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9th degree!
Not that I am a ninth degree OTO but...
There is a lot written about this in reference and symbolism by Order intitiates (see Waratah No1. issued by Oceania Lodge OTO Australia,) also the 'secrets'' of OTO are all given in symbolic form in the OTO Gnostic Mass.
Also the ninth degree and its secret is not 'given' to you, it is áwarded' after you can demonstrate that you know what it is (as well as fulfilling other pre-requisits). There are many other hints in published materials.
It does seem to suggest that the process relates to a type of sex magick, and relates to the Universal Medicine, Philosophers Stone, etc. Crowley also stated that in the near future, people (scientists in particular) would understand these secrets perfectly and utalise them in their research and laboratories.
I think the words on the Art card do refer to this being an internal prosess (the interior of yourself) as Frank Hall suggests. The pictorial symbolism confirms same.
Put out your Art, Lovers, Empress and Emperor cards and observe the interplay and counterchange of the animal symbols and their positions and colours.
In light of the above I suggest you look into modern stem cell research for the scientific perspective.
Enjoy your Thoth deck Tarenranevfrost .
Vincent said:It seems like it is another case of Lon Duquette not telling everything he knows, possibly in an attempt to make Crowley more palatable to the masses.
V.I.T.R.I.O.L is indeed a Latin acronym taken from the alchemists, but it also means something quite specific to members of the O.T.O.
As Crowley says;
"There is a particular interpretation of this card which is only to be understood by Initiates of the Ninth Degree of the O.T.O; for it contains a practical magical formula of such importance as to make it impossible to communicate it openly."
So when Duquette calls his book "Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot", he is not being entirely honest.
Vincent
Not that I am a ninth degree OTO but...
There is a lot written about this in reference and symbolism by Order intitiates (see Waratah No1. issued by Oceania Lodge OTO Australia,) also the 'secrets'' of OTO are all given in symbolic form in the OTO Gnostic Mass.
Also the ninth degree and its secret is not 'given' to you, it is áwarded' after you can demonstrate that you know what it is (as well as fulfilling other pre-requisits). There are many other hints in published materials.
It does seem to suggest that the process relates to a type of sex magick, and relates to the Universal Medicine, Philosophers Stone, etc. Crowley also stated that in the near future, people (scientists in particular) would understand these secrets perfectly and utalise them in their research and laboratories.
I think the words on the Art card do refer to this being an internal prosess (the interior of yourself) as Frank Hall suggests. The pictorial symbolism confirms same.
Put out your Art, Lovers, Empress and Emperor cards and observe the interplay and counterchange of the animal symbols and their positions and colours.
In light of the above I suggest you look into modern stem cell research for the scientific perspective.
Enjoy your Thoth deck Tarenranevfrost .