Teheuti
Waite often says that a wymbol can mean several things. Why should this be any different?
W: Waite, Water, Womb , Word, World. . . .
M: Mem, Mother, Mary, Mystery, Magic, Malkuth . . . .
As to M standing for Mother Mary, it would help to have support for this in Waite's books, but I think you'll find that Mary is rarely, if ever, mentioned. Whereas "Mystery" is mentioned frequently, as a major theme, and always capitalized. I'm not saying that he wouldn't have found the association apt, because I think he would have, just that Mary may not have been his most direct referent.
People tend to over play his Catholicism. To my knowledge he was not a practicing Catholic and hadn't been since he was a boy. He saw himself as a Mystic for whom the *symbolism* of Christianity had reached the highest peak.
W: Waite, Water, Womb , Word, World. . . .
M: Mem, Mother, Mary, Mystery, Magic, Malkuth . . . .
As to M standing for Mother Mary, it would help to have support for this in Waite's books, but I think you'll find that Mary is rarely, if ever, mentioned. Whereas "Mystery" is mentioned frequently, as a major theme, and always capitalized. I'm not saying that he wouldn't have found the association apt, because I think he would have, just that Mary may not have been his most direct referent.
People tend to over play his Catholicism. To my knowledge he was not a practicing Catholic and hadn't been since he was a boy. He saw himself as a Mystic for whom the *symbolism* of Christianity had reached the highest peak.