Let us now study Arcanum 21 of the Tarot. The Hieroglyphic of this Arcanum is THE LUNATIC. Examining this Arcanum, we can see the unfortunate poor lunatic, who wanders aimlessly without direction, with a shoulder bag within which he carries all of his absurdities and vices; his clothes are in disarray leaving his creative organs exposed and a cat following him, that bites him incessantly and he does not even try to defend himself.
In this Arcanum we find sensitivity represented, THE FLESH, MATERIAL LIFE. We could also represent this Arcanum with the INVERTED BLAZING STAR. Every Initiate that allows themselves to fall is really THE LUNATIC OF THE TAROT.
When the Alchemist spills the Cup of Hermes, they in fact converts themselves into the Lunatic of the Tarot. It is necessary to annihilate desire if we want to avoid the danger of falling. Many Masters who swallowed Soil, even many Resurrected Masters, fell and converted themselves into the Lunatic of Arcanum 21 of the Tarot!
It is enough to remember Zanoni during the French Revolution. He was a Resurrected Master and nonetheless he allowed himself to fall when he fell in love with an Actress from Naples. Zanoni died by the guillotine after having lived with the same physical body for thousands of years.
Whosoever wants to annihilate desire must discover its causes. The causes of desire are found in SENSATIONS. We live in a world of Sensations and we need to Comprehend them, there are five types of Sensations:
- First VISUAL SENSATIONS
- Second AUDITORY SENSATIONS
- Third OLFACTORY SENSATIONS
- Fourth GUSTATORY SENSATIONS
- Fifth TACTITLE SENSATIONS, related with the sense of touch.
The five special types of sensations transform themselves into Desire. Therefore, the causes of Desire are found within Sensations. We must not condemn Sensations, nor must we justify them. We need to profoundly COMPREHEND them.
A pornographic image strikes the senses and then passes to the mind, and the outcome of this perception is a SEXUAL SENSATION which is soon transformed into Animal Desire.
After passing through the sense of hearing and through the cerebral center of sensations, a vulgar morbid type of song is converted into SEXUAL DESIRE.
We see a luxurious car, we sense it and thereafter we desire it.
We taste a delicious cup of alcohol, we perceive its odor with our sense of smell and feel its delicious sensations and thereafter we desire to drink more and more until we become inebriated, therefore smell and taste turn us into gluttons and drunkards.
Whosoever wants to annihilate Desire, must first intellectually Analyze the SENSATIONS and then PROFOUNDLY COMPREHEND THEM, it is impossible to profoundly comprehend the Contextual Concept within a Sensation with the mere Intellect, since the intellect is just a small fraction of the mind.
If we want to PROFOUNDLY COMPREHEND ALL THE SUBSTANTIAL CONTEXT of a certain sensation of any kind we then indispensably need the technique of internal meditation, it is urgent to PROFOUNDLY COMPREHEND in all the levels of the mind. The mind has many subconscious and unconscious levels and depths which are normally unknown to the Human Being.
Many individuals, who have achieved ABSOLUTE CHASTITY here in the physical world, become terrible fornicators in other levels and profundities of the mind when they are submitted to difficult ordeals in the internal worlds.
Great anchorites and Holy hermits discovered with horror that the LUNATIC OF THE TAROT continues living in other more profound levels of their understanding. Really, only by comprehending the sensations in all the wrinkles of the Mind can we annihilate desire and kill the LUNATIC OF THE TAROT who hides among all of the wrinkles of the Mind.
It is necessary for the Student to learn how to see and hear without TRANSLATING. When a man perceives the beautiful figure of a woman and commits the error of translating that perception into the language of his sexual desires, then the outcome is SEXUAL DESIRE, this type of desire, even when it is forgotten, continues living internally in other unconscious levels of the Mind. This is how the “I” incessantly fornicates in the internal worlds. Therefore, it is important to learn how to see without translating, to see without judging.
It is indispensable to see, hear, taste, smell and touch with CREATIVE COMPREHENSION, only in this way, are we able to annihilate the causes of Desire. Really, the tree of desire has roots that we must study and PROFOUNDLY COMPREHEND.
Upright perception and creative comprehension annihilate the causes of desire, when the mind escapes from the bottle of desire it elevates itself to the superior worlds, then the awakening of the CONSCIOUSNESS arrives.
Normally, the MIND is found bottled up within the bottle of desire; thus, it is indispensable to take the mind out of the bottle if indeed what we want is the awakening of the Consciousness, it is impossible to awaken consciousness without taking the mind out of the bottle.
We constantly hear complaints from many Students who suffer because, during the sleep of their physical bodies, they unconsciously live within the superior worlds. Many of them have performed many esoteric practices in order to achieve ASTRAL PROJECTION, yet they do not succeed; when we study the life of these whiners, we discover within them the Lunatic of the Tarot, these people are full of desires; only by comprehending the sensations, can we kill desire. Only by annihilating desire do we liberate the mind which is normally found bottled up within Desire. By liberating the mind, the awakening of the consciousness is produced.
The LUNATIC OF THE TAROT is the Psychological “I”, the “Myself”, the Reincarnating Ego. If we indeed want to finish with all the causes of Desire, then we need to live in a state of constant vigilance. It is urgent to live in a state of alert perception, alert novelty. The “I” is the great Book, a book of many volumes. Only by means of the technique of Internal Meditation will we be able to study that book.
When we discover and profoundly comprehend a defect in all of the levels of the mind, then this defect is disintegrated; each time a defect is disintegrated, something new occupies its place: a password, a Mantram, Some Cosmic Initiation, an esoteric degree, a secret power, etc. This is how we fill ourselves, little by little, with true Wisdom.
ARCANUM 21
The Kabalistic addition of this Arcanum gives us the following result: 2 plus 1 equals 3 [2 + 1 = 3]. One is the FATHER (KETHER), Two is the SON (CHOKMAH), Three is the HOLY SPIRIT (BINAH). This is the Resplendent Dragon of Wisdom within every Human Being that comes into the world.
Anyone who achieves the dissolution of the Psychological “I” (the Fool or Lunatic of the Tarot) incarnates their Resplendent Dragon of Wisdom. Whosoever incarnates it becomes, in fact, a Spirit of Wisdom.
INTERRELATIONS
It is not by isolating ourselves from our fellowmen that we are able to discover our defects. It is only by means of interrelations that we SELF-DISCOVER OURSELVES, in interrelations we can surprise our defects because they flourish in our human personality and spring forth.
SELF-DISCOVERY and SELF-REVELATION exists in social interrelations.
When we discover a defect, we must first analyze it intellectually and thereafter comprehend it in all of the inner layers of the mind, by means of the technique of MEDITATION. It is necessary to concentrate on the discovered defect and meditate on it with the intention of profoundly comprehending it. Meditation must be combined with the state of slumber; thus, this is how, by means of profound vision, we become conscious of the defect we are trying to comprehend; once the defect is dissolved, “SOMETHING NEW” arrives; it is necessary to be in a state of alert perception and alert novelty during Internal Meditation. In order to receive that SOMETHING NEW, each defect must be replaced with “SOMETHING NEW”. This is how the Human Being becomes truly wise, this is the path of Wisdom.
INTUITION
As we dissolve the LUNATIC OF ARCANUM 21 OF THE TAROT, Intuition is developed; this is the flower of Intelligence.
Intuition and Comprehension replace Reasoning and Desire, the latter two are the attributes of the “I”. Intuition allows us to penetrate into the past, into the present and into the future. Intuition allows us to penetrate into the deeper meaning of all things.
INTUITION grants us entrance into the world of the Ineffable Gods; any Intuitive Initiate converts themselves into a True Prophet.
PRACTICE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTUTION
It is urgent for the devotee of the Path of the Razor’s Edge to intensify the development of INTUITION. This faculty resides in the coronary Chakra; this Chakra shines in the Pineal Gland, which is the seat of the soul, the third eye.
Modern Scientists believe that they know more than the old Sages from the ancient SCHOOLS OF MYSTERIES and thus, they deny all of these things related with the Pineal Gland and take it only to the purely physiological side (pretending, with this, to slap the faces of the GREAT HIEROPHANTS with a white glove).
The old sages from ancient times never ignored that the Pineal Gland is a small, reddish-gray cone-shaped tissue located in the posterior part of the brain. They knew very well that the hormone that is secreted by this gland is intimately related with the development of the sexual organs and that after maturity, this Gland degenerates into fibrous tissues that no longer secrete such a hormone, and then impotence arrives; there only exists one exception in all of this: that of the gnostics. They preserve the activity of their Pineal Gland and its Sexual function throughout their whole life with Sexual Magic. THE PINEAL GLAND IS THE CENTER OF INTUITIVE POLYVOYANCE.
Intuition manifests in the Heart as premonitions, but in the Pineal Gland those premonitions become Intuitive images. It is urgent that our devotees practice the Powerful Mantram of Intuition. This Mantram is the following: “TRIIIIINNNNN…” prolong the sound of the vowel “I” (in English is the sound EE as in neel) and of the consonant “N”, giving it a tone similar to a bell.
The Student, submerged in perfect meditation and with their mind blank, shall inundate themselves in a great SILENCE, and then mentally vocalize the Sacred Mantram. One can chant this Mantram as many times as one wishes, after about ten minutes of vocalization the student must cease vocalizing the mantram and continue with the Mind Blank for an indefinite period of time; when the Great Silence inundates us, then the EXPERIENCE OF THE GREAT REALITY comes to us.
Samael Aun Weor
