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Card #c291IR // #c291Synthesis

And Man was made of Life and Light into Soul and Mind, of Life the Soul, of Light the Mind.

— In our words · Source: The Divine Pymander (Hermes Trismegistus (tr. Everard))

[Use when]

Use when you need the Hermetic equation for what Mind *is* made of.

[Why it matters]

Mapping is exact: Life→Soul, Light→Mind — nous is photometric, not merely cognitive.

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