The Devil key is all about materialism.
Humans are, first and foremost, materialistic beings. We can’t help it.
The material world surrounds and permeates us. It overwhelms us with its beauty, sensuality, terrors, and brutality.
But we used to try much harder to reach beyond the material realms and toward the divine.
From ancient times up until about the end of the 1900s we lavished most of our money, time, and skills on our sacred spaces.
We built them huge.
One column was an artisans life work.
We built them to last.
Temples and tombs were the only structures built of stone in ancient Egypt. Almost everything else was made of mud brick–even the pharaoh’s palace.
We built them high, so that when we raised our eyes we would be reminded of the divine.
Our finest architects, artists, and craftspeople spent their lives making them truly awe-inspiring.
But nowadays when we lift our eyes from the pavement searching for inspiration we see:
Banks…
That sometimes look suspiciously like…
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Temples and Cathedrals.
Their recent $2 billion dollar fiasco reminded us yet again that it’s not a good idea to put our faith in banks.
2 thoughts on “Have We Finally Gone to the Devil?”
“Pride goes before a fall,” I heard my parents say many times. It is my guiding phrase when looking at the transition between The Devil and The Tower.
The Devil is connected to the concept of the 7 Deadly Sins, and can be confronted and vanquished by the 7 Lively Virtues. However, persisting in the habits that “chain” one to an obsolete self-concept, can lead straight to a situation represented by The Tower.
Exactly