![]() I'm not an occultist but I find much of the imagery and ideology interesting. It is interesting to note that the word, occult, means, “hidden” and does not allude to culturally defined negative implications or behavior.Įssentially, every aspect of what I've been exposed to over the past fifty years has laid the groundwork for studying alchemy now. The majority of those books are out of print and would have provided a significant resource for me over the years. I eventually learned the basics on how to divine using the Tarot, joined a book club and purchased many occult books which were burned by some misguided friends of mine. When I was a young boy, I procured a Tarot deck because I was so fascinated by the imagery. I find the unusual imagery spell-binding, like the images emblazoned on Tarot cards, (which, as I understand, are taken from alchemical symbolism). It was just difficult for the eye to receive.Symbols, metaphor, and imagery are crucial components to alchemy as they were used to hide heretical doctrine from outside agencies that looked unfavorably upon it. However, no matter how obscure the finding of the Tree of Life is, it is definitely given. Many questions still remain about the puzzle and the Tree of Life. This numbering of the Tree displayed the Moon as 0, Saturn=1, Earth=2, Mercury=3, Jupiter=4, Venus=5, Mars=6, Neptune=7, Uranus=8, and the Sun=9 The PDF’s also gave a ‘new order’ for this tree. 10 symbols, from the 69, formed this creation. The overlay of all symbols from all images, revealed the obscure depiction of the Cabala Tree of Life. Upon the announcement of the puzzle’s end, PDF’s were distributed which included the unveiling of a concealed arrangement of symbols found within the images. (note: Mars in image 3 on the ‘tree’, is seen ‘as above’) Tree of Life This gave the split of symbols to be an even amount of symbols found in the ‘above’ and an odd amount, ‘below’. In the first four images the black background was seen ‘As above’. This in turn led to those symbols of which were considered, ‘As above and So below’. The observation, most commented on, was the fact that since the illustrations were in black and white, they offered the consideration of those symbols depicted upon a black background to those on a white background. The symbols can be divided and examined many ways. Saturn=2 (missing in image 2,3,5,6, and 7).Mercury=5 (missing in image 1,4,and 6, used twice in image 7).Jupiter=7(missing in image 3, used twice in image 7).Sun=7 (missing in image 1, used twice in image 5).The following lists the other symbol amounts: Venus was used twice on image 1 and 6 While Mars was used twice on image 3 and then also 6. The most commonly used symbols, used 9 times within the seven images, were Venus and Mars. The 5th, 6th, and 7th held 11, 10 and 12 symbols, respectively. Image 1 through 4 consisted of 9 symbols on each. Not all images included all symbols and the amounts varied per drawing. ![]() ![]() Listed as follows (with associated elements): There were ten different symbols noticed. The symbols are assumed to hold some bearing for the finding of the Key in the book. The images themselves were based from the legendary lost book of Nicolas Flamel, but the addition of the symbols was more prominent to the Maranatha book. The Maranatha Puzzle contained a total of 69 alchemical or planetary symbols dispersed across the seven images.
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