Hi
Would I be right in thinking that Crowley said the Ace of Disks was the most important card in the deck?
I think I remember reading it was his favourite card too.
Can someone tell me why he thought this?
Other tarot experts say it's only an Ace and therefore a weak card so what's the deal here?
Why did he give it such power?
Thank you Thoth fans x
I can see a reasoning behind it . The ace is the potential for , or 'holds the potentialities of', the whole suit - it isnt weak ... it is 'subtle and undefined' , but not weak.
The suit (discs) represents Earth and also the 'material plane ' 'manifest existence ', 'hard stuff' <knocks on the table> . Also, Earth is a product or outcome of the other 3 suits, so in a way, encompasses all of them .
In a similar way we could say the Fool is the most important card, as , in the same way, it contains all the other trumps or 'holds in itself the potential to manifest' the other Trumps.
The Earth plane , material existence, is very important in Thelemic Philosophy as , if 'Existence is pure joy' and the material is the spiritual and earth is heaven .... here we are !
In that interesting 'field of correspondence' ; 'The Magical Weapons', the four elemental (and essential ) weapons are the the wand, the cup, the dagger and the disk. I have had different versions of them all over the years. The one that stayed around the most in one form was the Disk, it took a bit to realize, but one day it 'dawned on me' , of course ! My Tarot deck is my Magical weapon; the disc !
And when we put all the above together we have the Ace of Discs as 'the disc' that is my magical 'earth' weapon, the 'symbol of' the whole deck .
So, although I may not call it the most important card in the deck, I think it is the card that most 'represents' the deck ..... in it 'all' is manifest.
{ Aside - martially , it fits better with the shield . I adapt the same principles to my martial arts weapons training - not in a' literal manner ' magically - I dont hurl spells at people with my 'wand' when attacked by a sword
- but certain principles cross over nicely .... after all .... the work of the Jo and the work of the Bokken .... I mean, the work of the wand and the work of the sword, these he shall learn and teach .
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