The tarot of the Bohemians : the most ancient book in the world : for the use of initiates / by Papus [i.e. G.A.V. Encausse] ; translated by A.P. Morton.

  • Gérard Encausse
Date:
1910
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Credit: The tarot of the Bohemians : the most ancient book in the world : for the use of initiates / by Papus [i.e. G.A.V. Encausse] ; translated by A.P. Morton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE FOUR PICTURES We must first consider the court cards— The king represents the active, the man, or male. The queen represents the passive, the woman, or female. The knight represents the neuter, the adolescent. Lastly, the knave represents the 4th term of the sequence, which may be figured in this way— King Queen Knight Knave This sequence is only an application of the general law Yod-he-vau-he, which we already know, and the analogy is easily established— Queen or l.s/ He King or Yod Knave or 2 nd He Knight or Vau The knave therefore corresponds with the second He, i.e. it is only a term of transition ; but transition between what ? Between the four figures and the ten numbers following.