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Card #c298IR // #c298Synthesis

It will be seen that the First Mind and the Intelligible Triad, Pater, Potentia, or Mater, and Mens, are allotted to the Intelligible World of Supramundane Light: the "First Mind" represents the archetypal intelligence as an entity in the bosom of the Paternal Depth.

— In our words · Source: The Chaldean Oracles (attributed to Zoroaster (Westcott / Sapere Aude))

[Use when]

Use when you need the Chaldean placement of Mind above the sensible world.

[Why it matters]

Nous here is archetypal entity inside the Father's depth — not a brain metaphor.

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