I will look into him—thank you for the recommendation!

Not often, actually—in the Renaissance JHWH begins to adopt Zeus's iconography. Jesus has a number of polytheist iconographies embedded into his visual tradition. Here's a few examples: Christ as Good Shepherd = Hermes Ram-Bearer, Jesus in chariot = Sol, Pantocrator = Serapis minus his modius crown

technically "Fat" Buddha (Maitreya or Budai) and Agnes Dei (lamb of God) are the "future forms" of these two prophets, in their respective "second comings."

Early depictions of both figures are Hellenistic—modern Christ's oldest representation is likely the Pantocrator of St. Catherines of Sinai.

MRARIE love this look💚

I made LOGOS DIVINÆ as a way to encapsulate the metaphysical facets of our world and our selves in a way that is more intuitive than the tarot traditions before it.

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The Hermetic adage "that the above is of the below" is echoed in the tarot, where each facet of the macrocosm—zodiac, planets, elements—are reflected in the microcosm of the world, our bodies and being. With macranthropy and RNG in a shuffled deck, tarot reading brings our aspect(s) to attention.

With the exception of the Marseille deck, most popular tarot decks are "Neo-Hermetic" in origin.

Waite/Smith's deck incorporated 19th cent. Hermetic-Christian imagery. Crowley/Harris mix modern art with their own philosophy of Thelema. The two were on opposite sides of an Hermetic order's schism.

Initiation societies were underground orgs with spiritual & philosophical overtones in the wake of the 30 Years War.

Inspired by fortune telling, alchemy, & perhaps Giordano Bruno's memory—they embed cosmic associations into "trionfi" playing cards, which were developed in the 15th cent. Milan.

As an Italian-American game designer, I knew tarot suits were derived from the playing cards my cousins used overseas, (the Piacentine format is my fav) What I didn't know about tarot's occult dimensions—was that it all suddenly emerged in the Enlightenment Era—between two Revolutions 🇺🇸🃏🇫🇷

Over decades working in and on games & reading everything I could find about myth across my life, I've become an expert on the iconography of the gods, their cult centers, and their roles in shaping the world according to ancient poets, prophets, and philosophers.