Scion
Just to get the ball rolling:
Two of Wands:
(Chokmah in Atziluth) DOMINION / Mars in Aries
A nice fiery start to the wheel of the Decans. Mars is powerful in Aries and expressive of Will (Thelema) in its purest, "most exalted" form.
The Dorjes are both an instrument of power, and the daemonic ornamentation reminds us that this is the point of rupture between the eternal, supernal world, and its first manifestation in creation. And the shape mimics the Goetic seal of Bael, first of the 72 Demons in the Lemegeton
The big scary, pissed off, red-eyed dude holding the crossed Wands from Frieda's original is a direct reference to every description of this Decan: red eyes, massive, muscular, dark-skinned man, white loincloth with rope belt. Still, his cloven hooves are not from the Decan images, but I think this is a tip of the hat to the Beast and possibly to Aiwass(?). Or possibly as literal as goathooves on an Aries spirit.
The Egyptian god Crowley assigns to this card is Aroueris, or the "elder Horus", deity of the ideal Universe; of who it is said "he was begotten by Osiris and Isis when these were still in the bosom of their mother" i.e. Space. Again, this is the point when Divine force enters the Creation. So this Horus is ideal for Chokmah in Atziluth because he is conceived before his parents are maniefest and divided into individual deities, and also Horus (as in Crowley's new Aeon)
DuQuette reminds us that the six rays of light are a reference to the Sun (Tiphareth) which is exalted in Aries. Again, images of unstoppable power.
I'm reminded of Crowley's "Do what thou Wilt Shall be the Whole of the Law." In fact, this doesn't mean everyone can do what they want, but rather that when you are aware of your true Will, it is literally impossible that it will not make itself manifest, because if it is your true Will, the entire Universe will conspire and shuffle itself to align the necessary components to make it so. It is not the spoon that bends, it is yourself. There is no spoon.
Power in it's purest form. Dominion in the purest sense of the word.
What else?
Two of Wands:
(Chokmah in Atziluth) DOMINION / Mars in Aries
A nice fiery start to the wheel of the Decans. Mars is powerful in Aries and expressive of Will (Thelema) in its purest, "most exalted" form.
The Dorjes are both an instrument of power, and the daemonic ornamentation reminds us that this is the point of rupture between the eternal, supernal world, and its first manifestation in creation. And the shape mimics the Goetic seal of Bael, first of the 72 Demons in the Lemegeton
The big scary, pissed off, red-eyed dude holding the crossed Wands from Frieda's original is a direct reference to every description of this Decan: red eyes, massive, muscular, dark-skinned man, white loincloth with rope belt. Still, his cloven hooves are not from the Decan images, but I think this is a tip of the hat to the Beast and possibly to Aiwass(?). Or possibly as literal as goathooves on an Aries spirit.
The Egyptian god Crowley assigns to this card is Aroueris, or the "elder Horus", deity of the ideal Universe; of who it is said "he was begotten by Osiris and Isis when these were still in the bosom of their mother" i.e. Space. Again, this is the point when Divine force enters the Creation. So this Horus is ideal for Chokmah in Atziluth because he is conceived before his parents are maniefest and divided into individual deities, and also Horus (as in Crowley's new Aeon)
DuQuette reminds us that the six rays of light are a reference to the Sun (Tiphareth) which is exalted in Aries. Again, images of unstoppable power.
I'm reminded of Crowley's "Do what thou Wilt Shall be the Whole of the Law." In fact, this doesn't mean everyone can do what they want, but rather that when you are aware of your true Will, it is literally impossible that it will not make itself manifest, because if it is your true Will, the entire Universe will conspire and shuffle itself to align the necessary components to make it so. It is not the spoon that bends, it is yourself. There is no spoon.
Power in it's purest form. Dominion in the purest sense of the word.
What else?