Justice in the world?

There is a new video out from the jihadist terrorists in Libya beheading a couple of men for practicing witchcraft. This video should shock our sensibilities enough to call us to action. You can see this here: Warning very graphic! Beheading anyone on this planet for any crime should shock us, but this is just what these cowards want. Notice that they do not show their faces. Notice that a majority of the time they never show their faces. They are cowards and they are preying on the fears of the worldwide community.

The present administration has done whatever they do by arguing and debating until gridlock sets in. This is usual and  normal behavior for this government. Put in a republican then the congress becomes led by democrats, gridlock again. I figure the old Masonic and Rosicrucian prophecy is true. America was and is the Great Experiment. I think and feel this experiment is a failure and now we have to make the Judgement on what next.

People tell me all the time that they do not judge. I come back and say then you must be dead because we all make judgements all the time. At least when we are awake. Whenever we make decisions we have made a judgement plain and simple. I think most people are afraid to judge others because of the biblical admonition "judge not lest ye be judged".  I am stating with all my heart and soul that these jihadist terrorists are cowards and a waste of air. Beheading people anywhere on this globe is unacceptable behavior. If they are going to live behind archaic beliefs then they need to be judged as enemies of the planet and dealt with in a most decisive manner.

I know that some of the tragedies that have occurred seem like they are getting away with being terrorists. Using fear and intimidation in any form to control people is at its root evil and backward.

Did you know that all of us are agents of justice? Most of the time we are not even conscious of justice working in our lives. We  are too busy looking at those who 'got away with it'. Most statues and art show Lady Justice blindfolded to show she is impartial when meting out justice. The Tarot Key shows her with all knowing sight. She is showing that she sees everything and no one gets away with it.

After seeing these acts of brutality. it should shock our sensibilities and we indeed judge these acts of barbarism as acts of crimes against humanity. These terrorist want to control the world people. They want a one world government and religion. They want Sharia law to be the law of the planet. I definitely am proclaiming that this will not stand. I am an American and I am seeing it creep into this country little by little. We have to take a stand before it is too late.

Now I am not trying to scare anyone, I am just trying to let people see that we are the doers and makers in this material world and it is up to us to do something about it. We should offer our powers to the Invisible Ones so that they can overcome this evil on the astral plane. Whatever comes to be in physical reality first takes place in the astral realm. Yes folks there is a battle going on and we need to take proactive steps to prevent this type of behavior from spreading over the entire planet. Our thoughts, prayers, and energy should be lifted to that brotherhood of White lodge in order for them to defeat the Sons of Darkness. Islam, I'm afraid, is from the Black Brotherhood. It will be defeated if we offer our services to The Sons of Light!

Key 4 The EmperorThe

The next Key we have is The Emperor. The Hebrew letter attributed to this key is Heh. Heh means window and a window lets in light (knowledge) and air (spirit) into the house (Beth). A window permits outlook, survey, supervision, and control. One can relate these ideas with an Emperor.

Sight is the function attributed to this Key and this goes along with the idea of the window. An Emperor has to have vision, oversees his empire, and is vigilant in its protection. He regulates and establishes rules for the rightful rulership of his domain. He brings order and structure through his authority.

Heh is the first of the twelve simple letters of the Hebrew alphabet. They are called simple because each has but a single pronunciation. Therefore this Key is attributed to the first sign of the zodiac, Aries. Aries is a fiery, cardianl sign and rules the head and face. Aries is ruled by Mars which is the planet of force, strength, energy, and courage. All qualities of the Emperor.

As with all Keys, they have magical properties that can evoke powers that we all have within us. Study and work with the Tarot is not going to give us anything, it is going to bring those powers we already have to the surface. It works by evoking thought and how we think determines our environment.

Using this Key will help in putting order and strucure to something that is chaotic. I have used this Key in many ways. The first work I did with this Key is I would use it to bring order to my disorderly ways. I was very unorganized and scattered my energies but working with this Key slowly enabled me to get my house in order. Over the years I have become more organized and regulated in my life.

Another help that I have come across is whenever I have to face a stressful situation or crisis, I use the Emperor. He takes charge when things are falling apart and brings thing back to their logical place. He is the perfect boss type and this has helped me when I have been in a supervisory role.

Whenever I am faced with a project that has a lot of details and steps, I use this Key in planning my work step by step. This energy is of the can-do variety and will help in prioritizing the steps involved. The Emperor is one who makes the final decision concerning the welfare of his empire. And we all have our own empires that we are building. Some are more structurally sound than others but we all have one. Use of this Key will work wonders at making a beautiful structure.

Happy Thanksgiving

     Today is Thanksgiving where we get to spend time with our families and pig out on turkey and pumpkin pie. It is an all around good time for most. I just wanted to say a few things about the true meaning of this holiday which some seem to forget.

   I have chose the 4 and 9 of Cups to represent what I see in my travels and dealing with people. There are basically two approaches to the holiday which we call Thanksgiving. I do think it also describes the prevailing spirit of  two types of people, the purely materialist and the spiritual. I have already spoke to people about what they are going to do for Thanksgiving and have got the two most common answers.

    First, I represent the four of Cups type as the people that are not really thankful. They see it as the start of the Christmas race to get things they don't have. More and more stores are opening on Thanksgiving day to start their incessant sales so they will finish the year in the black. The guy on the four just does not look like he cares at all with what he has or even what is being offered to him. How many of us are like this? Instead of of being grateful for all that we have, we are focused more on what we want. This does, in my opinion, rob us of the good feelings that being thankful give us. How many people are like the four? I dare say millions. They are just waiting for the countdown till tomorrow. This day is when we tear at each other and trample one another to get the things we want after the day that we are supposed to be thankful for what we have. Crazy isn't it?

    The 9 of Cups represents those that are truly thankful for what they have. He looks satisfied with what he has. It might be just nine cups but he looks happy with them. These are the people who are first and foremost grateful for time to spend with loved ones and just feelings of good will to one another. Thanksgiving is supposed to give us those feelings so that when we do enter the spirit of Christmas we are joyful in our giving. How many times have we seen the grumpies out there during the shopping season? Like it is some chore and burden. It is my theory that Thanksgiving and our approach to it set the stage of our giving and receiving of the Yuletide season.

    After this look at these two cards in relation to the spirit of Thanksgiving I have to ask: Are we truly thankful? If so, I believe it sets the tone of cheerful Holiday season. Or are we just going through the motions knowing that we have about a month where we have to get all the shopping done, watch our bank accounts diminish, and fight and struggle against the maddening crowds? It is all about our attitude we have today that carries us through till Christmas. I hope everyone has a thankful Thanksgiving!

ORAT Blessings!

Key 3 The Empress

     The next card is Key 3 The Empress. The number 3 denotes multiplication, development, growth, unfoldment, and expression. 3 signifies the actual outworking of the principles reflected from 1 by 2.

    Daleth is the Hebrew letter attributed to Key 3. It means door and as we have already seen Beth from Key 1 is the house. A door either bars or admits so some writers say Daleth represents the womb, as the door of life. It is said by the Ancient ones that mental imagery is the doorway to the higher knowledge. This goes back to the ouworking principles of Keys 1 and 2 because imagination is attributed to this key. She is the form builder because she is pregnant and the female is the one that gives form to the child within.

     Venus is the planet attributed to this Key as we can see the glyph for Venus emblazoned on the shield that sits on the ground beside her. Venus is the planet of love and affection and there is no greater love than mother to child. Therefore, the picture has a woman as the central figure.

    Imagination is the psychological function of this Key. When we pay attention (Key 1) and then recollect or remember (Key 2) we then imagine (Key3) the possibilities. After the first two functions, imagination fills in the blanks that we need to see the full picture.

     Some put down imagination as something like fantasy and most parents put a stop to this when children are growing up. They don't realize the importance of imagination. Without it there would be no works of art, nothing created. Imagination is crucial in the creative process. Everything that was made was first the product of imagination. This whole cosmos was a product of the creators imagination.

     If one is having a hard time with turning on their imagination meditation on this Key will work wonders. I can attest to this in my own life. I was a very imaginative child but my parents got me to where I didn't use it as I grew older. Then when I discovered Tarot many years later I got on the road to recovering it once again. I have used this Key to create clear mental images of what I desire and the more clear I could make them the faster they materialized. This Key will work wonders on bringing back one's imagination. Let us all see what our imagination can create for our lives!

     I was hanging out with the Pentacle family today. The Royals are real down to earth and practical rulers over the ten spirits at their command. They are serious about being fruitful and multiplying in the realm of elemental earth.

    Then there are the spiritual overlords that over see the Royals, so don't think they can just run amok without some spiritual force over them. These are the Majors that administer stellar emanations into the earthly realm. For this family it would be The Hierophant, The Hermit, and The Devil. Taurus, Virgo, an Capricorn respectively. They are the guiding Lights that shine into the earthly realm so that this family of spirits can function and carry out their work.

     This brings to mind, What is over seeing the Overlords? That is the great secret of Tarot. What Divine being is overseer of the whole Tarot? Is it our conceptual view of our creator? The phrase that most Tarot people know is; the Wheel of Tarot Speaks the Law of Hathor(Nature). Some say it is the long forgotten knowledge of our Goddess. I think it is something on a different level yet!

    The presiding Spirit that permeates the Sacred Tarot is You!! That's right!! When one picks up the deck, they are telling themselves that this is the Book of Me. The Tarot is like a vault or could be a tomb whichever way you see it, and in this is the total mysteries of yourself. You are in control of the spirits of the Tarot. Not the other way around. People who are asleep think they are in control but in reality they are under the control of the spirits they're supposed to control. Those of us who do not want to be spirit controlled pick up the deck of Tarot with the goal of taking control of their destiny.

     I suggest to all people who are students of Tarot to get to know their deck in this manner. Treating the cards as individual spirits that are working either for you or against you. Getting to know the families in this way gives greater depth and scope to using Tarot predictively, psychologically, or in an occult manner. The spirits of the Tarot are there to work for us when they know who is in control.
So, the question is: Are you controlled by the spirits or are you in control of them?

ROTA Blessings!

The backward and crazy world of Christianity

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I haven't posted here in a while and I am changing up things so bear this in mind. I have to apologize beforehand of getting up on my soapbox, but that's what blogs are for right?

I just read where Pat Robertson has a necklace that repels homosexuals and everything that goes along with them. He also went on to say that gay folk have these rings whereby they infect others by shaking hands with them and the ring scratches their hand. After reading this I wondered to myself has the world really gone mad or am I looking at it all wrong?

I looked at this article and then I thought of Key 12 Hanged Man. The world is a topsy-turvy world and in order for me to make sense of it and things like the above, I need to look at it all from a different perspective. Look at the world upside down and I look at the world in the right way. 

When I did look at this article from and upside down perspective, I the sense of this man's karma. He bilks millions of dollar from his followers and preaches hate when Jesus' message and teachings were about love. I got to see Pat's backwards ways and the Karmic debt he is building up for himself. So instead of me hating him back I am comforted in knowing he will pay for his karma in this life or the next.

This all led me to believe in the amazing power and wisdom of the Tarot. I was full of hate and rage at this guy and immediately Key 12 came to mind that transmuted that hate into indifference because of the karma of it all. It helped me to not act out in hate but to get to a point where it longer bothers me. I am always amazed at the power of the esoteric principles that the Tarot contains. Somewhere someone said that in all of life of all people that there is a Tarot card for it. I am starting to believe this wholeheartedly. I am thankful for the Tarot entering my life many years ago!

ATOR Blessings!

Key 2 High Priestess

Key 2 is The High Priestess. The number 2 refers to duplication, reflection, receptivity,dependence, and alternation, Where we had Key 0 The Fool as Superconsciousness, Key 1 The Magician as Self-Consciousness, Key 2 is our Subconsciousness. She reflects self-consciousness and knows the inner principle of Nature of the one Conscious energy.

     Gimel is the Hebrew letter attributed to Key 2, and its name means camel. Camels were called the ships of the desert because they were the method of transporting goods and commerce.. Gimel suggests association, combination, and partnership.

     The Moon is the planet corresponding to this Key. We can see this by the Moon at her feet and the crown on her head. The Moon is the Astrological symbol of the personality, and of the memories carried from one incarnation into another by the subconscious mind. The Moon was a source of mystery and of the dark where her Light shines.

    This Key has everything to do with memory both conscious and subconscious. Sometimes we forget things and this is our way of saying we're too lazy to remember or better recollect. The subconscious never forgets. This is what the scroll that she is holding alludes to. Everything we think, say, or do is recorded on the scroll of subconscious memory.

    Using this card will aid one's memory. I have tried this experiment and it works. When you can't remember something, relax and bring up the image of this Key in your minds eye. Try to keep it there as long as you are able. Then release the image and try to put what you forgot out of your mind and within a few moments the memory will surface and you will recollect what you thought you forgot. Don't take my word for it. Try it yourself and you will be amazed at what you can remember.

Many Tarot Blessings!