Actually
this
audio essay could instead be titled September
The 11th And The Shadow Of The Tower Tarot Card as
either of these events could be a somewhat spooky echo or mirror of
the other. Though which one truly came first is a bit like asking
which came first, the goose or the gander !?! No matter whether on
the micro metaphysical quantum level the imagery of the Tarot tower
card was somehow influenced by the
then future event of
nine eleven or vice versa, the shadow aspects of the connection
between September the 11th and the Tarot is as mysterious as it is
somewhat unsettling ...
September
the 11th 2001 is truly one of those dates that will live on in the
collective conscious mind bank of tragedy, just as people remember
where they were when they heard of the death of Princess Diana, the
assassination of John F Kennedy and even Pearl Harbour - the
notorious date 9/11 will forever be etched on the woeful doom and
gloom tombstone of horrific global events or in the words of Franklin
Roosevelt "a date which will live in infamy".
The
Rider Waite Tarot And Religious Imagery
Historians
and scholars do not quite agree about the origins of the Tarot,
perhaps the Tarot first came into being in Egypt or Italy or France,
this ancient form of divination by cards may go as far back as the
fourteenth century or for all we know the Tarot cartomancy system may
go back even further than the 13 hundreds ...
However
we can reasonably assume that because the ancient Tarot encompassed
several different belief systems and religions including Judaism,
Kabbalah and Christianity, the images on the cards, especially those
of the Rider Waite Smith variety, are rooted in fables, indigenous
folk stories and biblical writings etc ...
For
instance, there's the lovers card, which includes well known imagery
based on the creation garden of Eden Adam and Eve story. The lovers
card in the Rider Waite Tarot depicts a naked man and woman who most
scholars agree are Adam and Eve, whose story of original sin is told
in the first few books of Genesis. In the background is an arch angel
which serves to remind us that we always have a choice when it comes
to right and wrong. Just behind Adam who stands on the right
hand side, is a tree in full bloom and just behind Eve who stands on
the left hand side is an apple tree and wrapped around it's trunk and
foliage is the serpent ...
The
devil Tarot card in Rider Waite Smith decks is also seemingly based
on the biblical depiction of that ole devil called Beelzebub also
known as Lucifer. The similarity to the horned and hoofed part human
part beast devil in Jewish and Christian mythological art to the
devil Tarot card illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith is glaringly
obvious.
Perhaps
it's not so obvious as the lovers Tarot card and the devil Tarot card
- but the imagery of the chariot Tarot card could have taken
inspiration in Pamela Colman Smiths mind, from the biblical Pharaoh
(who may have been Ramesses). We see an ornate carriage or indeed
let's call it what it is - a chariot - being pulled by a black sphinx
and a white sphinx, the chariot card draws forth @ a rapid pace but
it may also be in pursuit of a quarry just as the Pharaoh @ the time
of the exodus was in pursuit of Moses and the Israelites ...
Another
Rider Waite Tarot card that may be a graphic echo based on a bible
story - or indeed bible stories - is the magician card. There are
several characters in the bible who could be thought of as having
supernatural magician like powers, including Moses whose wand or
walking staff turns into a snake and even Yeshua AKA Jesus Christ who
famously turned water into wine ... did Pamela Colman Smith think of
either Moses or Jesus Christ when she depicted the magician with his
arm outstretched to the heavens and hallowed with the sign of
infinity !?!
The
Towers Of Status
Towers,
rather phallic in their design have always evoked symbolic
associations with the masculine energies of power, might, advancement
and wealth.
From
the 57 metre tall Leaning
Tower of Pisa in
Italy which was constructed in the twelfth century as well as the 62
metre high Minaret
of Jam in
the Shahrak district of Afghanistan also built in the 12th century to
the 42 metres tall Three
Pagodas in
the Yunnan province in China built in the 9th century. There are even
more recent tower structures such as the 553 metre high CN
Tower in
Toronto Canada built in the 1970's as well as the Burj
Khalifa in
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates constructed in the early 2000's
which to date is the tallest building in the wOrld standing from tip
to toe @ 830 metres and of course the very recent 310 metre
high Shard skyscraper
tower building in London, the UK, completed in 2012. Magnificent
landmarks such as these both old and modern add an unspoken visual
statement of prosperity and affluence to established developed
countries and developing countries that are on the economic rise ...
The
Tower Of Babel As The Forerunner Of The Tower Tarot Card
Perhaps
the most famous Tower of all is the biblical / mythical Tower of
Babel, which gives an account of the rise and fall of human societal
evolution and serves to explain why there is such a wide diversity of
human languages. In a nutshell the story of the Tower of Babel goes a
little something like this -
Originally,
since the time of Adam and Eve, humankind spoke only one shared
common language. Anyway human beings started to explore and wander,
they literally went forth and multiplied. Furthermore our forefathers
and foremothers started to advance in the field of architecture and
design, they progressed from building structures out of stone to
building with bricks and an early form of mortar. Ancient super
cities were created and humans had become clever enough to construct
buildings which had more than one level.
Thus
the idea was borne to erect a stately tower which would dwarf all
other structures in height and esteem, a tower so tall that it
surpassed the clouds and reached the heavens. Now as Pride
Comes Before A Fall bible
lore has it that this angered Yahweh AKA the prevalent God of the old
testament. Hence Yahweh punished human kind for assuming they could
encroach on his heavenly authority and therefore muddled up the
foremost channel of human communication by causing the peoples of the
wOrld to speak in many different languages, which were and still are
as gobbledegook to a non native speaker ...
Henceforth
from the age old metaphorical tale of the Tower of Babel up till now,
there has been - to the negative affirmative - a collective
association between towers and arrogant over ambitiousness, thunder,
lightening, destruction, breakdown, collapse and even fire and
furnace, this dark negation is also rather descriptive of the Tower
Tarot card in
all of it's gory, fearsome evoking imagery ...
Tarot
Cards As A Shadow Aspect Of Feared Occurences
In
the non Tarot wOrld, Tarot cards get a bad rap due to an uneasiness
of the shadow aspect of human nature and occurrences which are
commonly held to be negative on a macro and micro level. Many people
have a fear of death and so Tarot is avoided due to a fear of the
death card appearing in a reading. The ten of swords is another
gruesome Tarot card, understandably many people do not feel
comfortable @ what a slain man laying on the ground with ten swords
all about his dead body, means for them and their life within the
context of a Tarot cards reading ...
The
Tower Tarot card can represent the shadow eventuality of what has
been built up can be torn down, or if you climb a monumental
structure of great height you can tumble off it. The Rider Waite
tower Tarot card shows a crown @ the top of a fortress like tower
being toppled by a lightening bolt from the sky and debris as well as
people are terrifyingly depicted in free fall obviously meeting a
devastating end ...
Unfortunately
life isn't all wishy washy and airy fairy, sometimes the
mediocre Prince isn't worthy of the beautiful Princess,
the unsinkable caste iron ship of dreams that God
himself couldn't sink ended
up on the sea bed ... sometimes the fairy tale transmutes to a
nightmare, the once great and magnificent tower is now but a
crumbling, steaming heap of bricks and mortar ...
Tarot
And The Foreshadowing Of Events In The Distant And Near Future
The
Tarot is probably the most ancient and mysterious divinatory
cartomancy system there is. Divination of all kinds is a way of
tapping into all that has been, all that is and all there will ever
be. Now this is not to say that the Tarot or other oracles will allow
even the greatest seer to glimpse all of the past present and future
- for if such divine knowledge was given to us we would surely become
like the very people who greatly hacked God off back in the times of
ancient Babylon ! Nevertheless the Tarot and other methods of
divination open up a portal to the time space continuum of the
universal human balance of probability here on planet Earth. In the
social, psychological, sociological and political spheres of
existence both on the individual micro level and the mass macro
level. Peering through the pictorial Tarot window of all that has
been, is and will be, surely captures an Akashic record or
supernatural impression of events that may occur far, far, far off in
the distant future ...
The
Tower Tarot Card As An Omen Of September The 11th 2001
The
most well known depiction of the Tower Tarot
card - and it's afore mentioned imagery - was designed by Pamela
Colman Smith in the early twentieth century. The twin towers which
stood so boldly in New York were built in the 1970's and nine eleven
happened in 2001, nearly 100 years after the Pamela Colman Smiths
Tarot deck was first published by Waite ... the imagery of this card
that now provokes feelings of associated terror in some, was created
by Pamela Colman Smith @ a time that rendered 2001 as being far away
in the distant future ...
The
day after the terrible happenings of September the 11th, when I lived
in Dorset, I visited one of the best friends I've ever had, African
George also known as Lawal, a qualified teacher and God loving
Christian man. Anyway I remember that one of the first things he said
in regards to the terrible attack on the Twin Towers and the peoples
therein, was that the events and images captured on still and moving
images were disturbingly and uncannily reminiscent of the tower Tarot
card.
The
tower Tarot card and the shadow of 9/11 are virtually synonymous with
one another in the minds of those who both vividly recall the footage
and photographs of nine eleven and also have esoteric knowledge
of the Tarot system.
The
North Tower / World Trade Center Tower 1, which had a large antenna
as it's crowning glory and proudly stood in Lower Manhattan, New York
City @ 417 metres tall - was the first tower to be slammed into by a
plane @ 8.46am eastern time zone. One cannot help but be struck by
how eerily similar that scene of devastation looked to the tower
Tarot card. Upon contact between the plane and the North Twin Tower,
the impact obviously caused a massive explosion. The scene which can
be replayed @ the touch of a smart touchscreen or the click of a
mouse is certainly reminiscent of the explosive looking lightening
bolt striking the tower depicted on the tower Tarot card.
Again
avid Tarot enthusiasts the world over, who switched on their
televisions to watch the shocking live broadcast of the North Tower
engulfed by smoke and obviously fire, unwittingly became witnesses -
as did millions of other people watching - to the ferocity of a plane
plunging into the South Tower or World Trade Center 2 @ 9.03am
eastern time zone, the South Tower stood @ 415.1 metres high.
For a second time during the unfolding of the horrific events on
September the 11th 2001, Tarot readers were once again reminded of
the picture on the tower card that shows lightening hitting the
ancient tower with such force that it dismantles the crowning glory
of the tower itself ...
The
heartbreaking scenes of desperate people fleeing the fiery furnace -
that the Twin Towers in their violent demise became - by leaping to
their deaths, was so sad, it was so chilling that it has left an
undeniable impression on the psyches countless New Yorkers and many
millions of others in relation to the association between towers and
tragedy.
Most
people will agree that the explicit images and footage of people
during nine eleven frantically jumping from the two towers to evade
burning to death - though nevertheless knowing that they would still
surely meet their deaths - bear an unbearably tragic and uncanny
likeness to the illustrated people falling from the tower Tarot card
...
The
Correlation Between The Meaning Of The Tower Card And The General
Feeling Tone Of September 11th 2001 Then And Now
The
similarity between the tower card and 9/11 may lend weight to those
who denigrate the Tarot as being the devils picture book - but hey,
instead of perceiving the glass to be half empty, how about looking @
the glass through the lens of it being half full ! What if the Tarot
is a divine, ethereal, wOrldy and universal picture book of what to
do and what not to do. The Tarot obviously isn't suggesting that one
throws oneself of a high building, unfortunately the extremity of the
fire engulfing the Twin Towers was possibly the only sane way of
escape on that terrible day.
The
Tarot tower card represents chaos, destruction, unexpected and sudden
change, conflict, ruination, the crumbling of structures, what goes
up may well come down and nightmare scenarios. These various meanings
which denote the vibratory aspect of the tower Tarot card are plainly
negative and it is also very curious that these said meanings for the
tower card also descriptively sum up the general feeling tone of
September the 11th 2001.
Perhaps
pre 9/11 the tower Tarot card spoke to us in a way which harshly
suggested on a personal and individual level what may well occur if
we didn't alter our course in terms of thinking and expectation.
Maybe
post nine eleven on a more widespread geo political macro level, the
tower Tarot card stridently implores humanity to abandon war as the
solution to geopolitical problems and to instead return to golden
rule politics.
Tarot enthusiasts - who also identify themselves as being 9/11
Truthers or
being sympathetic to the nine eleven truth movement and ardently or
passively pursue the truth as to what really might have happened on
that bright and blue but very very dark September day in New York -
may now perceive that the Tarot tower card encourages us to tear down
and question without remorse or fear, possible political deep state
trickery, deception and collusion and to seek the lightening bolt of
truth where ever it may shine its luminescent light ...
Spooky
Tarot Action @ A Distance & 9/11
Now
this essay isn't a lesson in quantum physics but in a vague nutshell
spooky
action according to Albert Einstein is
when two photons travel separately @ different points in time - even
light years - but are mysteriously linked, they spookily become
entangled, hence there may be hidden elements of reality, though
Einstein contented that even hidden elements of reality are somehow
determined by physical law ...
Can
spooky
action @ a distance be
applied to the metaphysical transcendental plane !?! If the Rider
Waite Tarot tower card had angels encircling the tower as part of
it's imagery, would perhaps a strange Einsteinium spooky
action @ a distance miracle
on that sunny September day have somehow happened ...
The
Tower Tarot card and the shadow of 9/11 begs the question which came
first the chicken or the egg !?! Was September the 11th after a
fashion mysteriously shaped by the Tarot tower card !?! or was the
imagery of the Rider Waite tower Tarot card a premonition of the 11th
of September, which came first galaxies or black holes ...
Quote
By
Anon
There
are more questions than there are answers about 9 / 11
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