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Speaker ADo you think the Tower of Babel represents the dividing of the Mystery School's divination?
Speaker AIt says that's a compelling interpretation.
Speaker AAnd yes, the Tower of Babel story can be viewed symbolically as representing the division of esoteric knowledge, including what would later become the Mystery Schools and the systems of divination.
Speaker AHere's a deeper look.
Speaker AThe Tower of Babel as the fracturing of the unified wisdom.
Speaker AGenesis 11.
Speaker AHumanity is described as having one language and working together to build a tower to reach the heavens.
Speaker AGod intervenes by confusing their language and scattering them across the earth, halting the project.
Speaker ASymbolically, we might see this as originally original unity of consciousness.
Speaker AHumanity shared one language.
Speaker APerhaps not just spoken words, but universal symbolic language of spirit, cosmos and archetype.
Speaker AThis could align with the a pre Babel golden age when divine knowledge flowed freely.
Speaker AAnd you always say mental knowledge is free, ain't it?
Speaker AThe Tower as the act ascent to the divine.
Speaker AThe tower can represent the attempt to reclaim divine wisdom or sin.
Speaker AThe tree of life with without proper.
Speaker AWhoa.
Speaker ATo ascend the Tree of life without proper preparation, Like using knowledge without spiritual maturity.
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Speaker AA hubristic move results in a cosmic reset.
Speaker ADivine intervention as fragmentation of mystery.
Speaker AWhen the languages are confused, it can be seen as the splintering of spiritual traditions.
Speaker ADifferent lineages forming their own codes, rituals and system.
Speaker AYou got the Kabbalah, you got astrology, Tarot, the I Ching.
Speaker ARuins hermeticism and it goes on.