Horizon, Ordo Templi Orientis | The Magick of Color (The Use of Color as a Language in the Thoth Tarot) @horizon-oto | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
In this lecture, we explore the premise that all color usages in the paintings of the Thoth Tarot were intentionally chosen for their specific symbolic import. That in general, the chosen colors simply reinforce the explicit attributes of the card, but also that there are many instances where color adds additional narrative that is not accessible based purely on form. The talk begins with an overview of the history of the use of color in occultism. The latter half will be spent looking at specific cards from the Thoth Tarot and decoding their colors.
Lecture by Scott Wilde, recorded at Horizon Lodge 11/14/2023
Originally given 8/5/2023 at Notocon XIV notocon.oto-usa.org/xiv/Schedule/sessions-saturday#h.89i1nhs72gvq
LIBER IRIS: keepsilence.org/colors
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00:00 Intro
00:50 Three types of color meaning
06:35 Early occult color - Zohar, Bible, Alchemy, & John Dee
12:08 Book of Magic - Ficino, Agrippa, & Levi
15:41 Color in Fraternal Orders - Masonry, SRIA, & Golden Dawn
23:33 The Four Worlds / Scales
35:12 Crowley's use of color as a language
39:31 Thoth Tarot Overview
42:17 Simple Trumps - The Emperor & Adjustment
45:01 Simple Trumps - Death, The Empress, The Magus
47:09 The Sun & The Moon, The Priestess & The Hierophant
53:20 The Grail - The Chariot, Knight of Cups, Lust
58:22 Gold & Silver - The Star, The Lovers, Art
1:04:34 Sephiroic Colors - The Devil, The Lamen
1:07:36 Elemental Colors - The Lamen, The Aeon
1:14:05 Daath - The Hermit
1:16:13 The Small Cards
1:24:50 The Ace of Cups
1:30:48 Liber IRIS on keepsilence.org
In this lecture, we explore the premise that all color usages in the paintings of the Thoth Tarot were intentionally chosen for their specific symbolic import. That in general, the chosen colors simply reinforce the explicit attributes of the card, but also that there are many instances where color adds additional narrative that is not accessible based purely on form. The talk begins with an overview of the history of the use of color in occultism. The latter half will be spent looking at specific cards from the Thoth Tarot and decoding their colors.
Lecture by Scott Wilde, recorded at Horizon Lodge 11/14/2023
Originally given 8/5/2023 at Notocon XIV notocon.oto-usa.org/xiv/Schedule/sessions-saturday#h.89i1nhs72gvq
LIBER IRIS: keepsilence.org/colors
Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/horizonoto
Support us via PayPal: paypal.me/horizonoto
Horizon Lodge OTO: seattle-oto.org
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/horizonoto
Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/horizonlodgeoto
00:00 Intro
00:50 Three types of color meaning
06:35 Early occult color - Zohar, Bible, Alchemy, & John Dee
12:08 Book of Magic - Ficino, Agrippa, & Levi
15:41 Color in Fraternal Orders - Masonry, SRIA, & Golden Dawn
23:33 The Four Worlds / Scales
35:12 Crowley's use of color as a language
39:31 Thoth Tarot Overview
42:17 Simple Trumps - The Emperor & Adjustment
45:01 Simple Trumps - Death, The Empress, The Magus
47:09 The Sun & The Moon, The Priestess & The Hierophant
53:20 The Grail - The Chariot, Knight of Cups, Lust
58:22 Gold & Silver - The Star, The Lovers, Art
1:04:34 Sephiroic Colors - The Devil, The Lamen
1:07:36 Elemental Colors - The Lamen, The Aeon
1:14:05 Daath - The Hermit
1:16:13 The Small Cards
1:24:50 The Ace of Cups
1:30:48 Liber IRIS on keepsilence.org
