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<blockquote class="definition">'''The Fool''' is an [[Old Energy Archetype]] from the [[Masonic Tarot Deck]]. In the [[Book of Slavery]] and [[Book of Power]], the archetype is used to reinforce the idea that we are all fools in a cosmic school here to learn our lessons and follow the rules so we can be rewarded in one way or another. </blockquote> | |||
==Old Energy Archetyes== | |||
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Elitism: An "ordinary man." "Lower consciousness." <ref>Ouspensky, P. D. The Symbolism of the Tarot: Philosophy of Occultism in Pictures and Numbers. Mineola. St. Petersburg, Russia: Trood Print and Pub., 1913.</ref> Undeveloped. Excluded. External to the temple. | |||
Wirth provides an arrogant description of the fool as a "toy of occult powers," someone who is "easily influenced and it "incapable of resisting outside influences." "Subject to domination", with no free will. A slave<ref>Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 155</ref>. This person "does not count because of his lack of intellectual and moral existence."<ref>Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 153.</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 15:57, 26 May 2020
The Fool is an Old Energy Archetype from the Masonic Tarot Deck. In the Book of Slavery and Book of Power, the archetype is used to reinforce the idea that we are all fools in a cosmic school here to learn our lessons and follow the rules so we can be rewarded in one way or another.
Old Energy Archetyes
Chariot, Death (archetype), Duality, Hermit, Hierophant, High Priestess, Judgement, Justice, Star, Strength, Sun (archetype), Temperance, The Devil, The Emperor, The Empress, The Fool, The Hanged Man, The Lovers, The Magician, The Moon, The Tower, The Wheel of Fortune, The World (old energy)
Related Terms
Old Energy Archetypes > Book of Slavery
Notes
Elitism: An "ordinary man." "Lower consciousness." [1] Undeveloped. Excluded. External to the temple.
Wirth provides an arrogant description of the fool as a "toy of occult powers," someone who is "easily influenced and it "incapable of resisting outside influences." "Subject to domination", with no free will. A slave[2]. This person "does not count because of his lack of intellectual and moral existence."[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ Ouspensky, P. D. The Symbolism of the Tarot: Philosophy of Occultism in Pictures and Numbers. Mineola. St. Petersburg, Russia: Trood Print and Pub., 1913.
- ↑ Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 155
- ↑ Wirth, Oswald. Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot. San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990. p. 153.
