The Magician

The eyes in the upper part represent the eyes of the Father, signifying internally the infinite, the Holy Eight, the Caduceus of Mercury, the eight Kabirs who direct the planet. The Magician is shown in right-side profile, meaning that for the manifested, the right side is all. The Serpent protrudes from his brow, indicating that he is arisen, that he is a Self-Realised Master. The Staff of Power, which symbolises the spinal column is in the left hand which points toward the infinite, whilst the right points toward the earth, indicating that he dominates it with science, that one must ascend from below, that one cannot ascend without first descending. One needs to descend to the Ninth Sphere, which has two representations. The first is sex, the Cubical Stone; the second is the nine circles, the Atomic Infernos into which the Initiate has to descend; meaning to descend in order to ascend.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

In Arcanum 1 we enter the Sanctum Regnum of magic; above the head one sees the Holy Eight represented by two eyes it is the symbol of the infinite, representing the eight Kabirs, the symbol of life and of death.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

This Arcanum is represented by the Magician. Above the head of the Magician appears the Holy Eight, sacred symbol of the infinite. This sign contains, completes, and links the magnetic currents of the higher mind (consciousness in the dream state) with those of the lower mind (consciousness in the waking state). This sign joins or separates all of the elementals ruled by means of atomic energy; if one traces it upon the surface of the cardiac plexus with the thumb, middle, and index fingers.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969 also in Elemental Magic

Upon his garment is a triangle with the apex facing upwards. This represents the three primary forces reunited in Kether, the ONE (1). To one side there is a table, which represents the four elements (earth, air, fire and water), the physical plane. Upon the table one finds various elements in a state of disorder: the Sword of Power, the Lingam (male sexual organ); the Chalice, representing the physical cerebrum and on the other hand, the Yoni (female sexual organ) and a Moon which must be converted into a Sun.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in The Holy Grail

Beneath the table one finds the immortal Ibis, the Phoenix bird, the Kala Hansa Swan, the Holy Spirit which symbolises Love. It is beneath the table, indicating that it is by means of the Sacred Fire of the Third Logos that we have to order the disordered elements upon the table.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

In the lower part of the card, in the Waters of Life, we find the Cubical Stone. The already worked Philosophical Stone indicates that this is the Work which we must realise. This is the Cubical Stone of Jesod, the sex, Stumbling Block and Rock of Scandal. ESOTERIC MEANING OF THE ARCANUM One can divide the esoteric study of the Tarot into two parts; the esoteric and the mathematic. The first consists of 22 Arcana; after this begin the advances via mathematics.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in Yesod

Our organism has the same constitution as the Earth. We have to work, and to descend to our own infernal worlds.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

One has to work with sex; this is the Cubical Stone of Jesod.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Arcanum number 1 is the Magician, that which initiates, which begins; the 1. It is Unity, the Divine Spirit of each person, the Monad or Immortal Spark of each human being, of each living creature. The One is the mother of all unities. The One unfolds to become that which is the fol lowing Arcanum, the Priestess.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in The Being Is the Being

Arcanum number 1 is the Magician of the Kabalah; is obviously the beginning. Anything which is initiated in practical life is Arcanum number 1. It is Unity.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

It is not difficult to appreciate that every beginning is difficult; one has to work hard, one must sow in order to be able to reap. For this reason in Arcanum number 1 is the Unity of the original Beginning; Origin, it is clear, of all Unity, because everything begins with the number 1.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

If one makes a more profound analysis, one discovers a most interesting aspect; the number 1 is the Father who is in Secret, the Monad, and it is from here that the Divine Mother Kundalini, the Dyad is born. She in turn unfolds into the number 3 which is Father, Mother and Son which is the Divine and Immortal Spirit in each living thing. The three, Osiris the Father, Isis the Mother and Horus the Son form that which the Sacred Book of the Maya, the Popul Vuh, calls the “Heart of Heaven”. The Son in turn unfolds into the Animic Soul which each one carries within.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in The Being Is the Being, Whose Veil No Mortal Has Lifted

Unity becomes the origin of Duality, or the Binary: 1 + 1 =2; and finally, in that Unity is the fulfilling synthesis of the Ternary. The Unity, the 1, is the Divine Monad, the First Logos, the Father who is in secret. Each one of us has his own individual Monad. Madame Blavatsky used to say that there are as many Fathers in heaven as there are men on Earth. The Father, in turn, or of himself unfolds into the Divine Mother. So it is that He and She are Brahma because She becomes the feminine aspect of Him. We see then how Unity is the root of the Binary, given that the latter could not exist without the Unity. If the Monad had not existed the Divine Mother would not have existed. The Monad is the root of Duality. There are as many Mothers in heaven as there are men upon the Earth. Each one of us has his internal God, or his own particular celestial Father and Mother. In explaining this, it is better understood why Unity is the fulfilling synthesis of the Ternary and how and why it is produced. When Jesus prayed, he prayed to the Father who is in secret, and he left us a prayer which is the “Our Father”. This prayer is completely magical. It takes a couple of hours to pray the “Our Father” well, because each petition which is made to the Father is totally magical. The mistake that people make is to pray it in a mechanical manner, and this has no effect. The prayer must be broken down, analysed; and in order to do this one must relax the body so that not a muscle is tense, and then to concentrate, combining prayer with meditation.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in Prayer in the Work, The Being Is the Being, The Law of Polarities, The Science of Meditation, Whose Veil No Mortal Has Lifted

Number 1 is the wisdom of the Father, is the Crown because the Ancient of Days is King, He who has power over nature. He is 1 because He has power, because it is He who rules. Wisdom is of the Father; one cannot teach the Monad. All the wisdom of the Father, He foresees.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in Kether, The Being Is the Being

Through not lacking piety one may become pitiless, because many times we do not understand the Father; He is the number 1 of the kabalistic tree.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Number 1 is the Sun, the King-Star, He who gives us life. This corresponds to the constellation of Aries which governs the head, the musical note Do, and the colour white. The metal is gold, and precious stone, the diamond.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

From amongst the plexus where the chakras are located, the number 1 is attributed to the cardiac plexus because if the heart ceases to function, death comes. For this reason it is the number 1.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in The Heart Temple

Original ideas correspond to the 1. It is obvious that number 1 belongs to the will, to personal initiative, the entrepreneurial drive.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Arcanum number 1 means that which initiates, that which begins, that which is sown, that which commences. Every beginning is difficult. One must work hard to sow in order to be able to reap. It gives aptitude for resolving problems. It confers power both to awaken and to dominate the passions in the physical world.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in Diligence

Arcanum 1 is Unity, the Principle of Light, the Father, the world as manifestation, man as a living unity complete in himself, the foundation of reason, of all actions, the synthesis of all, the Initiation in the Mysteries and the power to decipher them and make use of them, volitive power. Arcanum 1 gives Triumph, but with a struggle due to karma. Kabalistic Sephiroth: “Kether”.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Hebraic Letter: “Aleph.”

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Master: 19, right? it is equal to 19. Good, and 1 + 9 = 10. In the last synthesis, 1 + 0 = 1; he is accompanied by Arcanum 1 of the Tarot: he is a man of initiative, a man of drive, etc. But that is not all.

The Fifth Gospel Chaotic Consciousness and Intelligent Consciousness Public Lecture – Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico

The number Eight placed horizontally is the sign of the Infinite. The eight has the image of a Clepsydra. The succession of time in different cycles can be indicated with the Eight; each cycle (or circle of the number eight) is without a doubt the continuation of the other. The Spiral of Life exists within the Holy Eight. The Evolving and Devolving processes are always performed in a spiral form.

The Solar Bodies, 1968

The World and the Super-World are marvelously entwined with the Holy Eight. The Underworld and the World are entwined with the Holy Eight.

The Solar Bodies, 1968

The Eight Kabirs, those Powerful Semitic Ineffable and Terribly Divine Gods (who were later worshiped by the Greeks and Romans and whose principal Sanctuary was found always in Samothrace) are intimately related with the Holy Eight, with the Sacred Symbol of the Infinite.

The Solar Bodies, 1968

If we consider the outline of this symbol we see that it encloses a double circuit where the two forces cross; one closes and the other opens. This is the Key to open all doors. It opens our Inner Temple, it is the sign which opens the Book of the Seven Seals. In the Sacred Order of Tibet it is universally used.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The sign of the Infinite is very important; to it correspond 8 Kabirs who govern all of creation, all of nature. They are the rectors of universal life who govern our planet Earth. They have however, their antitheses who are the 8 Hierarchs of the Black Lodge, that is, the 8 Anti-kabirs. There are 2 in the Orient, 2 in the Occident, 2 in the North, and 2 in the South. We mention them because they pertain to Arcanum 15, to the Typhoon Baphomet, to Satan. The esoterist must know how to defend himself from those eight Kabirs. For this reason there are the Conjurations and all of the esoterism of High Magic.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in Angels and Demons, Elemental Magic

Now, in considering the formation of this symbol, we see that it is one continuous line which, while closing a double circuit with the first stroke, closes only one with the second; the first stroke diverging into the second so as to project itself outwards after having cut the symbol at the selfsame point of its central crossing.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969

One closes and another opens. This is, then, the key that is necessary to open all doors, to cut all currents made of atomic energy; from the one that we have imagined and deposited in the depths of the consciousness, to the origin of them all, the one that circulates in the same fashion to the center of the Ninth Sphere.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969

The sun and the moon do not need to shine upon the heavenly Jerusalem because the immaculate clarity of the ETERNAL ONE illuminates it and the Lamb is its light. The Holy Eight is the sign of Infinity. The two witnesses of the Apocalypse are entwined around the spinal medulla, thus, they are forming the Holy Eight.

The Aquarian Message, 1960 also in The Law of Polarities, The Words He Uses

All of the mystical powers of the heavenly Jerusalem emanate from this Holy Eight. Now the devouts can better comprehend why we speak of eight mystical ineffable powers. And he measured the wall thereof an hundred and forty and four (144) cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is of the angel.

The Aquarian Message, 1960

The present hour is grave and definitive. Therefore, the only way to be saved is by practicing the Eight-Fold Path taught by Buddha. This Eight-Fold Path is totally sexual. The number eight represents the sign of infinity. The number eight symbolizes the two entwined serpents around the spinal medulla, as well as, the two witnesses and the caduceus of Mercury. Therefore, this Holy Eight is the path of the spinal medulla. The middle path is in the dorsal spine. This is the Path of the Razor’s Edge.

The Aquarian Message, 1960

The caduceus of Mercury has the form of an eight. Thus, the caduceus is also the sign of the infinite. This caduceus is the dorsal spine with its two sympathetic chords, Ida and Pingala.

The Aquarian Message, 1960 also in The Law of Polarities, The Words He Uses

The Holy Eight represents, from another angle, the two ganglionic cords already mentioned and called in the Orient IDA and PINGALA those who, coiled in the spinal medulla, form the Caduceus of Mercury.

Logos, Mantram, Theurgy, 1959 also in The Law of Polarities

We know that the shape of the Spinal Medulla is very special. If we observe the sign of the Infinite (the holy eight placed horizontally) we then see two parts that are reunited in the center.

The Solar Bodies, 1968

Ancient Wisdom teaches that there exists a pair of sympathetic nervous cords that in the form of a Holy Eight are entwined around the Spinal Medulla.

The Solar Bodies, 1968

Ida and Pingala entwined around the Dorsal Spine are indeed the Perfect Eight. Joyful be the one who comprehends the Profound Mysteries of the Holy Eight.

The Solar Bodies, 1968 also in The Law of Polarities

If we examine the vertebral column we will see the Holy Eight, and there, the two ganglionic cords which are entwined about the spinal cord, which are represented by the Caduceus of Mercury or Hermes. These are: Ida and Pingala, the Two Witnesses, the Two Olives, the Two Candlesticks which are before the throne of the God of the Earth and which ascend to the brain to the height of the pineal gland, thence to the pituitary between the eyebrows finally reaching the heart by means of an extremely fine thread called Amrita-Nadi.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in The Law of Polarities

The Two Witnesses are a pair of sympathetic channels, semi-etheric, semi-physical, which are entwined about the spinal column forming the Caduceus of Mercury, the Holy Eight, the sign of the Infinite. They are known in the East as Ida and Pingala.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in The Law of Polarities

The two witnesses are a pair of semi-physical, semi-etheric sympathetic nerve cords that are entwined around the spinal cord, forming the Holy Eight, the Infinity Sign. In a man, the two witnesses emerge from the two testicles, right and left, and in a woman they emerge from the ovaries. The two witnesses are situated at either side of the spinal column. The two witnesses ascend alternating from left to right until forming a marvelous knot in the space between the two eyebrows. Then they proceed to the nostrils. The two witnesses connect the sexual organs with the nostrils. The ganglionic cord that issues from right side is hot, solar; the ganglionic cord that issues from the left side is cold, lunar. This pair of nerve cords gracefully joins in the coccyx. When the solar atoms and lunar atoms of the seminal system come into contact in the Triveni, near the coccyx, the Kundalini awakens.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969 also in Angels and Demons, The Law of Polarities

By means of the right-hand cord the Solar atoms arise; by means of the left-hand, the Lunar atoms arise. When they ascend through the spine, they ignite our Magic powers. The Holy Eight has been, is, and will be, the key of all. No Magician exists without the Holy Eight.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The Waters are transmuted into energy, and arise through Ida and Pingala, reaching the brain, forming the Caduceus of Mercury, the Holy Eight.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in The Law of Polarities

These solar and lunar atoms rise from our seminal system. The fire of the Phlegethon and the water of the Acheron are found intercrossed in the Ninth Sphere forming the sign of the Infinite.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969 also in The Law of Polarities

He who meditates on the sign of the Infinite utilizes fire and water to awaken consciousness. Now we will understand why the two witnesses of the Apocalypse have the power of prophesy: “Then I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand and two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth.” (Rev. 11:3)

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969 also in The Science of Meditation

These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks that are before the God of the Earth, as we have already stated. Now then, the number: 1,260. Adding this number kabbalistically we get: 1 + 2 + 6 + 0 = 9 (Symbol of the Ninth Sphere).

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969

The Ninth Sphere is sex. And the two witnesses are rooted in sex. These two witnesses, Ida and Pingala, are the fine ganglionic channels through which the solar and lunar atoms of our seminal system ascend to the Chalice. That Chalice is the brain. Fill your Chalice my brother with the sacred wine of Light.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969 also in The Law of Polarities

When the solar and lunar atoms come into contact in the coccygeal bone, the Kundalini awakens, the Igneous Serpent of our magic powers. We are then “devoured” by the Serpent and converted into eminently divine Magicians.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969

The struggle is terrible, brain against sex, sex against brain and heart against heart. HILARIUX IX said : “The fire of Phlegethon and the water of Acheron cross in the Ninth Sphere and form the sign of the infinite.”

The Aquarian Message, 1960

The two Witnesses of the Apocalypse of St. John grant the power to prophesy, because they produce the awakening of consciousness. Through the right ganglionic cord rises the Solar Fire; through the left rises the Lunar Water. Fire plus water is equal to Consciousness. Plegethon’s Fire and Acheron’s Water intertwine in the Ninth Sphere (Sex), forming the sign of the infinite. This sign is the Holy Eight. If one carefully observes the Caduceus of Mercury, two entwined Serpents, which form the Holy Eight, can be perceived.

Logos, Mantram, Theurgy, 1959 also in The Consciousness

The Fire of Phlegethon and the Water of Acheron intersect in the Ninth Sphere, sex, forming the sign of the Infinite. One must work with Water and Fire, the origin of beasts, men and Gods. He who wants to ascend must first descend, this is something terrible, this is the greatest test, almost all fail.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The Divine Mother manifests through the Holy Eight, or Caduceus of Mercury which represents the spinal column, the Kundalini energy ascending through the channel of Sushumna.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The Holy Eight has its root in sex. The Holy Eight is the sign of the Infinite.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The relationship between the 2, 5 and 8 is extraordinary; the Caduceus of Mercury or sign of the Infinite is to be found in the Ninth Sphere.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Max Heindel says that in the heart of the Earth there is found the Sign of the Infinite, the Holy Eight. This is also confirmed by the illuminated Great Master HILARIUX IX.

Logos, Mantram, Theurgy, 1959 also in The Heart Temple

The Earth has nine strata and in the ninth is the laboratory of the Third Logos. Actually the ninth stratum of the Earth lies exactly in the centre of the planetary mass. There resides the Holy Eight. This is the divine symbol of the infinite. In this symbol is represented the brain, heart and sex of the planetary Genie. The name of this Genie is Chamgam. The centre of the Holy Eight corresponds to the heart, and its upper and lower extremities, to the brain and sex respectively. All beings of the Earth are structured on this basis. The struggle is terrible; brain against sex, sex against brain, and that which is most terrible, that which is most grave and painful; heart against heart.

The Perfect Matrimony, 1950

In the center of the Holy Eight, there exists a central atom to which gravitate the twelve spheres of cosmic vibration within which a solar humanity must develop.

The Buddha's Necklace, 1967

In the Ninth Sphere or ninth stratum of the Earth, in the centre of the Earth, in the very heart of the Earth, the resplendent sign of the Infinite is found. This sign has the form of an eight. The sign of the Infinite is the Holy Eight. The Heart, Brain and Sex of the Genie of the Earth is represented in this sign. The secret name of the Genie is Changam. The Zohar clearly tells us that in the depth of the Abyss lives Adam Protoplastos, the differentiating principle of Souls. We have to pit our selves against that principle in a fight to the death. The battle is terrible; Brain against Sex, Sex against Brain and that which is most terrible and most painful; that of Heart against Heart.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in Elemental Magic

Esoteric traditions affirm that the Earth has 9 strata or subterranean regions; clearly in the ninth stratum is that which we could call the planetary nucleus, which is of an extraordinary density. The kabalists say that the sign of the Infinite is in the centre of the Earth; it is obvious that within the heart of the Earth its vital energies circulate. It is for this reason that the kabalists affirm that in the centre of the Earth one finds the brain, heart and sex of the Genie of the Earth, which is the Planetary Genie. The organisation of all creatures is constructed upon that model; that is to say, within us also. The struggle is terrible, brain against sex, sex against brain, and that which is worst of all, heart against heart.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in Elemental Magic

The sign of the Infinite is in the center of the Ninth Sphere. The Earth has nine atomic strata. In the ninth stratum the sign of the Infinite is found. The Nine Initiations of Minor Mysteries correspond grade by grade to each one of these nine strata of the earth. Each Initiation of Minor Mysteries grants us access to each one of those nine terrestrial strata. Only those who have received the Nine Initiations of Minor Mysteries can reach the heart of the Earth.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969

Severe guardians keep watch over each terrestrial stratum. Secret paths lead the disciple to the heart of the Earth. The double vital current of the Genie of the Earth is found represented in the sign of the Infinite.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969 also in Elemental Magic

The double vital current sustains and nourishes the entire planet Earth. All living beings are organized according to this divine archetype. There is a divine atom in the center of the sign of the Infinite. The nine spheres of atomic vibration are concentrically focused in this atom of the Genie of Earth. The Holy Eight gloriously shines in the center of the earth. In the center of this Holy Eight is the central atom where the nine spheres of universal vibration are focused. That is the Law.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969

Answer: Friends, it is urgent to comprehend that in the superior dimensions of nature, submerged beneath the epidermis of the Earth, there exists by the law of antithesis, a ninth circle of glory, where the Initiates of the Universal White Fraternity can see, traced in a concrete manner, the sign of the infinite, the holy eight, set in a horizontal manner. Whoever has studied esoteric Kabbalah knows very well the inner significance of this magical figure.

Yes, There Is a Hell, a Devil and Karma, 1973 also in The Klipoth, The Law of Opposites

The Ninth Sphere is sex. The Ninth Sphere corresponds to sex in the center of the Earth. In the center of the Earth there is a “Holy Eight” placed in a horizontal way and it is of pure gold. There lie the brain, the heart and the sex of the planetary Genius. All the forces that flow in this planet Earth are organized according to the Holy Eight.

The Fifth Gospel Lunar Psychism and Solar Psychism Mexico City – 1976

The Sign of the Infinite is a Key to Powers. In it is located, symbolically, the Brain, the heart and the Sex of the Planetary Genie.

Logos, Mantram, Theurgy, 1959

Now, if we graphically represent the Holy Eight, the two Circles that form it are, respectively, Sex and the Brain. And in the center of this Eight where the two circles unite, the Heart is symbolized.

Logos, Mantram, Theurgy, 1959

The Superior Circle of the Holy Eight is a living representation of the Human Brain. The Inferior Circle is hidden wit the Mystery, in order to symbolize the Cup of Hermes within which the Mercury of Secret Philosophy, the Ens Seminis is contained.

The Solar Bodies, 1968 also in The Holy Grail

It has been wisely stated onto us that the Temple-Heart is precisely situated at the point where the Fire of Phlegethon and the water of Acheron cross forming the sign of the Infinite.

The Solar Bodies, 1968 also in The Heart Temple

In the centre of the Earth, in the Ninth Sphere one finds this sacred symbol of the infinite. All organisms revolve around this symbol, just as within the human body of one who wishes to Self-Realise there is always an eternal struggle: “brain against sex”, “sex against brain against heart”. If sex dominates brain it leads to the fall and the Pentagram (representing the Master) rests with the lower extremities facing upwards and the head facing downwards.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Obviously all the forces in the human being revolve upon the base of the Holy Eight. He who wants to enter the City of Nine Doors mentioned in the Bhagavad-Gita must resolve to descend to the Fiery Forge of Vulcan.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The sacred symbol of the Infinite represents the brain, heart, and sex. If sex dominates the brain, then this brings about the fall, the Fulminated Tower, the inverted five-pointed star, the Pentagram reversed, the man with his head pointing downwards and his feet upwards. He hurtles to the depths of the abyss. We should recall that sacred pronouncement: The Infinite is equal to the Pentalpha.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The Holy Eight is therefore the base and the living foundation of the Great Work. If someone violates the Scientific Rules and principles contained within the symbol of the Infinite they will totally fail in the Great Work.

The Solar Bodies, 1968

The Alchemists who work with all the Principles and Laws of the Holy Eight Self-realize in depth, and they convert themselves into Hierophants.

The Solar Bodies, 1968

The work with the Philosophical Stone, the Eight Steps of Yoga are exclusively for those who respect the Principles and Laws of the Holy Eight and never those of the henchmen of Black or Gray Tantrism.

The Solar Bodies, 1968

In the Waters of Life the two columns of the Temple of Isis are shown; the white, Jakin and the black, Boaz. Each one has four levels indicating the Four Bodies of Sin; Physical, Vital, Astral and Mental. Above, a female Master appears seated between two larger columns. She is within a temple and is facing us; for this reason the columns are reversed. The fact that she is seated indicates to us her passive aspect. In Arcanum number 1 the Magician is standing; the active aspect. She is showing her left profile, her negative aspect.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The veil symbolises that the secrets of Mother Nature are hidden to the profane and that it is only the Initiate, after incessant purifications and meditations who can draw it back. You must have valour and raise the veil of Isis, our Gnostic motto is Thelema (willpower). The number 1, the Father who is in Secret, is the Eternal Masculine Principle, in himself Brahma; who has no form, is impersonal, ineffable. We may symbolise him with the Sun. The number 2, the Divine Mother, is the Eternal Feminine Principle which is symbolised by the Moon. Brahma has no form but is, in Himself, the governor of the universe, is Ishvara, the Eternal Masculine Principle, the Universal Principle of Life.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in The Eternal Mother Space, The Law of Polarities, Whose Veil No Mortal Has Lifted

Man is Arcanum number 1 of the Tarot, the Positive Force. Woman is Arcanum number 2, the Negative Force, and the Christified Soul is the result of the sexual union of the two. The secret is the Arcanum A.Z.F. which transforms the Moon into Sun and represents 3 aspects: Positive, Negative, Neutral.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in The Law of Polarities, The Laws of the Three and of the Seven

This Arcanum, the Magician, represents man. It is the masculine principle. The number 1 means that which initiates, that which begins. All of the work is contained within the Tarot. All psychic processes develop there.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Kether: Equalizing power—The Magician of the first Arcanum of the Tarot, whose original hieroglyph is represented by a man.

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969

The laboratory of the Third Logos is our very own sexual organs. The ascendant flux of the sacred fire is the result of sexual transmutation. And this sexual transmutation has twenty-two fundamental Arcana. Here are the twenty-two Major Arcana of the Tarot: Arcanum 1: The Magician. This Arcanum represents man. It is the masculine principle. Arcanum 2: The Priestess-Wife. The wife of the Magician.

Magnus Opus, 1958 also in Alchemy

The number 8 is the number of the Infinite. The vital forces of the Fire of Phlegethon and the Water of Acheron circulate, intertwining in the Ninth Sphere in the heart of the Earth in the form of an eight. The sign of the Infinite is also formed within the spinal column. The sign of the Infinite means to work in the Ninth Sphere, and this indicates the sex. Arcanum number 8 is a woman with a sword in her hand before the Balance of Cosmic Justice. Really only she can present the Sword to the Magician. Without woman no Magician is able to receive the Sword. There is Eve-Venus the instinctive woman, Venus-Eve the woman of the home. There is Venus-Urania, the woman initiated in the Great Mysteries. And finally we affirm the existence of Urania-Venus, the Woman Adept, the woman who is the fully realised woman.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The four conditions which are necessary in order to be a Magician are the following: To know how to suffer.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in Conscious Works and Voluntary Sufferings

He who wishes to become a Magician must attain the Sword.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The power of the Magician is carried within the sexual organs, because therein is the Laboratorium Oratorium of the Third Logos.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Whoever wants to be a Magician must be an Alchemist and a Kabalist.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

Love the Holy Eight, venerate it and concentrate deeply on it. Thus, this number turns out to be a clear emblem of that Philosophical Mercury–true incarnation of Hermes–with which the Initiate must work in the Magistry of the Fire.

My Return to Tibet, 1969 also in The Science of Meditation

One must have valour because he will be submitted to many very hard tests. We will be decapitated and pierced through the heart with a sword; one must have valour; he who has aspiration and constancy will triumph. The Sacred Order of Tibet is very exacting, here we find the true Rectors of humanity.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978 also in Diligence, The Keys of Astral Travel

Everything in life has its price; nothing is given to us as a gift. The price of Self-Realisation is our Life. One must have valour and may then be admitted to the Sacred Order of Tibet.

Tarot and Kabbalah, 1978

The two witnesses which are entwined around the spinal medulla form the Holy Eight. The sign of the infinite, the Holy Eight, is taught to the students in the Sacred Order of Tibet The number of the LOGOS is 888. If we multiply the number eight by three, then we have the 24 vowels of the great Zodiacal Lyre, which are resounding in all of those who have incarnated the Cosmic Christ.

The Aquarian Message, 1960

By virtue of the Holy Eight, the sacred sign of Infinity, any Chela, under the condition of upright conduct, can put himself into direct contact with this secret organization. The Holy Eight drawn horizontally is, beyond all doubt, a living Clepsydra.

My Return to Tibet, 1969

May the ineffable and terribly divine Holy Eight be submerged as a precious balm within your aching heart and may the Eight Kabirs guide your steps towards the Sacred Order of Tibet.

My Return to Tibet, 1969

Now then, the fact that we avoid, with using this exercise, personal hazards related to all astral experiences, and that we achieve an astral departure that is both fast and perfect, is, amongst others, a more than sufficient reason for the Sacred Order of Tibet to affirm in its motto: “Nothing resists our power.”

Esoteric Course of Kabbalah, 1969