The poet's pathology says that "the undevout astronomer is mad"; the very simple man's pathology says that "the geniu...

THE MAGICIAN. I Saw the Man. His figure reached from earth to heaven and was clad in a purple mantle. He stood deep in f...

THE FOOL. And I saw another man. Tired and lame he dragged himself along the dusty road, across the deserted plain under t...

THE HIGH PRIESTESS. When I lifted the first veil and entered the outer court of the Temple of Initiation, I saw in half da...

THE WORLD. An unexpected vision appeared to me. A circle not unlike a wreath woven from rainbow and lightnings, whirled ...

THE EMPRESS. I felt the breath of the spring, and accompanying the fragrance of violets and lilies-of-the-valley I heard t...

JUDGMENT. I saw an ice plain, and on the horizon, a chain of snowy mountains. A cloud appeared and began to grow until it ...

THE EMPEROR. After I learned the first three numbers I was given to understand the Great Law of Four—the alpha and omega ...

THE SUN. As soon as I perceived the Sun, I understood that It, Itself, is the expression of the Fiery Word and the sign of ...

THE CHARIOT. I saw a chariot drawn by two sphinxes, one white. the other black. Four pillars supported a blue canopy, on whi...

THE MOON. A desolate plain stretched before me. A full moon looked down as if in contemplative hesitation. Under her waver...

LOVERS. I saw a blooming garden in a green valley, surrounded by soft blue hills. In the garden I saw a Man and a ...

THE STAR. A strange emotion seized me. A fiery trembling ran in waves through all my body. My heart quickened its beating, t...

HIEROPHANT. I saw the great Master in the Temple. He was siting on a golden throne set upon a purple platform, and he wore ...