tmgrl2
Oh dear...I'll never see the Dodal again without thinking of the vampire teeth...although, I too, see what appears to be vampire teeth as part of the trumpet placed between the lips of the angel.
A quick glance through Judgement in Hadar's book Mon Premier Livre de Tarot...
His take on the figures is that the central figure, arising from the green "tomb," born or intiated into consciousness through baptism of fire, represents the unity of the soul with consciousness.
The other two, he goes on, both with serene faces showing profound and respectful love, are asking for compassion for this newly "conscious" Soul.
He then says that the "flames" descending on the people are the same "tongues of fire" which have transfigured the apostles of Christ at the time of the Pentecost....The Angel announces: there is no past or future...your "sister Soul" is here in the present to assist in your consecration...Since the soul arising from the box is seen from behind, we are asked to see, not a woman or a man, but the unity of both within each of us.
...the above is a paraphrase of my translation of the paragraphs that refer to the "drops."
So...as jmd said...an initiation. I, too, see two drops...dew/water and seven marks that appear to be flames. So, while Hadar himself refers to the flames, it would appear that we have the baptism of water and the transfiguration by fire...both represented by the "drops/flames" above the figures.
(My translation of Hadar's information is meant primarily to share what he has said about this element, not necessarily to indicate that I am taking his words as "gospel" re meaning of the card and the droplets/flames...)
...although, I like the idea of both the water and fire as initiating elements for a Soul elevated to consciousness.
terri
A quick glance through Judgement in Hadar's book Mon Premier Livre de Tarot...
His take on the figures is that the central figure, arising from the green "tomb," born or intiated into consciousness through baptism of fire, represents the unity of the soul with consciousness.
The other two, he goes on, both with serene faces showing profound and respectful love, are asking for compassion for this newly "conscious" Soul.
He then says that the "flames" descending on the people are the same "tongues of fire" which have transfigured the apostles of Christ at the time of the Pentecost....The Angel announces: there is no past or future...your "sister Soul" is here in the present to assist in your consecration...Since the soul arising from the box is seen from behind, we are asked to see, not a woman or a man, but the unity of both within each of us.
...the above is a paraphrase of my translation of the paragraphs that refer to the "drops."
So...as jmd said...an initiation. I, too, see two drops...dew/water and seven marks that appear to be flames. So, while Hadar himself refers to the flames, it would appear that we have the baptism of water and the transfiguration by fire...both represented by the "drops/flames" above the figures.
(My translation of Hadar's information is meant primarily to share what he has said about this element, not necessarily to indicate that I am taking his words as "gospel" re meaning of the card and the droplets/flames...)
...although, I like the idea of both the water and fire as initiating elements for a Soul elevated to consciousness.
terri