Goldenhair
I pulled the Hierophant as my daily card for Sunday and, since it is my soul and personality card, spent some time analyzing the symbols. When I studied the two elephants, I realized one is an Asian/Indian elephant and the other is an African elephant. The other symbols all seem to fall into either cultural symbols or esoteric knowledge systems.
Elephants - Asian, Indian and African
The Goddess - Egyptian
The crook, his blessing, the dove - Christian
His outfit - Babylonian
Pentacles - Wiccan, Pagen
The Four Guardians, the bull - the zodiac
The nails - Kabbalah
Do you think Crowley was trying to imply the Hierophant has the spiritual knowledge of all these systems? How much does one need to know/realize before they become 'enlightened'?
Elephants - Asian, Indian and African
The Goddess - Egyptian
The crook, his blessing, the dove - Christian
His outfit - Babylonian
Pentacles - Wiccan, Pagen
The Four Guardians, the bull - the zodiac
The nails - Kabbalah
Do you think Crowley was trying to imply the Hierophant has the spiritual knowledge of all these systems? How much does one need to know/realize before they become 'enlightened'?