Golden Dawn TTarot Deck

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Moina Mathers (1865–1928), London trained artist, wife of SL MacGregor-Mathers and sister of philosopher Henri Bergson [44]

According to Wang, the purpose of the Tarot is to teach - teach about the nature of the universe, and about man's relationship to the universe. Wang also sees the Tarot as illustrating the energies of the mystical system of Qabalah. The use of the Tarot for divination is seen as a means to provide an introduction to the visual patterns and subtle energies of the Tarot. In this respect, the true worth of the cards comes from repetitive usage, which helps to stimulate the unconscious and help develop psychic powers. Westcott, W. Wynn (n.d.). "The History of the Golden Dawn". Archived from the original on February 8, 2006. This doctrine states that God as Creator…manifested Himself in ten utterances of His being, ten radiations of His creative nature, ten emanations of His concealed essence, or what one of these ultimately symbolic descriptions is used. The Sefiroth, pulsating with the rhythm of the divine life and symbolically representing the life process of the Godhead, are in essence one in God, yet they reveal different aspects of God’s creative activity. (Scholem, Mystical Shape 60)Colquhoun, Ithell (1975). Sword of Wisdom: Macgregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn. Neville Spearman. ISBN 0-85435-092-6. King, Francis (1989). Modern Ritual Magic: The Rise of Western Occultism. Prism. ISBN 1-85327-032-6.

Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), occultist, writer and mountaineer, founder of his own magical society. [38] As was stated in Chapter Two, the Cabala was originally a form of Jewish mysticism and it survives as such today. Cabala is an “esoteric system concerning the secrets of the divine realm which begins in the late 12 th century…” (Dan 639). During the Renaissance, a number of individuals borrowed elements of Jewish Cabala to create a Christian Cabala that aligned itself with the Hermeticism derived from the Corpus Hermeticum combined with Neoplatonic philosophy. This was largely through the work of Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola followed by a host of successors (Yates 84-86). The Neoplatonic influences were in two forms, those of early Christian and non-Christian philosophers.

Ace of Wands – “The Root of the Powers of Fire”; Aries, Leo and Sagittarius; The Fire Signs of the Zodiac The Fool. Idea, thought, spirituality, that which endeavors to rise above the material. (If the subject which is enquired about be spiritual.) If the Divination refers to a material event of ordinary life, this card is not good, and shows folly, stupidity, eccentricity, and even mania, unless offset by very good cards. It is too ideal and unstable to be generally good in material things." In addition to being the first translator of the Corpus Hermeticum into Latin, Ficino also studied and translated the work of the late Neoplatonic philosophers, specifically Plotinus, Proclus, and Iamblichus (Yates 56-57, 65-68). Iamblichus’ De Mysteriis, which was translated by Ficino, was originally written by Iamblichus as a philosophical defense of theurgy (magia) and associated ritual practices in the face of criticism by his peer and fellow philosopher, Porphyry (Shaw 5-7). Later, this text served as the basis and justification for theurgy in multiple communities from the fourth century through to the 10th century and Ficino revived the practice of theurgy with his translation of this text (Shaw 6). Use of this Neoplatonic thought to justify a spiritualized ritual activity combined with the specifically Christian work of Pseudo-Dionysius allowed Ficino to merge non-Christian and Christian Neoplatonism with other Christian thought into the active system of magia that he developed and practiced (Yates 68).

a b c Jensen, K. Frank (2005). "The Early Waite–Smith Tarot Editions". The Playing-Card. International Playing Card Society. 34 (1): 26–50.

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Regardie, Israel (1993). What You Should Know About the Golden Dawn (6thed.). New Falcon Publications. ISBN 1-56184-064-5.