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Quotes from The Symbolism of the Tarot — P. D. Ouspensky

1878–1947 Russia

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With his hands he unites heaven and earth, and the four elements that form the world are controlled by him.

The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)

The fool always carries them, although he has long since forgotten what they mean. Nevertheless they belong to him, even though he does not know their use.

The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)

And then I saw a man in terrible suffering, hung by one leg, head downward, to a high tree.

The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)

An unexpected vision appeared to me. A circle not unlike a wreath woven from rainbow and lightnings, whirled from heaven to earth with a stupendous, velocity, blinding me by its brilliance.

The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)

When I possessed the keys, read the book and understood the symbols, I was permitted to lift the curtain of the Temple and enter.

The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)

I Saw the Man.
His figure reached from earth to heaven and was clad in a purple mantle.

The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)

And I saw another man.
Tired and lame he dragged himself along the dusty road, across the deserted plain under the scorching rays of the sun.

The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)

I saw myself reflected in him as in a mirror and in his eyes I seemed to look upon myself.
And I heard a voice saying:
—"Look, this is the Great Magician!

The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)

Learn to see it in thyself and thou wilt understand the infinite essence, hidden in all illusory forms. Understand that the world which thou knowest is only one of the aspects of the infinite world, and things and phenomena are merely hierolgyphics of deeper ideas.

The Symbolism of the Tarot (1913)

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