#1 The Magician - Marseille Tarot & Alejandro Jodorowsky (Major Arcana series)

On a day crammed with police cars here in Provence, I bring you an overcaffeinated interpretation of... well it's in the title. Support Café Bataille on https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cafebata... I do not own this material. Key terms: Play without reason, flow, burning without smoke (Valentin Tomberg), masturbation, superastral / superconsciousness, die to be born again, kudalini, origin without centre, divine innocence, impulsive (‘anvil, appeal, catapul, Proto Indo European ‘*pel-’ — push against; strike on Quotes Mark 10 : 13-16: And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all. Helen Farley: “In these early decks he was a juggler, entertainer or stage magician… In later decks, the figure was more explicitly a conjuror, yet in the Visconti-Sforza deck his role was more ambiguous and he could have been a merchant or artisan… The low status of the card was reinforced by il Bagatella’s red garb which distinguished him from all other figures in the deck. Red was only deemed appropriate for disreputable members of society such as foot soldiers, executioners, gamblers and dandies… an indictment on the cards that immediately followed it: the Popess, Emperor, Empress and Pope. The inference would have been that these figures were only marginally better than a common conjuror; a view not difficult to understand given the uneasy relationship the Viscontis shared with both the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire.” Readings Meditations on the Tarot by Valentin Tomberg   / 408555.meditations_on_the_tarot   Helen Farley: A Cultural History of the Tarot (https://www.academia.edu/30546473/Tarot)