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New Worlds Spring/Summer 2013 Issue
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Term: beth
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Beth: The second letter of the Hebrew alphabet, B or V. Represents the number 2. The first of the seven "double letters." A Hebrew word meaning "house." Corresponds to the planet Mercury, the 12th Path (between Kether and Binah), and Tarot trump I The Magician.
source: Godwin's Cabalistic Encyclopedia, by David Godwin
Beithe: The first letter of the Ogham tree alphabet, corresponding to the letter B and meaning "birch."
The graceful, white-stemmed birch with its beautiful green leaves represents the Otherworld.... Beithe has always been regarded as an indicator of good fortune, luck, and change.
source: Omens, Oghams & Oracles, Richard Webster
Also See: Beth
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The Magician is the first Major Arcanum
Image: a magician standing behind his altar upon which there are various magical tools
Hebrew letter: Beth
Divinatory meaning: will, intelligence, communication, skill
Path on the Tree of Life: the 12th ...
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The Tarot of Jane Austen beautifully blends Tarot and the beloved characters and stories of Jane Austen’s classic novels. The marriage of this theme with Tarot is elegantly mastered without feeling forced or contrived. Within these cards, ...
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2%The earliest Indo-European measurement of time was by the moon, and this reveals the nature of the Celtic calendar. The Celts never deviated from lunar time measurement, as their Druids had preserved it from the Indo-European tradition. Luckily for ...
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2%Enochian Magick was first presented to the public in modern times by Sir John Dee, the court astrologer to Queen Elizabeth of England. Dee was born in England in 1527, and was a magician as well as an astrologer. Working with Edward Kelly (sometimes ...
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"The soul comes from without into the human body, as into a temporary abode, and it goes out of it anew…it passes into other habitations, for the soul is immortal." - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82)
Have you lived before?
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