Call me retrograde, but I still prefer the “old ways”. I write down my thoughts on paper with a crayon. It is a spiritual process that Read more Don’t be dumb
Don’t be dumb
Alchemy
The extra mile
The difference between the ordinary and extraordinary is going that legendary extra mile.
Going the extra mile means that one is willing to make a special effort to achieve something.
It also reveals the difference between what is considered “exoteric”, the mundane life of the material world, and what is vaguely called “esoteric” and signifies the intangible “spiritual” world. One can settle for the obvious and tangible or can go the extra mile to discover the hidden. This world, however, is inaccessible for most people.
It took me twenty-five years of research, study and practical experience to have the outlines of my own esoteric system. It was not my intention to create a new system, but I wanted to understand and rectify the existing one. It was a task of backwards-engineering and rediscovering a lost, forgotten and altered system. In that regard, it is not “my system” but the system as it was originally designed. My only merit is walking that extra mile. My instruments were questioning, verifying, comparing, and take nothing for granted. The idea that “everything we know is wrong” haunted me. I always felt that something was not right, but I could not put my finger exactly on what was that. (…)
My first significant breakthrough was discovering what somewhat ironically I called “the God’s formula,” and which is three by four makes twelve. Identifying what the threes are, respectively, the fours throughout all the branches of the esoteric sciences, became my primordial working method. (…)
I published the core of my findings along with my first Tarot deck, the Unified Esoteric Tarot, in 2018.
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KS Two of Cups
The Two of Cups represent a highly sensitive position emotionally. It is about getting or giving a piece of advice in an emotional matter, taking Read more KS Two of Cups
KS Three of Disks
The Three of Disks is a card of ambition and power hunger. The main driving force behind this card is Read more KS Three of Disks
KS Five of Swords
Pamela Colman Smith’s depiction of the card presents a battlefield after the battle with the main character Read more KS Five of Swords
KS Two of Swords
The Twos of the Tarot deck are all hanging in the balance. As Swords represent Air, respectively our thoughts, the Two of Swords is about Read more KS Two of Swords
KS King of Disks
The King of Disks embodies the materialisation of our goals Read more KS King of Disks
KS Nine of Disks
The Nine of Disks is generally seen as a positive card, signifying accomplishment, Read more KS Nine of Disks
KS Knight of Disks
The Knight of Disks likes the spotlight and enjoy Read more KS Knight of Disks
KS Strength
If I defined Strength with only a few words, those would be silent resistance.
Strength can be assimilated to Courage in the larger context of the seven virtues, one of the four Cardinal virtues among Prudence, Justice and Temperance. In the enumeration of moral virtues, Courage was re-placed by Fortitude. Patience and perseverance are attributes related to Fortitude. On the other hand, Strength also can be associated with Chastity as opposed to Lust, one of the seven deadly sins.
Some of these characteristics are complementary, and others are interconnected or overlapping each other. Subsequently, their association with the Major Arcana cards is arguable. Both the attributes, names and the iconography of these archetypes have changed over time. Especially studying the decks of Etteilla, one may find disturbing discrepancies. Nothing is easy and straightforward as one may believe.
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