原文

A youthful figure in the robe of a magician, having the countenance of divine Apollo, with smile of confidence and shining eyes.

Above his head is the mysterious sign of the Holy Spirit, the sign of life, like an endless cord, forming the figure 8 in a horizontal position {infinity symbol}.

About his waist is a serpent-cincture, the serpent appearing to devour its own tail.

This is familiar to most as a conventional symbol of eternity, but here it indicates more especially the eternity of attainment in the spirit.

In the Magician’s right hand is a wand raised towards heaven, while the left hand is pointing to the earth.

This dual sign is known in very high grades of the Instituted Mysteries; it shews the descent of grace, virtue and light, drawn from things above and derived to things below.

The suggestion throughout is therefore the possession and communication of the Powers and Gifts of the Spirit.

On the table in front of the Magician are the symbols of the four Tarot suits, signifying the elements of natural life, which lie like counters before the adept, and he adapts them as he wills.

Beneath are roses and lilies, the flos campi and lilium convallium, changed into garden flowers, to shew the culture of aspiration.

This card signifies the divine motive in man, reflecting God, the will in the liberation of its union with that which is above.

It is also the unity of individual being on all planes, and in a very high sense it is thought, in the fixation thereof.

With further reference to what I have called the sign of life and its connexion with the number 8, it may be remembered that Christian Gnosticism speaks of rebirth in Christ as a change “unto the Ogdoad.”

The mystic number is termed Jerusalem above, the Land flowing with Milk and Honey, the Holy Spirit and the Land of the Lord. According to Martinism, 8 is the number of Christ.

翻譯

一位有著年輕體形，身著長袍的魔法師。

他面貌像太陽神阿波羅，有著自信的微笑與閃亮的雙眼。

在他頭上是象徵聖靈的神祕符號，這生命符號像是無窮的繩子，躺在平面上並圍繞成數字8(無限的象徵)。

他的腰部圍繞著巨蛇(註1)，這巨蛇表現出吞噬自己的尾巴，大部分的傳統上象徵著永恆，但是在這裡特別表達為永恆的靈性成就。

魔術師的右手握著指向天堂的權杖，同時左手指向地球。

這個著名的雙重符號在基本神祕學中是代表非常崇高的位階(有人翻譯為知識)，這符號表現出蛻變的優雅，美德。

也象徵光芒從天堂出發，並回歸到地球上，因此根本上的聯想是掌握與溝通的權力，與聖靈的天賦。

在魔術師前面的桌子上，有著象徵塔羅的各種花色(聖杯，金幣，權杖，寶劍)，這些花色象徵自然界的四種元素，像籌碼一樣放在這位高手前面，而且他將盡可能地改變與發揮這些籌碼。

在下方是玫瑰花與百合花，是田園之花(註2: flos campi )與鈴蘭(註3:lilium convallium)，它們都從野地中變成在花園的花，代表著文化的志向(或者抱負)。

這張卡片象徵的一個人的神性動機，反映著神，接著神與意志力的結合在人間解放而出。

它也是所有世界的獨立個體的統一體，統一體被認為是相當高的意識，其以固定的狀態存在著。

進一步地考慮我稱為生命符號的數字8，它可能會讓人聯想到基督教中諾斯底派基督重生(復活)與其帶來改變的第八日(unto the Ogdoad)(註4)

這個神祕的數字(8)也代表著耶路撒冷，這是一塊流著牛奶與蜂蜜的大陸，是聖靈，也是上帝的土地。

根據馬丁教派，數字8代表著基督。

註1：serpent　原為聖經創世紀中出現的巨大蛇形惡魔，一般指巨大的海蛇，海中怪物，或稱海龍。聖經中記載Serpent是撒旦的化身，是其引誘夏娃吃下了禁果。（資料來自百度）

註2: 拉丁文，象徵原野之花

註3: 拉丁文，鈴蘭，山谷百合

註4:Ogdoad 原來的意思是指埃及神話中創造世界的八位神祉。在諾斯底教派中引申為基督在第八天時復活的意思