Studying the Tarot

[Nau7ik]

Here is an overview over the pictures an the arrangement in the temple of memphis.

The study in the initiation is to see the pictures as an story of growth.
The pictures in the upper und lower row should show corresponding archetypes with something like invertated meaning.

Wait, so these are the Egyptian images which were referred to in the Ra Material? They are on the walls of a temple in Memphis? Can you explain the backstory to this?

I had been looking to see if the archetypes were actually painted onto walls of temples but never found anything. But this! If this is true, if these are the images which were on The Temple walls, then indeed the Tarot goes way back. Farther then is supposed in the Mystery Tradition.


The images I have used in this thread are from the Builders of the Adytum Tarot deck. It’s a modified Rider-Waite deck basically. Except certain aspects of symbolism are unveiled and ordered more properly. It’s my favorite deck so far.

I stay away from Crowley’s Thoth deck now because the symbolism is too convoluted to convey a clear meaning. And when it does it tends to a more negative interpretation. It’s based on the negative channeling of a book called “the Book of the Law”. So Crowley took it upon himself to change attributions and the order of some cards and letters. It doesn’t truly fit or make sense. But that’s just my opinion.

Anyway I would love to hear back about the archetypal images being on the Temple of Memphis’s walls!