(07-29-2020, 10:07 AM)Spaced Wrote: Looking at this archetype from the perspective of the Ra material, it is described as the Matrix of the Mind. What is a matrix? Here's how the dictionary defines it: "an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure."
So how would you see the Magician representing the environment in which the mind develops?
Excellent question! The Hebrew letter assigned to this card is Beth ב. Beth signifies a house. He is the “house” of personality. The everyday waking consciousness. The objective mind.
Quote:”The true magic presided over house-building because it shows us how to erect actual houses so as to take advantage of occult properties of the earth-currents of magnetic vibration. The higher phases of magic, moreover, have to do with the building of the the “house” of personality, with the rearing of the Temple of Spirit, the “house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
—Paul Foster Case
The arbor of roses above his head also indicates a type of shelter.
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