When you see the Devil card in a reading, you know that you feel limited or restrained in some important area of your life. This card arrives to point out two things: first, you don’t have enough information, or you would know that you are not truly bound. Second, if you work out the choices available to you, you will find that you can make a decision and be satisfied with it..
The great mystery here is that you always have three distinct, different choices. If you don’t know what they are, the seek help to define them..
Yes, you could go for dark magic. However, you benefit much more if you lay pride and selfishness aside and embrace the desire to cleanse your mind and heart. As you remove negativity by making informed choices, you find that your life sails along quite a bit more smoothly..
About the Devil
"The Devil is repulsive, but a we have seen, he is also attractive. Swayed by his alternate powers of attraction and repulsion, we weave our spiral way toward self-awarenes.
The Devil, whose forms are indeed legion, presents many serious problems. We must not take him lightly. Nevertheless, in dealilng with him, we might learn to laugh a litle, for humor can act as a bridge to connect his world with ours in a way that humanizes them both."
- Sallie Nichols
"The physical body is man's universe of matter. It is the external vehicle through which the soul gains experience and manifests its developing attributes. It should always be governed by consideration of what actions, thoughts and feelings contribute most to universal progression."
- C. C. Zain
"I am Lord, not of light alone,
But of darkness also,
For I the One am all-pervading."
- Paul Foster Case
Sources
Zain, C. C., The Sacred Tarot. Los Angeles, The Church of
Light, 1936.
Nichols, Sallie, Jung and Tarot:
An Archetypal Journey. York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, 1980.
Case, Paul Foster, The Book of Tokens: 22 Meditations on the Ageless Wisdom. Los Angeles, Builder of the Adytum, 1968. Quoted with permission from Builders of the Adytum, 5101 North Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA. 90042; http://www.bota.org/. Permission to use Builders of the Adytum images in no way constitutes endorsement of the material on this site.
De Angelis, Roberto, Universal Tarot Deck. Torino, Italy: Lo Scarabeo, 2003. Lo Scarabeo has graciously granted permission for the use of the Tarot images on this site. Copying the images without their permission wuld be a violation of copyright law.
