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Key 12 if full of meaning for the Occultist (Studier of the Hidden) and Qabalist (Receiver). This card refers to the reversal of thought, that is the seen in the "Mirror" of reflected light that we call "the World". The Occultist knows that the enlighten multitude have reversed the thought of I Am by seeking outside, what is only truthful, and hidden inside. All existence is dependent on Cosmic Law, and not man made rules. Another meaning for this key-12 is Suspend the Mind, something the Yogis, call Samadhi, an exalted mental state that the aspirant becomes in the Divine Consciousness of Pure Being and/or the Divine Creative.

The Hebrew Letter Mem (bottom right of B.O.T.A. card), means water or seas, and refers to the Root Matter , as do the crescents on the blue tunic of the Hanged Man of B.O.T.A.. Alchemist's call Water the "mother seed and root of all minerals".

The Universal Element by Mem, is water which is the "first mirror". In Water, images are reflected "upside down", an idea carried out by the Key 12, symbolizing reflected Life, of Life in image, of Life taken by the forms of "occult" water and/or Cosmic Substance (Mother Binah's amniotic fluid), often known to Qaballists as the "Great Sea of Mother Binah"-the Creatrix.

I have already mentioned that the Hanged Man represents "Suspended Mind" , the occultis that invented the TAROT, knew that man and mind come from the same Sanskrit root word. The title also refers to the utter dependance of human personality upon the Cosmic Life.

The Art of the Rider-Waite-Smith-Key 12, the human figure is hanging from a Tau (T) cross made of living wood which symbolizes the Cosmic Life. In Qaballah, "T" also represents the letter Tav as represented in B.O.T.A. gallows from which he is hung ( Image of Medieval "Baffling") as it is in all traditional Tarot; Rider-Waite-Smith being the exception.  

Upon viewing the hanged man, one can see that his legs form a cross and that lines that are drawn from his elbows to the point of his hair will form the sides of a reversed triangle having his arms for the base.

The cross is number 4, and the Triangle is number 3 (a plane) the multiple of these 2 number is 12. This is because the 12 signs of the Zodiac represent a complete cycle of creative manifestation. Also one of the ancient ways of writing the Hebrew Letter Daleth (The Empress) which corresponds to Key 3 of the Mother Binah and/or whom the Hindus call Prakriti, the Great Womb of Cosmic Substance,, the great Generatrix of all Forms.

With similar numerical comparison, the crossed legs of the Hanged Man also equals the number 4 of the Emperor.Therefore, they are red, the color of action and fire., the particular qualities of the sign of Aries.

On both Rider-Waite-Smith and B.O.T.A., the upper garment is blue, representing water, as well as, the robe of the High Priestess, who symbolizes the "Universal Mind Stuff".

The B.O.T.A. Hanged Man, has 2 pockets shaped like crescents and colored silver (Moon metal). His10 silver buttons refer to the 10 Sephiroth of the Tree of Life, suggesting that manifested life is a reflection of the One Life. The Symbol for Venus is formed by his belt and braid that reach his tunic neck and form a collared circle.  

In his book, The Tarot, Dr. Paul Foster Case states that "The Head of the Hanged Man is... LVX, in manifestation as the logos" which means that by his white hair, suggests identity with the Emperor and the Hermit. Therefore, he is the Ancient of Days, reflected in the incarnate life of personality. The Roman numerals L, V, and X are respectively, 50, 5, and 10; making their sum 65 which is the Hebrew name for ADNI/Adoni, Lord. The One Light is now the word made flesh and is also represented by the esoteric Hebrew word, IHSHVH=Yod-Heh-Shin-Vau-Heh and/or Yeheshua, because Jesus was named after the Hebrew Hero Joshua. This may be only important to the student that has had considerable advancement along the path of "Above all things, know thyself".

Therefore, mundanely, this is a man-turned-upside-down, inverted and contrary to the way we view most people. In Qaballah an "upright" person is one who is obedient to the Esoteric Law of Love, which is not the common way of thinking, seeing, or speaking. Hence, Jacob Boehme said, " to walk in all things contrary to the world". For those who don't know, Jacob Boehme was a German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian. 

Now some people may see this point of view antagonistic, but it is far from it. One need only look about the environment and see that most people are sick, that most people are in trouble, and that most people can't get along with themselves or the world. It seems self-evident that most people have put "the cart before the horse" in their practice/experiment in/of Life. The knowledge of the Law of "cause and effect" is self-evident; hence, the miseries affecting most people are the negative results of misuse of the Law. This is not a weakness nor a fault, it is the indoctrination and dogma of the programed brain that is profaned by the program of Patriarchal Rulership, where slaves are need to fulfill the Wealth of the "few who rule the many". "self-loathing" and searching for a savior to come and somehow make them "more intelligent" is how a slave thinks. Free, upright people, Know they are the Light of the Word, Images of the Divine Creative, and that we incarcerate or free our own Selves by the way we Perceive ourselves to be. This is the knowledge behind the axiom of "Above all things, know thyself".

Some may see a "free choice" as a victory, but in all instances of wisdom it is "total surrender". For as soon as truth of Self is realized, total surrender is the only logical and sensible course of action as It is submission of personal consciousness to the direction of the Universal Mind. The Magician/Magus, foreshadows this submission by pointing his wand to the above, "stating Thy Will not My will". Paradoxically, this total submission of personal life to Life Itself, makes us intensely positive in our view of others. For now we see them as "anothers", i.e., "Everyone I see, is Another way to be me". Nobody who follows this course will become a human doormat. Here we know ourselves to be vehicles to a power in which nothing can be an insurmountable obstacle. I AM-Spirit-Mind-Body, which is another description of the "Supreme Being".

Therefore, the idea presented by the Hanged Man-Key 12, is that mental attitude of "thy will not my will". This attitude comes from the understanding that our will is an illusive mask of words, plastered on our identity by "the false will of outside authority". Only "I AM" is our author. "Me" must become the "Will of the One". Therefore, I (identity) Am (mind) Me (the assumption of Mind), must become One Will and One Way to enact that Will.

When thrown in a divination, The Hanged Man-Key 12- implies:

• The instinct of sacrifice and devotion.
• Overcoming the ego.
• Changing one's ways.
• Redemption.
• Maturity.
• Finding Wisdom.
• The redemptive absorption (Surrendering to the One Will).

If reversed:

• At a Standstill.
• Being stuck hanging in the air.
• Not seeing any purpose in life.
• Resistance and self-sacrifice.

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