Lesson 3 – Mystery of the two pillars

“The High Priestess awaits you traveler. You who seek entry to the Temple of Solomon. Her mysteries hold the key that will unlock the veil.”

Welcome again, this lesson will not cover any new rituals. You’ve learned quite enough for now. Continue to practice the middle pillar and the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram daily. Also continue to journal often.

This lesson is going to focus on the symbolism behind The High Priestess Tarot card. There’s a lot to unpack. Ready, set, go?

(B)oaz and (J)akin

“Boaz and Jakin are the names of the two symbolical pillars before the principal entrance to Solomon’s Kabalistic Temple. In the Kabalah these pillars explain all mysteries of antagonism, whether natural, political or religious”. –Transcendental Magic: It’s Doctrine And Ritual Eliphas Levi

One of the first secrets of The High Priestess are the two pillars. Boaz to her left and Jakin to her right. These pillars represent the primal forces of duality, yin and the yang, masculine and feminine, active and passive, lunar and solar. It’s in the reconciliation of the opposing pillars one becomes the perfect vessel for divine light. By making the two polarities into a harmonious one, you become like God.

TORAH Scroll

Another secret of this card, which you may have already noticed, is the scroll she holds. Upon it are the letters T-O-R-A, with the final H veiled from sight. What is the Torah? Put simply: it is the Word.

Words are formed from letters. And in the sacred language of Hebrew, letters are far more than marks on a page they are living forces, each with sound, shape, number, and meaning. When arranged in divine order, they become sacred words, vibrations of power.

It was through these very “words” that creation occurred. Light descended into form, (represented by the Tree of Life) spoken into being by the Divine. The scroll, then, is not just scripture. It is the transmission of Gnosis, the bridge between the ineffable and the word made manifest, the hidden and the revealed.

It is true, and without doubt: the foundation upon which Magick rests is in the letters—most especially the sacred words of Hebrew.

Jungian Psychology – The Anima

To be continued soon…