The Arcanum of “force”–the Virgin
In The Meditations on the Tarot, the writer asserts that "the principle of springtime, of regeneration—that force of spiritual élan, or spiritual flourishing, or abundance—is the effect of the Virgin on the spiritual environment of one’s existence or of the existence of a whole host of believers who espouse the virtues of the holy mother church". "The sickness of the belief system of the Christian West, which would include the Catholic Church of Rome(who has claimed to be “the church” for centuries and the spin off Protestant churches like the Lutheran, Anglican, and others) is that they have sought to negate the force exerted by The Virgin"-- Meditations on the Tarot Could it be that the incessant efforts of women for equal rights, to vote, to work, to get paid, to assume the duties of pastors, to run for president, to be treated fairly...reflect this eternal principle, of the Virgin, of spiritual flourishing, attempting to express itself through temporal beings