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Tarot Tntbrpretation Lesson Thirtv-Two
Tarot Tntbrpretation Lesson Thirtv-Two
LessonThirtv-two
Sr-rppose you have a specificproblem. Considerit carefully. When you have done so, it will
be lelatively easyto determinewhat I(ey symbolizesthe esser,tialnatureof the problem.
Then selectone of the tableausol magic squaresin which that Key is a centralunit. I-ay this
arrangementof Keys beforeyou and look at it with the definite intention of letting it evoke
fiorn your inner consciousness an intimation of what shouldbe your next step.
Do not try to fbrce an answer. Sit ten or fifteen minuteswith pencil and paperat hand for
notesof any ideaswhich may come to you. If none come at the first sitting, do not be
discouraged.Sometimesthesehints from within come during the courseof the day after the
morning practicewith the Keys. Often they pop into your headjust as you are waking the
next morning. I{owever this may work out, be sureto follow the suggestion.
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own individuality and personality. To learnmore aboutyour individuality, use the squares
and tableausin which the centralunit is the I(ey correspondingto your Sun sign. To learn
more aboutyour personality,usethe squaresand tableausin which the centralunit is the Key
representingyour rising sign; also thosein which the centralunit is the place of the Moon in
your natal chart. If you do not know your rising sign, or the place of the Moon, consult some
astrologicalfriend. For one who knows eventhe rudimentsof astrology,it is easyto
determinethe place of the Sun and the Moon, by sign, simply by rel'erringto an ephemerisfbr
the year of your birth. Unlessyou know your birth-hour,the rising sign is not so easyto
determine. But a greatdeal of insight into your own make-upcan be gainedby fcrllorvingthis
methodwith the l(eys correspondingto the positionsof the Sun and the Moon.
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What .lungcalls the "collective unconscious"is a vast reservoirof theseseedideas. They are
helclthereinas symbols. As the CHALDEAN ORACLES say: "The Fatherof gods and men
placecithe mind (nous)in the soul (psyche);and placedboth in the humanbody, The paternal
Mind hath sown symbolsin the soul." Here what is called"solll" is what is called "psyche,,
throughoutthe New Testameutwhere it is distinguishedfrom "pneurra," or the rnodeof the
Life-power syrnbolizedby the variousmasculinefigure of Tarot.
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be clominatedby irnmaturepsychic levelsof our consciousness is to be what St. paul calls
'hatural
tlre man." It is to be within the fatal field of influenceswhich JacobBoellne termed
the "astral spirit." It is to be caughtin the web of Maya (Illusion). Nevertheless,the symbols
in the collectiveunconsciousare the seedsof all possiblecombinationsof physical conditions
rdrich rnay be experiencedby mankind.
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be able to evoke the imageswhich correspondto the conditionswe desireto have
manifestedin our surroundingsis to possessa key to extraordinaryexerciseof power. We do
not escapefiorn dorninationby the "astral spirit" by ignoring it. We do not breakthe web of
Maya by trying to destroyMaya itself. What liberatesus is right useof the symbolssown in
the soul.
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seedideasare actually the basisof all physicai conditionsboth known and as yet
unknown to man. Theseseedideasconstituteeithersingly, or in definite numerical
cornbinatiotts,principlesupon which the universearoundand in us is undeviatinglybuilt.
They may, but not necessarilymust, be relatively few in number. The "real events"of this
universe,which embracesall phenomenaincluding us, are built in accordancewith these
basicprinciples.
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that the physical universe,its energiesand laws, are things given. They were herebefore we
appearcdon the scene. They will be hereafter we leaveit.
So far as this goes,AgelessWisdom agreeswith it, but saysthe truth of the matter goeseven
farther. As persons,we had nothing to do with ow appearance on the scene. As persons,we
do not set the stage. But within our personalitydwells a higher life which is the real Being
assumingthe outrvardmaslcof the personalexistence.
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This real Being, the true I AM within us, is the only God there is. is the inner
significanceof the statementin Exodusto the eff'ectthat the Name of God is i1!i'1N,Eheyeh,
or I AM. In Ilebrerv, Eheyehis the presentindicativeof the verb "to be." Thus the Bible tells
us that the true "God" is simply what really is and that the only intelligible nameof God is
simply the announcementof AbsoluteBeing-I AM, without a predicate.
All versionof AgelessWisdom bring us to this idea. All agreethat the true Self at the center
of every personalityis identicalwith the Originating Spirit. Identical with it, not derived
lrom it. Personalityis derived. The Self is ONE.
Fortunatelyfor us, we do not have to graspthe fuil rneaningof this truth in order to usethe
power it gives us. We simply have to act as if it were true. This is the basisol'true theurgy,
or God-worl<ing, as contrastedwith variousfbrms of sorcerywhich aim to bolsterup the
weaknessof humanpersonalityby calling outsideentitiesto its aid.
Much rvliich passesfor religion is actuallya form of sorcery. When prayer is conceivedas
being a method wherebythe personpraying flatters,or compels,somebeing outsideto fulfil
his desires,that prayeris a form of falsemagic. When prayeris recognitionof an inclwelling
power, able to modify externalconditionsbecauseit is the power which brings to passevery
externalmanifestation,suchprayeris true theurgy.
Various Nerv Thought cults havehad someglimpseof this truth. So far as it goes,their
rnethodof procedureis correct;but it often is lirnited by misunderstandingof the law whereby
that methodproducesresults. The law is that of fbcusingcreativeseedideasin
snbconsciousness.This is the law at work in all our useof Tarot.
Man's place in the cosmic order is to act as a distributorfbr the power of Originating Spirit.
Man is able to bring into actual,concreternanifestationnew cornbinations of the seedideas
in LJniversalMind. By so doing,he "controls"the forcesof his environment,and bringsinto
tangibleexistence,on the physicalplane,conditionsrvhichwould nevermaketheir'
appearancebut for the action of human self-consciousness.
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Wrat has not beenwell understoodis that humanpersonalityis the fi1est tool of all. and. like
other tools, may be irnproved. Human personality,evennow, doesexpressthe Ad'rinistrative
lntelligencesymbolizedby Tarot I(ey 21. When one realizesthis, it becomesperfecthuman
personality. By "perltct," as we use it here,we do not meanthat personalityis to be brought
to a stalesuch as is, by somethinkers,conceivedas absoluteperfectiol. What we mean is
that the averageman or \\ronlanis far fi'om living up to tlie true potentialsof personality.
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are no superior,and no inferior races. Inf.eriorpersonalitiespredominateover superior
onesin every race,when one sintply countsheads. We haveto learnthe lessonof Key 14.
Wherevera superiorpersonalityappears,that personalwaysknows that he has beenfashioned
by the Lif-e-powerand not by "himself." This is one of the distinguishingcharacteristicsof
every tluly superiorman or woman.
Mele lip-serviceto the idea that the Life-power is the only Thinker and the only Actor is 'ot
enough;and the wise agreethat eventlie perfectedpersonality,exceptin rare momentsof
ecstasy.remainsin the illusion of separateness. Consequently,he must exert what seemsto
be "ltis" will, but all liis exertionconsistsin the effor"tto surrenderthat will to the One Will, to
"dive into the depthsof Pure Being." In the outer affbirs of humanexistence,sucha person
is
aotive,industrious,and assiduous.'fhe main differenceis that, though he experiencesthe
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There is, of course,no intrinsic power in a Tarot Key. It is not Tarot that works. A Tarot l(ey
is merely a pictorial announcementof someprinciple or law of life. It influences
strbconsciousness becausethe naturallanguageof the collectivesubconsciousness is pictorial
imagery. Wrile you hold the imageof a given I{ey in your consciousness, your
subconsciousness is being impressedwitli the meaningof that image.
Day after day, week after week, you have given consciousattentionto valious combinations
of Tarot symbols. This work may lraveseemedmore or lessmechanical.it may be that you
have not beentremendouslythrilled by it. Seed-planting,after all, is not so very exciting.
But, if you have stuckto your practice,you have beenimpressingyour subconsciousness with
the fundamentalprinciplesof the universalcreativeprocess.
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You are now ready for anothetstepahead. In the monthsto come,you will make further use
of your'l'arot knowledgeto preparefor the exerciseof powerstruly divine.
I-Ierelet us remind you that l'arot was inventedby the sameInner Schoolwhich first brought
the'frue and Invisible RosicrucianOrder to the notice of the eruditeof Europe,early in the
seventeenthr:entury. The doctrineand practiceveiled by Tarot is true Rosicrucianism.It is a
combinationo1'theSecretWisdom of Israel,concealedby the letter of the Olcl Testament.
rvitir the Gnosisveiled in the languageof the Ner,vTestament.
This Gnosisis iclenticalwith the GuptaVidya of India, and with the esotericdoctrineof Egypt
anclCl-ralclea.
lt is the fulfillment and perf'ection,but by no rneansthe abrogation,of the
ancientHermetic Wisdorn. Hcncernuchof it is to be found in suchfiagmentsas are
preset'vedin THE CI{ALDEAN ORACLES and othel partial survivalsof the writings of the
Neo-Platonistsand Neo-Pythagoreans.Tracesof the samedoctrineare to be found in the
booksof iamblichus,Plutarchand Philo.
The next five courseswill prepareyou fbr the esotericaspectsof AgelessWisdom training.
As a Clorresponding Probationeryou will be given a thoroughgroundingin the secretwisdom
whiclr is bchind farot and Alcherny. THE MASTEI{ PATTERN, THE TREE OF LIFE, and
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]'IiE PATIIS OF WISDOM containthe essenceof this wisdom and of its
applicationto the practicalart of living. Followingtheseis SOTND AND COLOR, which
gives instructionin the use of soundand light for healing. Then comesthe final coursei'
your initiatory spiritualpreparation,PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THE GREAT
WORK, which dealswith the art of true Alchemy.
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aboveis not all rve have to impart, however,for thereare severalcoursesof Extended
Doctrineswhich were given by Dr. Ann Davies. Ileretofbre,theseadvancedteachingshave
beenreservedfor only the earsof the few; but now, as we enterthe AquarianAge, the influx
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lableausgivenin Lesson31.
4. Nantethe sevenstageso1'spiritualunfbldment.
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That is the time to tum to your SacredKeys of Wisdomandfind the onethatwill unlockthe door to the
solutionyou seek.
You are now preparedto take the higher instruction in subjectswhich reveal methods and
information kept hidden for centuriesand which only recently were madeavailableto studentsby the
Mastersof the Inner School. Thoughtheyremaininvisibleto you, it is their guidancethat will revealin
all its glory the MASTER PATTERN and leadyou to the mysticalTreeof Life.
Fraternallyyours in L.V.X.,
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