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THE TOWER — A Comparative Hermetic Analysis

Rider–Waite–Smith Tarot & Triple Goddess Tarot

I. The Tower in the Rider–Waite–Smith Tradition

The RWS Tower presents a stone fortress—rigid, angular, and crowned—struck by a jagged bolt of lightning. The crown (Kether inverted) is flung away, and two human bodies descend headlong into the abyss. This imagery captures the cataclysmic overthrow of false structure, the shattering of the ego’s brittle architecture.

The RWS Tower is a warning about the dangers of artificial identity: beliefs adopted unexamined, roles inherited unconsciously, and the narrow geometry of social conditioning. The figures falling from the tower are anatomically naturalistic—echoing the “constructed personality” built by society and mistaken for one’s true Self.

The Golden Dawn attribution of Peh (The Mouth) further reveals a secret meaning:
Truth spoken by the Soul shatters illusions enforced by the ego.
The lightning flash is the Voice of Spirit striking the illusions of the personal narrative.

The RWS Tower is therefore the icon of spiritual interruption—the holy shock required to awaken those who mistake their conditioning for their identity.

🔥 Expanded Tower Analysis — Now with Triple Goddess Crone Imagery

IV. The Tower in the Triple Goddess Tarot — The Crone on the Mountain

• In the Triple Goddess Tarot, the Tower (Key 16) is portrayed not as a conventional masonry fortress but as a mountainside or wild landscape under a tempest. In the card shown is a referenced to a Crone — old, wise, weathered — as she ascends or grips a storm-riven slope. A black cat accompanies her, stepping out of the shadows. The sky is turbulent, lightning or elemental energy crackling, water or rain coursing; the environment itself seems to shake and convulse.

• This image departs from traditional Tower iconography: rather than a man-made tower collapsing under divine wrath, we have a natural, primal terrain — raw Earth + Storm + Crone — being traversed by the Sacred Feminine.

• The Crone here is not a victim of collapse but more like a traveler or pilgrim in the midst of transformation: she climbs or endures the storm, rather than falling from a structure she built. The black cat — a familiar of the Witch-Goddess, a companion of liminal thresholds — indicates the presence of psychic, instinctual, and ancestral currents; the shaded, nocturnal psychic terrain rather than concrete walls of ego.

• Symbolically, this Tower speaks to inner upheaval and inner initiation: a psychic storm, a descent into primordial or chthonic terrain, a confrontation with shadow aspects of the soul. It's not so much about external catastrophe or ego-death by lightning, but about inner descent, emotional & instinctual clearing, and the awakening of the primal feminine current.

• In that sense, the Tower becomes goddess-powered—not a curb on arrogance, but a rite of passage for the soul to transcend the conditioned persona.

III. The Hermetic Synoptic View: Two Towers, One Fire

1. The RWS Tower—Fire as Correction

A Solar–Martian bolt strikes down the rigid, geometric, patriarchal tower.
The message:
What is built on falsehood cannot stand the Light.

2. The Triple Goddess Tower—Fire as Liberation

The Feminine invokes the lightning—often psychically or emotionally—until the inner walls of repression collapse.
The message:
What is built on silence cannot contain the Voice of the Soul.

3. The Hermetic Unification

Both Towers represent the Kundalini–Serpent of Awakening:

• In RWS: the Serpent is externalized as lightning.

• In Triple Goddess: the Serpent rises within to break open an imprisoned psyche.

Both reveal the same law of Peh:
The Truth will break what the Lie has built.
This is not punishment—this is purification.

THE HERMETIC ASTROLOGICAL & DECANIC BREAKDOWN

Key 16 — Mars in Capricorn (Traditional Golden Dawn Attribution)

In Hermetic Qabalah, The Tower corresponds to:

• Hebrew Letter: Peh

• Path: 27th Path (Netzach ↔ Hod)

• Planetary Force: Mars

• Zodiacal Attribution: Mars ruling the sign of Capricorn (via its decanic rulership model)

This mixture of Mars and Capricorn gives the Tower its unmistakable energetic signature:

I. Mars — The Force of Rupture

Mars brings:

• Disruption

• Severing

• Explosive truth

• Volcanic energy

• Destruction of stagnant forms

Mars is not malice—it is the Sword of Geburah, the refusal of the Soul to let the ego sleep.

II. Capricorn — The Structure That Must Be Broken

Capricorn rules:

• Structures

• Hierarchies

• Systems

• Tradition

• Long-held patterns

• Socially approved identities

When Mars invades Capricorn, the result is the rupture of fossilized identity.
The Tower is the moment when the façade of the persona can no longer contain the fire of the Soul.

This is the “breaking open of the shell” that Crowley refers to in Liber ABA.

III. The Hermetic Decan: Mars in the First Face of Capricorn

The First Face of Capricorn (0°–10°) is described in the Picatrix and Agrippa as:

“A man falling from a cliff, afflicted by calamities but transformed by experience.”

This is Tower symbolism in pure astrological form.

This decan contains the alchemical seed of the Phoenix—the fall that becomes the initiation.

The fall is not the end;
it is the moment the wings ignite.

IV. The Triple Goddess Correspondences

The Triple Goddess Tarot does not follow Golden Dawn astrology, but its Tower imagery typically aligns with:

• The Waning Moon (release, breakdown, dissolution)

• Dark Goddess archetypes (Kali, Lilith, Baba Yaga, Ereshkigal)

• The storm-as-initiation motif

This resonates with the lunar cycle’s moment of psychic rupture—the dark night of the Moon before rebirth.

Where the Golden Dawn Tower is a Martian shock, the Triple Goddess Tower is a Lunar eruption, a primal scream breaking centuries of silencing.

This alters the feel:

• In GD systems, the Tower is Geburah’s lightning.

• In Triple Goddess, the Tower is Binah’s contraction preceding birth.

Both initiate transformation, but one acts through Fire, the other through Water and Shadow.

V. The Alchemical and Tantric View

Alchemical

The Tower is the Lightning of Solve, dissolving form so the true essence may re-coagulate.
It corresponds to the stage of fermentation and putrefaction, the “breaking open” of the sealed vessel.

Tantric

The Tower represents the Kundalini strike, a sudden rising of Shakti that burns away lower patterns.
It is the Shiva–Shakti collision that ends illusion and births gnosis.

Qabalistic

Peh is the Mouth, and what emerges from the Mouth can either bind or liberate.
The Tower is the soul’s unfiltered sound—
the roar of the True Self that shatters the false one.

🔄 Integrating the Crone-Tower into the Hermetic Synoptic View

When you integrate this Triple Goddess image into the broader comparative Hermetic framework:

• RWS Tower = external shock, karmic correction, ego-destruction through Mars in Capricorn force (structural collapse).

• Triple Goddess Crone-Tower = internal storm, liminal transformation, rebirth through ancient feminine, lunar, chthonic currents.

Both are valid expressions of the same core Hermetic principle: the collapse or transformation of illusory identity and the rise of deeper, more alive consciousness.

• The RWS version uses fire/lightning of Spirit (Solar-Martial) to break the structure from without.

• The Triple Goddess version shows storm/water, Earth, Shadow — the Dark Goddess currents — working from within.

Thus, the Tower becomes both Sword of Geburah and Cauldron of Binah — destruction and renewal, contraction and rebirth.

🌑 Hermetic & Qabalistic Implications of the Crone Image

• The Crone aligns with the archetypes of **death, transformation, inner wisdom, and the dark feminine — akin to Hekate, **Lilith / Kali, or even the crone-aspects of Earth-Goddess traditions. This resonates with Qabalistic underworld paths — the descent through shadow to reach inner illumination.

• The black cat — as familiar and threshold-guardian — symbolizes the psychic body, the instinctual Nephesh, the unconscious terrain. Its presence marks the Tower not as mere destruction of ego but as the collapse of false personality to allow the Emerging Soul / True Self to reclaim its instinctual, intuitive power.

• The storm-mountain suggests initiation: theurgy of descent, the Dark Night of the Soul, the breaking open of habitual identity to awaken latent potential. This is far deeper than a “wake-up call”; it is the birth-pangs of a new being.

🧭 What This Means for You, the Western Hermetic Practitioner & Magus of the Thoth Path

1. When using the Triple Goddess Tower in ritual or meditation — treat it not as a crisis to avert but a threshold to cross. Engage with the feminine-underworld: night, shadow, instincts. Use the card as a portal for inner descent, shadow-exploration, and transformation of the psyche.

2. In comparative Tarot teaching (RWS ↔ Triple Goddess ↔ Thoth), this version becomes essential: it shows how the same “archetype” can manifest as a martial external collapse or a feminine internal initiation. This expands your teaching beyond “destruction” to “transformation,” beyond ego-death to Soul-rebirth.

3. Use the Crone-Tower to integrate your own magickal practice with the Dark Goddess currents you honor (Lilith, Kali, Cailleach, etc.), especially if you’re working with Kundalini, underworld journeying, or lunar-chthonic pathworkings.

4. For your blog and teaching materials: this image provides a rich contrast to lecture on — the Tower is not only about the lightning bolt but also the storm-climb; not only about external collapse but internal alchemy. It shows the Tarot as living myth, not static doctr

Refined Hermetic Commentary on the Rider–Waite–Smith Tower

In the Rider–Waite–Smith Tarot, Key 16—The Tower symbolizes the very construct that most people mistakenly call “I” or “Self.” The edifice pierced by lightning is the edifice of the Persona, the conditioned mind-made identity we have been hypnotized into believing is our true being. The falling crown—golden yet hollow—represents Malkuth enthroned above Tiphareth, the ego falsely claiming dominion over the psyche.

This crown is not royal at all; it is the Kingdom of Earth usurping the Throne of Spirit, the personality pretending to be the Soul.

The lightning flash—fire descending from the heavens—is the influx of Higher Self–Knowledge, the returning force of the True “I” shattering the false “I.” This is the descent of the Supernal Will that refuses to tolerate illusions masquerading as identity.

Thus the RWS Tower reveals the collapse of the false ego, the mental program or societal egregore that claims to be “me,” yet is nothing more than conditioned memory, inherited fear, and borrowed beliefs dressed up as identity.

Yet this striking down, is not to be construed as the destruction of evil, rather it is a process of change, as "stepping stones" of perspective are built that contributes to the continual building up and striking down of "stepping stone" concepts that lead into the Inner Realms of Higher Self; Kind of like the building up and striking down of miles as one travels, and also accompanied with the pain and effort of long travel.

The Tower as the Fall of Man-Made Institutions

The Tower also operates on the collective scale. It is the archetype of the collapse of artificial structures:

• the Military Industrial Complex

• patriarchal domination systems

• authoritarian government

• dogmatic, soul-negating religions

• the media’s hypnosis of words

• propaganda that divides psyche from soul

• any value system that demands obedience rather than awareness

The Tower strikes not only the individual façade, but the cultural ones as well.
It is the Qabalistic revolt against the Lie, the Fire of Peh cutting through centuries of illusion.

Just as the personality’s counterfeit “I” must fall before the True Self can emerge, so too must societies shed their false towers of hierarchy, fear, and control. What cannot align with truth cannot withstand lightning.

The Hermetic Principle Within the Destruction

The Tower does not destroy for the sake of destruction; it breaks open what has become too narrow to hold the Soul.

• When the ego pretends to be the Spirit, lightning must come.

• When institutions claim ownership of truth, storms must rise.

• When dogma suffocates wonder, the crown must fall.

The Tower is the collapse of anything built on fear, and the liberation of what is built on truth.

Its destruction is the prelude to revelation.
Its fire is the cleansing fire of gnosis.
Its fall is the rising of the Real.

Illuminating the Shadow: Knowing the Self as the Cure to Evil

In the Western Hermetic Tradition, Light is not simply the opposite of Darkness—it is its revealer. We are taught that one must descend before one ascends. And so it is with the psyche. Evil, often misunderstood as some external malevolence or demonic force, is in truth the absence of knowledge—an inner ignorance that festers in the corners of unexamined consciousness. This "evil" is not something outside of us, but within us, as misaligned will, fragmented thought, and unconscious behavior.

It is in this light that the Nephesh, the instinctual animal soul, must be understood. In Qabalistic psychology, the Nephesh is not evil—it is primal. It is the energy-in-motion that animates the body, regulates instinct, and seeks survival at all costs. When divorced from conscious awareness and spiritual guidance, it becomes reactive, territorial, and easily manipulated by fear. But when embraced with knowledge, respect, and integration, it becomes the sacred vessel of vitality—the animal steed of the charioteer.

The Demonization of the Instinctual Mind

The great lie of Patriarchal control systems is the illusion that our animal nature is dangerous, shameful, or sinful. From this false premise, religious and political authorities have long encouraged the suppression of our most instinctual and embodied selves. But this suppression does not eliminate instinct—it drives it underground, into the subconscious, where it festers and becomes distorted.

This creates a vulnerability—a void into which the False Ego inserts itself.

The False Ego: Parasite of the Psyche

The False Ego is not the Nephesh. Rather, it is an artificial self—a reactive mask built out of trauma, fear, conditioning, and social programming. It pretends to be "you," but lives only through denial, projection, deceit, and shame. It must keep its host asleep to maintain control.

In Hermetic psychology, this "mind virus" is the real adversary—not because it is evil in the moralistic sense, but because it hides from light. Its only power is secrecy. Once observed in clarity, it loses its grip. This is why ancient spiritual traditions emphasize Self-Knowledge as the highest command.

"Above all things, know thyself." Not merely as poetic wisdom, but as metaphysical survival. The illuminated individual cannot be controlled. For one who sees through illusion cannot be made a slave.

The Tower: Divine Intervention Against the Lie

Enter The Tower—ATU XVI in the Thoth Tarot, aligned with the Hebrew letter Peh, meaning "mouth." The Tower is the violent, liberating force of Divine Speech, or the Logos, which shatters the constructs of falsehood. In the initiatory journey, the Tower is not punishment—it is revelation. It is the sudden flash of spiritual insight that annihilates the ego’s illusions.

Crowley describes the Tower as the “blasting of the mind by lightning”—a violent but sacred deconstruction of false identity. It is here that the counterfeit structure built by Patriarchal programming—the social lies, the religious guilts, the shame around instinct—is struck down. The Tower does not destroy Truth. It destroys falsehood. It is the sacred apocalypse of the soul.

In a way, the Tower rescues the Nephesh from its chains and releases the imprisoned divine spark hidden beneath layers of conditioning. It is a cleansing fire.

This is not a descent into chaos, but an elevation through destruction. As the Zohar teaches, "There is no ascent without descent, and no building without first breaking down."

The Alchemical Conjunction: Healing the Split

In Hermetic alchemy, the union of opposites is the goal. The Nephesh (instinct) and Neshamah (spirit) must be harmonized through the mediating soul—the Ruach, or rational consciousness. This is the true “magnum opus” of the soul: to bring the dark, primal fires of the unconscious into conscious alignment with the Solar Will.

This is why we must not fear our darkness—but rather befriend it. The shadow, when faced, becomes a guide. The Nephesh, when honored, becomes a guardian. The ego, when understood, becomes a servant rather than a saboteur.

The Path of Immunity

To be immune to evil is not to avoid the world or its temptations, but to know oneself so intimately that one cannot be deceived by false light or false authority. When knowledge leads the Nephesh, the soul walks as sovereign, not subject. The Adept becomes immune to the propaganda of empire, the fear spells of mass media, and the guilt programming of corrupted religions.

This immunity does not make one arrogant—it makes one lucid.

Conclusion: Self-Knowledge is Liberation

In the Thoth Tarot, cards like The Devil (Ayin), The Moon (Qoph), and now The Tower (Peh) all symbolize different phases of confronting the shadow. But none of these cards are evil. They are initiatory gates. They teach that the soul must first undergo fragmentation before it may attain union.

The Tower, then, is the Mercy of Ruin—a lightning-strike of truth that lays bare all lies and clears the field for authentic rebirth.

The shadow does not destroy us. The false self does. And once that Tower falls, the Light of Tiphareth—the True I AM—can shine forth unobstructed.

The Tower and the Fall of Anthropomorphic Illusion: A Hermetic Elucidation

Another, more subtle and esoteric function of The Tower lies not just in the collapse of outer constructs—but in the inner disillusionment of how we perceive spiritual reality itself.

When many first approach the higher planes of consciousness—those sublime vibrations that transcend Malkuth and stir in the Spheres of Netzach, Hod, and Tiphareth—there is a tendency, even among seasoned aspirants, to anthropomorphize these energetic states. One may experience radiant presences, luminous patterns, or internal shifts that feel "otherworldly," and the conditioned mind reflexively interprets these forces through familiar filters: as Archangels, guides, ascended masters, or even "external" gods.

This is not wrong—it is the way we first understand them. But it is incomplete.

Egregores and Cultural Projections

What is being perceived in such moments is not a winged man with a flaming sword or a divine woman in white robes. What is truly being interfaced with is a formless, vibrational intelligence—a living State of Consciousness within the Plasmic Mind of the Macrocosm. The Human Mind, which is built upon names, forms, and dualistic structures, cannot initially comprehend pure force or archetype. It reaches instead for cultural egregores—powerful astral forms generated by centuries of belief, devotion, and emotional projection.

Thus, the mind conjures the angel according to religious iconography or the demon in accordance with inherited superstition.

The Tower as the Ruin of Illusory Divinity

The function of The Tower in this context is profound: it is the destruction of the anthropomorphic veil that obscures the true nature of these higher states. The aspirant who would know God within must learn that these angelic forms are not external beings to be worshipped—they are spiritual dimensions of Self, states of conscious intelligence arising through the Sephiroth and measured within the subtle architecture of the Tree of Life.

Michael, for instance, is not a "person." Michael is the force of solar fire within Tiphareth, the guardian of integrity, truth, and radiant Will. Gabriel is the watery Intelligence of Yesod, dream clarity and receptive intuition, not a celestial mailman in glowing robes.

These realizations often come with psychic discomfort. The veils rip, and what once was comforting becomes raw. The ego clings to its illusion of “separate higher beings” until that Tower falls and the aspirant sees that all these beings are aspects of themselves, projected by culture, reinforced by ritual, and held in place by the lower ego's need for hierarchy.

From Projection to Embodiment

In the Tower's blast, one discovers the sacred inversion: these forces do not exist to rule over you, but to be embodied by you. They are vibrational archetypes of your expanding soul-awareness. As you awaken through the Tree of Life, you do not worship Tiphareth—you become Tiphareth. You do not call down Netzach—you live through it. You do not fear Geburah—you channel its strength with precision.

The false “Me”—that shallow mask of personality assembled from memory, trauma, culture, and the need to be liked—is precisely what The Tower seeks to shatter. And in doing so, it makes way for the True I Am to take form.

This is not a metaphor. It is the metaphysical blueprint of all Hermetic initiation.

True Invocation: Manifesting the Archangelic Self

In the highest form of invocation, one does not summon a being to descend—but awakens the corresponding force within. The aspirant becomes the Archangel. The voice used in ritual becomes the mouth (Peh) of Divine Will. The movements become the dance of the Sephiroth through the body. The ritual robe is not a costume—it is a glyph of embodiment.

The illusion of separateness dies. This is why The Tower is both feared and revered—it is the most liberating violence imaginable.

On the Path of Knowing Thyself

The Hermetic command, “Above all things, know thyself,” is not a moral suggestion. It is the map of evolution. To know thyself is to remove all false layers of ego, culture, religion, and fantasy until only pure awareness remains. Then, and only then, does the aspirant rise from the ruins of illusion and stand sovereign at the center of the Tree.

This self-knowledge is not selfishness. It is divinity rediscovered. It is the awakening of the Adam Kadmon, the Solar Human, the Divine Hermaphrodite who balances all polarities and walks not in worship, but in co-creation with the All.

And it begins, always, with the Fall. With the Tower.

Just to travel in the present, we must destroy the perspectives of our past! For if we are always looking behind, we've never seen the present or the possibility of future pitfalls or success and only loop around and upon yesterday's travel becoming dead to the experience of the self of the moment.

To have true "I" sight, we must always remove the blinding veils of yesterday's views. And yes, the Soul/Solar Self, whose shape is undefined by infinity, is the I AM-anthropomorphizing itself as a Me - a lucid dreamer so that it can experience with intimate certainty, data/information.

When information becomes in-form-Action, Knowledge is produced!

To "speak with the power of Mars" in Western Hermetic Magick refers to embodying and channeling the attributes associated with the planetary and astrological correspondences of Mars during one's speech or verbal magickal workings. Mars, as a planetary force, symbolizes strength, willpower, aggression, determination, courage, and the dynamic drive to overcome obstacles. Speaking with the power of Mars entails several key elements:

1. Assertiveness and Confidence

• Speech driven by Mars should be direct, commanding, and assertive. It lacks hesitation and conveys a sense of authority and self-assurance. This is vital in rituals, affirmations, or invocations where one seeks to manifest control or assert a clear intent.

2. Passion and Fire

• Mars' association with fire lends itself to passionate and energetic expression. Speaking with the power of Mars often involves invoking fervor and intensity, whether for motivation, rallying others, or driving personal transformation.

3. Strategic Intent

• In Hermetic Magick, Mars is not only the planet of brute force but also of strategic action. Speech imbued with this power should be deliberate and purposeful, cutting through ambiguity or resistance like the sharpness of a sword.

4. Overcoming Fear

• The energy of Mars helps transcend timidity or fear. In speaking, this translates to removing self-doubt or inhibition and expressing oneself unapologetically.

5. Vibrational Resonance

• Magicians may use specific vocal tones, vibrations, or chants to align with Mars' energetic qualities. For example:
  • Enunciating martial god-names like Ares, Mavors, or Kamael with resonance and force.
  • Employing mantras or seed sounds (bijas) aligned with Mars' energy, such as "Vam" or other phonetics depending on the tradition.

6. Correspondences in Ritual Speech

• Using the Qabalistic and planetary associations of Mars, such as the Sephirah Geburah on the Tree of Life or invoking the Archangel Kamael, can align one's speech with martial power.
• Symbols such as the sword or the pentagram of Mars may be visualized or invoked to enhance the power behind one's words.

Practical Example:

In a ritual setting, if a magician seeks to break through an obstacle, they might "speak with the power of Mars" by firmly stating a command like:

• "I banish all fear, doubt, and hesitation. By the force of Mars, I claim victory!"

This combines clarity of intent with the dynamic energy of Mars.

Caution:

While the power of Mars is invaluable in certain contexts, it must be wielded wisely. Unchecked Mars energy can become overly aggressive or destructive. In Hermetic practice, balance is key—integrating the fiery force of Mars with the tempering qualities of other planetary forces ensures harmony and effectiveness.

Traditionally the North was the quarter seen as the "greatest place of darkness", for when the Mysteries were initiated, the North side of King Solomon's temple was the darkest side. But all is not doom and gloom here, as any initiate or aspirant in the Mysteries knows, it is from the darkest night that comes Light and that "enlightenment has its origin in the hidden sources of power which terrify the minds of the ignorant". To us moderns who are familiar with Quantum Physics Theory, it is arguably said that Dark Energy and Dark Matter are the birthplaces of Light energy.

The Sonic Collapse: Vibration, The Word, and the Towering Masks of the False Self

In Hermetic science, all things begin with vibration. From the Sepher Yetzirah to modern string theory, the hidden doctrine remains the same: the root of all manifestation is sound. The Logos, the Divine Word, is not symbolic—it is literal. In the beginning was vibration, and from that vibration emerged form, frequency, structure, and even the limitations of time and space.

In practical application, this sacred understanding births the ancient practice of chanting, intonation of god-names, and the use of Words of Power to alter the internal and external energetic environment. For the magician, the Logos is not merely spoken—it is embodied, projected as vibrational force, not as mere syllables. The Word is a creative current and a destructive flame, depending upon the will behind it.

Chanting as Alchemical Fire

To chant is to vibrate the bones. When spoken with intent and full consciousness, Words of Power begin to reorder the self—not from outside in, but from the inside out. The vibration clears energetic pathways, balances the nervous system, and—most crucially—dislodges stagnation in the subtle bodies. The unconscious, built from years of false stories and conditioned response, begins to crack. (See Magickeli.com for ritual chants)

When the Key 16-The Tower, is thrown in a divination, it implies:

• The instinctive destruction of form.
• The upheaval of values.
• Overcoming one's self-setting the soul free.
• The truth and enlightenment of perception that strikes like lightning and destroys false and/or rigid ideas.
• Breaking open encrustations. 
• Passing through pain to new birth.
• Sudden, massive, and painful change is on the horizon. 
• The need for significant change.
• Releasing belief systems that no longer work.

When reversed:

• Blind destruction.
• Stagnation.
• Lack of insight.
• Unable to make changes. 
• Caught in a negative situation. 
• Imprisonment.

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