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===Book of Power===
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"(The Priestess, Isis Mother of the Initiated.) The knowledge of initiation which one must be able to find for oneself. Isis only entrusts the key to mysteries to her sons, to the 'Children of the Wisdom' worthy of knowing her secrets." <ref>Oswald Wirth, Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot (San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990). p. 170.</ref>
"(The Priestess, Isis Mother of the Initiated.) The knowledge of initiation which one must be able to find for oneself. Isis only entrusts the key to mysteries to her sons, to the 'Children of the Wisdom' worthy of knowing her secrets." <ref>Oswald Wirth, Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot (San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990). p. 170.</ref>
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Elitism : "(The Empress, Lady of supreme Ideality.) Wisdom which has conception. After turning inwards into himself (chamber of reflection) the apprentice rises from the dark depths to the high ideal of Freemasonry. If he did not assimilate the pure idea which must be realized, he could not be initiated."<ref>Oswald Wirth, Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot (San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990). p. 170.</ref>
Elitism : "(The Empress, Lady of supreme Ideality.) Wisdom which has conception. After turning inwards into himself (chamber of reflection) the apprentice rises from the dark depths to the high ideal of Freemasonry. If he did not assimilate the pure idea which must be realized, he could not be initiated."<ref>Oswald Wirth, Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot (San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990). p. 170.</ref>
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High Priestess

The High Priestess 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 hierarchy and gender stereotypes.

High Priestess Tarot Card Freemason's Deck
High Priestess Tarot Card Freemason's Deck

Old Energy Archetyes

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Notes

Book of Power

"(The Priestess, Isis Mother of the Initiated.) The knowledge of initiation which one must be able to find for oneself. Isis only entrusts the key to mysteries to her sons, to the 'Children of the Wisdom' worthy of knowing her secrets." [1]


Elitism : "(The Empress, Lady of supreme Ideality.) Wisdom which has conception. After turning inwards into himself (chamber of reflection) the apprentice rises from the dark depths to the high ideal of Freemasonry. If he did not assimilate the pure idea which must be realized, he could not be initiated."[2]

Book of Slavery

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Footnotes

  1. Oswald Wirth, Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot (San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990). p. 170.
  2. Oswald Wirth, Tarot of the Magicians: The Occult Symbols of the Major Arcana That Inspired Modern Tarot (San Francisco. CA: Weiser Books, 1990). p. 170.

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