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The Thoth Magus and/or the Dream Tarot-Key 1-Magician is the 1st Trump or Path of Experimental Learning that is associated with the Hebrew Letter-Beth, meaning House, which is called The Path of Beth, and is between Kether (Crown) and Binah (Understanding) on the Qabalistic Tree of Life, making it the transition-Phallic path of the One Undefined Energy from Chokmah, the 2nd Sephiroth to the Great Organizer Mother Binah, the 3rd Sephiroth. This relationship establishes the meaning of house, Beth, as that of the dwelling place (Womb) where Spirit resides before "falling" and/or coagulating into manifestation. In this case, it is appropriate to call the Magus/Magician that which builds the House. In other words, the Magus/Magician directs and encloses the One Spirit (Spiral Energy-Vital Life Force) which is symbolized by THE FOOL tarot card.

The Supernal Triangle of the Upper Trinity (The World of Aziluth), is represented by Tarot Cards whose activities are only separated by a degree or less. Therefore, the Aspects of the Magus and the Fool are intricately linked. The One Great Being/Greater Self (Note* to a Qabalist a "Being" is an Immortal Intelligent Energy"/Sephiroth) is not gender as we know it. In the Upper Tree of Life, there isn't a species sexuality of any kind. Rather "sexual expression" here is of energy, as in expressed Electric part of Energy/Male or receptive Magnetic part of Energy/Female.

Scholars of the first 5 books of the Bible (the Pentateuch), point out that the letter Beth, seen on the Thoth Magus, is the First letter, as the book of Genesis begins with Bereshith --commonly translated as "in the beginning". Interestingly, *Fabre d'Olivet translated Bereshith as meaning "At First, in principle", knowing that Beth symbolizes the "Beginning of the Beginning"; The Primal Will of the One. Hence, it is called the First Matter of the Alchemist, the Philosophic Mercury and or "First Principle". Because to create a beginning one must create an end, the Magus /Magician also represents the key polarities of creation, Life and Death.

For those who don't know Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (8 December 1767, Ganges, Hérault – 25 March 1825, Paris) he was a French author, poet and composer whose Biblical and philosophical hermeneutics influenced many occultists, such as Eliphas Lévi, Gérard Encausse ("Papus") and Édouard Schuré

His best-known works are on the research of the Hebrew language and the history of humanity entitled (1) The Hebraic Tongue Restored: And the True Meaning of the Hebrew Words Re-Established and Proved by their Radical Analysis, and (2) Hermeneutic Interpretation of the Origin of the Social State of Man and of the Destiny of the Adamic Race. Other works of renown are on the sacred art of music entitled Music Explained as Science and as Art and Considered in its Analog Relationship with Religious Mysteries, Ancient Mythology and the History of the Earth, and a translation and commentary of Pythagoras's thirty-six Golden Verses.

For more information about Fabre d'Olivet, click on the Wikipedia link button provided above.

This process of 0=2 is indicated by the horizontal figure eight (lemniscus) and/ or Ouroboros, the serpent that eats its own tale, as both represent the closed circle of One Energy,(0=2) begun by the number One -Beth, acting on the Zero-Aleph, THE FOOL The Lemniscus symbolizes the Act of Turning upon oneself as a Twisting or Spiraling- creating Male and Female infinite circles of Force in the ONE Energy and is also referred to as the Sexual Dance of God/Goddess; the Divine Creative. This spinning together of infinite male and female polarities are also shown above the head the Thoth Magus as a caduceus. Originally there was no motion in the "mind stuff" because there is no Action in the Crown or Mind of God until Will disturbs it. That Will is the Magus /Magician. Therefore, the magical chant of," I am the will. I am the way, I am the wealth, I own the Day." is most apropos to this card. [For an entertaining story of the first relationship between the letters Aleph and Beth, I would suggest one reads the Zohar, a Qabalistic text.]

However, even though the Magus is associated with Mercury/Hermes the Messenger of the Gods, he is not all active. In fact, he is both active and passive, as he is both that which Transmits and that which is transmitted (A phallus-Wand and expressed energy)! The Magus represents both the One Life Energy which when transmitted to the 3rd Sephiroth-Binah (Understanding) becomes the Prima Materia (First Matter or Semen of Will which be commonly known as Focused Willed Thought that impregnates creation). Here an understanding of the fact that the Magus (Mercury) is the "message bearer" of the Immortal Beings, meaning he is not Himself the Creator, only the bearer of his Will much as the semen is the bearer of the genes of the Father. Therefore, the Magus is the ejaculator of will (The whole Supernal Triangle is the action/Will of the Divine Phallus and Womb as energy must flow between polarities.). The Wand, traditionally seen in The Magician's hand (Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot-and most Traditional Tarot) but not shown in hand of the Thoth or Declarative Tarot Seer Card, symbolizes this phallic action. The usage of the wand implies that the Magic is merely the Transmitted will of the Greater Being that is the Supernal Triangle or Trinity. The body of the Thoth Magus is the Wand, just as the human body is the magic wand of the Soul. In the Thoth ATU-1-the magical tools of the Magus float around him; the sword, the cup, the fire, and the winged orphic egg (the Universal Egg) and even a goose quill pen (upper left) and scroll (upper right) implying that a secret knowledge floats in the swirling energy he is suspended in.

The Roman, Mercury, is the Greek Hermes (shown with erect phallus) and the Egyptian- Thoth, all represent the same deity, the amalgamation of their qualities having become inseparable in modern esoteric literature. Hermes, as was Thoth, was always associated with words. This makes sense as a messenger must simply state the cause of the one who has sent him. Then there is the Egyptian- Thoth, who created the hieroglyphs, which developed the necessary means by which a message could be transmitted and recorded. He was considered an Alien Astronaut Scientist/Engineer (Anunnaki-"Those who from the heavens came to earth") who taught mankind science, architecture, mathematics, and language, among other forms of technology.

The companion of Thoth/Hermes, was shown as a dog-headed Ape (Cynocephalus), representing words themselves, and their potential for deception and misunderstanding. Hence, we have Cynocephalus, included in the Thoth Deck card, laying at the feet of the Magus in the same way that the Magus transmits the Willed idea of Self-Creation of the One -Kether and/or The I AM. The Transmitted idea of I AM ( Eheieh-I Will Be), from The Magus, Fertilizes the ONE Womb (Understanding) that is the Great Mother Binah (The Creatrix of Consciousness) just as words fertilize Consciousness! Thus, the power of Words, is about stimulating the birthing of unconscious ideas into conscious images of Understanding, by the Power of Expression, but not necessarily the Truth of Creation. The Truth is "I AM" what that "I AM" is produces only assumptions; Therefore, Truth Must Be Made Manifest (THE PRIESTESS) as Knowledge. Before knowledge there is data/information, but information does not become knowledge before it can be intimately experienced. Hence, "Truth is made manifest", implies one must have a body on the Tenth Sephiroth- Malkuth-"a Me", the goal of the "I AM" before information can become knowledge. Okay, this concept may be so subjective, that it may be difficult to understand, but try scrying the card. Your meditative observation will open your consciousness to the flow of the Collective Unconscious where greater knowledge is stored. For when an idea is Understood, it becomes information. Information, received, expressed, and then experienced, becomes knowledge. Therefore, what is to become knowledge must be proven by in-form-action. Making the experience as a living being sacred to Spirit.

To reiterate: THE MAGUS is the Path of Beth (house or temple), and it transmits the idea of Self-Creation of the One from above-known as Kether (Crown). A spoken word is a sound that carries an idea, so the Magus (traditional Magician) is associated with the First Vibration or Word of God from the God Name of Kether, which is described by the Hebrew as Eheieh-"I Will BE". This First Vibration encloses Spirit, the Will that holds all things together, beginning the process of creation, thus encompassing All That Is. In the Golden Dawn papers, this idea was conveyed by relating the Mercury symbol (planetary sign) to all the Sephiroth, except for Kether/Eheieh. You may note that the Horns spring from Daath, often called the invisible Sephiroth but really it is the conjunction of Chokmah (Great Father and Binah (Great Mother), a face-to-face union-(the path of the door- Empress), that creates what is called the Divine Hermaphrodite -"The Priestess" who in turn is the invisible Sephiroth Daath from which emerges The Divine Child (The Soul). This is understandable, since Wisdom (Chokmah) and Understanding (Binah) conjoin in the birthing of information (Daath), the Womb of the Supernal Triangle, and knowledge becomes in-form-action after the 6th Sephiroth-Tiphareth-Beauty establishes form. Before Tiphareth, there were no forms, below Tiphareth-The Solar Self creates measured forms.

Consequentially the showing of Mercury on the Caduceus, properly places the Four Worlds, [Aziluth, Briah, Yetzirah and Assiah], that are transitions of the Wand of the Magus, Kether is the Winged Orb at the top. By deeper delving into the Golden Dawn tests, the student will find that the Primum Mobile, Latin for "first motion”, is acting through Philosophic Mercury (Magus) on Saturn-Binah, who is Will to Form or Creatrix of Time/Space. As stated before, she is the Mother of Form and the Magus is the Idea of Being and/or will. The association with writing and words, is shown on the Thoth Magus card, by the goose feather pen on the right and the parchment scroll on the left of this "head dress" wand that is intertwined with the twin serpents of "life and death". The activity of first motion acting on Saturn-Binah, is words or Vibration and whoever can willfully direct the Vibration of the First Motion, (often referred to as the Buddhist sound- Aum and/or Om mani padme hum) shall command the Universal Force. This Mastery of the Universal motion is called the "Moves-Moves" among certain Native American nations, and/or the "motion within the movement" of the Metaphysical Mysteries. Quantum physicists would call it the "Dark energy that pushes the Universe", while Qabalists call it the Magus/Magician and understand that Death pushes Life forward into expanding and liberating evolution.

Dr. Paul Foster Case, the best known American Qabalist, in his Book of Tokens, stated that, "all created wills are but reflections …of the Will that is the Magus". This is an essential ideal of the Western Hermetic Mysteries and acknowledges the fact that our Superior Nature (Divine I AM) acts through the aspect of Higher Self called the Magus/Magician. In the Crowley card, unlike most traditional Tarot Cards, THE MAGUS is not holding a Wand, the primary instrument of the MAGICIAN cards; Rather, THE MAGUS is the Wand, He is the Phallus of Expressed Will, which Crowley understood. This Subjective Phallus is not an object. All Objects are begun as the idea/potential of form by Binah, who is the Will to Form but do not manifest until after Tiphareth, the Soul, builds them as "Self-Images". Due to Victorian peccadilloes, Lady Frieda Harris didn't illustrate an erect phallus on the Thoth Magus, although the ancient statues of Hermes show him as a bust with an erect phallus. However, the modern Magus/Magician understands that the Whole Body of the Magus is the erect phallic agent of Will.

This acknowledgment of "First Motion" or transmission of fecund energy is also shown in the symbolic Lingam idol of the Hindus (or it is an image of a nuclear power plant as proposed by Ancient Alien believers) and or the Phallus- God Priapus of the Romans and a flaccid linga on the Thoth Magus. Without the Transmitted Will of the One, understanding of an idea cannot become a Form of Understanding (Thought Form). This may seem a complex idea and requires deep meditations on THE MAGUS /Magician card, and a release of Victorian sensibilities, as we are describing the First SEX Action in the Universal Duality of 0=2. That Action produced our Higher Self called I AM, who is the form of knowledge expressed by the Abyssal Womb as the Divine Mind of the union of Will, Force, and Understanding; the Self Concept of I AM ME as a Soul (Tiphareth) and/or Sun of the Divine Creative has produced the establishment of form as "ME". Here, the -I is the Will and the Am is the understood idea of that Will and the Me is the manifestation of the Union of "I" and "Am". Caution: This concept could make your forehead itch! So let us just say that the Will of Kether, called "Eheieh", meaning "I Will Be" is the first Exhaled- Spiral Breath of Spirit/vibrations/microwaves in the Universe and carried with it the fertile idea of "Being", establishing the "Will to Form", magnetic Grail-enclosure, that is Mother of Understanding-Binah.

The illustration of the Tree of Life upper Triangle, that shows a path of Aleph-the Fool- to the 2nd Sephiroth-Chokmah and the Path of Beth of the Magus to Mother Binah, the 3rd Sephiroth of Understanding, connecting both "First Feminine"-Understanding and "First Masculine" expressions of the Will To Force and/or Wisdom can mislead one to think there was some kind of linear "first and last created" Sephiroth in the Upper Trinity. However, this is not so, the whole trinity is a simultaneous creation of I AM. 0=2; O being nothing, 1st Sephiroth is Will, 2nd, and 3rd Sephiroth combine- being I AM. I Am is the name of the Divine Creative and it is our inherited name of the Soul. I Am/Establishment of Existence, begins all ideas of Self. (I Am healthy, I Am Sick, I Am wealthy, I Am impoverished, I Am Joy, I Am Sadness, I AM Life, I Am human... etc. ). This ability to define yourself is pure magic and freedom of choice! So, beware how you use your power of "I AM", for here dwells Dragons as well as Saints! For Example: To say, "I Am sick and tired...." will invite dragons of sickness and weariness into your day! To Say "I AM the Will and the Way. I own the Day", gives one a day of magic.

The Dang Olsen Dream Tarot-Key Magician continues its wonderful psychedelic paradigm of Mercury. The winged head of Mercury, the messenger of the God's is illustrated along with his hands positioned in the "From above to the Below" symbology. Also showing a psychedelic image of the Celtic spiral symbol of a vortex, and/or threshold is shown as his root chakra/Linga.

The image of spirals is often associated with Celtic mysticism, and they hold significant symbolism in Celtic culture. Spirals can be found in various forms of Celtic art, including ancient stone carvings, illuminated manuscripts, and jewelry. Here's an explanation of the significance of spirals in Celtic mysticism:

1. Eternal Cycle: Spirals in Celtic symbolism represent the concept of eternity and the cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth. They are often seen as a visual representation of the interconnectedness of all things and the unending cycles of nature.

2. Spiritual Journey: Spirals are sometimes seen as a representation of the spiritual journey. The spiral's path can be seen as a metaphor for the twists and turns one encounters on their spiritual path, with each loop signifying growth, learning, and progression.

3. Connection to the Otherworld: In Celtic mythology, spirals are sometimes associated with the Otherworld, a realm beyond our own. The spiral's winding and twisting nature can symbolize the journey between the mortal world and the Otherworld, often undertaken by heroes and spiritual seekers.

4. Sacred Geometry: Spirals are a form of sacred geometry in Celtic art. They are believed to hold a mystical and harmonious quality, connecting the physical and spiritual realms. This geometry is often found in ancient Celtic structures and artwork.

5. Solar Symbolism: Some spirals in Celtic art have been associated with solar symbolism. They may represent the sun's journey across the sky, with the spiraling pattern resembling the sun's radiant energy.

6. Protection and Warding: In some Celtic cultures, spirals were used as protective symbols. They were believed to ward off negative energy and evil spirits, and you can find them on various amulets and talismans.

7. Artistic Expression: Beyond their symbolism, spirals were a common motif in Celtic art for their aesthetic appeal. They were often incorporated into intricate designs, such as the famous triple spiral or triskele, which consists of three interlocking spirals.

It's important to note that Celtic mysticism and symbolism can vary across different Celtic regions and time periods. The interpretation of spirals may differ slightly depending on the specific context and cultural influences. Nevertheless, spirals remain a powerful and enduring symbol within Celtic spirituality and art, reflecting the profound connection between the Celtic people and the natural world.

As shown in Traditional Tarot, the magic tools of the Magician are displayed on the colorful altar (showing all the colors associated with the Universal four elements) of the Dream Tarot Magician. The happy face is the substitute of the pentagram often seen on traditional tarot. Since the pentagram is also the symbol used for the symbol of human body, I find this image an apropos one for the magic miracle of being.

The radiant lines around the Dream Tarot's Magician's winged head are a traditional form of the "halo of enlightenment" often shown as a symbol of Higher Self Intelligence. The Darkness of the Abyss is the appropriate background for the magician, as he is the first expression of will in the "mind stuff" of dark energy. In reality what attributes that are applied to the Thoth Magus, also apply to this card.

When THE MAGUS/MAGICIAN is thrown during a reading, it implies:

• Communication and timing and that all things are possible, with applied Will and understanding.
• There is an implication of the magic of Universal Vital Force traveling through the human body making one in-tune with the most creative and powerful aspects of your-Self; As above, so below.
• Changing the structure of your living situation by focused action.
•   Will and focused consciousness.  
•  An awareness of Power, and possession and communication of the Powers (Focused will that fertilizes creativity in oneself and others) and Gifts of Spirit (Divine senses).
• Power.
• Strength.
• Being in control of one's life.
• Transforming old situations, bringing in new ones. 
• A burst of energy. 
• Focused Will. 
• Study and control. 
• Manifesting the Masculine divine.
• Auspicious card for beginning something new.
• Archaic revival.
• All resources are available to you.

If ill defined by the surrounding cards:

• Blocked natural expression of energy.
• Inner resistance.
• Arrogance.
• Misuse of personal power. 
• Over confidence and/or an unchecked ego.

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