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The Hierophant (V) in the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Hierophant (V), alternatively depicted as The Pope or The High Priest (as a counterpart to "The High Priestess") is the fifth card of the Major Arcana in occult Tarot decks used in divination.
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A hierophant (Ancient Greek: ἱεροφάντης, romanized: hierophántēs) is a person who brings religious congregants into the presence of that which is deemed holy. [1] As such, a hierophant is an interpreter of sacred mysteries and arcane principles.
Monday, February 3, 2020 Hierophant (noun) : a priest in ancient Greece
The last legitimate hierophant at Eleusis, just before the extinguishing of the mysteries at the time of Alaric's invasion in 396 CE, traced his descent from Eumolpos. [2] The other family with a hereditary Eleusinian priesthood were the Kerykes .
This love term has to do with spirituality, and originates in the seventh or eighth century B.C.E., when it was mostly used by Christian authors to describe the love among brothers of the faith ...
The card pictured is the Wheel Of Fortune card from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. A.E. Waite was a key figure in the development of the tarot in line with the Hermetic magical-religious system which was also being developed at the time, [1] and this deck, as well as being in common use today, also forms the basis for a number of other modern ...
According to A. E. Waite's 1910 book Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Lovers card carries several divinatory associations: [1] 6. THE LOVERS.—Attraction, love, beauty, trials overcome. Reversed: Failure, foolish designs. Another account speaks of marriage frustrated and contrarieties of all kinds.