Russell SturgessAug 12, 20204 minLe Monde - On Entering The Rose-GardenYou can’t just walk on into the Rose-garden, you need a key, and that key is revealed in the Cathar Code hidden in the symbology of the...
Russell SturgessAug 4, 20204 minThe Judgement - The Final TestIn just the same way the Fool had the test of the flaming sword after their sojourn through the Dark Night of the Soul (Hanged Man, Card...
Russell SturgessJul 22, 20204 minLe Soleil - The Wedding Invitation Rebis was an alchemical term that was typically represented as one body having two heads, one being masculine and the other feminine....
Russell SturgessJul 15, 20204 minLa Lune - The Tarot Christmas CardThe Moon card is full of surprises. There are four key symbols, the crustacean, the dogs, the buildings, and the Moon herself. We saw in...
Russell SturgessJul 7, 20204 minL’etoile - Entering the Treasury of LightThe Fool is now passing through the outer portal of the House of God, which in the Temple of Solomon lead from the the Court of the...
Russell SturgessJun 29, 20206 minThe House of God or The Tower?That its name was changed from the House of God to the Tower is a good indication that this was one of the more misunderstood cards in...
Russell SturgessJun 23, 20205 minLe Diable - Buddha’s Second PoisonThe Buddha taught that there where three poisons, essentially equivalent to how the seeds were sown in Jesus’s parable of the sower. As...
Russell SturgessJun 16, 20204 minTemperance - Leaving the World of the Magician.The Cathar were dualists, meaning that in their beliefs there were two worlds, each ruled by a different God. They saw this world as...
Russell SturgessJun 10, 20204 minCard XIII - The Card With No NameThis card may not actually be about physical death, thus why it has no name...it may well be the death of human consciousness.
Russell SturgessJun 4, 20204 minLe Pendu - The PruningThe Cathar had made “…the Sermon on the Mount the essence of their ethics…” (Durrant, The Age of Faith). The two parts of this sermon...
Russell SturgessJun 1, 20203 minLa Force - A BillboardLike the Magician Card, La Force, or Strength as she is sometimes called, is essentially a billboard at a crossroad.