Have you been struggling to learn the numbers and significance of the Hebrew letters for Kabbalah? Maybe need a little help for pathworking or Gematria? Trying to follow along with Lon Duquette but he lost you on the memorization part? Well, Uncle d’s got something for you. A printable set of Kabbalah flash cards. It’s […]
13 Death
As we take up the Tarot Trumps again with Death, we see that Crowley has yet another divergent view of its meaning, although playing with traditional symbolism enough to make the card intelligible for divination. For the traditional meanings, we can turn to Wikipedia although it is heavily invested in the Waite interpretation. “According to […]
12 The Hanged Man
As the wheel of Tarot turns from Strength at Trump 11 to the Hanged Man at Trump 12, The Fool, previously the Hero Hercules, appears to be brought low as a thief condemned to hang for his crimes. In traditional symbolism, he hangs holding the bags of gold he has stolen, although in some interpretations […]
Towards a Science of Religion
In order to explain the religious beliefs I have developed over years of mysticism heavily influenced by the Western Mystery Tradition I thought I’d share this diagram: Notice that unlike the many spurious attributions out there, I do not include the chakra system as equivalent to the tree of life. The chakras are part of […]
The Psychic Capitol of the World
On the latest episode of ‘Excuse me,what?’, they visit the people of the “psychic capitol of the world.” Cassadaga, Florida, USA … a tiny, 57 acre, unincorporated community, built by a leader in the American Spiritualism movement, which peaked in popularity in the latter half of 19th century. This town has more psychic mediums per […]
11. Strength or Lust
To delve once again into Crowley’s Book of Lies, is to begin to completely unravel the hidden secrets of the Thoth tarot and is this author’s beginning point in deciphering the initiated meanings of the cards. Reading the book for the third or fourth time, after years of yoga and a week long initiation ritual […]
9. The Hermit
We’ve taken somewhat of a pause is our exploration of the Trumps, in hesitation about having enough to say about the Hermit. This card is too simple in its initiated meaning and does not warrant a full essay. In one magical formula of The Hermit Crowley states it as: Yod Phallus Spermatozoon Hand Logos Virgin. […]