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A youthful figure in the robe of a magician,
having the countenance of divine Apollo, with smile of confidence and shining eyes. Above
his head is the mysterious sign of the Holy Spirit, the sign of life, like an endless
cord, forming the figure 8 in a horizontal position . About his waist is a
serpent-cincture, the serpent appearing to devour its own tail. This is familiar to most
as a conventional symbol of eternity, but here it indicates more especially the eternity
of attainment in the spirit. In the Magician's right hand is a wand raised towards heaven,
while the left hand is pointing to the earth. This dual sign is known in very high grades
of the Instituted Mysteries; it shews the descent of grace, virtue and light, drawn from
things above and derived to things below. The suggestion throughout is therefore the
possession and communication of the Powers and Gifts of the Spirit. On the table in front
of the Magician are the symbols of the four Tarot suits, signifying the elements of
natural life, which lie like counters before the adept, and he adapts them as he wills.
Beneath are roses and lilies, the flos campi and lilium convallium, changed
into garden flowers, to shew the culture of aspiration. This card signifies the divine
motive in man, reflecting God, the will in the liberation of its union with that which is
above. It is also the unity of individual being on all planes, and in a very high sense it
is thought, in the fixation thereof. With further reference to what I have called the sign
of life and its connexion with the number 8, it may be remembered that Christian
Gnosticism speaks of rebirth in Christ as a change "unto the Ogdoad." The mystic
number is termed Jerusalem above, the Land flowing with Milk and Honey, the Holy Spirit
and the Land of the Lord. According to Martinism, 8 is the number of Christ.
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