What does the Tarot card The Moon

Crowley writes about eighteenth Arkan e very clearly: "The moon is involved and to the very highest, and lowest, and stuff everything in between, - the most versatile of the planets. In its highest aspect it is the link between human and divine, as shown in the second Arkan is, in this same trump representing her lowest avatar, it connects the earth's sphere of Malkuth and Netzach, the culmination of all forms of matter. This is a waning moon, the moon, witchcraft and abominable deeds. She - venomous darkness, as a condition for the revival of the world. This path is guarded by taboos. Everything is doubtful, all mysterious, all drunk. It is not beneficial solar intoxication of Dionysus, but the terrible madness of harmful drugs. " (Aleister Crowley - The Book of Thoth ") should pay attention to one important subtlety - despite the fact that the eighteenth Arkan is called" Luna ", which is rather pleasant associations, real astrological ruler of a fish - not the moon, or even cancer - the most of the lunar zodiac. Based on this representation, we can say that the eighteenth Arkan seems more distorting, mutilating the female principle, the witch.

On his experience, I know that this explanation can not guarantee an understanding - a semantic barrier considered in the fifth lecture, here is highly relevant, and the word "witch" in our time is used in so many contexts, most of which are rather positive. Especially in matters of good and evil at the moment there is vast confusion, because in the eyes of many Christians is completely discredited the very idea of good, and everything associated with the other party, finds alluring appeal. Because we must very carefully examine what is implied by Crowley's "waning moon" and "witch." If we use the symbolism of the Tarot, we can say that the witch in a positive context will be related not to the eighteenth and the Eleventh Arcanum y, whereas the negative sense of the word and should be our most detailed manner addressed.

First of all, we note that we note that it is a waning moon, the moon, losing their strength. Black Moon romantics, has no relation to the eighteenth Arch at her What is meant by an archetype - an old woman, devoid of any appeal, and clinging to life at any cost. Pay attention to arhitepicheskuyu relationship with the waters of the moon, and hence path-meme and Arkan "The Hanged Man." It is in this parallel we are groping for a thread Ariandy, which will allow me to zaplutat in the maze of meanings. We already know that "hanged" is associated with the unconscious, and the dictatorship of emotions (water), the cultivation of the Christian system of values. We can say that "hung", it is the passive side uroboric incest analyzed Neumann, while "Moon" is its active side, ie Whoso causeth the mother.

This psychological interpretation is confirmed by a curious observation Jung: the people, seeing what we define as neurotic oedipal ties, saying that such and such a mother is a witch. This is true in cases where the libido son or daughter is completely focused on the image of the mother or father. Associated with this What does a vampire archetypes and the devouring mother. In context, it is worth mentioning the difference between the views of Freud and Jung on the Oedipus complex. Freud believed that the active side, the reason is bessoznatel6naya psyche of the child in the oedipal period, projecting the latent sexuality of the parent of the opposite sex. Jung understood the fallacy of such a construction, and proved that by itself the oedipal period is easy - neurosis only appear if on an unconscious level, some hidden sexual abuse, and revolving libido parent directs the child. Jung simply reverse the cause and effect, thereby creating a more adequate picture of psychological reality.

In order to illustrate the image seduces a parent I will provide the following very picturesque quote momenitirovav over which one can understand the eighteenth Arkan:

Not in love if we maminku as Alyosha in his Virgin?

- Maminka! O my dove! Take me with you! - Moans as languid turtle redhead Captain Gagin.

- Malyutochka my - comfort maminka - sorry and love you as only a mother could love her little child. Let it be in our hearts one heart of Jesus Christ!

A Major General Golovin vodivshy once fangoriytsev in deadly fire Bagration flushes, now maminkinyh feet, a lion tamed dove.