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TAROT F'll1fD.A1iENTALS
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Contro.st this .-tl th the free, unmodified
breo.thing expressed by the sound of Aleph, nn
o.lnost soundless vibration of uir, nude i:rith
lips · open a..'11.d relaxed. The sound ()f' Aleph is
free, indefinite. That of Beth is o. centralized
expulsion of breath through lips alnost
closed. It points, like the Ho.gicinn's finger.
The c on.trust betueen the t,:ro sounds is
just one instnnce of u principle mich hold.a
good tr,rou ghout ·the sequence ()f" !:Iebre't't letters.
Ever; { letter . of this alpha.bet is• in
'Some r:J.U:nner, -.;he ~mtithesis of the letter
,fnich i r:n::edi e:tely p.::-ecedes ·it in the se:x:ies.
Thus -,.a fbd tha.t the earliest forµs of'
Beth ngree -i: :ith its sound. they ex:i:ress
force intensified by cioncentro:tion• and projected
to rro.rd a. si:e c ifio 1.1.0.rk. Transferred
to things of the !:iind, these r.1eo.nin~s are
rela.ted, .in u 1-,ri:y 11either urbitrt ~X--.f nor fanciful,
to keen perceptions,. alert oxroreness
of events, and consequent ability to see
through superificnl uppeuro.nces i:uto the
inner realities veiled by those nppeur:mces.
Becuuse the corresponding Turot Key is
mm.bared 1, it gives a. strong hint tha.t it
represents the first step in p-actico.l work.
B-.r deterr.tl.ning ,;,ho.t you '.-rnnt t() be o.nd do,
you have taken this first step. You have set
a. r1ark at nhich you tdn the i"lhole energ-,f of
your life.
Realize ~hut the energy so ained is
cieri ved :rrom the superc onscious Life-poi:rer •
pictured · ns the Fool. In so doing you vrl.ll
have pln.ced yourself mentally in the position
the Magician synbolizes.
He lifts his rigM; hand to,;rord the sky.
The right is the stronger hand. and .-Jh.at is