This does not in any way increase his stature in the popular imagination, where he has frankly, no place at all. He is also supposed to conduct a Last Tribunal where the good are rewarded, and the evil get their lumps. Yama in Hindu mythology is usually known as the god of Death. Rohit’s Article: Yama – Forerunner, First Man, God of Death Or: To seek within our flesh the bone is best … – Within an apple’s flesh, the core is best, For seed itself to find, a life fecund and new. “The dead must bury their dead,” said the Preacher. To look for real ‘I’ in the bones is best Here is a poem, first drafted by Alan Jacobs: In the west, this Arcanum symbolizes “movement” – “the Imaginative Intelligence” of Nature, associated with the sign Scorpio and the reproductive force. Here to begin with, is the western Tarot representation of Death:ĭeath – Key 13 of Jane’s Hermetic Tarot deck. We now tell our story of the first one, Yama. The Sacred India Tarot has indeed, two cards for Death: Lord Yama, and Mother Kali as the shakti power. I think no pack in the world has such a concept, it would be wonderful …” Perhaps we should ask Jane? Or even better idea, have two Death cards, for various levels of awareness, with text to justify both – a male Death and female Death. This needs some thought, what do you feel? I am slightly prejudiced in favour of Yama, as it gives an opportunity to give a Vedic perspective. On the other hand, Kali provides balance Laxmi, Saraswathi, Kali – red, white and black gunas, just as the male deities Siva, Vishnu and Brahma are represented. Only problem is, Kali has bad odour outside, and weight of conditionings may be too much to overcome. In November 2001, Rohit wrote to Gautam: “Urgently send Jane a message that I am in a bit of a fix as to the Death card. Notes on its Creation: Card 13, Death (1): To pretend it was not so, and could still be so, is foolish. While not inaccurate, the Tarot was created in historical circumstances when life expectancy was only about 40 or 50 years and the Death card would have been literally true in a reading for a good long while. Today the norm all over seems to be to treat the card symbolically, as a transformation, a process of change and so on and so forth. I also wish to say something about the Issues surrounding the Death card. In the end we kept both of them in, a masculine and feminine polarities choice, and I am glad we did. In creating the Death card, usually one of the most feared and misunderstood cards of the Major Arcana, we had the choice of going with Yama who is the designated figure in the mythological ethos or go with Kali – who is psychologically more accurate.
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