The Magician

    The Magician

    The firs tarot card.

    The Magician
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    Before us is a young man in the attire of a magician, with a face similar to Apollo, with a confident smile on his lips and sparkle in his eyes. Above his head is the mystical sign of the Holy Spirit - a sign of life in the form of an endless ribbon that forms a reclining figure eight. A snake encircles his waist, biting its own tail. Most people are familiar with this symbol as a symbol of infinity, and in this case it indicates the infinity of spiritual improvement. The right hand of the Magician with the staff is raised to the heavens, the left one points down to the earth. Well known in the highest degrees of the Institutional Mysteries, this double gesture symbolizes the descent of grace, virtue and light from the upper world. to the lower world. Thus, the figurative structure of the entire map contains the idea of ​​possessing Spiritual Powers and Gifts and transferring them. On the table in front of the Magician, like chips of some game, are laid out symbols representing the natural elements of the four suits of the Tarot, which the adept disposes of at his own discretion. Blooming at his feet are roses and lilies cyrbflos campi (wildflowers) and liliutn convalium (lilies of the valley), which have turned into garden flowers. They serve as clear examples of the beneficial results of the pursuit of excellence. This card signifies the divine impulses in man, who is himself the image and likeness of God, and the manifestation of the will to liberate himself from unity with that which is above. It is also the integrity of individual existence at all levels, and in its highest meaning it is thinking in its extremely concentrated form.