07-29-2020, 08:37 AM
Hello! Ive been away for some time but I have been very busy with my spiritual study and practice. I decided to take a more serious step in my study of the Tarot keys because I feel that these cards are a key to unlocking our true potential and power. The more I study the Tarot the more it reveals itself to me in what it can do.
The Tarot Keys were designed with the intent to invoke states of consciousness. Principally, the modern Tarot cards. These go as far back as the 1200s. There is no evidence or proof or anything beyond this time. I’m not saying these cards weren’t known to initiates back then but that is when the Tarot deck made its appearance.
Adepts were supposed to have designed the Keys. Either way, the Keys invoke states of consciousness especially when one is meditating on that Key or observing it for long periods of time.
For example, the Magician. The Magician, by the design of the image, shows us a man in concentration. The expression on his face indicates confidence and assurance; he knows what he is doing. The position of his arms show us another thing: that he draws his power from above and acts as a channel to transmit that force. “As Above, So Below” is what his body language tells us.
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The roses indicate desire and the lillies indicate Truth. The elemental weapons upon the table are symbolic of elements of the personality (and one can work this out himself knowing the elements to be: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth) while the table symbolizes the magicians field of attention.
Now what does this Key practically show us? It shows us that a one-pointed concentration is necessary to act as a purified channel for cosmic forces. Furthermore, the Magician teaches us the art of concentration. Simply observe the Key to learn how to concentrate. If you need to focus, call up the image of Magician, limit your field of attention, and with calm assurance know that your going to be focused on what is before you.
Traditionally, Mercury is the ruler of Key 1 and this completely fits with the symbolism. Mercury is the self-conscious mind : the man is the masculine portion of mind. By acts of self-conscious attention does the Magician make fertile the garden of roses and lillies. The garden is the subconscious mind and this symbolism is further explained in later Tarot cards.
Anyway I just wanted to share some of what I have been learning. I try to remember Ra’s words of learn/teachings and teach/learning. I want to teach only when I have an understanding of my own that I can articulate in my own words. Parroting what others have wrote or said is not true teaching/learning.
This is just one example of what the Tarot cards can teach us! Each one of the Tarot Keys will aid us on our journey of self-knowledge.
The Tarot Keys were designed with the intent to invoke states of consciousness. Principally, the modern Tarot cards. These go as far back as the 1200s. There is no evidence or proof or anything beyond this time. I’m not saying these cards weren’t known to initiates back then but that is when the Tarot deck made its appearance.
Adepts were supposed to have designed the Keys. Either way, the Keys invoke states of consciousness especially when one is meditating on that Key or observing it for long periods of time.
For example, the Magician. The Magician, by the design of the image, shows us a man in concentration. The expression on his face indicates confidence and assurance; he knows what he is doing. The position of his arms show us another thing: that he draws his power from above and acts as a channel to transmit that force. “As Above, So Below” is what his body language tells us.
The roses indicate desire and the lillies indicate Truth. The elemental weapons upon the table are symbolic of elements of the personality (and one can work this out himself knowing the elements to be: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth) while the table symbolizes the magicians field of attention.
Now what does this Key practically show us? It shows us that a one-pointed concentration is necessary to act as a purified channel for cosmic forces. Furthermore, the Magician teaches us the art of concentration. Simply observe the Key to learn how to concentrate. If you need to focus, call up the image of Magician, limit your field of attention, and with calm assurance know that your going to be focused on what is before you.
Traditionally, Mercury is the ruler of Key 1 and this completely fits with the symbolism. Mercury is the self-conscious mind : the man is the masculine portion of mind. By acts of self-conscious attention does the Magician make fertile the garden of roses and lillies. The garden is the subconscious mind and this symbolism is further explained in later Tarot cards.
Anyway I just wanted to share some of what I have been learning. I try to remember Ra’s words of learn/teachings and teach/learning. I want to teach only when I have an understanding of my own that I can articulate in my own words. Parroting what others have wrote or said is not true teaching/learning.
This is just one example of what the Tarot cards can teach us! Each one of the Tarot Keys will aid us on our journey of self-knowledge.
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