Here’s a treat for all you Magdalena Tarot fans out there! It my first guest post by Sensei Erwin Rimba from the Philippines! Enjoy this fascinating article about the connection between the Hanged Man and the Magician! 

THE HANGED MAN AND THE MAGICIAN

Nonlinear Dynamics in Tarot, Metaphysics and Psychology

By Sensei Erwin Rimban

The archetypes of the Hanged Man and the Magician represent two ways of knowing and learning. They represent two different spiritual curriculum systems, two different epistemologies and two different viewpoints about the essential foundations of the Cosmos.

The Hanged Man is the epitome of the nonlinear world; he is processing vast amounts of information at an incredibly fast rate. He travels the cosmos in a nonlinear fashion, and reincarnates simultaneously. He does not have past lives, in the classical way that term is understood. What he has is “other lives.” On the other hand, the Magician…