04-03-2019, 08:55 AM
As I study the archetypes in their classifications, such as Matrix, Potentiator, Catalyst, etc., I notice that when it comes to the archetype of the body, I have a more difficult time ‘understanding’ than I do with Mind or Spirit.
The most recent puzzling archetypes for me were the Catalyst and Experience of the Body: the Wheel of Fortune and Strength. We should be able to discern the meanings of the symbols and images by contemplating and meditating on the card. Ra said that those who seek together shall more surely find together.
I’ll start with Catalyst of Body and Experience of Body.
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The Catalyst of the Body is of a great Wheel with two figures ascending and descending upon the wheel. Whether they climb up or down, their position can easily be reversed. Above the wheel is a strange white figure: a human headed lion (Sphinx) with a hawk/bird on it’s back. The Sphinx holds a downward pointing spear as if to strike those upon the wheel.
The two figures on the wheel are the devil and Anubis. So do these figures indicate that which keeps us cycling on the wheel? The Devil would indicate our lower nature, exemplified by the snake coming out of his belly button. So the devil would be the area of the lower chakras. But then what does Anubis mean? I know that traditionally he is the god of death. So then being upon the wheel denotes our involvement with the devil (bodily senses) and death.
As I said, both figures ascend and descend equally. So I would take this to mean that catalyst can strike us randomly upon the wheel of birth and death.
What does the Sphinx mean? I have a feeling that the bird/hawk is a symbol for catalyst. It has shown up in Catalyst of the Mind as well.
What are your interpretations? What do you see as significant here?
Next, Id like to look at the Experience of the Body—Strength.
Strength is of a woman holding open the jaws of a lion. She is clad in white and has two birds upon her head. The birds have the headdress of upper and lower Egypt, which are colored white and red. So I would take this to possibly denote polarity. The lion is passive. They seem to be in harmony, the lion and the woman.
Since the figure is female, I would suspect that the experience of the body is unconscious? White denotes purity...
I’m having a hard time with both of these archetypes.
The most recent puzzling archetypes for me were the Catalyst and Experience of the Body: the Wheel of Fortune and Strength. We should be able to discern the meanings of the symbols and images by contemplating and meditating on the card. Ra said that those who seek together shall more surely find together.
I’ll start with Catalyst of Body and Experience of Body.
The Catalyst of the Body is of a great Wheel with two figures ascending and descending upon the wheel. Whether they climb up or down, their position can easily be reversed. Above the wheel is a strange white figure: a human headed lion (Sphinx) with a hawk/bird on it’s back. The Sphinx holds a downward pointing spear as if to strike those upon the wheel.
The two figures on the wheel are the devil and Anubis. So do these figures indicate that which keeps us cycling on the wheel? The Devil would indicate our lower nature, exemplified by the snake coming out of his belly button. So the devil would be the area of the lower chakras. But then what does Anubis mean? I know that traditionally he is the god of death. So then being upon the wheel denotes our involvement with the devil (bodily senses) and death.
As I said, both figures ascend and descend equally. So I would take this to mean that catalyst can strike us randomly upon the wheel of birth and death.
What does the Sphinx mean? I have a feeling that the bird/hawk is a symbol for catalyst. It has shown up in Catalyst of the Mind as well.
What are your interpretations? What do you see as significant here?
Next, Id like to look at the Experience of the Body—Strength.
Strength is of a woman holding open the jaws of a lion. She is clad in white and has two birds upon her head. The birds have the headdress of upper and lower Egypt, which are colored white and red. So I would take this to possibly denote polarity. The lion is passive. They seem to be in harmony, the lion and the woman.
Since the figure is female, I would suspect that the experience of the body is unconscious? White denotes purity...
I’m having a hard time with both of these archetypes.
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