The Hanged Man is arguably the most enigmatic card in the traditional tarot deck. Divested of any archetypal apparel – he is neither emperor nor fool, but just a man, who happens to be hanging – he gazes back at us with the look of one who harbors a secret. But what sort of secret? In this episode, JF and Phil discuss the card that no less august a personage than A.E. Waite, co-creator of the classic Rider-Waite deck, claimed was beyond all understanding.

The musical interludes in this episode are from Pierre-Yves Martel's recent album, "Bach." Visit his website for more.

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REREFENCES

Welkin/Gnostic TarotSally Nichols, Tarot and the Archetypal JourneyRachel Pollack, Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom Yoav Ben-Dov Our Known Friend, Meditations on the Tarot Richard Wagner, ”Sigmund” from Die Walkure Aleister Crowley, The Book of Thoth Star Wars John Frankenheimer (dir.), The Manchurian Candidate Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Way of Tarot MC Richards, “Preface” to Centering Simone Weil, Gravity and GraceAlan Chapman, Magia

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