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==Divinatory meaning== | ==Divinatory meaning== | ||
From the essence of this card arises inquisition and every sort of intolerance, religious intolerance above all, because the materialistic mind thinks itself in possession of the only expression of Truth, and condemns every other. So this card may also indicate all sorts of hard judgment, rigid attitudes of mind, orthodoxy. For this indeed is the meaning of materialism in religion and ethics. When the material expression of truth and ideals is at its height, it reaches the value of rite and ritual or religious ceremony, which at its best stands in relation to dogmatism as the jewel to simple stones or dry sand. | From the essence of this card arises [[inquisition]] and every sort of intolerance, religious intolerance above all, because the materialistic mind thinks itself in possession of the only expression of Truth, and condemns every other. So this card may also indicate all sorts of hard judgment, rigid attitudes of mind, orthodoxy. For this indeed is the meaning of materialism in religion and ethics. When the material expression of truth and ideals is at its height, it reaches the value of rite and [[ritual magic|ritual]] or religious ceremony, which at its best stands in relation to dogmatism as the jewel to simple stones or dry sand. | ||
If reversed, the card can mean: Imprisonment, suspicion, doubt, reasonable fear, and shame. | If reversed, the card can mean: Imprisonment, suspicion, doubt, reasonable fear, and shame. | ||