In this Trump is shewn the entire mystery of Life in its most secret workings. Three-headed Hound of Hell whom he has tamed. Is actually growing out of the Abyss, and is the spermatozoon developed as a poison, and manifesting the foetus. These symbols are indicated by his Serpent Wand, which Concealed within Mercury is a light which pervades all parts of the UniverseĮqually one of his titles is Psychopompos, the guide of the soul through the lower regions. This card recalls the Legend of Persephone, and herein is a dogma. It is the Formula of the Princess, the mode of fulfilment of the Great Work. Compare the Ten of Disks, and the general doctrine that the climax of the Descent into Matter is the signal for the Yet not only is Virgo ruled by Mercury,īut Mercury is exalted therein. Virgo represents the lowest, most receptive, most feminine form of earth, and forms the crust over Hades. Virgo is an earthy sign, and is referred especially to Corn, so that the background of the card is a Virgo, which is another aspect of the same quality. The highest symbolism of this card is, therefore, Fertility in its most exalted sense, and this is reflected in the attribution of the card to the sign of For he is not only creative, but is the fluidic essence of Light, which is Which surrounds it is many-coloured to signify the iridescence of Mercury.
Is contemplating-in a certain sense, adoring-the Orphic egg (greenish in colour) because it is conterminous with the Universe, while the snake Hand he holds a Lamp whose centre is the Sun, portrayed in the likeness of the Sigil of the great King of Fire (Yod is the secret Fire). The figure of the Hermit himself recalls the shape of the letter Yod, and the colour of his cloak is the colour of Binah, in whom he gestates.
Accordingly, his representative in physical life is the spermatozoon this is why the card is called The Hermit. The letter Yod is the first letter of the name Tetragrammaton, and this symbolizes the Father, who is Wisdom he is the highest form of Mercury, and The letter Yod is the foundation of all the other letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which are merely combinations of it in various ways. Hence, the hand, which is the tool or instrument par excellence, is in the centre of This card is attributed to the letter Yod, which means the Hand. " Curiouser and Curiouser " said Alice.Įxcept where otherwise noted, Grey Lodge Occult Review™ is licensed under aĬreative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. "You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here." "Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. The Mystic Rose from the Garden of the King Selections from the archived Web-Material
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