Penthasila raised some interesting points about the ancients and geometry. Those with that knowledge would have seemed like 'magicians'.
Further to Penthasilla's idea that the life/ death element might seem odd in a Magician card, but it really isn't when we return to the idea that once we enter the manifest world, we are in a dual world as well. This is very much the traditional Magician.
It is my understanding that Enoch, an ancestor of Noah from the first 5 books of the Bible, was 'taken by God' and became Metatron, the angel closest to God. Metatron's cube, the five Platonic solids can be derived from the circular geometry of the Flower of Life, a symbol of creation, as can the Tree of Life pattern.
Once we start dealing in the geometry of the Magician, we are also dealing with the rational and all of the advantages and limits associated with it.
I am beginning to agree that this is an incredibly layered card!