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Archetypes
The architecture of the deep mind in twenty-two archetypes — mind, body, and spirit, and the Choice.
Ra names the tarot as one of three maps of the archetypal mind, beside astrology and the Tree of Life (). The concept took shape on Venus () and was offered to the adepts of Egypt () — not as divination, which Ra sets aside (), but as twenty-two concept complexes in three cycles of seven, culminating in The Choice (). Study one at a time, or draw one to sit with.
Draw a cardThe Mind
Cards one through seven — the cycle of the mind.
The Body
Cards eight through fourteen — the mind's lessons, manifested.
The Spirit
Cards fifteen through twenty-one — the fiery work of the spirit.
The Choice
The twenty-second: the axis upon which the creation turns.
Card images: R. Falconnier & M. O. Wegener, Les XXII Lames Hermétiques du Tarot Divinatoire(Paris, 1896; public domain, Bibliothèque nationale de France) — the lineage behind the deck studied in the sessions ().