AUTHOR'S NOTE: In my estimation, Edward Fitzgerald's vibrant and evocative translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is a masterpieces of English mystical poetry. Relative to the subject of this essay, here is one magnificent quatrain: Into this Universe, and Why not knowing,Nor Whence, like Water willy-nilly flowing:And out of it, as Wind along the … Continue reading Like Water and Wind
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“Mystic Mercury” and the Lenormand Deck
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've made a conscious habit of avoiding all esoteric correspondences (astrology, occult number theory, etc) when using the Lenormand cards for divination. But I recently came across an interesting coincidence. On the Hermetic Tree of Life, the planet Mercury corresponds to the number 8 and its "mystic number" is 36, which is achieved … Continue reading “Mystic Mercury” and the Lenormand Deck