sworm09
I've been attempting to wrap my head around the Aeon. I've always been drawn to this card due to the bright, beautiful colors, but for I while I had no idea what it meant. Now that I've done a little bit of research and contemplation, I'm beginning to feel (let me know if I'm flat out wrong here) that it has something to do with the eternal, and perpetual gift of humanity to develop as a species. That was worded poorly...more specifically I feel that it is a depiction of humanity's continued "education" and growth.
The Judgement card from the RWS hits the same notes of the human psyche and human race being "called up" to higher levels in a progressive manner. The Aeon card replacing that makes perfect sense...because it's a manifestation of that exact idea of continued spiritual development.
My question on Prometheus though is that this card seems to me to show humans attempting to understand our world in a developing way...something that separates us from most other animals and guides us toward higher levels of awareness. I can't help but think of Prometheus, who brought fire to humanity, resulting in our rapid progress as a species; in the myth he was responsible for raising humanity from ignorance and expanding our understanding of ourselves and the world....which seems to be part of what Thelema is getting at as well.
Does this make sense to anyone? Am I off the mark here?
The Judgement card from the RWS hits the same notes of the human psyche and human race being "called up" to higher levels in a progressive manner. The Aeon card replacing that makes perfect sense...because it's a manifestation of that exact idea of continued spiritual development.
My question on Prometheus though is that this card seems to me to show humans attempting to understand our world in a developing way...something that separates us from most other animals and guides us toward higher levels of awareness. I can't help but think of Prometheus, who brought fire to humanity, resulting in our rapid progress as a species; in the myth he was responsible for raising humanity from ignorance and expanding our understanding of ourselves and the world....which seems to be part of what Thelema is getting at as well.
Does this make sense to anyone? Am I off the mark here?