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XV - The Devil

 

The devil sits or, rather, crouches on a black half cube.  He has bat wings, donkey ears, the head and horns of a goat, the body of a man, feathered upper legs and lower legs and feet which appear to be those of some bird of prey.

An inverted pentagram is superimposed over his forehead, a symbol of black magic.  He holds his right hand up in a split-fingered benediction, the reverse of the benediction of The Hierophant.  He holds his left hand down to his side, holding a burning torch.  In front of him, chained to The Devil’s pedestal, are a man and a woman, both nude and both with tails, a reminder of their animal nature.  It looks as though they are The Devil’s prisoners until one takes a closer look at the chains around their necks; they hang quite loosely, and could be lifted over their heads with ease.

 

The  Devil  represents  our material nature.  The picture

 

 

 

 

indicates that we allow ourselves to be “chained” to all of our material desires, to the point that our spiritual selves are forgotten.  The key, here, is the word “allow.”  We are not really at the mercy of our personal devil; in reality, we are spiritual beings who really don’t need much of what we consider our material needs.  Our bodies need food, clothing, and shelter.  All the rest is just a number of luxury items.  We could far better serve ourselves with spending more time considering our Soul, and less at working to pay for all the unnecessary things we burden ourselves with.

 

A key word for this card is “bondage,”  being “tied” to this material rat-race.  But, remember, you are not really tied.  You have the option of picking and choosing the things you work for.  There seems to be an attitude in today’s world that things will bring happiness.  That is just not so!  As soon as the newness wears off, we just start looking to procure some other new thing in the hopes that IT will make us happy.  It won’t!  The only way we can ever be truly and lastingly happy and really contented is to find our fulfillment in the search for our Higher Power.  Once that is realized, happiness is not far behind.

 

When I meditate on The Devil, it reminds me that my happiness is contingent upon finding my inner strength, my God-Self.  The final self-realization is, of course, some way off,

 

but the journey in itself is

more than worth the effort!