MaineGirl117
I would like to propose that the imagery within the Ludy Lescot deck is following the teachings of the Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn.
In her forward she referenced this deck, and her subsequent notations speak of principles taught within the G.D. Within their teachings of Mental Transmutation, they speak of alchemy, astrology, and psychology.
If you look at the Kings of the Minors you find the King of Pentacles (the astrologist), King of Cups (The alchemist), King of Swords (the psychologist).. But then, who is the King of Wands?
Again I come back to how plain their (King & Queen) appearances are. I think this is Man, or rather in general, humanity - the willing student ascending in the order and learning the craft of magic. The minors 1-10 would show the initial steps one would go through to 'awakening' the spirit within oneself. The 6/wands is certainly interesting in this concept as the pictures on the wall all show both male/female within the frames (even though they are in various life stages). This would run concurrent to the idea of both masculine and feminine attributes in every person, be you born male or female you have the reciprocal within yourself.
These ideas would also be extended into the Majors. You can see the same gender concept in the World card, which is 'traditionally' hermaphroditic, but in this deck they are two beings who are symbolically encapsulated as though they were ‘in utero’. Someone even mentioned how similar the Magician looked to the Thoth deck. The references to the Chakras, Kabbalistic concepts and the integration of animals and their symbolism would also support this theory.
The examples could just go on and on from here. Freemasonry, the roses, the black and white tiles are all mentioned within the Golden Dawn teachings.
I don’t have any decks or books which would tell me how, then, the interpretations would change.
Anybody have any thoughts about this???
In her forward she referenced this deck, and her subsequent notations speak of principles taught within the G.D. Within their teachings of Mental Transmutation, they speak of alchemy, astrology, and psychology.
If you look at the Kings of the Minors you find the King of Pentacles (the astrologist), King of Cups (The alchemist), King of Swords (the psychologist).. But then, who is the King of Wands?
Again I come back to how plain their (King & Queen) appearances are. I think this is Man, or rather in general, humanity - the willing student ascending in the order and learning the craft of magic. The minors 1-10 would show the initial steps one would go through to 'awakening' the spirit within oneself. The 6/wands is certainly interesting in this concept as the pictures on the wall all show both male/female within the frames (even though they are in various life stages). This would run concurrent to the idea of both masculine and feminine attributes in every person, be you born male or female you have the reciprocal within yourself.
These ideas would also be extended into the Majors. You can see the same gender concept in the World card, which is 'traditionally' hermaphroditic, but in this deck they are two beings who are symbolically encapsulated as though they were ‘in utero’. Someone even mentioned how similar the Magician looked to the Thoth deck. The references to the Chakras, Kabbalistic concepts and the integration of animals and their symbolism would also support this theory.
The examples could just go on and on from here. Freemasonry, the roses, the black and white tiles are all mentioned within the Golden Dawn teachings.
I don’t have any decks or books which would tell me how, then, the interpretations would change.
Anybody have any thoughts about this???