La Force
Robert Anton Wilson might have a better view on him ... but he himself is a bit of a trickster too ( he is a Discordian after all - Hail Eris )
I like this bit from one of his books : (which might be relevant to the thread ? )
The Devil's Masquerade
When the shadows slink and slither,
And the goblins all parade;
Then reason is a broken reed
At the devil's Masquerade.
Don't believe the human eye
In sunlight or in shade.
The puppet show of sight and sense
Is the Devil's Masquerade.
Demons Drink from human skulls
And souls are up for trade.
Take wine and drugs and join us in
The Devil's Masquerade.
Only a Magus and a Knight trueborn
And a virgin unafraid,
Can walk unharmed amid the dance
Of the Devil's Masquerade.
Another way to approach the deck (and tradition) might be via ; "The pentacle of valour, the wand of intuition, the sword of reason and the cup of sympathy."
I couldnt agree more, thanks for posting that poem up I havent read that in a year.