Tarot Key 1 - The Magician

Episode Seven: Tarot Key 1 - The Magician Overview: Basic interpretation of The Magician, letter Beth, and Number 1. Meditation from The Book of Tokens. Entering into The Magician. Discussion Topics: - The number 1 symbolizes beginnings, self-consciousness, and attention. Relative unity vs. Absolute unity. - Beth: Correspondences. Meditation on the House. Reading from Sepher Yetzirah. Meditaton from The Book of Tokens. - The Magician: every act of attention is an act of magic. Thus, we are all truly magicians and are doing true magic all the time. - Lessons of The Magician: Self-consciousness receives power from above and projects it down below. - The importance of The Magician in Tarot: all numbers have the number 1 in them; the four suits of the minor arcana are the four magical implements on the Magician's table, and these implements also symbolize the Four Maxims: to Know, to Will, to Dare, to Be Silent. - Why the Tarot is such a powerful magical tool: mental imagery is the gateway to higher knowledge.