The Tarot of Eli, LLC-Major Arcana: Thoth Tarot- ATU 19- The Sun & Tarot of Druids-Key XIX-Bran mac Febal

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The Thoth Tarot- ATU/Key 19- The Sun is given the Hebrew letter Resh, Means-Head. Therefore, the Head is seen as the Sun of the Body; the warm and bright intellect. It is the Head-Sun that rises above the Earth and the lower animal thoughts of the survival thinking.

The Sun, is cited as the Thirtieth Path and/or the Collective Intelligence, in Dr. Paul Foster Case's Tarot text called [The Thirty-Two Paths of Wisdom], The Collective Intelligence of the Sun (Son) exercises control over the 12 signs of the zodiac (12 guideposts of Personality), as shown on this card by the 12 rays radiating outward from the central orb, as well as, a link between the personalities that have been experienced in different incarnations/transformations.

The Path of Resh, is the first of the Personality trinity of paths, rising on the Tree of Life, from Yesod (foundation) to Hod (splendor). The Path of Resh encountering student, will experience the intellectual-formative side of this conscious energy as an activating force of the Personality. Just as the Higher Self and the Spiritual Self are composites of the masculine-intuitive dynamic, Yod and a feminine-Intellectual-formative , Heh, that together combine opposing forces , producing a set of equalized forces called Vau, so does The Path of Resh.

All of this is explained in greater detail in one of my class reference books by Robert Wang: THE QABALISTIC TAROT (a text book of Mystical philosophies). For now, suffice it to say that The Sun-collective, assembles all the component parts of the Personality, on these lower paths, by infusing them with "light and Warmth" which are considered intellectual qualities. Thus the Path of the Sun (Resh) is considered the highest level of human intellect, as The Star-Key 17, is considered the highest path of human emotions.

What may be curious to the discerning student of Tarot, is that when you combine The Sun 's high intellect with the high emotion of The Star card, the balanced effected is represented by The Tower-key 16, which at first glance seems the opposite of balance, if not outright chaos. However, what we are witnessing here, is the destruction of the unworthy elements of the "man-made personality", so that the Sun (son) Solar Personality/Soul is free to arise to its Source.

The Lower Paths on the Tree of Life, Tau, Shin and Resh, (The Universe, The Aeon, The Sun-), are the symbols of the component parts of the Personality which functions through the body-vehicle, as Spirit's experience ,.e., in-form-action. The Higher Self must function through the Personality if it is to influence the physical plane, as Pure Spirit must function through the Higher Self to establish I AM. The fact that we perceive separation between these aspects of one, Spirit-Mind-body, is to necessitate understanding of each of the components that are in a state of infinite connectivity. The Tree of Life does describe, by its pattern, a degree of separation, as Sephiroth, but the Paths show us they are all connected and that the perception of separation is to expedite understanding of a dimension of conscious energy. Truth is there is only One Energy and One Mind.

Perception, is noted for its wide varieties from one organism to another, so it is up to each individual student to literally create their own Qabalah. The Path of Resh is crucial in developing the individual Qabalah. Upon journeying this Path of the Collective Intelligence, one will receive the imprint and acceptance of "Spirit guides: or those beings who direct the inner learning experience of the student, which are often Past Personalities, stored in the Collective of the Soul. For that is what the Soul is. It is a reflection of the Universal Collective Unconscious/One Mind. On the Path of Resh (head) the candidacy for Tiphareth (Beauty), The Conscious of the Son (Sun), and /or Psyche/Soul, is begun.

The Path leading into Hod (splendor), is where inner discoveries are made as the Inner Souls exert their influence on the material world, clarifying the relationship between mind and body.

The Path of Resh, will help the student understand the control and limitations of intellect. The Path of the Sun, is also the path of” awakening", that helps the student understand the use of the tremendous "Sexual Force" of Yesod (Foundation) that is known as the "secret" or Arcane force manipulated by the initiate of the Mysteries. This force has many names, such as "Serpent Force", Kundalini, or "Life Force", all of which fall short in proper perception, as most definitions do. This force must be experienced through union of opposites to be understood, and proper preparation for its "rising" must be made by experiencing of the Perceptual Intelligence (Horus) on the Path of Shin (The Aeon).

Yesod, is attributed to the Moon which governs the ebbing and flowing of the Astral Light (Akashic Fluid light) and is the sexuality beneath our material existence. Hod is dedicated to Mercury, the first similarity of the specific Personality. The Soul is hermaphroditic, as male and female qualities have yet to be separated out as specifics. However, The Path of the Sun, is when considered developmentally, is the point of childhood of the emerging sexual Personality as it builds toward an earthly incarnation. By traveling upward, towards Hod, we are once again experiencing this initial innocence: a kind of re-experiencing youth and/or a rebirth. The initiate reaches a stage where there is some recollection of the Source from which we emerged. The Solar Source of the Golden Child and/or Soul.

The dancing Twins, on the Thoth Sun card, symbolize the purest-innocent repression of the electric-male (Earth) and the magnetic female (Water) principles in physical manifestation. These Twins are also a reference to the astrological sign of Gemini, the sign that links Taurus (Earth) and Cancer (Water). The ancient Greeks and Romans also referred the sign Gemini, to Apollo and the Sun.

In the Thoth Sun card, the green mound beneath the Twins, symbolizes fertility, as its shape shows aspiration to the Higher Self. The Children dance, free from enclosure, symbolizing freedom from the "prejudices of the people that date morally from the about 25 hundred B.C." [Crowley] Here, the Sun, is the Rose-Cross expanded from four arms to 12 rays and embracing the whole of creation in its rays, it is the “adorable Fire” (Dr. Paul Foster Case) that is the vital life force of all creation.

This expanded "Inner Sun" is felt by the initiate, as a very warm rising, fertile power, an adorable fire, that does change the physiology of the physical form into the " Master’s Body". For the homo sapiens sapiens body is a masterpiece designed to represent the Divine Creative amongst the Created.

The Hexagram is the symbol of the composite Thirtieth Path which is composed of the Four Universal Elements, the Signs of the Zodiac, and the Planets, all under the Rulership of the Sun. Thus, the Hexagram is the symbol of the perfect integration of Personality and Higher Self (Tiphareth -meaning Beauty). The Sun is also called the "Splendor of the Material World”. Splendor is representative of the intellect acting upon the dual human condition of, consciousness and the physical body. Thus, the Sun is a point of connection with the Greater Life that is comprised by balancing the homo sapiens sapiens  intellect with the Higher Intellect that is the "Sun (Son) of God"/"Heavenly Human" and/or Horus. 

For the initiate, experiencing the Path of Resh, is very profound as it is the introduction to the inner sun, which is the light/sun of the personality/planetary body, as the outer sun is the light of the physical world. What one tends to forget, while experiencing the warmth and light of this inner sun /son (Inner Buddah), one's personality cannot look directly into this solar intelligence, any more than they can at the physical sun, without suffering damage; However, this damage is to the man-made personality of words, as shown by The Tower Card; equilibrium will be reached by "burning away" what is unworthy of the Higher Personality.

As I have said before, working on the Inner Paths brings about definite physiochemical changes in the homo sapiens sapiens body and as one of the most noted teachers of the Hermetic Qabalah, Dr. Paul Foster Case has stated in his study course, The Thirty-Two Paths of Wisdom,"...marked inner differences from the average person, are due to psychological contrasts in the mental state of the ordinary human beings, but they are also the outer signs of organic changes inside the skin of the new creature. He [She] is chemically and structurally unlike genus homo. There are different constituents in his [her] blood stream. Through his [her] nervous system pass currents of force not present in most human bodies because in his [her] organism channels are open which are closed in the physical vehicle of most persons. Centers in the nervous system and in the brain, and glands related to them, function differently in the body of an adept from the way they do in the bodies of the greater number of his [her] contemporaries." (The brackets are my own addition, as it was written when the proper He was used to describe both sexes.) This is the same physico-chemical change that happens to adepts in the Tantric Arts, where balanced Divine Male and Divine Female energy opens up the Divya Sidhis or magic abilities.

The Qabalist always bears in mind that the Personality, the component parts of which are represented on these lower Paths of the Tree of Life, functions through the body as an experience-collecting vehicle for the Soul/Spirit and/or Supplies the intimacy of the Divine Creative to the Created-the "most beloved" of a Creator. Understanding that to the Divine Creative its creation is its "most beloved" and the only way to be intimate with one's beloved is to manifest with them. To divorce the body from the Spirit is a most serious mistake of divisionism/or the Patriarchy, for then we are mentally and thus physically divorcing ourselves from the very Powers that created the Trinity of Self-the I AM! The body is the crucible of the Alchemist, and the Sun is the important symbol, as well as, the furnace heat that is the alchemical process of turning the lead of unworthy thought of animal fear into the gold of Higher Mind.

The Tarot of Druids-Key XIX-Bran mac Febal, represents the Son of a King of Ulster who left for the sea, incited by a goddess. This card easily compares to the Thoth sun/son card. Not only does it show a large orange Sun in the sky, and Bran sitting in a "holy place" of worship, he is also shown holding a silver branch, similar to the image of the Qabalistic Tree of Life that easily shows the path of the King/Chokmah's energy, as it is sent to Mother Binah, who "understands" his solar idea, thereby turning idea into information and/or in-form-action. The Bran mac Febal image is also holding in his hand a symbol of the tree of life, and facing it as the Adam Khadmon/Horus does in Western Hermetic Qabalah, sending the personality into the Great Dark Sea of Mother Binah/The Universal Collective Unconscious that is the "upper triangle" of the Tree. He also was "Bran the Blessed", in Welsh mythology.

The Voyage of Bran Mac Febal

1. 'Twas fifty quatrains the woman from unknown lands sang on the floor of the house to Bran son of Febal, when the royal house was full of kings, who knew not whence the woman had come, since the ramparts were closed.

2. This is the beginning of the story. One day, in the neighbourhood of his stronghold, Bran went about alone, when he heard music behind him. As often as he looked back, 'twas still behind him the music was. At last he fell asleep at the music, such was its sweetness. When he awoke from his sleep, he saw close by him a branch of silver with white blossoms, nor was it easy to distinguish its bloom from that branch.

Then Bran took the branch in his hand to his royal house. When the hosts were in the royal house, they saw a woman in strange raiment on the floor of the house. 'Twas then she sang the fifty quatrains to Bran, while the host heard her, and all beheld the woman.

And she said:....

For the rest of the story, click on link below.

https://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/branvoyage.html

When the Key 19-the Sun Card is thrown during a reading:

• The querent shall experience gain, riches, glory and sometimes recognition of the shadow side.
• Maybe called arrogant which is often a misunderstanding of their glowing self-confidence.
• The dance of the divine twins, can also be considered a meeting of the soul (solar) mates. However, this most esoteric and requires a Lover’s or Love card to clarify as an exoteric event.
• Realization of the innermost self. 
• Vivacity.
• Acceptance of life.
• Vitality.
• Generosity.
• Warmth.
• Freshness. 
• Self-confidence. 
• Ascension into light.

If ill defined by surrounding cards:

• The querent might make great displays of vanity.
• Self satisfaction.
• Personality cult.
• Delusions of grandeur. 

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