Path

Path 12 · Beth

Path 12 joins Kether to Binah. It expresses will moving toward intelligible form and carries the Golden Dawn correspondences of Beth, Mercury and The Magician.

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 Magician, first attested 1888 CE.

Tarot trump

  • The Magician

    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 12

      · First edition, 1909 (anonymous)

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