Book 4 (Part II)

I04 This is most accurately pictured in the Tarot Trump called " The Angel," which corresponds to the letter Shin, the letter of Spirit and of Breath. The whole mind of man is rent by the advent of Adonai, and is at once caught up into union with Him. " In the air," the Ruach. Note that etymologically the word crvy, "together with," is the San- skrit Sam; and the Hebrew ADNI is the Sanskrit ADHI. The phrase "together with the Lord," is then literally identical with the word Samadhi, which is the Sanskrit name of the phenomenon de- scribed by Saint Paul, this union of the ego and the non-ego, subject and object, this chymical marriage, and thus identical with the symbol- ism of the Rosy Cross, under a slightly different aspect. And since marriage can only take place between one and one, it is evident that no idea can thus be united, unless it is simple. Hence every idea must be analysed by the Sword. Hence, too, there must only be a single thought in the mind of the person meditating. One may now go on to consider the use of the Sword in purifying emotions into perceptions. It was the function of the Cup to interpret the perceptions by the tendencies; the Sword frees the perceptions from the Web of emotion.