnation or that which is between individual Incarnations, i.e. the Purgatorial realm. One must pass beyond the need to be set into Balance via involuntary means in order to break beyond entrapment in the Karmic Wheel of rebirth. The "Law based" religions such as Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism represent the lofty ideals of living a righteous existence. Yet, the entropy of the material world enslaves humanity for the most part. Therefore, the Dispensation of involuntary recompense is a requirement for continued Spiritual evolution, along with the necessity of Reincarnation. Mystic understanding of the True Law accessed within one's heart, the Way of the Christ, brings voluntary Harmony with the Balance required by the Source of all Life whereas bondage to involuntary Justice, as shown in this Archetype plainly by the upraised Sword, is no longer necessary and the Soul is thus liberated from the Cycle of rebirth.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Balance, Adjustment, Equilibrium
State of Mind: Justice, Proper balance, Harmony, Reasonableness, Equity, Righteousness, Virtue, Honor, Just reward, Eventual outcome, Equilibrium, Poise, Fairness, Self-satisfaction, Sincere desire, Good intentions, Well-meaning actions, Advice, Adjustment, Suspension of action pending decision, False accusations, Intolerance
Reversal of perception; The process of an alternation of orientation regarding Belief. A mental Focus Shift from external images to those generated within one's True Self, the Mind of God of which we are all Aspects. The upside-down position of this Archetype signifies the Method of changing one's perception from that of receiving external guidance to receipt of insightful Instruction from God's Presence within one's Being. The figure depicted is in reverse, whereas if he were looking at the reflection of the surrounding landscape on the surface of a quiet pond it would appear upright. This is the True position of Reality, and the external representation thereof is in actuality the world viewed through reflected Light. The Hanged Man shows reversal of mental polarity; one must literally "hang upside down" in order to change one's thought patterns from receipt of what they believe as True that is offered via outside sources, i.e. other people, individual life events, etc. Images presented by others and external events are varied in degree from Negative to Positive in random sequence. Belief in this incoming information creates a proverbial "roller-coaster ride" through Life with highs and lows; the degrees of elation or depression dependent upon the quality of the images received. The Halo around the figure's head is the Meditative state of Mind representative of suspended animation which opens the door to receipt of internal Guidance and creative motivation directly from the Universal Source.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Meditation, Suspended Animation.
State of Mind: Life in suspension, Transition, Change, Reversal of the mind, Reversal of one's way of life, Apathy and dullness, Abandonment, Renunciation, The changing of life's forces, Period of respite between significant events, Redemption through Sacrifice, Repentance, Readjustment, Regeneration, Approach of new life forces, Surrender, Abeyance, Indecision, Lack of progress, Outside factors having strong influences, Suffering, Unwillingness to make the necessary effort
13 - DEATH - Total Transformation through Dramatic Change (Mem; Scorpio)
Releases and Regenerates....
Metamorphosis and all of its implications; a New Beginning. Life, as it has been perceived undergoes a complete change and therefore transforms the Reality of the person who experiences the impact of this Archetype. Transformation via Dramatic Change, as symbolized by the image of physical Life being terminated and the Afterlife commencing. Therefore, a sudden pole reversal occurs, i.e. orientation or circumstances change is indicated. That which was the order of things has been totally shattered. Yet this is not an Archetype signifying the End, but rather the Beginning of a new personal Epoch. The Black Flag (i.e. Death) contains the White Rose (Life), indicative of rebirth, so the Mystery of Reincarnation is described. However, the True Meaning is to be applied in its symbolic sense. The Sun rising between the distant towers is another signification of the New coming over the horizon as the Old is trampled by change. Change is an integral part of the Life process, so the Black Knight's Horse is ever moving forward. There are two ways to look at the passing of the Old to make way for the New. One is to refuse acceptance and be unwillingly crushed by the movement inherent in Transition (shown by the fallen King beneath the horse and his Crown removed by this action) or to embrace the evolutionary Reality of change by submitting to its course (shown by the Bishop in front of the approaching horse with an open acceptance of this coming alteration of his traveled Path). Transformation is the Key presented here and is the most positive application of this Archetype regarding change, which is inevitable as Life is not Static. Resistance to change, if taken to the extreme, could result in actual physical death.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Grim Reaper, The Black Horseman of the Apocalypse.
State of Mind: Transformation, Clearing away the old to make way for the new, Unexpected change, Loss, Alteration, Abrupt change of the old self, Ending of a familiar situation, Ending of a friendship, Financial loss, Beginning of a new era, Illness, possibly death, Surprise event, Failure, Destruction, End, Finality, Deep influence, Permanent mental scar, Inertia, Narrowly avoiding a serious accident, Stagnation, Immobility
Metamorphosis and all of its implications; a New Beginning. Life, as it has been perceived undergoes a complete change and therefore transforms the Reality of the person who experiences the impact of this Archetype. Transformation via Dramatic Change, as symbolized by the image of physical Life being terminated and the Afterlife commencing. Therefore, a sudden pole reversal occurs, i.e. orientation or circumstances change is indicated. That which was the order of things has been totally shattered. Yet this is not an Archetype signifying the End, but rather the Beginning of a new personal Epoch. The Black Flag (i.e. Death) contains the White Rose (Life), indicative of rebirth, so the Mystery of Reincarnation is described. However, the True Meaning is to be applied in its symbolic sense. The Sun rising between the distant towers is another signification of the New coming over the horizon as the Old is trampled by change. Change is an integral part of the Life process, so the Black Knight's Horse is ever moving forward. There are two ways to look at the passing of the Old to make way for the New. One is to refuse acceptance and be unwillingly crushed by the movement inherent in Transition (shown by the fallen King beneath the horse and his Crown removed by this action) or to embrace the evolutionary Reality of change by submitting to its course (shown by the Bishop in front of the approaching horse with an open acceptance of this coming alteration of his traveled Path). Transformation is the Key presented here and is the most positive application of this Archetype regarding change, which is inevitable as Life is not Static. Resistance to change, if taken to the extreme, could result in actual physical death.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Grim Reaper, The Black Horseman of the Apocalypse.
State of Mind: Transformation, Clearing away the old to make way for the new, Unexpected change, Loss, Alteration, Abrupt change of the old self, Ending of a familiar situation, Ending of a friendship, Financial loss, Beginning of a new era, Illness, possibly death, Surprise event, Failure, Destruction, End, Finality, Deep influence, Permanent mental scar, Inertia, Narrowly avoiding a serious accident, Stagnation, Immobility
14 - TEMPERANCE - The Art of Combination bringing Realization (Noun; Sagittarius)
Undertakes Alchemical Transmutation....
The Process of awakening Spiritual Reality through material experience in a manner of moderation and self-control which brings one toward eventual Cosmic Consciousness. The Combination of Spiritual forces, represented by the Right Foot in the water, and physical forces, represented by the the Left Foot on the land. Note that the liquid passing from Chalice to Chalice appears to be water, indicating that the Spirit is animating material substance with Life; this being shown by vegetation on the land. The Road passing from the water's edge winds upward to the distant mountains where the Mystic Spiritual Crown is shown. This is the Path from a Primal Spirit, unaware of creative process, passing through successive Incarnations to acquire experience that leads toward eventual conscious Spiritual realization. Temperance, i.e. the balanced management of Life taking all things in moderation, is the means of maintaining steady progress during humanity's long Search through Limitations of material existence for eventual Transformation into Divine Beings of Light. The Angel is symbolic of the next evolutionary Stage and the Sun signification (Astrological hieroglyph) on this figure's forehead indicates the Origin of our solar system and Earth, as understood Spiritually as well as physically. The Square on her breast area is indicative of the Four Elements in stabilized formation (Fire, Air, Water, and Earth) and the Triangle within it shows the threefold nature of Incarnated Human Beings (Body, Soul, and Spirit). To establish perfect Balance, one needs to master the Elements through the Art of Temperance. This is the Mystical Path from humanity to Divinity.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Art, Fusion, Alchemy.
State of Mind: Moderation, Patience, Accomplishment through self-control and frugality, Accommodation, Harmony, Mixing or bringing together into perfect union, Management, Fusion, Adjustment, Good influence, Consolidation, Successful combination, Frugality, Reflection, Friendship, Compatibility, Ability to compromise, Acceptance of reality, Realization, Action based on accurate calculation, Economy, Success after elaborate maneuvers
The Process of awakening Spiritual Reality through material experience in a manner of moderation and self-control which brings one toward eventual Cosmic Consciousness. The Combination of Spiritual forces, represented by the Right Foot in the water, and physical forces, represented by the the Left Foot on the land. Note that the liquid passing from Chalice to Chalice appears to be water, indicating that the Spirit is animating material substance with Life; this being shown by vegetation on the land. The Road passing from the water's edge winds upward to the distant mountains where the Mystic Spiritual Crown is shown. This is the Path from a Primal Spirit, unaware of creative process, passing through successive Incarnations to acquire experience that leads toward eventual conscious Spiritual realization. Temperance, i.e. the balanced management of Life taking all things in moderation, is the means of maintaining steady progress during humanity's long Search through Limitations of material existence for eventual Transformation into Divine Beings of Light. The Angel is symbolic of the next evolutionary Stage and the Sun signification (Astrological hieroglyph) on this figure's forehead indicates the Origin of our solar system and Earth, as understood Spiritually as well as physically. The Square on her breast area is indicative of the Four Elements in stabilized formation (Fire, Air, Water, and Earth) and the Triangle within it shows the threefold nature of Incarnated Human Beings (Body, Soul, and Spirit). To establish perfect Balance, one needs to master the Elements through the Art of Temperance. This is the Mystical Path from humanity to Divinity.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Art, Fusion, Alchemy.
State of Mind: Moderation, Patience, Accomplishment through self-control and frugality, Accommodation, Harmony, Mixing or bringing together into perfect union, Management, Fusion, Adjustment, Good influence, Consolidation, Successful combination, Frugality, Reflection, Friendship, Compatibility, Ability to compromise, Acceptance of reality, Realization, Action based on accurate calculation, Economy, Success after elaborate maneuvers
15 - THE DEVIL - Interference due to Separation (Samew; Capricorn)
Encounters Obstruction....
The Appearance of bondage to the concept of being Separated from God; the illusion of self individually detached from the creative Source and in turn separated from other selves. This mirage is the root cause of Egotism which generates competition and strife among human beings. The visual representation of this card is the antithesis of The Lovers, with the sixth card in particular shown to be representative of the human condition before the Fall that caused expulsion from Paradise. The tails of the Man and Woman are lesser indicators of the respective Trees, i.e. Life and the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and their bondage to the pedestal upon which the Baphometic figure sits shows the results of partaking in the Forbidden Fruit. The Separation into materiality is the means of taking the Divine Spirit through a multi-faceted projection into individuated Souls whereas each Ray is obligated to re-discover its creative Origin in the Source of all Being. Herein lies the symbolism of the personal Ego, an illusion in Truth but the specific obstacle all Incarnated Beings must overcome in order to reach liberation from the Karmic Wheel, i.e. the Cycle of rebirth. All of the strife, greed, prejudice, hate, selfishness, lust, and Evil intentions of all kinds imaginable are the result of personal Egotism; individual manifestations of unbelief in the unity of all Consciousness within the Mind of the Source who dwells within all of us. Each incarnated Being has the Key to open the Door of Realization regarding this Truth, yet the Understanding that material existence (solidity) is an illusion must be recognized first. The obscuration of this Reality is the role of the proverbial Threshold Dweller represented on this card. Transcendence of Limitations is the act which sets us free.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Mephistopheles, Satan, Baphomet.
State of Mind: Subordination, Ravage, Bondage, Malevolence, Subservience, Downfall, Lack of success, Weird experience, Bad outside influence or advice, Black magic, Unexpected failure, Inability to realize one's goals, Violence, Shock, Fatality, Self-punishment, Temptation to evil, Self-destruction, Dependency upon another person, Blind impulse, Obsession, Endurance
The Appearance of bondage to the concept of being Separated from God; the illusion of self individually detached from the creative Source and in turn separated from other selves. This mirage is the root cause of Egotism which generates competition and strife among human beings. The visual representation of this card is the antithesis of The Lovers, with the sixth card in particular shown to be representative of the human condition before the Fall that caused expulsion from Paradise. The tails of the Man and Woman are lesser indicators of the respective Trees, i.e. Life and the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and their bondage to the pedestal upon which the Baphometic figure sits shows the results of partaking in the Forbidden Fruit. The Separation into materiality is the means of taking the Divine Spirit through a multi-faceted projection into individuated Souls whereas each Ray is obligated to re-discover its creative Origin in the Source of all Being. Herein lies the symbolism of the personal Ego, an illusion in Truth but the specific obstacle all Incarnated Beings must overcome in order to reach liberation from the Karmic Wheel, i.e. the Cycle of rebirth. All of the strife, greed, prejudice, hate, selfishness, lust, and Evil intentions of all kinds imaginable are the result of personal Egotism; individual manifestations of unbelief in the unity of all Consciousness within the Mind of the Source who dwells within all of us. Each incarnated Being has the Key to open the Door of Realization regarding this Truth, yet the Understanding that material existence (solidity) is an illusion must be recognized first. The obscuration of this Reality is the role of the proverbial Threshold Dweller represented on this card. Transcendence of Limitations is the act which sets us free.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Mephistopheles, Satan, Baphomet.
State of Mind: Subordination, Ravage, Bondage, Malevolence, Subservience, Downfall, Lack of success, Weird experience, Bad outside influence or advice, Black magic, Unexpected failure, Inability to realize one's goals, Violence, Shock, Fatality, Self-punishment, Temptation to evil, Self-destruction, Dependency upon another person, Blind impulse, Obsession, Endurance
16 - THE TOWER - Dispersal Resulting from Catastrophic Impact (Ayn; Mars)
Collapses in Chaos....
Sudden impact shattering a system of perception whereas the falsehoods are laid bare and the resulting confusion requires acceptance of truth. False perception and interpretation of God and the Universe, as viewed intellectually, is the symbolism of the Tower. This structure is built on a foundation of misrepresentation, i.e. incorrect doctrine. Eventually, such orientation is shattered by intrusion from an unexpected source. The impact of Cosmic "Reality check" can be like unto being smitten by a bolt of lightning. All which appeared solid and of sound organization crumbles upon contact by such a thunderbolt so confusion, disorientation, and chaos result. The two figures plummeting on either side of the struck tower signify the transcendental Word of God fossilized by fundamentalist Belief in the heart of the Believer and the rigid interpretation resulting from such a narrow perspective. When the Truth hits home the House of Belief built by such distorted perception is suddenly shaken to its very foundation by the explosive shock of this experience. The parallel between conversion of an Atheist or Agnostic to Born Again Christianity is one example of this. Another, perhaps more appropriate, is the conversion of a fundamentalist follower of any particular religious doctrine to a transcendental understanding of the universal Oneness of all Spiritual Belief Systems, thus melting away the concept of Separation and the misrepresented idea that one Belief System is superior to all others. This specifically describes the cataclysmic nature of impact presented by the presence of this card in a formal pattern. The Heavens, so to speak, are "rolled up as a scroll" thus totally altering one's sense of perception.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The House of God, Tower of Babel, Tower of Destruction.
State of Mind: Complete and sudden change, Breaking down of old beliefs, Abandonment of past relationships, Severing of a friendship, Changing one's opinion, Unexpected events, Bankruptcy, Loss of stability, Loss of security, Disruption, Adversity, Calamity, Misery, Ruin, Termination, Events left behind, Quarrel, Combat, Danger, Destruction of plans, Escape from prison and all it implies, Sudden impact
Sudden impact shattering a system of perception whereas the falsehoods are laid bare and the resulting confusion requires acceptance of truth. False perception and interpretation of God and the Universe, as viewed intellectually, is the symbolism of the Tower. This structure is built on a foundation of misrepresentation, i.e. incorrect doctrine. Eventually, such orientation is shattered by intrusion from an unexpected source. The impact of Cosmic "Reality check" can be like unto being smitten by a bolt of lightning. All which appeared solid and of sound organization crumbles upon contact by such a thunderbolt so confusion, disorientation, and chaos result. The two figures plummeting on either side of the struck tower signify the transcendental Word of God fossilized by fundamentalist Belief in the heart of the Believer and the rigid interpretation resulting from such a narrow perspective. When the Truth hits home the House of Belief built by such distorted perception is suddenly shaken to its very foundation by the explosive shock of this experience. The parallel between conversion of an Atheist or Agnostic to Born Again Christianity is one example of this. Another, perhaps more appropriate, is the conversion of a fundamentalist follower of any particular religious doctrine to a transcendental understanding of the universal Oneness of all Spiritual Belief Systems, thus melting away the concept of Separation and the misrepresented idea that one Belief System is superior to all others. This specifically describes the cataclysmic nature of impact presented by the presence of this card in a formal pattern. The Heavens, so to speak, are "rolled up as a scroll" thus totally altering one's sense of perception.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The House of God, Tower of Babel, Tower of Destruction.
State of Mind: Complete and sudden change, Breaking down of old beliefs, Abandonment of past relationships, Severing of a friendship, Changing one's opinion, Unexpected events, Bankruptcy, Loss of stability, Loss of security, Disruption, Adversity, Calamity, Misery, Ruin, Termination, Events left behind, Quarrel, Combat, Danger, Destruction of plans, Escape from prison and all it implies, Sudden impact
17 - THE STAR - Inspiration through the Indwelling Spirit (Phe; Aquarius)
Opens to Illumination....
Indwelling Spirit; like unto the solar system illuminated by a central Sun, God shines within us, granting us Hope, Faith, Inspiration, and the clarity of Vision which reveals inner Truth. The Light within us shines to illuminate our lives and gives us Hope. The card, via representation of the Eight-Faceted Star prominent in the heavens with Seven Lesser Stars surrounding it, indicates the symbolic illumination of the Seven major Planetary Influences upon humanity as energized by the Sun's radiance - and the Eight Points signify a New Beginning in store for all who choose acceptance thereof. The naked Female Figure represents the nurturing natural Life Energy, i.e. Mother Spirit indicative of Earth-based religious Belief Systems, and the waters in the Vessels she releases onto the Earth and into the Stream are in Truth the waters of Life Spirit animating the Material Plane and Astral World with Divine guidance which contains the power to lift one beyond all Limits. With the Life perspective as shown in this card taken as a basis of Reality for an individual, the Seeker finds the solution to material existence to be the unity of all created Life Forms via the One indwelling Spirit. Note the Lesser Stars, Seven in number to indicate complete Creation, are exact duplicates of the central Star, yet the Yellow brilliance shining from the greater luminary in this card is added for the purpose of revealing beyond a shadow of a doubt that all illumination of Incarnated Beings originates in the creative Mind of God, and the White center of the central Star corresponds to the whiteness of the surrounding Stars.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Sirius, The Guiding Light.
State of Mind: Hope, Faith, Inspiration, Bright prospects, Mixing of the past and present, Optimism, Insight, Good omen, Spiritual love, Astrological influence, Fulfillment, Pleasure, Proper balance of desire and work, Proper balance of hope and effort, Proper balance of love and expression, Satisfaction, Destiny, Easily influenced, Preparing for new horizons, Culmination of hard work, Unexpected help, Clarity of vision
Indwelling Spirit; like unto the solar system illuminated by a central Sun, God shines within us, granting us Hope, Faith, Inspiration, and the clarity of Vision which reveals inner Truth. The Light within us shines to illuminate our lives and gives us Hope. The card, via representation of the Eight-Faceted Star prominent in the heavens with Seven Lesser Stars surrounding it, indicates the symbolic illumination of the Seven major Planetary Influences upon humanity as energized by the Sun's radiance - and the Eight Points signify a New Beginning in store for all who choose acceptance thereof. The naked Female Figure represents the nurturing natural Life Energy, i.e. Mother Spirit indicative of Earth-based religious Belief Systems, and the waters in the Vessels she releases onto the Earth and into the Stream are in Truth the waters of Life Spirit animating the Material Plane and Astral World with Divine guidance which contains the power to lift one beyond all Limits. With the Life perspective as shown in this card taken as a basis of Reality for an individual, the Seeker finds the solution to material existence to be the unity of all created Life Forms via the One indwelling Spirit. Note the Lesser Stars, Seven in number to indicate complete Creation, are exact duplicates of the central Star, yet the Yellow brilliance shining from the greater luminary in this card is added for the purpose of revealing beyond a shadow of a doubt that all illumination of Incarnated Beings originates in the creative Mind of God, and the White center of the central Star corresponds to the whiteness of the surrounding Stars.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Sirius, The Guiding Light.
State of Mind: Hope, Faith, Inspiration, Bright prospects, Mixing of the past and present, Optimism, Insight, Good omen, Spiritual love, Astrological influence, Fulfillment, Pleasure, Proper balance of desire and work, Proper balance of hope and effort, Proper balance of love and expression, Satisfaction, Destiny, Easily influenced, Preparing for new horizons, Culmination of hard work, Unexpected help, Clarity of vision
18 - THE MOON - Deception by the Illusion of Separation (Sade; Pisces)
Becomes Lost in Reflection....
The World of externally-based Reality, i.e. materialistic existence and all of the subjective Fear contained therein. Life based upon illusory fantasy rather than Truth found in God who dwells within us. This card signifies the illusion of the Separation which ordinary waking consciousness accepts as Reality. Such is the Nature of reflected Light, i.e. that of the Sun when Mirrored to Earth via the Moon. To place one's acceptance of a Reality founded on reflection, i.e. external perception, puts one under the deception of fantasies, like unto mistaking the Moon's Light for that of the Sun. In Truth, Earth revolves around the Sun, and in turn the Moon rotates around the Earth, so understand that this is the Reality and therefore dispel illusion. The path leading from the Watery Depths, between the Two Towers and to the Mountainous Heights beyond their Threshold represents the Road into the Mysterious Unknown, according to one whose basis for personal Reality is the World of reflected Light. To take this Path would shatter the illusion and allow the One Spirit of the Creator to Illuminate the Soul internally. The Fears generated in the process of deciding whether or not to take this Road must eventually be faced and overcome because, in the End we shall all pass beyond the barriers of deception. These Fears are represented by the Two Canines, one Wild (Wolf) and one Domesticated (Dog). They both share a common urge to bay at the Moon because they represent our Link in the evolutionary process through Matter; the Canines signifying two stages in this process. The Crustacean Form rising from the depths only to fall back into its watery realm represents a much earlier evolutionary Form and suggesting the most basic and vile human tendencies, i.e. the Dark Side. The Sixteen Greater and Sixteen Lesser Rays around the Moon in this card show a State of Separation as compared to the Eight Rays shown in the Star.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Luna, The Mirror.
State of Mind: Deception, Twilight, Obscurity, Intuition, Disillusionment, Danger, Bad influence, Ulterior motives, False friends, Selfishness, Deceit, Craftiness, Disgrace, Slander, Libel, Superficiality, Unknown enemies, Caution, Scandal, Error, Trickery, Madness
The World of externally-based Reality, i.e. materialistic existence and all of the subjective Fear contained therein. Life based upon illusory fantasy rather than Truth found in God who dwells within us. This card signifies the illusion of the Separation which ordinary waking consciousness accepts as Reality. Such is the Nature of reflected Light, i.e. that of the Sun when Mirrored to Earth via the Moon. To place one's acceptance of a Reality founded on reflection, i.e. external perception, puts one under the deception of fantasies, like unto mistaking the Moon's Light for that of the Sun. In Truth, Earth revolves around the Sun, and in turn the Moon rotates around the Earth, so understand that this is the Reality and therefore dispel illusion. The path leading from the Watery Depths, between the Two Towers and to the Mountainous Heights beyond their Threshold represents the Road into the Mysterious Unknown, according to one whose basis for personal Reality is the World of reflected Light. To take this Path would shatter the illusion and allow the One Spirit of the Creator to Illuminate the Soul internally. The Fears generated in the process of deciding whether or not to take this Road must eventually be faced and overcome because, in the End we shall all pass beyond the barriers of deception. These Fears are represented by the Two Canines, one Wild (Wolf) and one Domesticated (Dog). They both share a common urge to bay at the Moon because they represent our Link in the evolutionary process through Matter; the Canines signifying two stages in this process. The Crustacean Form rising from the depths only to fall back into its watery realm represents a much earlier evolutionary Form and suggesting the most basic and vile human tendencies, i.e. the Dark Side. The Sixteen Greater and Sixteen Lesser Rays around the Moon in this card show a State of Separation as compared to the Eight Rays shown in the Star.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Luna, The Mirror.
State of Mind: Deception, Twilight, Obscurity, Intuition, Disillusionment, Danger, Bad influence, Ulterior motives, False friends, Selfishness, Deceit, Craftiness, Disgrace, Slander, Libel, Superficiality, Unknown enemies, Caution, Scandal, Error, Trickery, Madness
19 - THE SUN - Renewal via Recognition of Internal Illumination (Cof; Sun)
Acknowledges the Source....
The World of internally-based Reality, i.e. Spiritual existence, and all of the serenity of God's True Inner Light which Illuminates our Material World, being a mirror image of Spiritual Reality. As the reflected light of the Moon represents the delusions caused by the Separation, so the direct light of the Sun, in turn, indicates the ultimate destiny of liberation from bondage to materiality and also realization of Life in the Spirit. Furthermore, a perception change is indicated whereas the physical Sunlight that warms and vitalizes the Earth is understood as an external representation of the Spiritual Sun of internal Illumination inherent in humanity and all other Life Forms in the natural Creation as well. The Child on the White Horse signifies the open state of mind required to transcend the limited physical perception of ordinary consciousness, like unto the accepting mind of a child. All the building blocks of a separated existence based on randomness, i.e. chance, must be set aside. Spiritual building blocks of a union in Spirit with all created Life must be used toward the understanding of our True Nature; thus the Child is riding away from the Walled Garden from whence he came. He is Naked for he is all-accepting of the Truth with no clothes of the past illusion to obscure it. The sense of True prosperity in the Light of right perception is indicated in this card, and though the usual divinatory meanings of this image in a Spread suggest success, happiness, etc. pertaining to material matters, it is the Spiritual basis for said prosperity and happiness that gives this card its True significance. When One knows in one's own heart our True Spiritual Origin and lives daily in this understanding, all good fortune is seen coming from God.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Sol, Apollo's Chariot.
State of Mind: Accomplishment, Contentment, Success, Favorable relationships, Love, Joy, Devotion, Unselfish sentiment, Engagement, Happy marriage, Pleasure in daily existence, A good friend, High spirits, Warmth, Sincerity, Pleasures derived from simple things, Achievement in the arts, Liberation, Glory, Gain, Triumph, Manifestation
The World of internally-based Reality, i.e. Spiritual existence, and all of the serenity of God's True Inner Light which Illuminates our Material World, being a mirror image of Spiritual Reality. As the reflected light of the Moon represents the delusions caused by the Separation, so the direct light of the Sun, in turn, indicates the ultimate destiny of liberation from bondage to materiality and also realization of Life in the Spirit. Furthermore, a perception change is indicated whereas the physical Sunlight that warms and vitalizes the Earth is understood as an external representation of the Spiritual Sun of internal Illumination inherent in humanity and all other Life Forms in the natural Creation as well. The Child on the White Horse signifies the open state of mind required to transcend the limited physical perception of ordinary consciousness, like unto the accepting mind of a child. All the building blocks of a separated existence based on randomness, i.e. chance, must be set aside. Spiritual building blocks of a union in Spirit with all created Life must be used toward the understanding of our True Nature; thus the Child is riding away from the Walled Garden from whence he came. He is Naked for he is all-accepting of the Truth with no clothes of the past illusion to obscure it. The sense of True prosperity in the Light of right perception is indicated in this card, and though the usual divinatory meanings of this image in a Spread suggest success, happiness, etc. pertaining to material matters, it is the Spiritual basis for said prosperity and happiness that gives this card its True significance. When One knows in one's own heart our True Spiritual Origin and lives daily in this understanding, all good fortune is seen coming from God.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Sol, Apollo's Chariot.
State of Mind: Accomplishment, Contentment, Success, Favorable relationships, Love, Joy, Devotion, Unselfish sentiment, Engagement, Happy marriage, Pleasure in daily existence, A good friend, High spirits, Warmth, Sincerity, Pleasures derived from simple things, Achievement in the arts, Liberation, Glory, Gain, Triumph, Manifestation
20 - JUDGEMENT - Regeneration through Initiation (Resh; Fire, Pluto)
Crosses the Threshold....
Initiation of the Aspirant after fully learning from the inner Teacher that all Life is Spirit made manifest through physical Form and that perception change in each individuated Soul on Earth, through the process of Life experience, is the Divine purpose for existence. The culmination of the Transformation process. The Path from orientation toward reflected Light (the Moon) has been fully traveled and the Adept now stands in realization that True Illumination is internal. This card is the Final Decision regarding the Past, thereby a Future totally New lies ahead, so this card can be heralded as the signifier of Initiation. All of the preparatory steps have led to this outcome. The Angel and Trumpet, calling forth the Dead to rise from their graves, is an accurate representation of of the Mystic symbolism behind the concept of resurrection. As we die to our material nature and desires, We are reborn into Spirit and Divine understanding of the process and purpose of Life. The Death and Resurrection of Christ set the great example for human perception change. The analogy of the mirror image of the World as seen revealed on the surface of a quiet pond, being reversed whereas the original image is the one reflected on the pond's surface, is the True Reality (Spiritual origin). The World perceived externally through the five senses is a mere reflection representative of Spirit manifested in physical Form. The five senses aligned via the sixth sense, i.e. intuition (the Third Eye), is the transformational Key to Initiation and Spiritual Metamorphosis.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Time, The Aeon.
State of Mind: Atonement, The need to repent and forgive, Accounting for the manner in which opportunities have been used, Rejuvenation, Rebirth, Improvement, Development, Promotion, Desire for immortality, Legal judgment in one's favor, Considering the effects of present actions upon other people, Determination, Decision, Result, Outcome, Apology, Opportunity, Readjustment, Final decision concerning the past, New current for the future, Taking a definite step, Initiation
Initiation of the Aspirant after fully learning from the inner Teacher that all Life is Spirit made manifest through physical Form and that perception change in each individuated Soul on Earth, through the process of Life experience, is the Divine purpose for existence. The culmination of the Transformation process. The Path from orientation toward reflected Light (the Moon) has been fully traveled and the Adept now stands in realization that True Illumination is internal. This card is the Final Decision regarding the Past, thereby a Future totally New lies ahead, so this card can be heralded as the signifier of Initiation. All of the preparatory steps have led to this outcome. The Angel and Trumpet, calling forth the Dead to rise from their graves, is an accurate representation of of the Mystic symbolism behind the concept of resurrection. As we die to our material nature and desires, We are reborn into Spirit and Divine understanding of the process and purpose of Life. The Death and Resurrection of Christ set the great example for human perception change. The analogy of the mirror image of the World as seen revealed on the surface of a quiet pond, being reversed whereas the original image is the one reflected on the pond's surface, is the True Reality (Spiritual origin). The World perceived externally through the five senses is a mere reflection representative of Spirit manifested in physical Form. The five senses aligned via the sixth sense, i.e. intuition (the Third Eye), is the transformational Key to Initiation and Spiritual Metamorphosis.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: Time, The Aeon.
State of Mind: Atonement, The need to repent and forgive, Accounting for the manner in which opportunities have been used, Rejuvenation, Rebirth, Improvement, Development, Promotion, Desire for immortality, Legal judgment in one's favor, Considering the effects of present actions upon other people, Determination, Decision, Result, Outcome, Apology, Opportunity, Readjustment, Final decision concerning the past, New current for the future, Taking a definite step, Initiation
21 - THE WORLD - Transpersonal Synthesis (Tau; Saturn)
Enters the Cosmic Dream....
Synthesis is complete and Spirit indwelling the material Form has totally overcome all restrictions, so freedom of expression is unlimited in every way. The result of Initiatory Passage beyond the Threshold or Day of Judgement into the Cosmic Dream. Synthesis is completed in the symbolism of this card, and material existence is totally impregnated with the essence of Divine origin and awareness of Spirit. Evolution through successive incarnations has brought the Soul through the Fire of Purification, represented by the Four Apocalyptic Beasts of Ezekiel's Vision and the rewards of perfect Balance, indicated by the Wands in each hand of the Dancing Figure, become manifest. The Garland of Life is an ellipse vertically oriented around said figure with Scarlet Cross-bands at Top and Bottom, which show the Mystery of Christ's Mission in the Mind of God (Top) and revealed through the physical manifestation of perfected humanity on Earth (Bottom). The Hermetic axiom: "As Above, So Below" is indicated here. Success, triumph; the end result of all efforts of the individuated Soul to complete its personal Mission as a Ray of Universal Spirit indwelling material Form is signified by this card. The World of the five senses, illuminated by the Third Eye or sixth sense, having fully transcended Karmic limitations by passing through the Judgement process is fused with Divine Spirit.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Universe, Synthesis.
State of Mind: Completion, Perfection, Ultimate change, The end result of all efforts, Success, Synthesis, Fulfillment, Capability, Triumph in undertakings, Rewards that come from hard work, Eternal life, Admiration of others, Assurance, Significant influence, Preponderance, Favorable outcome, Inertia, Imperfection, Failure to complete the task one starts, Lack of vision, Perseverance, Crystallization of the whole matter involved.
Synthesis is complete and Spirit indwelling the material Form has totally overcome all restrictions, so freedom of expression is unlimited in every way. The result of Initiatory Passage beyond the Threshold or Day of Judgement into the Cosmic Dream. Synthesis is completed in the symbolism of this card, and material existence is totally impregnated with the essence of Divine origin and awareness of Spirit. Evolution through successive incarnations has brought the Soul through the Fire of Purification, represented by the Four Apocalyptic Beasts of Ezekiel's Vision and the rewards of perfect Balance, indicated by the Wands in each hand of the Dancing Figure, become manifest. The Garland of Life is an ellipse vertically oriented around said figure with Scarlet Cross-bands at Top and Bottom, which show the Mystery of Christ's Mission in the Mind of God (Top) and revealed through the physical manifestation of perfected humanity on Earth (Bottom). The Hermetic axiom: "As Above, So Below" is indicated here. Success, triumph; the end result of all efforts of the individuated Soul to complete its personal Mission as a Ray of Universal Spirit indwelling material Form is signified by this card. The World of the five senses, illuminated by the Third Eye or sixth sense, having fully transcended Karmic limitations by passing through the Judgement process is fused with Divine Spirit.
PARALLEL ARCHETYPES: The Universe, Synthesis.
State of Mind: Completion, Perfection, Ultimate change, The end result of all efforts, Success, Synthesis, Fulfillment, Capability, Triumph in undertakings, Rewards that come from hard work, Eternal life, Admiration of others, Assurance, Significant influence, Preponderance, Favorable outcome, Inertia, Imperfection, Failure to complete the task one starts, Lack of vision, Perseverance, Crystallization of the whole matter involved.
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