XVI "The Tower" Thoth Tarot card: Reading.

 


Aleister Crowley's Proto-Fascist latency returns with XVI "The Tower" card, as seen in numerous cards of mostly the Major Arcana of the Thoth Tarot, which shows the late occultist interest in Fascism, albeit mixed within his reworking of secret orders of the 1800 and 1900s and their occult societies.  Which were made up from a fusion of Eastern esoteric teachings, mystical Judaism and Western Christian based Cult of Saints societies.  There is no doubt the aesthetics of Middle Eastern and Southeastern religions had a profound impact on occultism, more so Buddhism and Hinduism.  Just like the Nazi expeditions into Tibet in the 1930s to justify the rise of the Aryan myth, and in turn World War Two and the Holocaust, and yet it has to be reminded that Fascism and Nazism are not the same.  Crowley during World War Two worked, according to urban myth, for the MI5 as their chief magician, casting black magic spells on the Nazis and reportedly involved in psychic wars with German occultists, who were working for the Nazi party.  How much truth is in this, is up for dispute.  But, Crowley deep down was a Fascist, as were a lot of aspects of American, English educated society prior to World War Two.  Inspired by Mussolini's attempt at reshaping Italian society, the Middle East and Africa by incorporating a rigid, industrialised template based around war and Western/Italian superiority.  The early Futurism, modernist art movements all adhered to the Fascist cause, including poets, writers and even Zionist Jews, who also believed that Fascist structure and support of Mussolini would assist in having the British kicked out of Palestine, leading them to claim Palestine as a Jewish state without Arabs, all were drawn to the Mussolini's Fascist manifesto of 1932 decreeing that "Enforcing order" will create Peace.

The Eastern elements of destruction in both Buddhism and Hinduism is always read incorrectly, destruction often refers to destroying ego, being reborn as a pathway to enlightenment.  The Eastern metaphors, showed destructive visions as way of reiterating that mindfulness is a process of removing the egocentric self, and eventually leading to ego death.  This misinterpretation of destruction and creation began with early 20th century Western philosophers, who saw this as a necessity that the old is to be destroyed for the new, rather than a metaphorical look at the self,  it was seen as a structural necessity, in a generalist way, to change society.  Which in simplistic terms, always leads to war.   Crowley's subtitle in The Book of Thoth for XVI "The Tower" card is titled "War".

Reading:

Unfortunately the XVI "The Tower" has been drawn.  Also known as "War".  There are two ways to interpret this card and take them as you may: 1.  If you wish for change, a better place.  And you ask that the old be destroyed.  If that is indeed an aspiration through destruction.  You should see this destructive energy like a funeral, and what you do indeed destroy, creates spirits that have perished from the material realm and must be released. This, however is a perilous and dangerous technique.  Even in metaphor, no one walks away from war unscathed.  You will have scars.  To which once you have committed to the destruction of the material entity, you'll have to heal the self or forever be haunted.  2.  You view this card as the wise masters of old have advised, that destruction is destruction of the ego.  Not a war.  A personal process for deep meditation.  To learn that basis of ego death, use any destructive metaphor you like.  That from sexual yoga, I imagine a nuclear explosion after orgasm, engulfing all.  With only a white space that remains.  So that I may destroy my ego through elevation into transcendence.   I do not fear my scars, as my material body is a well crafted tool.  The symbols seen on the card are of the Dove of Peace fleeing to West, with the  "King of Chaos" Yaldabaoth appearing in the East.  As the waves of destruction begin from Right to Left, the Hebrew letter Pe can also be seen on the card, alongside the symbol for Mars.  Pe meaning mouth, and Mars, the dead planet.   The mouth can lead to war, fire and destruction.  Mars is not to be revered, it is, as mentioned, a dead zone.  The mouth, when undisciplined is impulsive.  Stare at this card, and the eye above, then close your eyes.  From this card, if you are unable to find a meditation within, although this maybe as an undodox act, the card should be turned over and war pacified. 
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(A.Glass 2024)

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