Quote:Many use the trunk and roots of mind as if that portion of mind were a badly used, prostituted entity. Then this entity gains from this great storehouse that which is rough, prostituted, and without great virtue. Those who turn to the deep mind, seeing it in the guise of the maiden, go forth to court it. The courtship has nothing of plunder in its semblance and may be protracted, yet the treasure gained by such careful courtship is great. The right-hand and left-hand transformations of the mind may be seen to differ by the attitude of the conscious mind towards its own resources as well as the resources of other-selves.
This may be off-topic, but I love this section of Ra's narrative. I will not be able to articulate my feelings about it as I know my words will be inadequate, and Ra's words here closer to a real meaning, but I see this as the idea of keeping the mind/seeking open, not mired in belief and "knowing." To "court" is to entice knowledge in through an open door, which is open to all; when the door is closed, one only has for consideration his/her own beliefs and conclusions based on a fixed paradigm.
This is why I think it's important to only have working theories; and that to "believe" is to close the doors of perception. And certainly, given the vastness of even the observable universe, and the fact we know so little about it, it seems arrogant and the height of folly to think we know what it's all about, as history has proven over and over again.
Regarding the OP, aside from general visual meaning, I think all the archetypes and tarot images are catalysts, visual enticements that resonate with different aspects of our growth and awareness at any given moment in time—rather like an image that itself transforms.
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