Tarot Reading:
Split Hexagram Spread (per Kraigs Modern Magick chapter 1)
Greater Spiritual Influence - VII The Chariot. Cancer.
Lesser Spiritual Influence - XVIII The Moon. Pisces.
Spiritual Advice - XX Judgement. Fire.
Unconscious Desires - VIII Strength. Leo.
Conscious Desires - XXI The World. Saturn/Earth.
Practical Advice - XVI Blasted Tower. Mars.
Final Outcome - IV Emperor. Aries.
Top of Deck - XI Justice. Libra.
Bottom of Deck - XV The Devil. Capricorn.
XX Lesson:
This week try to practice SILENCE. Speak as little as you can, keep your emotions under control, and above all, try to make your thoughts quiet. Notice that this conserves energy for useful endeavors. Continue this practice, the rest of your life.
XVI Lesson:
Thus this title is related to the notion of speech, which is connected with the letter Peh. The old Bible story indicates that it is a mistaken use of language to try to reach heaven by means of a structure of words. The correct use of language is to control the forces of nature by making words the tools of organized thought.
When we try to use words to define superconscious states, which are actually beyond words, confusion is the inevitable result.
This week, as you color Key 16, observe its details closely. Try to get some hint of its deeper meaning, and make notes of any ideas that may come to you.
IV Lesson:
This fourth Tarot Key is intended to impress upon you a clear pattern of the ruling power of consciousness. Whenever you exercise true reason, whenever you interpret an experience correctly, whenever you frame a satisfactory definition, you are actually
using the power that defined the universe in the beginning. That power, at work through you, is the maker and framer of worlds, and the maker and framer of your personal world. It rules everything now. At this moment, and always, it has absolute command over every circumstance, and condition.
