339392168-Paul-Foster-Case-Tarot-Fundamentals-1936-pdf

TAROT FUND.Af.IENTAI..S
LESSCl'J F0RTY-SIX
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The title of Key 21, "The norld.," ·ouggoats
"world-consciousness .• 11 When you n.ttoin to this
you find yourself in tune Yrith the Yrhole universe.
You discover thn.t tho . center of · 11:t:e
nnd po:rer nt the henrt of your person.'ll life is
one ·with the PO\'rer which rules creation..
In this oOnsciousness., the ,·rhole universe is
realized as the body of the I .AM. When you experience
this, ) 7 0U will knovr that the directive
C.enter of the entire field of} cosmic nctivity
is identical with your innermost SELF.
The four corners of this Key are occupied by
the srune :reysticnl figures v.rhich uppenr on Key
10. Here ther-e is t:. differe11ce in one · deta.il,
In Key 21 the fn.ce of the bull is turned away
fi'Cl!n the lion, o.nd thus also nyro.y from the central
figure of the design. This is intentionnl.t
and follorrn an ancient trndition observed in
most early versions . of Tnrot.
The bull represents the element of earth, Cl"
that ,;,fuich gives fQnn. In Key 10 this is turn•
ed toward the lion, and -s.ls o t award the center
of the Key, where the symbol of Spirit is shown
at the heart of the wheel, because fi.h e mente.l
activity pictured in Key 10 is one which turns
the :mind nYray from form to the consideration of
energy, away frQn body to the consideration of
Spirit ..1 The comprehension of the La.,·r of CyclE}S
(Key 10) is nn a.ct of :mental abstre.ction. ~n
which attention · is turned away from the forms .
of things to their fiery essence (the lion).
In Key 21, on the contrary, the empho.sis is
. upon concrete manifestation. For this Key is
att:r-ibut"'i to the planet Saturn., representi?J.g