Depths of Wisdom

From the Druidcraft Tarot, the Magician; from the Druid Plant Oracle, Mandrake:

Learn to discern the real from the false. Listen only to the Voice that is soundless. Look only on that which is invisible, and remember in yourself is the Temple...

~P.D. Ouspensky

The High Priestess shows us that the entrance to the depths of wisdom is an inner door, not an outer one. It is a place where the ego is quiet, allowing the luminous Voice within to grant us deep understanding. Yet the purpose of finding this door is not to descend into eternal bliss, shutting out the rest of the world. Instead, this knowledge helps us to navigate the world skillfully and compassionately, recognizing that the sacred is interwoven with the mundane. Mandrake is known for its root that resembles a human figure as well as the legend about its scream when uprooted. Its hallucinogenic and narcotic properties induce unconsciousness, and it was used in ancient times as an anaesthetic for surgery. This root asks us: are you trying to sleep through life or awaken to it?