Abrac
I decided to make a comparison of the Lovers and the Devil. I also included Levi's Baphomet to illustrate how Waite drew on it for inspiration. In Transcendental Magic Levi says the torch between the two horns represents the balancing intelligence; a little further down he says, "On its forehead, between the horns and beneath the torch, is the sign of the microcosm, or the pentagram with one beam in the ascendant, symbol of human intelligence, which, placed thus below the torch, makes the flame of the latter an image of divine revelation." The torch and flame together seem to symbolize Divine intelligence and a harmonizing factor. In Waite's Devil everything's reversed. The elements are in the highest position over both Divine intelligence and human intelligence; but human intelligence is superior to Divine intelligence. All this makes for an unbalanced and chaotic situation.
This is by no means a finished product; it's an illustration of my understanding of things at this point in time.
Lovers, Devil and Baphomet
This is by no means a finished product; it's an illustration of my understanding of things at this point in time.
Lovers, Devil and Baphomet