Hanged Man

69. The Spirit of the Mighty Waters. / מ / Water（“Book T”）

“Tabulated Rules”

Enforced sacrifice. Punishment, Loss. Fatal and not voluntary. Suffering generally.

《PKT》

Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice, intuition, divination, prophecy.

(Reverse) Selfishness, the crowd, body politic.

“A Manual of Cartomancy”

I. World of Human Prudence

The symbol of renunciation, for whatever cause and with whatever motive.

II. World of Conformity

Crucifixion and self-crucifixion ; atonement.

III. World of Attainment

The path of choice ; reversion of the natural man ; he who has not loved his life even to the loss thereof ; conquest of the fear of those who can kill the body.

“The Quest of the Golden Stairs”

Master or Chief of the Portal—vision, voice of dole (fate), proclamation: “So did the Twelve Houses of Heaven work through the will of others to reach their proper ends” (Quest, 12).

“Steps to the Crown”

Let us relinquish the material affectations, the foolish likings and the attractions, of this world, to those who believe that they are certain to perish with the world.

《絵的な鍵》

【後光】 【タウ十字】 【マタイの福音書】 【吊される】 【片足】 【赤と青】 【ベージュ】 【赤色】 【青色】 【赤いタイツ】

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👉 ラベル：吊され人

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“The Tarot Trumps”

An elusive, because a profoundly significant symbol. It is sacrifice — the submergence of the higher in the lower in order to sublimate the lower. It is the descent of the Spirit into Matter, the incarnation of God in man, the submission to the bonds of matter that the material may be transcended and transmuted. The colours are deep blue, white and black intermingled but not merged, olive, green and greenish fawn.

《PKT》

The gallows from which he is suspended forms a Tau cross, while the figure—from the position of the legs—forms a fylfot cross (卍: swastika). There is a nimbus about the head of the seeming martyr. It should be noted (1) that the tree of sacrifice is living wood, with leaves thereon; (2) that the face expresses deep entrancement (samādhi), not suffering; (3) that the figure, as a whole, suggests life in suspension, but life and not death. It is a card of profound significance, but all the significance is veiled. One of his editors suggests that Éliphas Lévi did not know the meaning, which is unquestionable nor did the editor himself. It has been called falsely a card of martyrdom, a card of prudence, a card of the Great Work (the process of working with the prima materia to create the philosopher's stone), a card of duty; but we may exhaust all published interpretations and find only vanity. I will say very simply on my own part that it expresses the relation, in one of its aspects, between the Divine and the Universe.

He who can understand that the story of his higher nature is imbedded in this symbolism will receive intimations concerning a great awakening that is possible, and will know that after the sacred Mystery of Death there is a glorious Mystery of Resurrection.