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THE MAGUS
(Mercury)
“What Word compares to thine unending universe of Love? O plant
Thee thy Word in the chalice of my heart, & I will bear Thee children
that shall walk the Pathways of the Stars, & shall know the
Father than begot them.”
MEDITATION COLOR: Yellow.
HEBREW LETTER: Beyth, house, including temple or house per se; or something to house or contain something else, or in which to dwell. An architectural construct. Descendants, progeny, blood line (e.g., “House of David”). Literally, preposition “in.” B is a projective sound.
CARD NAME: Magus: Latin magus, from Greek magos, from Old Persian maguš: Indo-European roots magh-, “to be able, have power,” root of may (and dismay), might, machine, mechanic, magick.
ESOTERIC MEANING: The Clear (or Transparent) Consciousness. It is the substance of that phase of Majesty that is called Revelation. It is the source of prophecies that seers behold in visions.
TREE of LIFE: Biynah to Kether. (Links ‘Understanding’ and ‘the Crown’; or Intuition with Unconditional Being, N'shamah with Y'ḥidah; or ‘the Mother’ with ‘the Ancient of Days.’ The transmission of Divine Consciousness into a house of Form, or utterance of the Divine Word to inseminate the field of creation.)
ESOTERIC TITLE: The Magus of Power
TANTRIC & ALCHEMICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Priest: the Logos, or inseminator, of the operation.
DIVINATION: Skill, wisdom, initiative, adroitness, adaptation, elasticity, craft, constructiveness, cunning, deceit, theft. Sometimes means occult wisdom or power; sometimes a quick impulse. May imply messages, business transactions, or the advantage or interference of intellect or learning with the matter at hand.