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Card #c300IR // #c300Verbatim excerpt
It becometh you to hasten unto the Light, and to the Rays of the Father, from whom was sent unto you a Soul (Psyche) endued with much mind (Nous).

— Source: The Chaldean Oracles (attributed to Zoroaster (Westcott / Sapere Aude))

[Use when]

Use when a character's vocation is framed as returning a gift already given.

[Why it matters]

The soul arrives already loaded with nous — ascent is return along the paternal rays.

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