Which perfectly fits the idea of Nuit, the infinite expanse, Hadit, the infinitely contracted point, and Horus as the mercurial energy animating them. Or am I off-track?
Horus is certainly the two-in-one mercurial child of Nuit and Hadit.
I've never really like the negative Devil; too Christian, in a way, negating everything physical in favor of the spiritual. But then, what's the difference between him and Lust?
If the XV The Devil represents the Gun, then XI Lust is the ammunition.
(In another sense XI Lust also represents the Will.)
A picture says a thousand words so get your cards out again. Place the Aeon above the Devil like last time. Now place the Hanged Man below the Devil.
Now consider this verse from the second chapter of Liber AL.
II:26 I am the secret Serpent coiled about to spring: in my coiling there is joy. If I lift up my head, I and my Nuit are one. If I droop down mine head, and shoot forth venom, then is rapture of the earth, and I and the earth are one.
You'll notice that the verse number is 26. This is the Path on the Tree of Life that the Devil card occupies, the 26th Path of Ayin. There's a choice of two targets, up to Nuit down to earth. The thing that can be sent up or down is shown on the Lust card - Teth/Serpent. This Lust Force focused downwards we call sexual energy. Focused upward this
exact same Force is called spiritual energy or Kundalini.
(There are also 50 words in this verse. 50 is Nun - Death.)
Here's the sticky point. Most people have no choice which target they shoot at because their focus (Ayin/Eye) is fixed on the Hanged Man, who represents spirit plunged head first into the four elements and manifestion. Just like with all other animals, this is natures way of getting us to propagate the species. But humanity is a little different from most animals because we have the
potential ability to redirect this Lust Force for purposes of spiritual development. This is the whole point of initiation.
If you look at the Hanged Man you will notice that you can't see his mouth. It is meant to be resolutely shut. This represents the un-awakened person who's Will is shut up within them. For all practical purposes they are spiritually dead.
In ancient Egypt the deceased underwent a ceremony called the Opening of the Mouth. This was meant to release their spirit. Initiation uses the same symbolism. The candidate "is as one dead" and needs to be guided towards a Tower experience. The Tower card is Peh - the
Mouth.
And as I'm sure you're aware the Tower card also represents the opening of the Eye. Now choice becomes possible.
Note that nothing moral is intended here. Both directions are lawful.
Shin(300) + Ayin(70) + Mem(40) = 410. QDVSh, Qadosh - Holy.