Grigori
In my efforts to continue discussing small peculiarities on the Thoth deck, and hoping you all will teach me about it, I have another question.
On the 5 Wands (stife) the central wand is according to Crowley the wand of the Chief Adept, "showing that the authority is derived from the superiors".
The Phoenix wand belongs to the Second or Major Adept, the lotus to the Third or Minor Adept. (presumably the lower grades)
My question is about the crowns being worn on the Chief Adept wand's snakes. I'm assuming they are the crowns of Upper Egypt (left side) and Lower Egypt (right side). Although I'm basing that on online pictures, all of which show the Upper Egypt crown as white, and the Lower as red. In the Strife card they both are red.
http://www.nemo.nu/ibisportal/0egyptintro/1egypt/index.htm
The crown's don't seem to feature on any of the pictures I can find of the Chief Adept's wand. (They do seem to be on the wands on the 6 and 7 also, but smaller and colored teh same as the border)
http://www.geocities.com/nisetar/chiefadeptwand.jpg
Can anyone offer some insight into what was the standard for the Golden Dawn. Or what the addition of these crowns may refer to (is it more than a symbol of authority)? Does the color change have some assigned significance?
Also any references to the wings on the base of the wand would be much valued. I can't tell if they are common or not. They struck me as peculiar in that I associate this large central wand as the Saturn component of the card.
Thanks to all for humoring me. Please continue to do so I'm quite enjoying this discussion and learning a lot
On the 5 Wands (stife) the central wand is according to Crowley the wand of the Chief Adept, "showing that the authority is derived from the superiors".
The Phoenix wand belongs to the Second or Major Adept, the lotus to the Third or Minor Adept. (presumably the lower grades)
My question is about the crowns being worn on the Chief Adept wand's snakes. I'm assuming they are the crowns of Upper Egypt (left side) and Lower Egypt (right side). Although I'm basing that on online pictures, all of which show the Upper Egypt crown as white, and the Lower as red. In the Strife card they both are red.
http://www.nemo.nu/ibisportal/0egyptintro/1egypt/index.htm
The crown's don't seem to feature on any of the pictures I can find of the Chief Adept's wand. (They do seem to be on the wands on the 6 and 7 also, but smaller and colored teh same as the border)
http://www.geocities.com/nisetar/chiefadeptwand.jpg
Can anyone offer some insight into what was the standard for the Golden Dawn. Or what the addition of these crowns may refer to (is it more than a symbol of authority)? Does the color change have some assigned significance?
Also any references to the wings on the base of the wand would be much valued. I can't tell if they are common or not. They struck me as peculiar in that I associate this large central wand as the Saturn component of the card.
Thanks to all for humoring me. Please continue to do so I'm quite enjoying this discussion and learning a lot