The movement of the light into the sphere of work. Bringing the wisdom back into the consciousness of humanity, so that it can rise proportionately to its descent, to meet the higher mind of the Soul.
Claudine Aegerter and Berenice Benjelloun, The Spirit of the Tarot
IO represents the underlying reality—the boundless immutable principle….The principle contains a duality—the I and the O—Absolute Self and Absolute Space. Neither is dominant for neither exists without the other.
Cosmic ideation is the product of the coming together of this primary duality to produce consciousness or the world soul—the sense of ‘self in manifestation’. For the Self to be conscious it needs a sheath to become self-aware in.
Bruce Lyon, Occult Cosmology
Book of Magical Charms (17th cent.)
This work, penned in England by an unknown author, is a distinctive collection of selected passages from works on magic and various occult arts that describe everything from speaking with spirits, to cheating at dice, to curing a toothache. The book also includes a section of Latin prayers, litanies, and other magical charms that seem to stick more closely to mainstream religious practices.
Eileen Agar (Argentine-British 1899-1991), Ladybird, 1936. Gelatin silver print with gouache and ink, 76 × 51 cm.