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Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism QUOTES

Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism QUOTES

21 " It is said: “Truth springs forth from the clash of opinions”, but actually it is not the truth which springs forth, but rather combative intellectual energy, for truth is revealed through the fusion of opinions and not through a clash. A clash certainly produces intellectual energy, but hardly ever discloses the truth. Quarrelling will never lead to the truth, as long as one does not give it up and seek for peace. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

22 " Peace is unity in diversity. There is no peace where there is no diversity, and there is no peace when there is only diversity. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

23 " In ancient Egypt the domain of the mysteries of death was attributed to Osiris, and that of life—including language, writing, law and the arts—was attributed to Isis. Thus, Isis was the soul of the civilisation of ancient Egypt, which we are still admiring after more than twenty centuries. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

24 " The Magician therefore represents the state of concentration without effort, i.e. the state of consciousness where the centre directing the will has “descended” (in reality it is elevated) from the brain to the rhythmic system, where the “oscillations of the mental substance” are reduced to silence and to rest, no longer hindering concentration. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

25 " Moral logic” is the human analogy of that of the Logos “that enlightens every man coming into the world” (John i, 9). It is the logic of faith, i.e. the logic of thought which participates in the revelation accorded to the will. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

26 " Hermetic Philosophy is the “book” which the High Priestess holds on her knees, whilst the three layers on her tiara represent the stages of the descent of revelation from the mystical plane to the gnostic plane, then from the gnostic plane to the magical plane and lastly, from the magical plane to the philosophical plane-to and the plane of the “book” or the “doctrine. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

27 " Hermetic Philosophy is the “book” which the High Priestess holds on her knees, whilst the three layers on her tiara represent the stages of the descent of revelation from the mystical plane to the gnostic plane, then from the gnostic plane to the magical plane and lastly, from the magical plane to the philosophical plane-to the plane of the “book” or the “doctrine. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

28 " We bow with respect and gratitude before all the great human souls of the past and present - the sages, the righteous, the prophets, the saints of all continents and all epochs throughout the whole of human history - and we are ready to learn from them all that they wish and are able to teach, but we have only one sole Initiator or Lord; we are obliged to reiterate this for the sake of certainty. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

29 " Now, forgetting is the means of transition from one state of consciousness to another. Even in the case of sleep, which can be considered as a “natural ecstasy”, one has to forget the world of the day in order to be able to pass into the world of the night. In order to fall asleep one has to be able to forget. Insomnia is due to the inability to forget. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism

30 " The preceding arcanum-“The Moon”-confronted us with the task of human intelligence to liberate itself from the magical enchantment which separates it from spontaneous wisdom, and to unite itself with the latter, i.e. to arrive at intuition. The nineteenth arcanum-“The Sun”- is that of the accomplished union of intelligence and spontaneous wisdom: The Arcanum of Intuition. "

― Valentin Tomberg , Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism