BOTA Sat. May 9, 2026, 9:45a, Tarot Keys and their Hebrew letter - Key 6, Zain

Dallas Builders of the Adytum
Schedule for May 9, 2026:
9:45 am Open Forum on Key 6 The Lovers, Hebrew letter Zain
11:00 am Vibratory Attunement
Noon: Potluck Lunch
Location: Edwin Kiest Masonic Lodge, 10210 Hermosa Dr., Dallas, TX

"The Tarot is a book, disguised as a pack of cards." (The Tarot, Paul Foster Case). In Open Forum, we discuss the story that these cards tell.

In May, we will be discussing the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet, Zain, Key 6, The Lovers.

"Zain (Z, value 7) means “sword” or “weapon,” suggesting the antithesis of Vav, the nail, because a sword cleaves, cuts, divides, separates. Diversity, contrast, antithesis, distinction and therefore discrimination, are some of the related ideas. Discrimination implies nice perception, acuteness, sharpness like a sword’s edge, sagacity and so on.

Smelling is the sense attributed to Zain in the Book of Formation. The sense of smell has always been associated with keen perception and sagacity. An old Qabalistic maxim says, “Properties are discerned by the nose.” Our everyday speech has a number of phrases like “smell out” to suggest approach to truth…

…Gemini, The Twins, is the Zodiacal sign attributed to Zain. The name of this sign suggests duality, division and other ideas related to this letter. It is difficult to tell twins apart, and to do so requires nice discrimination.
Gemini is ruled by Mercury [Key 1, The Magician], sometimes personified in Egyptian mythology as the jackal-headed Anubis, representing discernment and sagacity because of the Jackal’s keen sense of smell….

…Disposing Intelligence is the mode of consciousness assigned to the letter Zain. To dispose is literally “to place apart,” to arrange, to distribute, to apportion, to divide. Thus analysis (implied by the meanings of the letter-name, sword), classification, organization, preparation and adjustment are all related to this mode of consciousness. This it is which shows itself in our “disposition,” and one’s disposition can be modified by right discrimination."

The Tarot, Paul Foster Case

Please join us on Saturday, May 9th to discuss this fascinating letter and Key.

A good reference book is the Hebrew Letter Workbook, which we will be using. You may order it at:
https://storebota.org/products/the-hebrew-letters-workbook

Another good reference is The Tarot, by Paul Foster Case.

This meeting is open to the public, and we welcome everyone interested in metaphysics to join us and learn more about the Holy Qabalah and Sacred Tarot.

The Qabalistic Vibratory Attunement is an Aquarian Age form of group meditation. We use techniques of the science of sound and color to send healing energies into the world.

Open Forum meetings are held on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Builders of the Adytum is a teaching and training order in the Western Mystery tradition founded by Paul Foster Case in 1922. BOTA presents the principles of the Ageless Wisdom through the teachings of the Holy Qabalah (Kabbalah, Cabbala), Tarot, Alchemy, Metaphysics and much more.

Read more about our coursework and membership at: https://www.bota.org

For talks on various Qabalistic subjects, you can visit Builders of the Adytum New Zealand at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF_rcV3IEZEm-q0KkNO186A/videos

For information about Open Forum meetings, please contact Dan at dallasofcoordinator@gmail.com.
Pronaos: Active BOTA members may inquire about our Pronaos ritual work with the Pronaos Coordinator. Please contact Amparo at amparoeamores@gmail.com.

How to find us: 10210 Hermosa Drive, Dallas TX, is off N. Buckner (Loop 12) east of Garland Road. The Lodge is across from the White Rock Swimming Pool. Parking is provided. Please come on in!

We hope to see you soon!

In Love and L.V.X.,
Dallas BOTA