Twenty-two Arcana of Tarot
Arcanum 1: The Magician
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![]() Hebrew Letter AlephVerses 1 to 8 from Psalm 119 begin with the letter Aleph: אשרי תמימי־דרך ההלכים בתורת יהוה׃ אשרי נצרי עדתיו בכל־לב ידרשוהו׃ אף לא־פעלו עולה בדרכיו הלכו׃ אתה צויתה פקדיך לשמר מאד׃ אחלי יכנו דרכי לשמר חקיך׃ אז לא־אבוש בהביטי אל־כל־מצותיך׃ אודך בישר לבב בלמדי משפטי צדקך׃ את־חקיך אשמר אל־תעזבני עד־מאד׃ 1. Blessed in the straight path are the undefiled, who walk according to the law of Iod-Havah. Arcanum 1From Esoteric Course of Alchemical Kabbalah by Samael Aun Weor
This Arcanum is represented by the Magician. The Holy Eight, symbol of the infinite, appears above the head of the Magician; the Holy Eight encloses, defines, and joins the magnetic currents of the mind that deals with dream consciousness with the mind that deals with vigil consciousness. This sign joins or separates all of the elements which are controlled by the atomic energy, if it is traced with the middle finger, index finger and the thumb over the surface of the cardiac plexus. PRACTICE: According with the former description the following exercise is suggested: Withdraw all type of thoughts from your mind, now imagine the Holy Eight as it is represented in the following graphic:
Allow the figure itself to submerge within your consciousness and thereafter, while falling asleep, empty your mind, without thinking in anything. Thus after a while, you will awaken your consciousness in the Astral Plane. If we consider the formation of this symbol, we see that it illustrates the continuity of only one arm that encloses a double circuit in the beginning of the stroke, while enclosing only one circuit in the continuation of the stroke. Thereafter, the stroke divides the sign at the point where it centrally crosses it and it then continues into the other circuit in order to project itself towards the exterior. One circuit closes and the other opens. This is the required key in order to open all the doors and to cut all the currents formed by the atomic energy, beginning with the one that we have imagined and placed within the depth of our consciousness and ending with the one that originated the rest, which circulates in the same manner in the center of the “Ninth Sphere.” Now then, to overcome by means of these requirements the risks per se of every astral experience and thus to obtain a fast and also perfect astral projection is more than enough reason, among other things, in order for the Sacred Order of Tibet to affirm in its motto: “Nothing can resist our power.” Thus, moments before lying down in order to perform this practice, the disciple must invoke with all of his heart and with all of his soul, the Great Regent of the Sacred Order of Tibet. The name of this great Guruji is Bhagavan Aklaiva. This Order, that we have the honor of representing here in Mexico, is the most powerful Order of all the Oriental traditions. This Order is formed by 201 members. The major rank is formed by seventy-two Brahmans. Papus in his “Treatise of Occult Science” stated that the true initiates from the east are the ones who belong to the Secret Sanctuaries of Brahmanism, since they are the only ones who can give us the royal clue of the Arcanum AZF, thanks to their knowledge of the Primeval Atlantean language “WATAN,” the fundamental roots of Sanskrit, Hebrew and Chinese. The Sacred Order of Tibet is the genuine owner of the real treasury of Aryavarta. This treasury is the Arcanum A.Z.F. Bhagavan Aklaiva will help you to consciously travel in your astral body. Invoke him when you are meditating on the sacred sign of the infinite. On any given night, you will be invoked from the Temple of the Himalayas; there you will be submitted to “Seven Ordeals.” There you will be taught the Secret Science. Now then, after this digression, let us continue with our initial point. The Holy Eight symbolizes the Caduceus of Mercury and represents the two ganglionic chords that esoterically are entwined around the spinal medulla, these are: Ida and Pingala; the two witnesses, the olive branches, the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. The solar atoms rise through the cord of the right and the lunar atoms rise through the cord of the left. These solar and lunar atoms rise from our seminal system the fire of Phlegethon and the water of Acheron cross in the Ninth Sphere, sex, and form the sign of the Infinite. F plus A equal C – Fire plus water equal Consciousness. Whosoever meditates on the sign of the infinite will utilize the Fire and the Water in order to awaken the Consciousness. Now we understand why the two witnesses of revelation have the power of prophecy.
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. As we said: “These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. - Revelation 11:3, 4 Now then, the quantity 1260 (a thousand two hundred and threescore days) is Kabbalistically added as follows: 1 plus 2 plus 6 plus 0 = 9; this is the symbol of the Ninth Sphere. The Ninth Sphere is sex. The two witnesses have their root in the sex. These two witnesses Ida and Pingala are two fine ganglionic chords through which the solar and lunar atoms of our seminal system ascend to the “chalice.” The chalice is the brain. Fill your chalice, brethren of mine, with the sacred wine of light. Now you comprehend why the sign of the infinite appears above the head of the magician, and why the sword, the cup and pantacles are before him, and why is he grasping the magic wand that symbolizes the spinal medulla. When the solar and lunar atoms make contact in the coccygeal bone, the Kundalini, the igneous serpent of our magical powers awakens, then we are devour by the serpent and we convert ourselves into excellent divine magicians. The Letter AlephWritten by Gnostic Instructor
Which in Kabbalah symbolizes AirAleph, number One. "God is triune." Aleph symbolizes the absolute unity of the three primary forces of God which contain the secret image upon which man must be created. Aleph is formed by two Iods (letter symbol of Kether). One stands on the upper right and the other hangs on the lower left, joined by a diagonal Vav. The two Iods represent the creative power of God in the higher Eden in Daath and the lower Eden in Yesod. The letter Vav between both Iods is man made into the image of the Spirit of God that moves within both Iods (the creative power of God). So, the Spirit of God that moves in the upper waters of Daath and the Spirit of God that moves upon the lower waters of Yesod is the source from which the heavenly man, which is the firmament in between them emerges. The upper Eden is first mentioned in the first day of Genesis: "And the spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” These waters are the Akasha Tattva that belongs to upper Eden. Within the true magician, the Innermost, the fire of the Holy Spirit (the spirit of God, the Ruach Elohim that hovers upon the face of the waters) within the higher and lower Edens are interchangeable by means of the priesthood of Yesod, Hod and Netzach. This interchange is made when we separate the waters from the waters through initiation, the innermost performs this in the second day of Creation; he separates the two superior ethers from the Akasic waters and creates the second living creature, the consciousness of the man that develops in the firmament or Sephiroth between Daath and Yesod. The higher Eden contains the superior Akashic waters of the Holy Spirit, which grants the soul the experiences of Samadhi (to be one with God) while in the lower Eden the inferior Akasic waters of the Holy Spirit are mingled with the fires of desire, here the soul experiences independence or being far from God. In Gnosticism, the waters are the symbol of the creative sexual energies. The waters of transmutation have the fire of the Holy Spirit that give us the feeling of being one with God, while the waters of fornication give us the feeling of separation and frustration because we experience the separation from the happiness of God. The awakened consciousness is the outcome of both Akashic waters. The greater the concentration on God, the greater the activity of the Akasic waters of Daath, which give us the experience of oneness with His Absolute Being. From the perspective of the lower waters, the greater the transmutation of the Akashic waters of Yesod is, the greater the realization of the reality of God is. Spiritual elevation can be reached only through in-depth meditation and sexual transmutation. Aleph also symbolizes the solar waters of outer space (Hydrogen), and the lower the oceans and humanity located in the middle. The True Man (Vav) is the multiple-perfect-unity, which expresses the Infinite Will of God between earth and heaven. Aleph: the Ain Soph Aur, the Ray of Okidanokh, the Great Breath of the Absolute talks to itself about itself in order to become Aleph, the Wind, the Elohim, the Holy Trinity within the Unity of Life, because "There is none, other than Iod Hei Vav Hei." The Ain Soph Aur is the Ray of Okidanokh, the Great Breath of the Absolute. It is the Cosmic Christ that manifests in the World of Atziluth as the Whirling Aleph of Light; it is Kether the Whirlwind of Light that shines in the world of Atziluth. The Ain Soph Aur, the Great Breath of the Absolute, is the life that whirls about through Aleph in the center of any atom and every Sun. The Life of the Ain Soph throbs in Atziluth within the trinity of Shin, the Fire. It is the vital energy that flows within the profundities of Mem, the Water, and the Light that whirls about within Aleph, the Wind. The Ain Soph Aur manifests as life within Fire, Air and Water. Matter cannot exist without the Breath of the Absolute that whirls about within Aleph. Aleph is the Father, Mem is the Mother and Shin is their Son and the Ain Soph Aur throbs within the three of them. They are Iod, Hei Vav Hei. The Light of the Ain Soph enters into the world of Atziluth and Whirls about within Aleph, this Light enters into the body within the Air that we breathe through the nose and this Air (oxygen) through the lungs blows the Fire into Mem, the Blood, thereafter, the blood becomes Nun (zoosperm or ovum) within Eve, the sexual organs (Yesod). The Tzalem, of the Elohim, throbs within Nun (zoosperm or ovum) which hovers upon the sexual waters, the Semen of Yesod. Therefore, when seminal energy is transmuted and totally sublimated to the heart, the three nervous systems become saturated with the effluvia of the Light of the Ain Soph. This Light is Christ which illuminates the brain (Adam); it is the Wine of Light at the wedding of Canaan, a miracle of the Christic energy when Adam and Eve become one flesh. This is the secret relationship of the fires of the heart, the breath and the semen. We attain dominion over the sexual energy by means of the breath, which must be controlled by our will which is under the powers of the fires of the heart. Therefore, people who spill the sexual energy (through their bestial orgasm) breathe out the breath of God, thus, they can never receive the blessings of Iod-Havah within their Souls. Their efforts to attain Self-realization, salvation, will undoubtedly fail. People who control their breath can attain sexual control and consequently can also attain control over their mind, soul and spirit. These kinds of people are true human beings who attain immortality. Those who absorb the Light of the Ain Soph, the Cosmic Christ through the Whirling Aleph of Light, become immortal Divine Christs that can preserve their physical bodies for all of eternity. This is what supreme chastity can grant us when we attain control over the fires of the waters of life by means of the wind, the breath.
I am in the Father and the Father is in me! John 14: 11-31:
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