Magician

58. The Magus of Power. / ב / Mercury（“Book T”）

“Tabulated Rules”

Skill, wisdom, adaptation. Craft, cunning, etc., always depending on its dignity. Sometimes occult Wisdom.

《PKT》

Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; sickness, pain, loss, disaster, snares of enemies; self-confidence, will; the Querent, if male.

(Reverse) Physician, Magus, mental disease, disgrace, disquiet.

“A Manual of Cartomancy”

I. World of Human Prudence

Skill in any department within the sphere of the subject ; subtlety ; savoir faire ; on the evil side, trickery ; also occult practice, apart from the wisdom of adeptship.

II. World of Conformity

The official side in religion, but containing the warrants thereof ; also the arbitrary, mechanical side, and formalism.

III. World of Attainment

That which must be overcome ; the will in this connexion ; the motive of this world.

“The Quest of the Golden Stairs”

Messenger of the Court of Stars—help, warnings, messages, deception, counterfeit, blame, distress: “Moreover, the great things are earned and not given” (Quest, 85).

“Steps to the Crown”

The Wise Men did not come from the East as indicated by the compass. They performed a philosophical journey from an land which is close at hand, even at our doors, and yet is very far away from most of us.

《絵的な鍵》

【魔術士の薔薇園】 【アポロン神】 【無限】 【黄色】 【赤色】 【白色】 【紅白】 【バンダナ】 【バトン】 【真正面】 【立派な机】 【花】 【薔薇十字】 【赤いバラ】 【白百合】

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👉 ラベル：魔術士

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“The Tarot Trumps”

It represents the union and balance of the elemental powers controlled by mind. The Adept dedicating the minor implements on the Altar. The paths of Beth and Mercury link Kether the Crown with Binah, the Aimah Elohim. The Magician, therefore, is reflected in the Intellect which stores and gathers up knowledge and pours it into the House of Life, Binah. The number of the Path, 12, suggests the synthesis of the Zodiac, as Mercury is the synthesis of the planets. The colours yellow, violet, grey and indigo, point to the mysterious astral light surrounding the great Adept. It is a card linked with the name Tahuti and Hermes as the previous one is with Krishna and Harparkrat or Dionysius.

《PKT》

A youthful figure in the robe of a magician, having the countenance of divine Apollo, with smile of confidence and shining eyes. Above his head is the mysterious sign of the Holy Spirit, the sign of life, like an endless cord, forming the figure 8 in a horizontal position (∞). About his waist is a serpent-cincture, the serpent appearing to devour its own tail. This is familiar to most as a conventional symbol of eternity, but here it indicates more especially the eternity of attainment in the spirit. In the Magician's right hand is a wand raised towards heaven, while the left hand is pointing to the earth. This dual sign is known in very high grades of the Instituted Mysteries; it shews the descent of grace, virtue and light, drawn from things above and derived to things below. The suggestion throughout is therefore the possession and communication of the Powers and Gifts of the Spirit. On the table in front of the Magician are the symbols of the four Tarot suits, signifying the elements of natural life, which lie like counters before the adept, and he adapts them as he wills. Beneath are roses and lilies, the flos campi and lilium convallium, changed into garden flowers, to shew the culture of aspiration. This card signifies the divine motive in man, reflecting God, the will in the liberation of its union with that which is above. It is also the unity of individual being on all planes, and in a very high sense it is thought, in the fixation thereof. With further reference to what I have called the sign of life and its connexion with the number 8, it may be remembered that Christian Gnosticism speaks of rebirth in Christ as a change “unto the Ogdoad.” The mystic number is termed Jerusalem above, the Land flowing with Milk and Honey, the Holy Spirit and the Land of the Lord. According to Martinism, 8 is the number of Christ.