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VI. THE LOVERS [OR: THE BROTHERS] This card and its twin, XIV, Art, are the most obscure and difficult of the Atu. Each of these symbols is in itself double, so that the meanings form a divergent series, and the inte‐ gration of the Card can only be regained by repeated marriages, identifications, and some form of Hermaphroditism. Yet the attribution is the essence of simplicity. Atu VI refers to Gemini, ruled by Mer‐ cury. It means The Twins. The Hebrew letter corresponding is Zain, which means a Sword, and the framework of the card is therefo…
1944 · PDF PAGE 96
… of the Temple.1 But at this time archaeological research had not gone very far; the na‐ ture of Baphomet was not fully understood. (See Atu 0, above.) At least he succeeded in identi‐ fying the goat portrayed upon the card with Pan. On the Tree of Life, Atu XIII and XV are symmetrically placed; they lead from Tiphareth, the human consciousness, to the spheres in which Thought (on the one hand) and Bliss (on the other) are developed. Between them, Atu XIV leads similarly to the sphere which formu‐ lates Existence. (See note on Atu X and arrange…
1944 · PDF PAGE 184
…of flame from which spring lightnings in every direction. These flames are Yods, arranged in the form of the Tree of Life. (For Yod, see Atu IX su‐ pra.) It is the primordial Energy of the Divine manifesting in Matter, at so early a stage that it is not yet definitely formulated as Will. Important: although these “small cards” are sympathetic with their Sephirotic origin, they are not identical; nor are they Divine Persons. These (and the Court Cards also) are pri‐ marily sub‐Elements, parts of the “Blind Forces” under the Demiourgos, Tetragram…
1944 · PDF PAGE 93
XIV. ART This card is the complement and the fulfilment of Atu VI, Gemini. It pertains to Sagitta‐ rius, the opposite to Gemini in the Zodiac, and therefore, “after another manner,” one with it. Sagittarius means the Archer; and the card is (in its simplest and most primitive form) a pic‐ ture of Diana the Huntress. Diana is primarily one of the lunar goddesses, though the Romans rather degraded her from the Greek “virgin Artemis”, who is also the Great Mother of Fertility, Diana of the Ephesians, Many‐Breasted. (A form of Isis‐see Atu II and I…
1944 · PDF PAGE 13
…I. Eliphaz Levi and the Tarot; 2. The Tarot in the Cipher Manuscripts; 3. The Tarot and the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; 4. The Nature of the Evidence; Summary of the Questions Hitherto Discussed. II. The Tarot and the Holy Qabalah; The Naples Arrangement; The Tarot and the Formula of Tetragrammaton; The Tarot and the Elements; The Twentytwo Keys, Atu, or Trumps of the Tarot. III. The Tarot and the Universe; Theories of the Ancients; The Tree of Life; The Naples Arrangement; The Tarot and the Tree of Life; The Atu of Tahuti; The Roman …
1944 · PDF PAGE 6
…I. Eliphaz Levi and the Tarot; 2. The Tarot in the Cipher Manuscripts; 3. The Tarot and the “Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn”; 4. The Nature of the Evidence; Summary of the Questions Hitherto Discussed. II. The Tarot and the Holy Qabalah; The Naples Arrangement; The Tarot and the Formula of Tetragrammaton; The Tarot and the Elements; The Twenty‐two Keys, Atu, or Trumps of the Tarot. III. The Tarot and the Universe; Theories of the Ancients; The Tree of Life; The Naples Ar‐ rangement; The Tarot and the Tree of Life; The Atu of Tahuti; The Roma…
1944 · PDF PAGE 191
tees who wished to identify her with Nature. The idea of sexual cruelty is often inherent in the highest divine nature; compare Bhavani and Kali in the Hindu system, and observe the Shiva‐ Sakti coition portrayed on many Tibetan banners. See also Liber 418, 4th, 3rd, and 2nd Aethyrs; and the description supra of Atu XI.
1944 · PDF PAGE 64
…cond stage without any beginning of consummation. It is especially to be observed that the three consecutive letters, Gimel, Daleth, Hé (Atu II, III, XVII) show the Feminine Symbol (Yin) in three forms composing a Triune Goddess. This Trinity is immediately followed by the three corresponding and complementary Fathers, Vau, Tzaddi, Yod (Atu IV, V, IX). The Trumps 0 and I are hermaphrodite. T he remaining fourteen Trumps represent these Primordial Quintessences of Being in conjunction, function, or mani‐ festation.
1944 · PDF PAGE 67
…, since Aries means a Ram. At his feet, couchant, is the Lamb and Flag, to confirm this attribution on the lower plane; for the ram, by nature, is a wild and courageous animal, lonely in lonely places, whereas when tamed and made to lie down in green pastures, nothing is left but the docile, cowardly, gregarious and succulent beast. This is the theory of government. The Emperor is also one of the more important alchemical cards; with Atu II and III, he makes up the triad: Sulphur, Mercury, Salt. His arms and head form an upright triangle; below…
1944 · PDF PAGE 100
…ould make it clear that magical symbols must always be understood in a double sense, each contradictory of the other. These ideas blend naturally with the higher and deeper significance of the card. There is a direct reference to this card in the Book of the Law. In Chapter I, verse 57, the goddess Nuith speaks: “Invoke me under my stars! Love is the law, love under will. Nor let the fools mistake love; for there are love and love. There is the dove, and there is the serpent. Choose ye well! He, my prophet, hath chosen, knowing the law of the f…
1944 · PDF PAGE 46
PART TWO THE ATU (KEYS or TRUMPS) 0. The Fool. The Formula of Tetragrammaton; The Green Man of the Spring Festival. April Fool; The Holy Ghost; The Great Fool of the Celts (Dalua); The Rich Fisherman; Percivale; The Croco dile (Mako, Son of Set, or Sebek); HoorPaKraat; Zeus Arrheno theleus; Dionysus Zagreus; Bacchus Diphues; Baphomet; Sum mary. I. to XXI. The Juggler; The High Priestess; The Empress; The Em peror; The Hierophant; The Lovers (or, The Brothers); The Char iot; Adjustment; The Hermit; Fortune; Lust; The Hanged Man; D…
1944 · PDF PAGE 83
The nature of these qualities requires careful description. In the Hindu system are three Gunas‐Sattvas, Rajas and Tamas. The word “Guna” is untranslatable. It is not quite an element, a quality, a form of energy, a phase, or a potential; all of these ideas enter into it. All the qualities that can be predicated of anything may be ascribed to one or more of these Gunas: Tamas is darkness, inertia, sloth, ignorance, death and the like; Rajas is energy, excite‐ ment, fire, brilliance, restlessness; Sattvas is calm, intelligence, hicidity and bala…
1944 · PDF PAGE 98
…ng energy. Zoroaster defines God as “having a spiral force”. Compare the more recent, if less profound, writings of Einstein1. 1Compare Saturn, at one end of the Seven Sacred Wanderers, with the Moon at the other: the aged man and the young girl—see “The Formula of Tetragrammaton”. They are linked as no other two planets, since 32=9, and each contains in itself the extremes of its own idea. (See also Appendix: Atu xxi.)
1944 · PDF PAGE 92
energy. From this it will be seen that this card is, in a very strict sense, the completion of the card called Lust, Atu XI, and Atu XII represents the solution or dissolution which links them. The highest aspect of the card is the Eagle, which represents exaltation above solid matter. It was understood by the early chemists that, in certain experiments, the purest (i.e., most tenuous) elements present were given off as gas or vapour. There are thus represented in this card the three essential types of putrefaction. The card itself represents t…
1944 · PDF PAGE 38
…he influence of Jupiter, the little bit of luck that tips the scale. These considerations are particularly important in dealing with the Atu, or Trumps. The Planets are already represented in the numbers or Sephiroth of the Tree of Life. But they have also attributions to certain of the Paths. Some etymologists of a singularly idle disposition have tried to derive the French word “atout” from the ATU meaning House. It may seem simpler to suggest that “atout” is short for “bon atout”, meaning “good for anything”, because a Trump will take any ca…
1944 · PDF PAGE 52
…re thus a number of gods, goddesses, and eponymous heroes, whose legends are functions of the letter N. (With regard to this letter, see Atu XIII.) It is connected with the North, and so with the starry heavens about the Pole Star; also with the North wind; and the reference is to the Watery signs. Hence the letter N. occurs in legends of the Flood and of fish gods. In Hebrew mythology, the hero concerned is Noah. Note also that the symbol of the Fish has been chosen to represent the Redeemer or Phallus, the god through whose virtue man passes …
1944 · PDF PAGE 242
THE ATU: MNEMONICS a Truth, laughter, lust: Wine’s Holy Fool! Veil rent, Lewd madness is sublime enlightenment. b The Word of Wisdom weaves the web of lies, Weds irreducible Infinities. g Mother, moon‐maiden, playmate, bride of Pan; God’s Angel‐Minister to every man. d Beauty, display thine Empire! Truth above Thought’s reach: the wholeness of the world is Love. x Sire and inceptor, Emperor and King Of all things mortal, hail Him lord of Spring! v Wisdom to each apportioned to his want By modes of Light, shed forth, great Hierophant! z To each …
1944 · PDF PAGE 95
… tincture. It divides again into two forms, the gold and the silver, the red and the white; but its essence is always the same, and its nature is not to be understood except by experience. It is because the alchemists were dealing with substances on the borderland of “matter” that they are so difficult to understand. The subject‐ matter of chemistry and physics in modern times is what they would have called the study of dead things; for the real difference between living things and dead is, in the first instance, their behaviour. The initials o…
1944 · PDF PAGE 72
…tion is implicit in itself. This is necessary to preserve the equilibrium of the Universe. The theory has been explained in the essay on Atu I, the Juggler, but must now be again emphasized in order to interpret this card. The key is that the Card represents the Creation of the World. The Hierarchs held this secret as of transcendant importance. Consequently, the Initiates who issued the Tarot, for use during the Aeon of Osiris, superseded the original card above described in “The Vision and the Voice”. They were concerned to create a new Unive…
1944 · PDF PAGE 228
…cal matters the good fortune of Jupiter is very limited. Their influence on the card is not great. Yet, Jupiter being himself the Wheel (Atu X), he emphasizes that idea. The card represents two Pantacles, one above the other; they are the Chinese symbols of the Yang and Yin duplicated as in the Hsiang. One wheel is dextro‐ and the other laevo‐ rotatory. They thus represent the harmonious interplay of the Four Elements in constant movement. One may in fact consider the card as the picture of the complete manifested Uni‐ verse, in respect of its …