Wisdom of the Tarot (2nd Level)

Being a program of self-discovery and wellbeing the ‘Wisdom of the Tarot’ program is very different from what people are used to experience, as sadly they immediately think of ‘fortune telling’ when the word ‘tarot’ is mentioned.

Fortune telling is based on FEARS. We have many fears: Fear of not having, of failing, of suffering, of dying, etc. Our society is making us full of fears, as it promotes a world of competition, where we are fighting for wealth and goods, whose scarcity is controlled by interests groups. The economy is based on debt and not the sharing of wealth and though creates all our suffering and un-satisfaction. So, as we are growing fearful as we can measure the gap between what we are and what we have and the never ending crave for what we are not and what we do not have. This craving creates an emptiness that keeps us ‘in a mental prison’ and we do not see our situation.

The ‘Wisdom of the Tarot’ comes from a very ancient lineage of doctors and scientists, who were studying the wonders of nature. Alchemy, astrology, homeopathy were branch applications of these researches. These wise men and women that can be traced to the Middle East, especially Alexandria in Egypt and Constantinople before the Ottoman rule, now modern day Istanbul, Türkiye. Their knowledge based on the basis that ‘as above, so below’ is the fruit of their studies of the correspondences between the very big and the very small. As the philosopher and mystic Pascal points, man is in the intersection of two infinites. We are living simultaneously at the bigger level, participating to the maintenance of the universe and the smaller level, our biological and natural life. All is about correspondences between the cosmic and the atomic levels.

The ‘Wisdom of the Tarot’ helps us to see reality ‘as is’ and this is where its self-healing powers are, in revealing the invisible mechanism and the physics of our world and our actions. Seeing is the door, the active, cathartic agent, for acceptance, recognition and atonement. By understanding the dynamics in our life, by getting acquainted with our gifts and the need for a balanced exercise of them, we become in charge, we become responsible and we can then fully participate to the peaceful and harmonious global maintenance of our common world, as a true human being.

“Our aim is not to raise the magicians, mediums, gurus of the future. Our target is to have reached as a human being the inner sustainable balance and to be of use for society.”

– Nalan & Nicolas

Program:

Opening

• Tetractys: A system adding up to 10 (4 elements, 3 bodies, 2 polarities, enlightment), Senses, Vices-Qualities and Virtues
• Wisdom of Tarot: An Overview of the 2nd Level
• Tarot arcana = 0 The Fool

1st, 2nd, 3rd Meeting: Astrology/Astrosophy

• Air & Fire Element, Heaven, Father
• The Wisdom of the Planets & Stars
• Correspondences, “as above, so below”
• Tarot arcana = 2 High Priestess, 18 The Moon, 19 The Sun, 17 The Star, 5 The Hierophant, 9 Hermit, 10 Wheel of Fortune
• Practical Work: Astrosophy charts (individual roadmap, meditation on the planets, walking the Heptactys)

4th, 5th, 6th Meeting: Natural Philosophy

• Earth & Water Element, Earth, Mother
• The Building Blocks of Nature
• Signature Doctrine, “as above so below”
• Tarot arcana = 1 Le Bateleur, 4 The Emperor, 3 The Empress, 21 World-Universe
• Practical Exercises: “4 Corner” Workshop (Tarot arcana and their elements), chosing the exercises of the Tarot according to the element(s) in need

7th, 8th, 9th Meeting: Alchemy

• Quintessence
• The Process of Transformation (working on the elements, imitating natural processes, solve & coagula)
• Depictions used in the transformation process (The Cosmic Egg, the Athanor, the Elixier of Life, Alchemical Wedding, etc.)
• Tarot arcana = 16 The Tower, 15 The Opponent, 2 High Priestess, 4 Emperor, 20 Judgement, 21 World-Universe
• Practical Exercises: Enneagram exercises

10th, 11th, 12th Meeting: Virtues

• Definition of Virtues
• Importance of virtues (art, esocteric teachings, religions, etc.)
• Example: Saint Hildegard of Bingen
• Tarot arcana = 6 The Lover, 7 The Chariot, 8 Justice, 11 Strength, Nr. 13, 14 Temperance, 16 The Tower, 21 World-Universe
• Pratical Exercises: A Society Built On Virtues (Enneagram & Virtue simulation in a camp)

Initiation

• Tarot arcana = 12 The Hanged Man (in a camp)

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