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Subject: Re: the Magician Author: Teachings of the Light [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Thu, Dec 19 2002, 5:41:32 In reply to: Carol 's message, "If I was a tarot card I would be ...." on Tue, Dec 03 2002, 7:27:22 We are used to thinking of the Magician as one who can demonstrate hands-on magic, as in healing, alchemical transmutation, charging of talismans and the like. The modern Magician is a person who can complete the circuit between heaven and Earth. But we sometimes forget that at the birth of Tarot, even a gifted healer who was not an ordained clergyperson was considered to be in league with the Devil! The Rider Waite decks image of the solitary magician communing with the spirits of the elements, with its formal arrangement of symbols and postures, is a token of the freedom we have in the 20th century to declare our spiritual politics without fear of reprisal. The older cards were never so explicit about what the Magician was doing! So you can keep your imagination open with this card, and see yourself manifesting something unique, guided by evolutionary forces which emerge spontaneously from within. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]