The use of Tatwas initially jarred with me when I was first introduced to them by Frank Salt. It did not seem “right” that an Eastern system be grafted onto the Western. It was not until I was actively using Tatwas that it finally made sense.
In the Outer, the Theoricus is first introduced to the basic Tatwa system. The Theoricus was to acquire for themselves appropriately coloured buttons or tiddlywink counters to help train them to align their intuition to the Tatwa currents.
At Portal, the Aspirant was instructed more fully in the application of the Tatwas for skrying, and practical instructions were given and the Aspirant expected to be able to open a suitable portal, and look but not step into the scene presented to them.
It was not until the 5=6 that full instructions were given, and the Z.A.M. required to explore the Elemental Realms and their Elemental inhabitants, first with a basic Tatwa they feel most akin to (usually the Element most dominant in their natal chart), but later compound Tatwas and eventually that of Akasa.
Tatwas are important first steps in the O.’s system of skrying, which later involved complex visualisation of 3 dimensional Trees of Life, the use of Tarot in a similar fashion to Tatwas to open portals to explore the Paths on the Tree (or each Sephira of a specific Kabbalistic World), to detailed exploration of the individual squares on the sides of the V, or the Squares (pyramids) of the Enochian Tablets.
The photo is of a Tatwa Clock that was made in the Grade of Theoricus. I think this image came off the net, and is of Percy Wilkinson’s Tatwa Clock? I have see 2 such Tatwa Clocks in the flesh, and they are largely identical to this one.
The photo of the Tatwa cards are those made by W.B. Yeats.
Kasmillos.
