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In Pictorial Key, Waite says:
Why does Justice sit between two pillars like the High Priestess?
What is the difference between the 'moral principle' and 'spiritual justice'?
What is the 'mysterious order of Providence'?
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It will be seen, however, that the figure is seated between pillars, like the High Priestess, and on this account it seems desirable to indicate that the moral principle which deals unto every man according to his works--while, of course, it is in strict analogy with higher things;--differs in its essence from the spiritual justice which is involved in the idea of election. The latter belongs to a mysterious order of Providence, in virtue of which it is possible for certain men to conceive the idea of dedication to the highest things. The operation of this is like the breathing of the Spirit where it wills, and we have no canon of criticism or ground of explanation concerning it. It is analogous to the possession of the fairy gifts and the high gifts and the gracious gifts of the poet: we have them or have not, and their presence is as much a mystery as their absence.
Why does Justice sit between two pillars like the High Priestess?
What is the difference between the 'moral principle' and 'spiritual justice'?
What is the 'mysterious order of Providence'?
This may belong in the RWS forum...