[No.6]

Clearly a representation of the “strength” tarot card. (Symbolically, will over self or the material.)

Most likely, knowing the owner and his associates, more likely the Crowley Thoth version in which the title is ‘Lust’ and the image is the whore of Babylon riding the Beast, complete with chalice of blood. I won’t link the image here, go look it up.

In that schema there’s an explicit sexual reference, kinda obvious if you see the card, a key part of Crowleyite gnostic masses, and intended to create a “magickal child.” You think a guy with billions couldn’t spawn kids for pay?

[ifinnegan]

“Clearly a representation of the “strength” tarot card.”

Interesting. I wouldn’t have known this or your further analysis. It makes sense.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Weird connections at work here: Your reference to “Crowley Thoth” sent me to look that up and I found that the Thoth Tarot is a “divinatory tarot deck painted by Lady Frieda Harris according to instructions from Aleister Crowley.”

I had never heard of Aleister Crowley until I recently watched the TV show “Strange Angel” about Jack Parsons and the founding of CalTech.

[yesthatjallen]

I see different symbolism.

The lion is Epstein. The girl is one of his victims.

In Epsteins' twisted mind, he believed these young girls were actually drawn to his power and embraced him and 'loved' him.

The girl doesn't 'love' him. She's scared of him but has to embrace him because she's powerless and can't escape and all she can do is cling to him for protection.

Epstein was on a power trip.

[MarMema]

Yep.

[Fedora]

So people can see what you're talking about, here is a picture of that card (which is depicted somewhat differntly in different decks):

This ties into Crowley's "Whore of Babylon" fetish: "This connection with the Tree of Life makes it not unnatural to associate the portraits with the imagery of Revelation which is strongly bound to the Tradition of the Tree. Aleister Crowley, or his spirit speaker, associates the lion with the Beast of Revelation and the woman with the Whore of Babylon who rides the Beast (Ch.17. v3 ). Certainly the Beast 666 is rightly associated with the Lion, the Sign of the Sun. In the interpretation of Crowley’s spirit writing, the Whore of Babylon is personified as an archetypal Eve, or Earth Mother, whose love of all men gives her a special insight and understanding. The Whore is also identified in Revelation with the great City of Babylon which represents the corrupt world of commerce and materialism.".