Path

Path 26 · Ayin

Path 26 descends from Tiphareth to Hod and crosses the Veil of Paroketh. It carries the Golden Dawn correspondences of Ayin, Capricorn and The Devil and examines how attachment to appearances can become a form of self-imposed bondage.

1 correspondence · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located

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The oldest attribution here is Tarot trump The Devil, first attested 1888 CE.

Tarot trump

  • The Devil

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    Book T establishes this Tarot-to-letter attribution. The path number and endpoints belong to this tradition's canonical Kircher arrangement.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — The Twenty-Two Keys of the Book, pp. 5–7

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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    2. Aleister Crowley, 777, 1907–1909 — Table I, Tarot Trump column, row 26

      · First edition, 1909 (anonymous)

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